Veritas InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals for UNIX/Linux: Administration
Course Overview
Most organisations that run Veritas InfoScale use it for two jobs: managing storage for critical UNIX/Linux applications and keeping those applications available when something fails. Veritas InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals training reflects that by teaching both products in one five-day course. It is designed for IT professionals who need an overview of Veritas InfoScale Storage and Veritas InfoScale Availability. It is also a condensed subset of the separate five-day InfoScale Storage 8.0 and InfoScale Availability 8.0 administration courses.
The course is built in three parts. Storage Foundation Basics covers installing and licensing InfoScale, the product suite and its cloud offerings, and the virtual objects that Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) creates from physical disks. Learners create disk groups, volumes, and file systems, work with different volume layouts, mirror and resize storage, and move data between systems. They also administer the Veritas File System (VxFS).
Cluster Server Basics introduces Veritas Cluster Server (VCS). Topics include high availability concepts, VCS building blocks and architecture, common operations and configuration methods. Learners prepare an application for clustering, configure its service group both online and offline, and set up notifications and triggers.
Cluster Server Additions goes into what happens when things fail. Learners study how VCS handles resource faults, how the Intelligent Monitoring Framework (IMF) detects them, and how cluster communication behaves during system and interconnect failures.
The result is a practical, end-to-end understanding of InfoScale. Administrators who complete it can support existing environments, perform routine changes, and take part in outage recovery with a clear grasp of how storage and clustering fit together.
Course Objectives
- Summarise the InfoScale product suite, its installation tools and cloud support.
- Install, license and configure the InfoScale Storage environment.
- Create, configure and manage disks, disk groups and volumes.
- Administer VxVM architecture components and VxFS file systems.
- Administer mirrored volumes and resize volumes and file systems.
- Create a cluster and configure service groups and resources.
- Describe VCS cluster communication, multi-version cluster support, and password encryption.
- Compare online and offline configuration procedures, and configure notifications and triggers.
- Explain how VCS responds to resource faults and interconnect failures, and how IMF improves fault detection.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of and hands-on experience with UNIX/Linux systems administration is required.
Hands-On
This course includes practical lab exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer those skills into your working environment.
Target Audience
- This course is designed for UNIX/Linux system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, network/SAN administrators, and systems integration/development staff, who will install, configure, manage, and integrate InfoScale Storage and InfoScale Availability.
Course Content
3 modules · 178 topics01PART 1: Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 for UNIX/Linux: Administration68 topics
- Storage Foundation Basics, Installing and Licensing InfoScale
- Introducing the Veritas InfoScale Product Suite
- Tools for Installing InfoScale Products
- InfoScale Cloud Offerings
- Installing Veritas InfoScale Storage
- Installing Veritas InfoScale Availability
- Upgrading Veritas InfoScale Enterprise
- Labs: Introduction
- Exercise A: Viewing the Virtual Machine Configuration
- Exercise B: Displaying Networking Information
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Verifying that the System Meets Installation Requirements
- Exercise B: Installing InfoScale Storage and Configuring Storage Foundation
- Exercise C: Performing Post-Installation and Version Checks
- Virtual Objects:
- Operating System Storage Devices and Virtual Data Storage
- Volume Manager (VxVM) Storage Objects
- VxVM Volume Layouts and RAID Levels
- Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM): Overview
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Using Text-based VxVM Menu Interface
- Exercise B: Accessing CLI Commands
- Exercise C: Adding Managed Hosts to the VIOM Management Server
- Exercise D: Working with the VIOM GUI Dashboard and Inventory Information
- Exercise E: Exploring the VIOM GUI Licensing Option
- Exercise F: Working with the VIOM GUI Settings Option
- Creating a Volume and File System:
- Preparing Disks and Disk Groups for Volume Creation
- Creating a Volume and Adding a File System
- Displaying Disk and Disk Group Information
- Displaying Volume Configuration Information
- Removing Volumes, Disks, And Disk Groups
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Creating Disk Groups, Volumes, and File Systems (CLI)
- Exercise B: Removing Volumes and Disks (CLI)
- Exercise C: Destroying Disk Data Using Disk Shredding (CLI)
- Exercise D: (Optional) Creating Disk Groups, Volumes, and File Systems (VIOM)
- Exercise E: (Optional) Removing Volumes, Disks, and Disk groups (VIOM)
- Working with Volumes with Different Layouts:
- Volume Layouts
