OIT-SC4-A: Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration 

Module 1: Introduction to the course

• Overview
• Course goals
• Course agenda
• Introduction
• Your Learning Center

Module 2: Introducing Oracle Solaris Cluster Hardware and Software

• Describe the role of clustering as a high availability (HA) platform
• Describe the Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software environment
• Describe the types of applications supported by Oracle Solaris Cluster
• Describe the Oracle Solaris Cluster software HA framework

Module 3: Establishing Cluster Node Console Connectivity

• Describe the different methods for accessing the cluster node console
• Install the pconsole utility

Module 4: Preparing for the Oracle Solaris Cluster Installation

• Describe the guidelines for planning Oracle Solaris software installation in a cluster configuration
• Describe the various cluster storage topologies
• Describe the role of quorum devices and quorum votes
• Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
• Identify the cluster transport interconnects
• Identify the public network adapters

Module 5: Configuring the Oracle Solaris Cluster Software

• Install the Oracle Solaris Cluster software
• Configure the Oracle Solaris Cluster software
• Describe sample cluster configuration scenarios
• Perform quorum configuration
• Perform post-installation verification

Module 6: Administering Oracle Solaris Cluster

• List commands for administering the cluster
• Administer cluster global properties
• Administer cluster nodes
• Administer quorum in a cluster configuration
• Administer disk path monitoring and SCSI protocol settings of storage devices
• Administer cluster interconnect components
• Use the clsetup command
• Perform Cluster Operations

Module 7: Configuring Volume Management With Oracle Solaris ZFS

• Describe the role of ZFS in data management
• Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
• Use ZFS in the Oracle Solaris Cluster environment

Module 8: Configuring Volume Management with Solaris Volume Manager

• Describe the role of Solaris Volume Manager in disk space management
• Manage shared disksets in cluster environment
• Build volumes in shared disk sets with soft partitions of mirrors
• Create highly available file systems
• Manage Solaris Volume Manager device group

Module 9: Managing the Public Network

• Manage the Public Network with IPMP
• Manage the Public Network with Link aggregation

Module 10: Managing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS

• Describe the Oracle Solaris Cluster data services
• Describe the primary purpose of resources, resource groups and resource types
• List the guidelines for using global and highly available local file systems
• Describe standard, extension, and resource group properties
• Configure resources and resource groups
• Control the state of resources and resource groups manually

Module 11: Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships

• Describe scalable services and shared addresses
• Describe the properties of resource groups and scalable groups
• Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
• Review command examples for a scalable service
• Control scalable resources and resource groups
• Describe advanced resource group relationships

Module 12: Configuring Oracle Solaris Zones in Oracle Solaris Cluster

• Describe Oracle Solaris Zones
• Describe HA for Solaris Zones
• Configure a HA for Solaris Zones
• Describe zone cluster
• Configure a zone cluster

Module 13: Exploring Oracle Solaris Cluster Use Cases

• Configure Oracle 12c as a failover application
• Configure the Oracle Solaris Cluster using unified archive (demonstration)