Red Hat® Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management
- Vendor:
- Red Hat
- Course:
- RH401
- Start Date:
- Monday, June 4, 2012
- Length:
- 4 Days
- Location:
- Dallas, TX
- Tuition:
- $3,200
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Course Description
Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management is a four-day lab-based course that explores the concepts and methods necessary for successful large-scale deployment and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Course participants will learn how to install and use a Red Hat Network Satellite Server to deploy and manage systems. The use of virtualization technology as a key deployment tool is also examined. Subjects covered in the course include: installing and managing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server; provisioning systems using RHN, DHCP, and PXE; using version control to maintain configuration files; and building custom RPMS. In addition, a substantial part of the class is dedicated to the use of Virtualization in systems deployment. Virtualization topics include: an overview of virtualization; installing, configuring, and managing virtual machines; understanding the hypervisor; using virtual machine snapshots; network configuration with virtualization.
Skills Gained
Counts towards RHCA certification This expertise Certificate of Expertise is one of five required to earn the designation Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Each course in the RHCA curriculum is followed by an expertise exam on the fifth day. Expertise exams may be taken immediately following the corresponding course, or at any time. The exams are performance-based and test skills of the job role competencies covered in the prior four days of hands-on training. Passing an expertise exam earns the candidate an additional Certificate of Expertise to his or her RHCE credential for that specific enterprise skill set. Expertise exams vary in length from 2 to 8 hours depending on the course, and can only be taken by current RHCEs. Official notification of PASS or DID NOT PASS is sent via email within 3 weeks of the expertise exam.
Who Can Benefit
Only RHCEs on a current release may take this exam. All candidates are strongly advised to take RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualiztion, and Systems Management in advance of attempting this exam.
Prerequisites
Certification track: RHCA Certification Recommended Course Required Exam ** RHS333 EX333 RH401 EX401 RH423 EX423 RH436 EX436 RH442 EX442 ** To be certified as an RHCA students must pass all five exams
Syllabus
Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management
Course Outline
- Enterprise System Management Concepts
- System management tasks
- Standardization, centralization, and scalability
- Provisioning and automation
- Red Hat tools for system management
- Provisioning using DHCP and PXE
- Bare metal provisioning
- Provisioning technologies: DHCP, TFTP, and PXE
- Network installations
- DHCP server configuration
- Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server
- Features and advantages of the RHN Satellite Server
- Types of RHN Satellite Servers
- RHN Satellite Server hardware requirements
- Understanding software channels
- Installing an RHN Satellite Server
- Populating an RHN Satellite Server with software channel content
- Troubleshooting an RHN Satellite Server installation
- Building RPMs
- Building open source software
- Using RPM macros
- Writing custom spec files
- Using rpmbuild to create and sign RPMs
- Guidelines for custom RPMs
- Using CVS to Manage Configuration Files
- Basics of CVS for system administrators
- Creating local and remote repository access
- Structuring a CVS project
- Using CVS to track, log, and reverse configuration changes
- Managing the Red Hat Network Satellite Server
- Configuring clients to use a RHN Satellite Server
- Using activation keys to script installations
- Creating and managing custom software channels
- Red Hat Network Management and Provisioning
- Types of RHN service
- Elements of a deployment system
- Using custom software channels in a deployment system
- Using configuration channels to maintain system configuration
- Automating installations through kickstart
- Red Hat Network Proxy Server
- Hosted RHN versus Proxy Server
- Proxy Server software and hardware requirements
- Installing RHN Proxy Server
- Configuring clients to use a RHN Proxy Server
- Saving Kernel Crash Dumps
- Saving crash signatures over the network
- Saving crash dumps over the network
- Configuring netdump servers
- Configuring netdump clients
- Saving crash dumps locally using kexec and kdump
- Red Hat Virtualization Overview
- Virtualization concepts and terminology
- Hardware considerations
- Virtual Machine Management
- Identifying virtual machines
- Virtualization management tools: xm, xentop, virsh
- Creating and monitoring virtual machines
- Resource management
- Accessing consoles
- Installing and Configuring Virtual Machines
- Installing virtual machines
- Configuring virtual machine resources (CPU, memory, storage, network devices)
- Hypervisor Details
- Understanding the hypervisor
- vnc console access
- xendomains
- Virtualization: Advanced Techniques
- Snapshot storage
- Creating virtual private networks
- Masquerading virtual machines
- Physical and logical network separation
