RH436 Red Hat Enterprise Storage Management provides intensive hands-on experience with the emerging Shared Storage technology delivered by Red Hat Global File System™ (GFS). The final day of class is entirely given over to additional lab time so that course participants have ample time to practice Cluster Suite and GFS skills in a realistic environment before returning to production systems.
Audience:
RH436 is aimed at senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.
Prerequisites:
Participants in RH436 should already be familiar with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Recommended minimum competency level is completion of the RHCE or equivalent knowledge.
Duration:
4 days (32 hours)
Course Contents:
Review Red Hat Enterprise Linux Storage Management Technologies
Data Storage Design: Data Sharing
Analyze Storage Dynamics
SNIA Shared Storage Model(SSM)
Volume Management + File System Management = Data Management
Cluster Suite Overview
Define Cluster Suite Implementation in the SSM
Explain Cluster Suite Configuration
Implement Cluster Suite; HA NFS
Global File System(GFS) Overview
Define GFS Implementation in the SSM
Explain GFS Configuration
Explain Pools and Distributed Storage
Introduce Fencing
Explain Fencing Procedures
Implement Fencing Methods
Describe GFS Management
Describe GFS journals
Explain GFS Modification
Single/Redundant GFS Lockmanagers(SLM/RLM)
Increasing Data Storage Capacity
Modify the On-line GFS Environment: Managing Data Capacity
