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Windows 2003 Cluster Training Course Course No. A1023
Who should attend this course? This course is designed for IT professionals that need to install, configure and troubleshoot highly available systems using Windows 2003 server cluster services and Network Load Balancing. The course covers installing applications on a cluster such as SQL2000, SQL2005 and Exchange 2003 and how to avoid the pitfalls. This course includes 10 well documented easy to follow  practical sessions and a trouble-shooting lab. Duration 3 days Course Prerequisites Delegates should have a sound understanding of the Windows 2000 or 2003 operating system, Active Directory and SCSI basics. Labs Lab 1 Network Load Balancing  Lab 2 Installing the cluster service  Lab 3 Creating highly available disk shares Lab 4 Creating highly available printer shares  Lab 5 Clustering DHCP Lab 6 Installing WINS on a cluster Lab 7 Configuring Volume Shadow shares on a cluster Lab 8 Clustering Exchange 2003 Lab 9 Installing SQL 2000/2005 on a cluster Lab 10 Troubleshooting, backup and advanced restore  .	Course Objectives - On completing this course delegates will be able to:- Describe the main features and key concepts of Windows 2003 clusters Describe the main features of network load balancing Install and configure a network load balanced cluster Install and configure the shared quorum disk hardware Create a new cluster and run the cluster diagnostic tool Set-up resources and resource groups using the cluster administrator and describe resource dependencies Control and manage cluster services fail-over and fail-back Set-up and manage highly available clustered file and printer shares Install and configure WINS, DHCP and Volume shadow shares on a cluster Install SQL 2000/2005 on a 2003 cluster Install Exchange 2003 on a cluster Use Active/active and active/passive cluster configurations Describe the backup/restore options used in clustered systems and recover the quorum disk and the cluster configuration Trouble-shoot cluster problems in a logical manner and avoid the major pitfalls Course Topics Day 1 Section 1 Cluster Introduction Causes of downtime Availability Levels Precautions before Clustering Windows 2003 Enterprise Server Windows 2003 Data Centre Server Network Load Balancing The Cluster Service Components Nodes and the Quorum Disk Cluster Models The Private Network Virtual Servers Cluster technologies Network Load balancing The Cluster Service Windows 2003 Clustering Features Cluster Aware Applications Section 2 Network Load Balancing Features Enabling NLB NLB Properties Cluster Parameters Unicast, Multicast, IGMP Multicast Host Parameters Setting up Port Rules Using the Network Load Balancing Monitor Using NLB with geographically dispersed clusters  The Session Directory Lab1 Section 3 Creating a new cluster The basic cluster set-up The Quorum Disk Fibre Channel Disk Storage iSCSI Single Node Cluster Multi-node Clusters N+I clusters AntiAffinityClassNames  Majority Node Set Clusters Cluster Considerations Assigning IP addresses and Virtual Server names ARP Update Creating a new Cluster The Cluster Diagnostic Verification Tool Lab 2 Day 2 Section 4 Cluster Administration Cluster power up sequence Dependencies Resource Dependency Tree Disk Resources Application Pairing Controlling a Cluster New Resources Resource Dependencies Resource Properties Resource Fail-over Parameters Group Properties Evicting a node The Cluster Command Lab 3 Lab 4 Lab 5 Lab 6 Lab 7 Section 5 Installing Exchange 2003 on a cluster Exchange Server 2003 Improvements Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters Supports volume mount points Faster fail over and Improved security Supports hyper-threaded processors Exchange Virtual Servers requirements Heartbeat Network Card Settings Active/Passive configurations Shared Storage Optimisation Installation Overview Lab 8 Day 3 Section 6 Installing SQL 2000/2005 on a cluster SQL 2000 on a cluster SQL 2005 on a cluster  The SQL Virtual Server Components Installation requirements SQL Memory Management The heartbeat network settings Common Pitfalls Lab 9 Section 7 Troubleshooting techniques and recovery procedures Main Failure Points SCSI Problems Network Problems Fibre Channel Problems Quorum Problems Troubleshooting Tools Windows 2000 to 2003 changes SCSI problems Corrupt Quorum Log Quorum data corrupt Restoring the Cluster Quorum Disk The advanced restore options Recovering the Cluster Backing up a cluster Backup using fibre channel Lab 10