Certifications – VXVM/VCS-Symantec storage foundation

The Symantec Certification Program is a valuable investment in the current market.Since acquisition of veritas, its become very important for system admins who needs to be get certified on their products like veritas volume manager and veritas cluster.By completing these certification,system admins will be experts on Installation,configuration,product administration, day-to-day maintenance, and basic troubleshooting. Symantec recommends to take training prior to the certification and also its very important to be hands on experience on those products.

Exam Title	Exam codes	Duration(Minitues)	Number of Questions	Passing Score	Description
Administration of Veritas Cluster Server 6.0 for Unix	250-253	105	70-80	74%	Version: 6.0
Administration of Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0 for Unix	250-252	105	75-85	62%	Version: 6.0

1.Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0 for UNIX

Suggested Preparation for Exam 250-252

System requirements
Required number of CPUs: 1
Required memory: 1 GB
Required disk space:
Partitions Minimum space required Maximum space required Recommended space
/opt 173 MB 538 MB 536 MB
/root 42 MB 42 MB 42 MB
/usr 189 MB 189 MB 189 MB
/var 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB
Supported architectures:
SPARC T3 Series [1]
SPARC T4 series [1]
SPARC64-V Series
SPARC64-VI Series
SPARC64-VII/VII+ Series
UltraSPARC II Series
UltraSPARC III Series
UltraSPARC IV Series
UltraSPARC T1 Series [1]
UltraSPARC T2/T2+ Series [1]

More information has been found on Symantec website.

1.Install,configure and administrate veritas cluster in real server or vmware if you don;t have the real one.

2.Understand cluster concepts, components, and configurations

3.Go through VCS questions and answers part and check it on here as well

4.Perform troubleshooting, including gathering of log files.

5.Use VCS GUI if you are beginner in VCS.

6.Add service group and resources from VCS GUI and create a decencies tree.

7.Create I/O fencing between the cluster nodes and practice on it.

8.Create a disk heartbeat and disconnect the LLT links and see what happens.

9.Learn more about split brain scenarios.

10.Upgrade the VCS from lower version to higher version  

11.Stop/start cluster services without impacting the service.

More information can be found in Symantec website.

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