Goal; Prerequisites; Course Objectives - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 61.
RH436: Red Hat Enterprise storage
management
Deploy and manage Red Hat's cluster file system technology.
Equipment-intensive:
1. five servers
2. storage array
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61.1. Course Description
RH436 provides intensive hands-on experience with the emerging Shared Storage technology
delivered by Red Hat Global File System (GFS). This four-day course focuses on the implementation
of native Red Hat Enterprise Linux technologies included in Red Hat Cluster Suite and GFS.

61.1.1. Prerequisites

RH253 at a minimum, RHCE certification preferred, or comparable skills and knowledge. All
prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with Red
Hat's free online pre—assessment tests.

61.1.2. Goal

This course is designed to train people with RHCE-level competency on skills required to deploy
and manage highly available storage data to the mission-critical enterprise computing environment.
Complementing skills gained in RH401, this course delivers extensive hands-on training with the
cluster file system, GFS.
61.1.3. Audience
Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in
enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

61.1.4. Course Objectives

1. Review Red Hat Enterprise Linux storage management technologies
2. Data storage design: Data sharing
3. Cluster Suite overview
4. Global File System (GFS) overview
5. GFS management
6. Modify the online GFS environment: Managing data capacity
7. Monitor GFS
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