TruCluster server configuration and management

Course overview

This 5 day lecture/lab course describes in detail how to plan, install, configure, test, and troubleshoot the hardware and software components for TruCluster Server on HPTru64 UNIX systems. It shows how to set up available services, how to monitor the cluster, and how to write action scripts. It includes both the Memory Channel and LAN cluster interconnect, supported in v5.1A.

Prerequisites

• Ability to install and manage an HP Tru64 UNIX system, layered products and PAKs
• Ability to troubleshoot the operating system and make adjustments to improve performance
• Ability to connect to a TCP/IP network and understand subnetworking concepts
• Ability to configure distributed network services, Network File System, LSM and RAID storage

Audience

• This course is designed for system administrators and support personnel who have experience managing an HP Tru64 UNIX environment and require instruction on configuring and maintaining HP Tru64 UNIX clusters

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Course objectives

• This objectives of this course are to learn in detail how to plan, install, configure, test, and troubleshoot the hardware and software components for TruCluster Server on HPTru64 UNIX systems

Benefits to you

• Provides hands-on practice installing a cluster and setting up services
• Helps you prepare for the HP Tru64 UNIX V5 TruCluster Implementation and Support (#010-704) certification exam

Next Steps

• Troubleshooting TCP/IP networks (U3700S)

Course outline

Introducing TruCluster server

• TruCluster server product history
• Describing TruCluster server components
• Additional topics

TruCluster hardware

• TruCluster hardware
• Cluster interconnect
• Adapters
• Storage bus
• Cluster hardware configurations

Installing TruCluster server software

• Performing preliminary setup tasks
• Creating a single-member cluster
• Adding cluster members

Managing networks in a cluster

• Using HP Tru64 UNIX commands with clusters
• Using a GUI for cluster management
• Managing existing members
• Adjusting quorum votes

Managing networks in a cluster

• Adding and changing network services
• Managing the network file system
• Managing mail

Making applications highly available

• Managing resources
• Creating resource profiles
• Writing actions scripts
• Resource manager
• Managing CAA from graphical user interfaces

TruCluster server storage management

• Disks required for installation
• Creating an NSPOF cluster
• Managing disks in a cluster
• Workings with CDSLs
• Managing AdvFS in a cluster
• Managing LSM in a cluster

Managing cluster aliases

• Understanding the cluster alias
• Routing for alias addresses
• Managing alias attributes
• Using service attributes
• Managing cluster aliases from the command line
• Managing cluster aliases from SysMan menu

Troubleshooting TruCluster configurations

• Diagnosing hardware and firmware problems
• Event management system
• Error logs and system messages
• Cluster initialization messages
• Using system monitoring tools
• Solving TruCluster problems
• Configuring and managing a cluster
• Repairing a cluster that has lost quorum

Using Oracle Parallel Server with TruCluster

Upgrading to v5.1 TruCluster server

High availability concepts