Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering Clusterware & ASM

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

The Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering Clusterware & ASM course will give delegates an understanding of the Oracle storage products. This course will provide the skills needed to install and configure Oracle Clusterware, 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 Clusterware & ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction

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

Session 1: GRID INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW

• Cluster Overview
• Grid Foundation Components and Architecture
• Oracle Clusterware Components
• Oracle Clusterware Software and Storage
• Oracle Storage Subsystems
• Methods used to Share Database Files across a Cluster
• ASM Architecture
• ASM Disk Groups
• ASM Cluster Filesystems
• Job Role Separation

Session 2: GRID INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURATION

• Hardware Requirements
• Network Requirements and Configuration
• DNS and DHCP Configuration
• Single Client Access Names
• Overview of Grid Plug and Play
• Single Client Access Names (SCAN)

Session 3: GRID INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-INSTALLATION TASKS

• Oracle Clusterware Pre-installation Tasks
• Job Role Separation
• Create Oracle Groups, User Accounts and Directories
• Validate and Prepare the Hardware and the Operating System

Session 4: INSTALL ORACLE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND REAL APPLICATION CLUSTERS

• Install the Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• Use the Cluster Verification Utility
• Verify the Installation Use the Cluster Verification Utility
• Post Installation Tasks

Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering Clusterware & ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 5: ADMINISTER ORACLE CLUSTERWARE

• Use Enterprise Manager to Manage Clusterware
• The Clusterware Configuration Files
• The Voting Disks
• Backup and Recover the Voting Disk
• Add, Delete and Migrate Voting Disks
• The Oracle Local Registry (OCR)
• OCR Backups
• Migrate OCR Locations to ASM
• Configure Network Settings

Session 6: ADD AND REMOVE NODES FROM A CLUSTER

• Prepare a New Node
• Add a New Node to the Cluster Using addnode.sh
• Remove a Node from the Cluster

Session 7: MANAGE ORACLE SOFTWARE AND APPLY PATCHES

• Obtain Patches
• Apply Rolling Patches and Upgrades
• Compare Software Versions with the Active Version
• Apply a Patchset with the opatch Utility
• Apply a Patchset with OUI

Session 8: ORACLE CLUSTERWARE HIGH AVAILABILITY

• The High Availability Components of Oracle Clusterware
• The Differences between Administrator Managed and Policy Managed Databases
• The Functionality of the Server Pools
• The Generic and Free Server Pools
• Application Placement Policies
• Application Virtual IPs
• Manage Application Resources
• High Availability Events

Session 9: ORACLE CLUSTERWARE TROUBLESHOOTING

• Oracle Clusterware Log Files
• Oracle Cluster Registry Troubleshooting
• Use diagcollection.pl to Gather Log Files
• Debug Resources
• Debug an Component Level
• Use Tracing on Java based Tools

Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 Administering Clusterware & ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 10: AUTOMATIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

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

Session 11: 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 12: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ASM

• Install ASM
• Install and Configure ASMLib

Session 13: 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 14: CONFIGURE ORACLE RESTART FOR A STANDALONE SERVER

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

Session 15: 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 16: 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 Clusterware & ASM Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 4
Session 17: ASM COMMAND LINE UTILITY

• ASMCMD Modes
• ASMCMD Commands

Session 18: ADMINISTER ASM FILES, DIRECTORIES AND TEMPLATES

• 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 19: ADMINISTER ASM WITH ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER

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

Session 20: 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