• Exam Number:    1Z0-884
  • Exam Price:    US$ 300
  • Duration:    100 minutes
  • Number of Questions:    62
  • Passing Score:    62%
Exam Topics

Section 1: Product Introduction

  • Describe various aspects of Sun Cluster 3.2 hardware including nodes, storage, and private and public networks
  • Describe the various layers of cluster software, including the cluster framework, agents, and applications
  • Describe Solaris 10 cluster-specific features such as zones, ZFS and SMF

Section 2: Plan and Install Sun Cluster 3.2 Software Framework

  • Configure console connectivity and the cluster console software and describe requirements, installation, and configuration of cluster servers and storage connections
  • Plan and install software, configure quorum devices, and describe quorum votes and cluster amnesia prevention
  • Describe the necessary tools, resources, and steps required to install Sun Cluster
  • Differentiate between alternate methods of configuring Sun cluster software

Section 3: Manage Sun Cluster Framework

  • Perform basic cluster operations, including cluster node startup and modification of basic cluster properties
  • Perform more advanced cluster operations, including administering quorum devices, disk paths, and interconnect components
  • Show how to utilize Sun Cluster Manager, control clusters, and modify private network addresses and netmasks

SECTION 4: Section 4: Perform Volume Management in Sun Cluster Software

  • Explain and implement Solaris Volume Manager, including describing SVM disk space management and disksets
  • Manage SVM database replicas, and create local metadbs and shared disksets
  • Build volumes and disksets, and create local and global filesystems
  • Explain and implement VERITAS Volume Manager including describing VxVM disk groups, disk organization, and volume requirements in the Sun Cluster software environment
  • Install and configure VxVM in the Sun Cluster environment, and create shared storage disk groups and volumes with VxVM
  • Manage VxVM device groups, register disk groups, and build global and local filesystems on VxVM devices
  • Configure the ZFS volume management and filesystem layers

SECTION 5: Section 5: Configure Applications in Sun Cluster Software

  • Describe how to utilize IPMP within Sun Cluster software including operation, uses, configuration, and failover/failback
  • Explain how to define and configure resources and resource groups for failover applications in the cluster
  • Explain how to configure scalable services and advanced resource group relationships, including the use of SharedAddress and Resource group affinities
  • Configure Oracle HA and Oracle RAC in Sun Cluster software