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Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On

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

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

Related Courses

  • 596 Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
  • 597 Deploying & Managing Windows Server 2003
  • 599 Securing Windows Server 2003
  • 131 SQL Server 2005 Comprehensive Introduction
  • 132 SQL Server 2005 Database Administration
  • 578 Exchange Server 2003 Administration
  • 170 Virtual Server and Workstation Technology
  • 961 Windows Server 2008 Administration

 
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Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On

 
Course: 539   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 3 Days
 
 
Course 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 Fibre 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
  • Utilising 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 utilising 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

Maximising application performance

  • Increasing IIS scalability
  • Elevating Terminal Services capacity
  • Recognising third-party requirements

Managing enterprise deployments

  • Streamlining NLB administration utilising Microsoft Application Center
  • Merging load balancing with server clusters
 
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Deploying Clusters on Windows Server 2003: Hands-On Tuition

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

Course 539 Tuition

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