Study points for the exam RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories. Understand and use essential tools Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.) Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text Access remote systems using ssh Log in and switch users in multiuser targets Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2 Create and edit text files Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories Create hard and soft links List, set, and change standard ugo wx permissions Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in - usr - share - doc Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate s abilities to meet thi * Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and II and are on the path to ea> RHCSA certification Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive) IT professionals who are on the path to ea> RHCE certification An RHCE who is noncurrent or who is about to become noncurrent and wants to recertify as an RHCE Study points for the exam RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories. Understand and use essential tools Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.) Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text Access remote systems using ssh Log in and switch users in multiuser targets Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2 Create and edit text files Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories Create hard and soft links List, set, and change standard ugo wx permissions Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in - usr - share - doc Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate s abilities to meet this objective. Operate running systems Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally Boot systems into different targets manually Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system Identify CPU - memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes Locate and interpret system log files and journals Access a virtual machine s console Start and stop virtual machines Start, stop, and check the status of network services Securely transfer files between systems Configure local storage List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, and create and delete logical volumes Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively Create and configure file systems Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems Extend existing logical volumes Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration Create and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) Diagnose and correct file permission problems Deploy, configure, and maintain systems Configure networking and hostname resolutio ...

Study points for the exam Although the objective of this exam is to test the ability to use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to implement Linux virtual systems, it is not a test of system administration skills. Red Hat does recommend prior Linux systems administration experience. You should be able to perform the following tasks: Install Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and any dependencies Use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager to: Create datacenters and clusters Manage hypervisor hosts Configure storage Create Red Hat Enterprise Linux Develop pools and templates Set up Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager users Install and configure a Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisor to support guests and attach to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Import installation media for creating new virtual machines Perform management tasks, such as collecting logs, creating bookmar * System administrators using or planning to use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHCEs interested in pursuing Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) Study points for the exam Although the objective of this exam is to test the ability to use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to implement Linux virtual systems, it is not a test of system administration skills. Red Hat does recommend prior Linux systems administration experience. You should be able to perform the following tasks: Install Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and any dependencies Use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager to: Create datacenters and clusters Manage hypervisor hosts Configure storage Create Red Hat Enterprise Linux Develop pools and templates Set up Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager users Install and configure a Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisor to support guests and attach to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Import installation media for creating new virtual machines Perform management tasks, such as collecting logs, creating bookmarks for specific events, and more As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must be persistent across reboots. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. Exam results are reported as section scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Experience using and installing software on Windows Experience using VNC to view remote desktops Read the RHCVA exam objectives for more information on skills requirements. Recommended course RH318 - Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations * The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage: System administrators, architects, and others who need to demonstrate their skills, knowledge, and ability in using Red Hat Storage Server RHCEs interested in pursuing Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Install Red Hat Storage Server on both physical and virtual systems and work with existing Red Hat Storage Server appliances Configure a Red Hat Storage Server storage pool Create individual storage bricks on either physical devices or logical volumes Create various Red Hat Storage Server volumes such as: Distributed Replicated Distributed-replicated Stripe-replicated Distributed-striped Distributed-striped-replicated • Format the volumes with an appropriate file system Create Red Hat Storage Server volume snapshots Extend existing storage volumes by adding additional bricks and performing appropriate rebalancing operations Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using native and network file systems (NFS) Configure clients to use Red Hat Storage Server appliance volumes using SMB Configure Red Hat Storage Server features including disk quotas and POSIX access control lists (ACLs) Configure IP failover for NFS-and SMB-based cluster services Configure geo-replication services Configure unified object storage Configure Red Hat Storage Server to support Hadoop Troubleshoot Red Hat Storage Server problems Monitor Red Hat Storage Server workloads Perform Red Hat Storage Server management tasks such as tuning volume options, volume migration, stopping and deleting volumes, and configuring server-side quorum As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. Exam results are reported as section scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Exam candidates should: Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and skills. Have taken the Red Hat Gluster Storage Administration (RH236) course or have work experience using Red Hat Gluster Storage. Recommended course RH236 - R ...

