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The Solaris Volume Manager Administration course provides students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to perform Solaris Volume Manager software administration tasks. The course provides practical exercises to learn the Solaris Volume Manager software features using both command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool.

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Module 1 - Introduction to Managing Data

List the primary reasons for using software RAID management

Introduce commonly implemented RAID levels

Identify common RAID standards and terminology

List the common features of each supported RAID level

Identify the primary advantage of each supported RAID level

Identify a primary limitation of each supported RAID level

Describe the optimum hardware configuration for each supported RAID level

Module 2 - Introduction to the Solaris Volume Manager Software

Describe the upgrade process for the Solaris 9 OS

Perform basic Solaris Management Console operations

Perform basic Enhanced Storage tool operations

Perform basic command-line operations

Describe the purpose of the state database

Initialize the Solaris Volume Manager software state database by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Identify the storage configuration by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Module 3 - Administering the State Database

Explain the state database consensus algorithm

List configuration guidelines for state database replicas

Identify faulty state database replica configurations

Describe the purpose of the Solaris Volume Manager software configuration files

Use the /etc/lvm/md.tab file to create state database replicas

Administer state database replicas by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Create replicas and describe the methods of initializing the state database when there is no available disk space

Recover from state database failures

Module • - Administering Concatenated and Striped Volumes

Describe typical applications for simple, concatenated, and striped volumes

List the structural elements of the Solaris Volume Manager software concatenated and striped volumes

Use the /etc/lvm/md.tab file to create concatenated and striped volumes

Administer concatenated and striped volumes by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Explain the use of striped volume interlace values

Add a file system to a new volume

Create soft partitions

Module 5 - Administering Mirrored Volumes and Hot Spares

List the structural elements of the Solaris Volume Manager software mirrored volumes

Describe the typical use and limitations of mirrored volumes

Describe the metainit command syntax that is used to create a mirrored volume

Create mirrored volumes by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Explain the use of mirror read and write policies

Attach and detach volume submirrors

Place volume submirrors online and offline

Mirror the system boot disk root and swap slices

Use hot spares with mirrored volumes and describe the purpose of hot spares

Administer hot spare pools by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Use soft partitions on top of mirrored volumes

Module 6 - Administering RAID-5 Volumes

List the structural elements of the Solaris Volume Manager software RAID-5 volumes

Describe the typical use and limitations of RAID-5 volumes

Create RAID-5 volumes by using command-line programs and the Enhanced Storage tool

Create soft partitions on top of RAID-5 volumes

Module 7 - Performing Advanced Operations

Enable Solaris OS file system logging

Enable Solaris Volume Manager file system logging

Expand an existing file system

Un-mirror the system boot disk

Use soft partitions with hardware RAID devices

Replace a failed disk drive