GL640 - Linux High Availability Clusters

IT architects taking this course will be able to plan high available server clusters and systems administrators will be able to create and operate clusters. This practical course explains how to achieve high availability with Linux-HA or pacemaker (3-days) and Linux Virtual Server (LVS) (2-days).

The basics of HA like syncing data between two nodes (DRBD), arbitrary fail-over conditions, operating and monitoring of clusters are covered. Additionally the following technologies are used in the class: heartbeat, OpenAIS, pacemaker, ldirectord, DRBD, cluster filesystems like OCFS2, and Linux Virtual Servers as a load balancer.

Prerequisites:

This course requires a good understanding of Linux services and networking. These skills are taught in the GL250 "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration" and GL120 "Linux Fundamentals".

Supported Distributions:
Debian 5.0.3 (Lenny)
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 3
Course Outline:
  1. Basics of High Availability
  2. Concepts and Architecture
  3. Installation and First Configuration
  4. Resources and Constraints
  5. Administration: GUI and Command Line Interface
  6. Advanced Configuration
  7. Advanced Administration
  8. Practical Considerations
  9. Development of Your Own Resource Agents
  10. Operation of a Cluster
  11. Linux Virtual Server
  12. Basics and Architecture
  13. Installation
  14. Manual Configuration
  15. Pacemaker and the ldirectord
  16. Operation
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