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Authoring Rules with Red Hat® JBoss® BRMS (JB461) introduces the student to the Red Hat JBoss BRMS rules engine and repository. In this course, students lea> how to author and test rules using the graphical user interface of Business Central. Audience Business analysts and enterprise SOA architects who are responsible for creating and adapting business policies Rule authors responsible for authoring and testing rules Java™ EE application dev ...

This course combines CIFS, NFS, and performance analysis topics into a single, in-depth one-week course. It provides the knowledge and skills that you need to administer CIFS version 1.x to 2.x and NFS versions 3, 4, and 4.1 in a clustered Data ONTAP® operating system. You also lea> the skills you need to collect and analyze performance data from NetApp® storage systems. Audience Professionals who manage NetApp storage systems and need a deeper understanding of prot ...

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Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives, which highlight the task areas you can expect to see on the exam. Being able to manage Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) requires some level of skill with one or more of the underlying cloud and virtualization technologies supported by CFME. In order to provide a defined and manageable scope for the exam, the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Management exam is based on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management, one of the several that CFME supports. Therefore, you should also be able to perform these ancillary tasks with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management: Import virtual machine template images into a pre-configured Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management environment Import ISO image files and template VM images into Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Create virtual machine images from templates and customize various attributes * Experienced Red Hat CloudForms administrators seeking validation of their skills Students who have attended Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management (CL220) Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives, which highlight the task areas you can expect to see on the exam. Being able to manage Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (CFME) requires some level of skill with one or more of the underlying cloud and virtualization technologies supported by CFME. In order to provide a defined and manageable scope for the exam, the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Management exam is based on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management, one of the several that CFME supports. Therefore, you should also be able to perform these ancillary tasks with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management: Import virtual machine template images into a pre-configured Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management environment Import ISO image files and template VM images into Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Create virtual machine images from templates and customize various attributes of the virtual machine You will not be directly evaluated on your ability to perform those ancillary tasks, but the inability to do so will prevent you from being able to perform the actual exam tasks, which include: Perform initial CloudForms management engine configuration via virtual machine console Add Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a cloud service provider Configure basic CFME settings Create new CFME roles Add CFME users and groups Create and apply smart tags Configure CFME to be able to provision virtual systems via all supported mechanisms Use CFME to provision virtual systems Configure control policies Configure chargeback reporting Configure reporting Perform drift analyses Configure alerts Configure life cycle management provisioning request default values Save the output from reporting and analyses in an external format that can be parsed by other tools Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. Exam results are reported as section scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Recommended course CL220 - Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should have the following skills and abilities: Understand core components of Ansible Inventories Modules Variables Facts Plays Playbooks Configuration files Run ad-hoc Ansible commands Use both static and dynamic inventories to define groups of hosts Utilize an existing dynamic inventory script Create Ansible plays and playbooks Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules Use variables to retrieve the results of running a commands Use conditionals to control play execution Configure error handling Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state Selectively run specific tasks in playbooks * The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation : System administrators who need to manage large numbers of systems System administrators who work in a DevOps environment and who wish to automate a large part of their day-to-day workload Developers who have some basic systems administration background and who wish to incorporate automation into their development process A Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) interested in earning a Red Hat Certificate of Expertise or RHCA credential . Study points for the exam To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should have the following skills and abilities: Understand core components of Ansible Inventories Modules Variables Facts Plays Playbooks Configuration files Run ad-hoc Ansible commands Use both static and dynamic inventories to define groups of hosts Utilize an existing dynamic inventory script Create Ansible plays and playbooks Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules Use variables to retrieve the results of running a commands Use conditionals to control play execution Configure error handling Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state Selectively run specific tasks in playbooks using tags Create and use templates to create customized configuration files Work with Ansible variables and facts Create and work with roles Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them Manage parallelism Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data Install Ansible Tower and use it to manage systems Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and commands Scores and reporting Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central. Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly. Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days. Exam results are reported as total scores. Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request. Prerequisites Candidates for this exam should: Red Hat recommends that candidates for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation exam (EX407) have taken Automation with Red Hat Ansible I (DO407) or have equivalent experience working with Ansible to configure systems. Red Hat also recommends candidates have earned Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or higher or have equivalent systems administration experience. Recommended courses Automation with ...