Name: Red Hat High Availability Clustering
Brand: Red Hat

RHLS Course: Instructor-led Online Training, E-Learning and Certification in one Learning Format

The Red Hat Learning Subscription Course offers a flexible, 12-month learning experience designed to help you build Red Hat skills and prepare for certification at your own pace. It combines live virtual instruction, self-paced content, hands-on labs, and exam readiness tools, giving you multiple ways to learn and succeed.

What’s included with your RHLS Course:

Self-paced learning: 365 days of on-demand access to course content

Live virtual session: One instructor-led virtual session for the selected course

Hands-on labs: 100 lab hours dedicated to the chosen course

Certification exam: One exam voucher included, plus one free retake

Exam readiness tools: Objective mapping, practice catalog, and exam catalog

Progress dashboard: Track learning activity, metrics, and progress

Who should attend

Senior Linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resiliency though high-availablity clustering services and using fault-tolerant shared storage technologies
RHCEs interested in earning Red Hat Certificates of Expertise, as well as Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialists (RHCDSs) and Red Hat Certified Architects (RHCAs)

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in High Availability Clustering

Prerequisites

RHCE certification is required to take the exam (EX436) or to enroll in a version of this course that includes the exam (RH437).

Course Objectives

During this course, you will learn to:

Install and configure the Red Hat High Availability Add-On.
Create and manage highly available services.
Work with shared storage (iSCSI) and configure multipathing.
Configure GFS2 file systems.
Configure XFS® file systems.
Work with the Red Hat Storage Server.

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Clusters and storage

Get an overview of storage and cluster technologies.

Module 2: ISCSI configuration

Set up and manage iSCSI.

Module 3: UDEV

Learn basic manipulation and creation of udev rules.

Module 4: Multipathing

Combine multiple paths to SAN devices into one fault-tolerant virtual device.

Module 5: Red Hat high-availability overview

Learn the architecture and component technologies in the Red Hat® High Availability Add-On.

Module 6: Quorum

Understand quorum and quorum calculations.

Module 7: Fencing

Understand fencing and fencing configuration.

Module 8: Resources and resource groups

Understand rgmanager and the configuration of resources and resource groups.

Module 9: Advanced resource management

Understand resource dependencies and complex resources.

Module 10: Two-node cluster issues

Understand the use and limitations of two-node clusters.

Module 11: LVM management

Review LVM commands and Clustered LVM (CLVM).

Module 12: Global File System 2

Understand the GFS2 file system and use tools to create, maintain, and troubleshoot it.

Module 13: XFS

Explore the features of the XFS® file system and tools required for creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting.

Module 14: Red Hat Storage

Work with Gluster to create and maintain a scale-out storage solution.

Module 15: Comprehensive review

Set up high-availability services and storage.

Course Content

The intensive, hands-on Red Hat® Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management course teaches storage management, the Red Hat High Availability Add-On, and the shared storage technology delivered by Red Hat Global File System 2 (GFS2) and Red Hat Storage Server.

Created for senior Linux® system administrators, this four-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 Clustering and Storage Management Exam (EX436).

Red Hat High Availability Clustering (RH436)