| Module 1 - Sun Storage
Concepts |
• Describe the major
disk storage administration tasks
• Describe Sun storage
interface types
• Describe available
RAID technologies including:
» Host-based RAID technology
» Controller-based RAID technology
• Describe disk storage
concepts that are common to » many storage installations
including:
» Hot swapping
» Storage area networking
» Multihost access
» Multipath access
• Identify storage
configurations including:
» Conducting physical inventory
» Displaying storage configurations
» Identifying controller addresses
» Decoding logical device paths
• Verify storage array
firmware revisions
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| Module 2 - Managing Data |
• List the
advantages of using virtual disk management
• Describe standard RAID
terminology
• List the common
features of each supported RAID level including:
» Concatenation - RAID 0
» Striping - RAID 0
» Mirroring - RAID 1
» Mirrored Stripe - RAID 0+1
» Mirrored Concatenation - RAID 0+1
» Striped Mirror - RAID 1+0
» Concatenated Mirror - RAID 1+0
» Striping with distributed parity - RAID 5
Describe the optimum hardware configuration for each supported RAID
level |
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| Module 3 - VERITAS
Volume Manager Installatio |
• List the key
elements of pre-installation planning
• Research VxVM software
patch requirements
• Install the VxVM
software
• Initialize the VxVM
software
• Verify the
post-installation environment
• Prepare for virtual
disk drive management
• Install the VEA client
software
• Use the basic VEA
features
• Use the VxVM error
numbering system |
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| Module 4 - VERITAS
Volume Manager Basic Operation |
• Describe the
function of VxVM disk groups
• List disk group
administrative operations including:
» Initialize disk drives for VxVM use
» Create disk groups
» Add and remove disk drives for a disk group
» Import and deport disk groups
» Destroy a disk group
» Rename VxVM disk drives
• Administer disk groups
using the vxdiskadm utility
• Administer disk groups
using command-line programs
• Administer disk groups
using the VEA GUI |
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| Module 5 - VERITAS
Volume Manager Volume Operations |
• Interpret volume
structure listings
• Describe volume
planning activities
• Create volumes using
the VEA GUI
• Create volumes using
the vxassist command
• Modify volume access
attributes
• Add file systems to
existing volumes
• Add and remove volume
logs
• Use the VEA GUI to
analyze volume structures |
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| Module 6 - VERITAS
Volume Manager Advanced Operations |
• Encapsulate and
mirror the system boot disk
• Configure a best
practice boot disk
• Administer hot spares
and hot relocation
• Evacuate all subdisks
from a disk drive
• Move a disk drive
without preserving data
• Move a populated disk
drive to a new disk group
• Backup and restore a
disk group configuration
• Describe how to import
a disk group after a system crash
• Perform a volume
snapshot backup
• Perform an online
volume relayout
• Create VxVM layered
volumes
• Perform basic
Intelligent Storage Provisioning administration
• Replace a failed disk
drive |
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| Module 7 - VERITAS File
System Basic Operations |
• Describe basic
VxFS features
• Install the VxFS
software
• Create VxFS file
systems
• Use extended VxFS
mount options
• Perform online VxFS
administration tasks |
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| Module 8 - VERITAS
Volume Manager Performance Management |
• Describe
performance improvement techniques
• Use the vxstat and
vxtrace performance analysis tools
• Describe RAID-5 write
performance characteristics |
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