Master Linux

Course Outline

1. Review Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management Technologies
2. Linux Dynamic Device Management
   • udev Features
   • udev Rule Configuration
3. iSCSI
   • iSCSI as a Shared Storage Device
   • Configuring an iSCSI initiator
   • Configuring an iSCSI target
   • Authentication
4. Advanced Software RAID
   • Types and Differences
   • Monitoring
   • Optimization Techniques
   • Growth and High Availability
5. Device Mapper and Multipathing
   • Mapping Targets
   • LVM2 Snapshots
   • Multipath Device Configuration
6. Cluster Technology
   • Common Cluster Hardware
   • Shared Storage Alternatives
7. Cluster Suite Overview
   • Design and Elements of Clustering
   • Cluster Configuration Tools
   • Clustered Logical Volumes and Lock Management
8. Quorum and the Cluster Manager
   • Intracluster Communication
   • Cluster Tools
9. Fencing and Failover
   • Fencing Components
   • Failover Domains
10. Quorum Disk
    • Heuristic Configuration
11. Service Manager
    • Resource Groups and Recovery
    • Hierarchical Resource Ordering
    • High Availability Services
12. Global File System (GFS)
    • Implementation and Configuration
    • Lock Management
    • Planning For and Growing On-line GFS
    • Monitoring Tools
    • Journal Configuration and Management