- Creating Volumes with Various Layouts
- Allocating Storage for Volumes
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Creating Volumes with Different Layouts (CLI)
- Exercise B: Creating Erasure Coded Volume for Object Store (CLI)
- Exercise C: (Optional) Creating Volumes with User Defaults (CLI)
- Making Configuration Changes:
- Administering Mirrored Volumes
- Resizing a Volume and a File System
- Moving Data Between Systems
- Renaming VxVM Objects
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Administering Mirrored Volumes
- Exercise B: Resizing a Volume and File System
- Exercise C: Renaming a Disk Group
- Exercise D: Moving Data Between Systems
- Exercise E: (Optional) Resizing Only the File System
- Administering File Systems:
- Veritas File System: Benefits
- Using Veritas File System Commands
- Veritas File System: Logging
- Controlling File System Fragmentation
- Using Thin Provisioning Disk Arrays
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Preparing to Defragment the Veritas File System
- Exercise B: Defragmenting a Veritas File System
- Exercise C: Working with SmartMove
- Exercise D: Observing Thin Reclamation
02PART 2: Veritas InfoScale Availability 8.0 for UNIX/Linux: Administration82 topics
- Cluster Server Basics, High Availability Concepts:
- High Availability Concepts
- Clustering Concepts
- High Availability Applications
- Clustering Prerequisites
- Labs: Introduction:
- Exercise A: Viewing Virtual Machine Configuration Details
- Exercise B: Verifying Network Connectivity
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Performing a CPI Pre-installation Verification
- Exercise B: Performing a SORT Pre-installation Verification
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Installing InfoScale Enterprise Using the Common Product Installer (CPI)
- Exercise B: Running a Post-Installation Check
- Exercise C: Adding Managed Hosts to the VIOM Management Server
- VCS Building Blocks:
- VCS Terminology
- Cluster Communication
- VCS Architecture
- Multi-version Cluster
- Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM): Overview
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Working with the VIOM GUI Dashboard and Inventory Information
- Exercise B: Exploring the VIOM GUI License Options
- Exercise C: Working with the VIOM GUI Settings Option
- VCS Operations:
- Common VCS Tools and Operations
- Service Group Operations
- Resource Operations
- VCS Custom Scripts: Operations
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Displaying Cluster Information
- Exercise B: Displaying Status and Attributes
- Exercise C: Performing Service Group Operations
- Exercise D: Manipulating Resources
- VCS Configuration Methods:
- Starting and Stopping VCS
- Configuration Methods: Overview
- Online Configuration
- Controlling Access to VCS
- VCS Password Encryption
- Labs:
- Exercise A: VCS Configuring the State and Stopping VCS
- Exercise B: Configuring Automatic Backup of VCS Configuration
- Exercise C: Setting Non-default VCS Stop Options
- Preparing Services for VCS:
- Preparing Applications for VCS
- Performing One-time Configuration Tasks
- Testing the Application Service
- Stopping and Migrating a Service
- Collecting Configuration Information
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Configuring and Examining Storage for a Service
- Exercise B: Examining the Application
- Exercise C: Manually Starting and Stopping the Application
- Online Configuration:
- Online Service Group Configuration
- Adding Resources
- Solving Common Configuration Errors
- Testing the Service Group
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Creating a Service Group for the Loopy Application
- Exercise B: Configuring Resources for the Loopy Application
- Exercise C: Performing a Virtual Fire Drill (VFD) on the Service Group Exercise D: Testing the Service Group
- Exercise E: Setting Resources to Critical
- Exercise F: (Optional) Examining Veritas File System Locking by VCS
- Offline Configure:
- Offline Configuration Examples
- Offline Configuration Procedures
- Solving Offline Configuration Problems
- Testing the Service Group
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Editing a Copy of the main.cf File Using a System Editor
- Exercise B: Stopping VCS
- Exercise C: Restarting VCS Using the Edited main.cf File
- Configuring Notification:,/b>
- Notification: Overview
- Configuring Notification
- Triggers: Overview
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Configuring and Testing Notifier Using VIOM
- Exercise B: Configuring Trigger Scripts
03Cluster Server Additions28 topics
- Handling Resource Faults:
- VCS Response to Resource Faults
- Determining Failover Duration
- Controlling Fault Behavior
- Recovering from Resource Faults
- Fault Notification and Event Handling
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Observing Non-Critical Resource Faults
- Exercise B: Observing Critical Resource Faults
- Exercise C: (Optional) Observing Faults in Frozen Service Groups
- Exercise D: (Optional) Observing ManageFaults Behavior
- Exercise E: (Optional) Observing RestartLimit Behavior
- Intelligent Monitoring Framework:
- Intelligent Monitoring Framework: Overview
- Intelligent Monitoring Framework: Configuration
- Faults and Failover with Intelligent Monitoring
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Examining IMF Monitoring on a Resource
