The intensive, hands-on Red Hat^® High Availability Clustering (RH436) 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 Gluster Storage.

Clusters and storage

Get an overview of storage and cluster technologies.

Create high-availability clusters.

Review and create the architecture of Pacemaker-based high-availability clusters.

Nodes and quorum

Review cluster node membership and how quorum is used to control clusters.

Fencing

Understand fencing and fencing configuration.

Resource groups

Create and configure simple resource groups to provide high-availability services to clients.

Troubleshoot high-availability clusters

Identify and troubleshoot cluster problems.

Complex resource groups

Control complex resource groups by using constraints.

Two-node clusters

Identify and work around two-node clusters issues.

ISCSI initiators

Manage iSCSI initiators for access to shared storage.

Multipath Storage

Configure redundant storage access.

Logical volume manager (LVM) clusters

Manage clustered LV.

Global File System 2

Create symmetric shared file systems.

Eliminate single points of failure

Eliminate single points of failure to increase service availability.

Comprehensive review

Set up high-availability services and storage.

Note: Course outline is subject to change with technology advances and as the nature of the underlying job evolves

Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in High Availability Clustering exam (EX436)

Hands-on, performance-based, 4-hour exam.

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Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning (RH442)

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