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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cluster Training Course Course A1034
Who should attend this course? This course is designed for IT professionals that need to install, configure and troubleshoot highly available systems using Windows 2008 server cluster services and Network Load Balancing. The course covers installing applications on a cluster such as SQL2005 and Exchange 2007 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 Active Directory, TCP/IP networks and SCSI basics. Labs Lab 1 Network Load Balancing  Lab 2 Creating a new cluster  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  Lab 9 Installing multiple instances of SQL 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 2008 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 2005 on a 2003 cluster Install Exchange 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 Additional information Practical exercises on the course are carried out using "real world" conventional servers and an iSCSI SAN rather than using Virtual Machines.