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Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On

 
Course: 539     Type: Hands-On Training     Duration: 3 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Install and configure a reliable Windows Server 2003 clustering solution
  • Design a fault-tolerant environment using appropriate server cluster models
  • Deploy shared storage and geographically dispersed clusters with built-in tools
  • Cluster enterprise-level services and applications for high availability
  • Administer server clusters to include failover testing, backup and restoration
  • Establish a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster and supporting infrastructure

Course Benefits
Advancements in Windows Server 2003 clustering technologies allow businesses to effectively increase the reliability and scalability of mission-critical applications. This course provides the practical knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, configure and test a Windows Server 2003 cluster. You learn to leverage essential tools required to create small- to large-scale clusters.

Who Should Attend
Those responsible for implementing high-performance solutions and maintaining high availability of business-critical applications. Knowledge of Windows systems at the level of Course 595, "Windows Server 2003 Comprehensive Introduction," or equivalent experience is assumed.

Hands-On Training
During this course, extensive hands-on exercises provide immediate experience in planning, deploying and managing clusters. Exercises include:
  • Building a server cluster infrastructure
  • Constructing and validating Microsoft server clusters
  • Exploring quorum, network and storage configurations
  • Establishing printer clusters
  • Clustering SQL Server
  • Repairing damaged clusters
  • Configuring NLB Terminal Services with Session Directory

Course 539 Content
Introduction to Clustering
  • Current system limitations
  • Overcoming limitations through high-performance and fault-tolerant hardware
  • Clustering as a reliability solution
Planning and Designing Server Clusters
Microsoft Cluster Service
  • Communicating via heartbeat
  • Surveying the quorum
  • Leveraging resource groups
Designing cluster models
  • Active/Passive
  • Active/Active
  • Larger node models
Selecting shared storage
  • Evaluating SCSI local storage
  • Assessing Fiber Channel as a SCSI replacement
  • Deploying iSCSI as an alternative
Architecting the network
  • Relying on the domain
  • Setting up the production network
  • Engineering a heartbeat network
Clustering virtual machines
  • Reducing testing costs
  • Utilizing hardware efficiently
Implementing Server Clusters
Preparing the environment for clustering
  • Configuring production and heartbeat network adapters
  • Readying shared storage
Building clusters with Cluster Administrator
  • Evaluating node feasibility
  • Instantiating the cluster
  • Validating cluster functionality
  • Scaling out with additional nodes
Geographically dispersed clusters
  • Creating Majority Node Sets
  • Investigating multi-node algorithms
  • Identifying alternatives to Microsoft clustering
Clustering for High Availability
Improving service availability
  • Incorporating fault-tolerant file shares
  • Administering network printers
  • Installing a DHCP server
  • Supporting legacy systems using WINS
Maintaining application continuity
  • Producing a clustered SQL Server
  • Deploying and installing Exchange Server
  • Planning and utilizing SQL Server
  • Handling custom applications
Administering Server Clusters
Administration tools
  • Automating administrative tasks
  • Monitoring health and performance
Testing failover and failback
  • Simulating failures to ensure operation
  • Reverting resources to the preferred node
Conducting software upgrades
  • Enforcing OS security
  • Rolling out application updates
Backing up and restoring
  • Sustaining reliable backups
  • Recovering from broken quorums
Installing and Managing Network Load Balancing
Comparing load balancing techniques
  • DNS round robin
  • Hardware-based
  • Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Determining NLB host status
  • Unicast
  • Multicast
  • Multicast with IGMP
Constructing NLB clusters
  • Assembling the network components
  • Producing the cluster and port rules
Maximizing application performance
  • Increasing IIS scalability
  • Elevating Terminal Services capacity
  • Recognizing third-party requirements
Managing enterprise deployments
  • Streamlining NLB administration utilizing Microsoft Application Center
  • Merging load balancing with server clusters

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Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On
Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On
Course participants implementing a fault-tolerant cluster.


CPE 17 Credits 1 Hour(s) College Credit
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