- Exercise B: (Optional) Examining IMF Default Configuration
- Cluster Communications:
- VCS Communications: Overview
- Cluster Interconnect Configuration
- Cluster Startup
- System and Cluster Interconnect Failure
- Changing the Interconnect Configuration
- Labs:
- Exercise A: Reconfiguring LLT
- Exercise B: Observing Jeopardy Membership
Schedule Dates
4 upcoming batches| Batch Dates | Duration | Batch Options | Language | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 February 2027 - 12 February 2027 | 5 Days | 4 hours & 8 hours | English / Arabic | |
| 10 May 2027 - 14 May 2027 | 5 Days | 4 hours & 8 hours | English / Arabic | |
| 16 August 2027 - 20 August 2027 | 5 Days | 4 hours & 8 hours | English / Arabic | |
| 22 November 2027 - 26 November 2027 | 5 Days | 4 hours & 8 hours | English / Arabic |
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Request More InformationInfoScale Storage and Availability Training for Global Infrastructure Teams
Enterprises in every region now run critical UNIX/Linux applications across several data centres and, increasingly, in the cloud. Keeping those applications available while managing fast-growing storage takes consistent skills across every team. Veritas InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals training gives infrastructure staff a shared baseline in Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System and Cluster Server. An administrator in one office can then build a volume, configure a service group or recover a faulted resource the same way as a colleague elsewhere. That consistency simplifies handovers, documentation and incident response, especially for organisations with round-the-clock operations. The course also suits teams standardising their high availability practices before a migration or platform refresh. Individual learners can review dates on our global InfoScale class schedule, and organisations can arrange a private programme for distributed IT teams. Request the full outline to see how the course fits your environment.
FAQs
What is Veritas InfoScale used for?
Veritas InfoScale is used to manage storage and provide high availability for critical applications on UNIX/Linux systems. Its storage components, Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File System, manage disks, volumes, and file systems. Its availability component, Veritas Cluster Server, monitors applications and fails them over to another server when a fault occurs.
Why choose the Fundamentals course instead of the two full courses?
The Fundamentals course covers the basics of both InfoScale Storage and InfoScale Availability in five days. Attending both full administration courses would take ten days. It suits administrators who need a working overview of the whole product. Those who later need in-depth skills in one area can still take the relevant full course afterwards.
What are the prerequisites for Veritas InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals?
Knowledge of and hands-on experience with UNIX/Linux system administration is required. Learners should already manage disks, file systems, services, and networking confidently from the command line. Our UNIX and Linux administration courses can help build these skills before enrolling. No previous InfoScale knowledge is needed.
Which job roles is the InfoScale course designed for?
The course is designed for UNIX/Linux system administrators, system engineers, and technical support personnel. It also suits network and SAN administrators and systems integration and development staff who work with InfoScale environments. In each case, it gives a common understanding of how storage and clustering support critical applications.
What hands-on labs are included?
The labs cover installing InfoScale, creating and removing disk groups, volumes, and file systems, and building volumes with different layouts, including erasure-coded volumes. Cluster labs include service group operations, building a service group for a sample application, running a virtual fire drill, editing the configuration offline, and observing fault behaviour and IMF monitoring.
Does InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals cover password encryption and access control?
Yes, the course covers VCS access control and password encryption as part of the configuration methods lesson. Learners see how administrative access to the cluster is managed and how VCS protects stored credentials. These topics matter for organisations that must control who can change critical cluster configurations.
What does multi-version cluster support mean?
Multi-version cluster support allows nodes running different InfoScale versions to operate in the same cluster for a period, which helps when upgrading. Instead of upgrading every node at once, administrators can move through the cluster in stages. The course introduces this concept within the VCS building blocks lesson.
What is the best next step after InfoScale Fundamentals?
The next step depends on your role. Storage specialists usually continue with Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 for UNIX/Linux: Administration, and cluster administrators with Veritas InfoScale Availability 8.0 for UNIX/Linux: Administration. Our [storage and data management courses list related options. Career outcomes depend on experience and employer needs.
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