Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration Course Overview

To ensure the successful completion of the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration course, participants should have the following prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of UNIX/Linux operating system concepts.
• Familiarity with the Solaris operating system, including installation and system administration.
• Knowledge of network administration in a Solaris environment.
• Experience with Solaris Volume Manager and ZFS.
• Awareness of general clustering concepts and high availability.
• Basic understanding of Oracle Solaris Zones.

These prerequisites are intended to provide a foundation upon which the course material will build. They are not meant to be barriers to entry, but rather to ensure that all participants can fully engage with and benefit from the course content. If you have experience in related areas or a strong willingness to learn, you may still find the course accessible and valuable.

Target Audience for Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration

The Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration course is designed for IT professionals seeking high availability solutions expertise.

• System Administrators managing Solaris environments
• IT Specialists focusing on disaster recovery and business continuity
• Technical Support Engineers responsible for maintaining uptime
• Infrastructure Architects designing resilient and scalable systems
• Database Administrators working with Oracle databases in cluster setups
• Network Administrators overseeing high availability and failover capabilities
• Data Center Operations personnel involved in cluster management
• Cloud Solutions Architects integrating Solaris Cluster into cloud infrastructures
• IT Consultants providing expertise on Oracle Solaris implementations
• Technical Project Managers overseeing high availability projects

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes

This Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Administration course equips students with the skills to install, configure, and manage the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x environment, ensuring high availability and scalability of critical applications.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Understand the role of clustering for high availability and the Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software environment.
• Learn to access cluster node consoles and use tools like the pconsole utility for remote management.
• Gain knowledge of planning guidelines for Oracle Solaris software installation in a clustered setup.
• Identify and configure various storage topologies, quorum devices, and transport interconnects essential for cluster integrity.
• Install and configure the Oracle Solaris Cluster software, including post-installation verification and quorum configuration.
• Administer the cluster by managing global properties, nodes, quorum, interconnect components, and performing essential cluster operations.
• Configure and manage ZFS and Solaris Volume Manager for volume management within the cluster.
• Manage the public network using IPMP and Link aggregation to ensure network availability and performance.
• Set up and control Oracle Solaris Cluster data services, resources, resource groups, and HA-NFS for high availability.
• Describe and configure scalable services, advanced resource group relationships, and understand the use of SharedAddress for scalable services.
• Implement high availability for Oracle Solaris Zones and configure zone clusters to optimize resource isolation and scalability.
• Explore practical use cases, including the configuration of Oracle 12c as a failover application and the use of unified archives.