We request that you please turn off

pagers and cell phones during class.

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VERITAS Cluster Server

3.5 for Solaris
Introduction

VERITAS Cluster Server

Clients

Applications/Services

NFS

WWW

FTP

DB

Public Network
VCS
Private
Network

Shared Storage

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VCS Features
Availability
Monitor and restart
applications
Set failover policies

Scalability
Distribute services
Add systems and storage

Network

Clustered
Databases

to running clusters

Manageability
Use Java or Web

graphical interfaces
Manage multiple clusters
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Clustered
Web Servers
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High Availability Design

HA-aware applications
Restart capability
Crash-tolerance

HA management software

Site replication
Fault detection, notification, and failover
Storage management
Backup and recovery

Redundant hardware
Power supplies
Network interface cards, hubs, switches
Storage
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VERITAS Clustering and

Replication Products
Cluster Management

VERITAS Global Cluster Manager

Application Availability Agents

Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Apache

High Availability Clustering

VERITAS Cluster Server, Database Edition/AC

Data Replication
VERITAS VVR & Support for Array-Based Replication

Parallel Extensions
VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager and File System

Foundation Products
VERITAS Volume Manager and File System
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VERITAS High Availability Solutions

WWW
DB

Global
Cluster
Manager

VCS

VCS
WAN

VxVM
VxFS

VxVM
VxFS

Volume
Replicator

Tokyo

London
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Replicated Data Cluster (RDC)

Site A

Site B
Volume Replicator

Single VCS cluster

spanning multiple
locations
Uses replication to create
a redundant copy of the
data in two locations

GAB/LLT Ethernet/VPN

ESCON/Dark Fibre
EMC SRDF
HDS HORC
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EMC SRDF
HDS HORC
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References for High Availability

The Resiliant Enterprise: Recovering Information Services from
Disasters by Evan Marcus and Paul Massiglia
Blueprints for High Availability:
Designing Resilient Distributed Systems
by Evan Marcus and Hal Stern
High Availability Design, Techniques, and Processes
by Floyd Piedad and Michael Hawkins
Designing Storage Area Networks
by Tom Clark
Storage Area Network Essentials: A Complete Guide to
Understanding and Implementing SANs
by Richard Barker and Paul Massiglia
VERITAS High Availability Fundamentals Web-based training
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Course Overview
Troubleshooting

Using Volume
Manager
Event
Notification
Service Group
Basics
Introduction
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Cluster
Communication

Faults and
Failovers
Preparing
Resources

Terms
and
Concepts

Installing
VCS

Installing
Applications
Resources
and Agents
Managing
Cluster
Services

NFS
Resources
Using
Cluster
Manager
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Lab Overview
Private Network

Red
Student

Odd/low
numbered
system

in1
a
r
t

Blue
Student

in2
a
r
t

Even/high
numbered
system

SCSI JBOD

Public Network
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