RH436 — Red Hat High Availability Clustering
RH436 - Red Hat High Availability Clustering
Course Overview
Created for senior Linux® system administrators, this 4-day course strongly emphasizes lab-based activities. You’ll learn how to deploy and manage shared storage and server clusters that provide highly available network services to a mission-critical enterprise environment.
This course also helps you prepare for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in High Availability Clustering exam (EX436).
Content summary
Install and configure a Pacemaker-based high availability cluster
Create and manage highly available services
Troubleshoot common cluster issues
Work with shared storage (iSCSI) and configure multipathing
Configure GFS2 file systems
Audience for this course
Senior Linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resiliency through high-availability clustering services and using fault-tolerant shared storage technologies
Prerequisites for this course
If you want to take this course without the exam (RH436) and have not earned your RHCE®certification, you can confirm that you have the necessary knowledge by passing the online skills assessment.
Outline for this course
Clusters and storage
Get an overview of storage and cluster technologies.
Create high-availability clusters
Review and create the architecture of Pacemaker-based high-availability clusters.
Nodes and quorum
Review cluster node membership and how quorum is used to control clusters.
Fencing
Understand fencing and fencing configuration.
Resource groups
Create and configure simple resource groups to provide high-availability services to clients.
Troubleshoot high-availability clusters
Identify and troubleshoot cluster problems.
Complex resource groups
Control complex resource groups by using constraints.
Two-node clusters
Identify and work around two-node clusters issues.
ISCSI initiators
Manage iSCSI initiators for access to shared storage.
Multipath Storage
Configure redundant storage access.
Logical volume manager (LVM) clusters
Manage clustered LV.
Global File System 2
Create symmetric shared file systems.
Eliminate single points of failure
Eliminate single points of failure to increase service availability.
Comprehensive review
Set up high-availability services and storage.