Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering ASM

The Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering ASM course will benefit Database Administrators, System Administrators, Support Engineers and Technical Consultants who need to deploy ASM in an Oracle environment.

The Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering ASM course will give delegates an understanding of the Oracle storage products. This course will provide the skills needed to install ASMLIB and the Oracle ASM software; to configure the ASM software and manage ASM instances, disk groups, disks and files. Delegates will also learn how to administer the ASM Cluster File System.

Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: AUTOMATIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

• Overview of ASM
• ASM Best Practices
• Job Role Separation

Session 2: AUTOMATIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE

• ASM for Single Instance
• ASM Cluster Configuration for Oracle RAC
• ASM Grid Infrastructure
• ASM Components
• ASM Client Tools to Administer ASM
• Performance and Scalability Considerations for ASM Disk Groups

Session 3: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ASM

• Install ASM
• Install and Configure ASMLib

Session 4: ORACLE RESTART

• Grid Infrastructure for a Stand-Alone Server
• The Benefits of Using Oracle Restart
• The ohasd Daemon
• Commands to Start and Stop the Oracle Restart Stack

Session 5: CONFIGURE ORACLE RESTART FOR A STANDALONE SERVER

• Configure Oracle Reatart
• Add Components to Oracle Restart
• Turn Off Oracle Restart

Session 6: ADMINISTER ASM INSTANCES

• Connect to and Authenticate to ASM Instances
• ASM Initialization Parameters
• Change ASM Parameters in a SPFILE
• Start and Sop ASM Instances using SRVCTL, ASMCA and ASMCMD
• Start and Sop ASM Instances Containing Cluster Files
• Start and Stop the ASM Listener
• Query Dynamic Performance Views

Session 7: ASM DISK GROUP ADMINISTRATION

• Create and Delete ASM Disk Groups
• Disk Aliases
• Administer ASM Disk Groups
• ASM Disk Group Attributes
• ASM Disk Group Maintenance Tasks
• Extend an Existing Disk Group
• Drop a Disk from an Existing Disk Group
• Mount and Dismount Disk Groups
• ASM Fast Mirror Resync
• Preferred Read Failure Groups
• View ASM Disk Statistics

Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 8: ASM COMMAND LINE UTILITY

• ASMCMD Modes
• ASMCMD Commands

Session 9: ADMINISTER ASM FILES, DIRECTORIES AND TEMPLATESA

• Access ASM Files
• ASM File Name Format
• Create and Manage ASM Files
• Create and Manage Manage ASM Directories
• Manage Filename Aliases
• Manage Disk Group Templates
• Manage ASM ACLs using Command Line Utilities and Enterprise Manager

Session 10: ADMINISTER ASM WITH ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER

• The ASM Homepage
• Configure ASM Initialization Parameters
• Manage ASM Users
• Manage ASM Disk Groups
• Monitor ASM Performance

Session 11: ADMINISTER ASM CLUSTER FILE SYSTEMS

• The ASM Dynamic Volume Manager
• Manage ASM Volumes
• Implement the ASM Cluster File System (ACFS)
• Manage the ASM Cluster File System
• ACFS Snapshots
• Manage ACFS using Command Line Tools