Linux Training Prerequisites

This course requires an advanced knowledge of Linux system administration. These skills are taught in the "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration" and "Linux Fundamentals".

Linux Training Course duration

3 days

Linux Training Supported Distributions:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Linux Training Course outline

1. Introduction to Clustering and Storage Management
   1. Clustering Introduction
   2. Cluster Building Blocks
   3. Shared Storage
   4. Operating System Setup
   5. Network Considerations
   6. Split Brain Prevention with Fencing
   7. HA Components
   8. Clustered Resources
   9. Configuration Tools
   10. Red Hat Cluster Stack Roadmap
   11. Running Commands on Multiple Systems
   Lab Tasks
   1. Running Commands on Multiple Hosts
   2. Prepare System for Clustering
   3. Install and Configure Ricci
   4. Basic Client Networking
   5. SAN Network Configuration
   6. Cluster Network Configuration
   7. Cluster Pre-Configuration Verification
2. Storage Technologies
   1. Remote Storage Overview
   2. Remote Filesystem Protocols
   3. Remote Block Device Protocols
   4. Block Devices and the Device Mapper
   5. Managing Loopback Devices
   Lab Tasks
   1. Manipulating Block Devices
3. iscsi
   1. iSCSI Architecture
   2. iSCSI Target Implementations
   3. iSCSI Target Configuration (tgt)
   4. iSCSI Target LUN Configuration (tgt)
   5. iSCSI Target Auth Configuration (tgt)
   6. iSCSI Persistent Configuration (tgt)
   7. Open-iSCSI Initiator Implementation
   8. iSCSI Initiator Discovery
   9. iSCSI Initiator Node Administration
   10. Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
   11. iSCSI Multipathing Considerations
   Lab Tasks
   1. iSCSI Initiator Configuration
4. Kernel Device Management
   1. Managing Linux Device Files
   2. Kernel Hardware Info – /sys/
   3. /sys/ Structure
   4. udev
   5. I/O Elevators
   Lab Tasks
   1. Creating Custom UDEV Rules
5. Device Mapper and Multipathing
   1. SAN Multipathing
   2. Multipath Configuration
   3. Multipathing Best Practices
   Lab Tasks
   1. Multipath Configuration
6. Logical Volume Management
   1. Logical Volume Management
   2. Implementing LVM
   3. Creating Logical Volumes
   4. Manipulating VGs & LVs
   5. Advanced LVM Concepts
   6. system-config-lvm
   7. cLVM
   Lab Tasks
   1. Creating and Managing LVM Volumes
   2. cLVM
7. Global File System (GFS) 2
   1. GFS2 Overview
   2. GFS2 Capabilities
   3. GFS2 Theory of Operation
   4. GFS2 Configuration Prerequisites
   5. Setting Up Cluster LVM
   6. GFS2 Filesystem Creation
   7. GFS2 Filesystem Management
   8. GFS2 Fencing Requirement
   Lab Tasks
   1. GFS2
8. Quorum and the Cluster Manager
   1. Vocabulary
   2. Network Topology
   3. Host Configuration
   4. Ethernet Bonding
   5. Communication Methods
   6. IPv6 Considerations
   7. Daemon Interdependencies
   8. Ricci
   9. cluster.conf Overview
   10. CCS & Conga
   11. Cluster Quorum
   12. Corosync
   13. Corosync - Dual Ring Configuration
   14. CMAN
   15. CMAN Utility: cman_tool
   16. Quorum Administration
   17. Quorum Disk
   18. Upgrading
   19. Distributed Lock Manager
   20. dlm_tool
   Lab Tasks
   1. Totem RRP
   2. Quorum and Qdisk
   3. Conga
9. Fencing and Failover
   1. Fencing Introduction
   2. Node Based Fencing
   3. Resource Based Fencing
   4. Fencing Architecture
   5. Fencing Agents
   6. Fencing Agents listing
   7. Fencing Daemon
   8. Fencing in cluster.conf
   9. Fencing Daemon Tuning
   10. Manual Fencing
   11. Best Practices
   12. Failover Domains
   13. Failover Domain Characteristics
   14. Failover Domain Administration
   Lab Tasks
   1. Fencing with fence_scsi
   2. Failover Domains
10. Resource Group Manager
    1. Resource Management Overview
    2. Component Relationships
    3. Resource Agents
    4. Discover Resource Agents
    5. Available Resource Agents
    6. Resources
    7. Resource Scope
    8. Resource Actions: Timeout
    9. Resource Actions: Status
    10. Resource Administration
    11. Resource Group Management
    12. Service Group Attributes & Policies
    13. Service Group Administration
    14. Service Group States
    15. Service Group Operations
    16. Service Group Administration
    17. Best Practices & Troubleshooting
    Lab Tasks
    1. Resource Group Manager