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 for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management should be able to perform the following tasks: Configure Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite server Create child channels of a base channel Create different types of RHN users Create groups and add group administrators Create configuration channels Create a custom RPM spec file and build a binary RPM from provided source code Upload custom RPMS to an RHN Satellite server Create activation keys Assign groups, software channels, and configuration channels to an activation key Configure errata Provision RHN Satellite Server clients using kickstart Set up an SVN version co * System administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments 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. Candidates for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management should be able to perform the following tasks: Configure Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite server Create child channels of a base channel Create different types of RHN users Create groups and add group administrators Create configuration channels Create a custom RPM spec file and build a binary RPM from provided source code Upload custom RPMS to an RHN Satellite server Create activation keys Assign groups, software channels, and configuration channels to an activation key Configure errata Provision RHN Satellite Server clients using kickstart Set up an SVN version control repository Kickstart a machine using Cobbler Manage virtual systems using RHN Satellite server Clone channels and use a cloned channel 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 Red Hat recommends that candidates ea> Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) before attempting this exam but neither is required. Be Red Hat Certified System Administrators or have comparable work experience and skills (Red Hat Certified Engineer would be even better) Have taken the Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management (RH401) course or have extensive work experience working with Red Hat Satellite Server Review the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management exam (EX401) objectives Recommended courses RH401 - Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas Configure iSCSI targe * Experienced Linux ® system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of more than 1 physical or virtualized server An RHCE interested in earning a Red Hat Certificate of Expertise or RHCA credential Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas Configure iSCSI targets and initiators Manage device configuration using udev Create and manage Red Hat Storage based clusters including: Creating distributed clusters Creating replicated clusters Implementing and utilizing appropriate file systems 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 Holding a current RHCE certification is recommended. Have Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436) or equivalent experience. Understand that real-world system administration experience is also an important aspect of preparation for the exam. Review exam objectives for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Clustering and Storage Management Exam. Recommended courses RH436 - Red Hat High Availability Clustering ...

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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind C * Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resource utilization through performance tuning An RHCE interested in earning 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. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind Configure systems to run SystemTap scripts Alter process priorities of both new and existing processes Configure systems to support alternate page sizes for applications that use large amounts of memory Given multiple versions of applications that perform the same or similar tasks, choose which version of the application to run on a system based on its observed performance characteristics Configure disk subsystems for optimal performance using mechanisms such as swap partition placement, I - O scheduling algorithm selection, file system layout and others Configure kernel behavior by altering module parameters Calculate network buffer sizes based on known quantities such as bandwidth and round-trip time and set system buffer sizes based on those calculations Select and configure tuned profiles Manage system resource usage using control groups 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 Red Hat recommends that candidates ea> Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) before attempting this exam but neither is required. Exam candidates should: Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and skills (RHCE would be eve ...

The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening: System administrators responsible for standards-compliant security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems System administrators responsible for security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems or who wish to harden systems beyond default co ...

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 ...

The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening: System administrators responsible for standards-compliant security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems System administrators responsible for security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems or who wish to harden systems beyond default ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening should be able to perform the following tasks: Identify Red Hat Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selectively update systems based on this information Verify package security and validity Identify and employ standards-based practices for configuring file system security, create and use encrypted file systems, tune file system features, and use specific mount options to restrict access to file system volumes Configure default permissions for users and use special file permissions, attributes, and access control lists (ACLs) to control access to files Install a * The following audiences may be interested in earning the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening: System administrators responsible for standards-compliant security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems System administrators responsible for security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems or who wish to harden systems beyond default configurations RHCEs who wish to ea> Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening should be able to perform the following tasks: Identify Red Hat Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selectively update systems based on this information Verify package security and validity Identify and employ standards-based practices for configuring file system security, create and use encrypted file systems, tune file system features, and use specific mount options to restrict access to file system volumes Configure default permissions for users and use special file permissions, attributes, and access control lists (ACLs) to control access to files Install and use intrusion detection capabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to monitor critical system files Manage user account security and user password security Manage system login security using pluggable authentication modules (PAM) Configure console security by disabling features that allow systems to be rebooted or powered off using bootloader passwords Configure system-wide acceptable use notifications Install, configure, and manage identity management services and configure identity management clients Configure remote system logging services, configure system logging, and manage system log files using mechanisms such as log rotation and compression Configure system auditing services and review audit reports Use network scanning tools to identify open network service ports and configure and troubleshoot system firewalling 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 Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable wor ...

Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas * Experienced Linux® system administrators responsible for the planning, deployment, and management of more than 1 physical or virtualized server An RHCE interested in earning a Red Hat Certificate of Expertise or RHCA credential Study points for the exam To help you prepare, review the exam objectives which highlights 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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Configure a high-availability cluster, using either physical or virtual systems, that: Provides a service fail-over between the nodes Provides a preferred node for the service Selectively fails over based on node characteristics Manage logical volumes in a clustered environment such as: Create volumes and volume groups that are available to all members of a highly-available cluster Create snapshots of logical volumes Configure a GFS file system to: Meet specified size, layout, and performance objectives Support file system quotas Configure iSCSI targets and initiators Manage device configuration using udev Create and manage Red Hat Storage based clusters including: Creating distributed clusters Creating replicated clusters Implementing and utilizing appropriate file systems 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 Holding a current RHCE certification is recommended. Have Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436) or equivalent experience. Understand that real-world system administration experience is also an important aspect of preparation for the exam. Review exam objectives for the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Clustering and Storage Management Exam. Recommended courses RH436 - Red Hat High Availability Clustering ...

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 be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind * Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for maximizing resource utilization through performance tuning An RHCE interested in earning 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. Candidates should be able to perform the tasks listed below: Use utilities such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, sar, gnome-system-monitor, top, powertop and others to analyze and report system and application behavior Configure systems to provide performance metrics using utilities such as Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) mechanism to implement restrictions on critical system resources Use - proc - sys, sysctl and - sys to examine and modify and set kernel run-time parameters Use utilities such as dmesg, dmidecode, x86info, sosreport etc. to profile system hardware configurations Analyze system and application behavior using tools such as ps, strace, top and Valgrind Configure systems to run SystemTap scripts Alter process priorities of both new and existing processes Configure systems to support alternate page sizes for applications that use large amounts of memory Given multiple versions of applications that perform the same or similar tasks, choose which version of the application to run on a system based on its observed performance characteristics Configure disk subsystems for optimal performance using mechanisms such as swap partition placement, I - O scheduling algorithm selection, file system layout and others Configure kernel behavior by altering module parameters Calculate network buffer sizes based on known quantities such as bandwidth and round-trip time and set system buffer sizes based on those calculations Select and configure tuned profiles Manage system resource usage using control groups 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 Red Hat recommends that candidates ea> Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) before attempting this exam but neither is required. Exam candidates should: Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or have comparable work experience and s ...

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. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform these tasks: Configure and use Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite activities, including User Task Script Service Custom work item Business rule task Sub process Define and manipulate Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite variables, including Global variables Process variables Task variables Mapping variables to activity parameters Understand and use flow control in Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite business processes, including Understanding the meaning and use of the different start and end events Using gateways to branch process flows Understand the specific benefits and weaknesses of different Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite proc * Business Analysts, non-technical developers, and experienced developers who are responsible for designing and implementing business processes using Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite. The exam does not require any Java programming expertise Students who have attended Developing Workflow Applications with Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite (AD427) course 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. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance. Candidates should be able to perform these tasks: Configure and use Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite activities, including User Task Script Service Custom work item Business rule task Sub process Define and manipulate Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite variables, including Global variables Process variables Task variables Mapping variables to activity parameters Understand and use flow control in Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite business processes, including Understanding the meaning and use of the different start and end events Using gateways to branch process flows Understand the specific benefits and weaknesses of different Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite process elements, including but not limited to Script vs. work item Stop vs. terminate Handle technical exceptions and process errors Using signal Using error code Triggered by event subprocess Integrate with external processes Familiarize yourself with the official Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite documentation for the version used in the exam (BPM Suite 6.3). The exam environment includes a snapshot of the official BPM Suite 6.3 docs, so being familiar with them will significantly help if you need to look up anything during the exam. In addition to the official documentation for the product version being tested, there may also be sample files or additional documentation included with the product itself. We will not strip out anything that is normally included, but you will not be able to use the Internet to search for or use other documentation. It s a good idea to keep these restrictions in mind as you study. Make sure you re familiar with, and only rely on, the official product documentation for the version specified. Due to technical limitations in the exam environment, we strongly recommend that you use the +HTML-SINGLE+ version of the docs as that is the version that is easiest to use and view during the exam. Preparation Red Hat encourages all candidates for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Business Process Design exam (EX427) to consider taking the Developing Workflow Applications with Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite (AD427) course to help prepare. Attendance in these classes is not required, and you can choose to take just an exam. While attending Red Hat s classes ca ...

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 for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam should be able to perform these tasks: Troubleshoot application deployment issues Create custom image streams Use OpenShift secrets and ConfigMaps to inject configuration data into applications Customize existing S2I builder images Implement hooks and triggers Work with multi-container templates Implement application health monitoring As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention. * These audiences may be interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development: Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for managing a Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform environment Application developers in a DevOps role who are responsible for implementing a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment Application developers who are responsible for creating containerized applications or converting existing applications into containerized applications 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 for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam should be able to perform these tasks: Troubleshoot application deployment issues Create custom image streams Use OpenShift secrets and ConfigMaps to inject configuration data into applications Customize existing S2I builder images Implement hooks and triggers Work with multi-container templates Implement application health monitoring 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 US 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 the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development exam (EX288) should have a basic understanding of container technology. Some programming experience is recommended, but not required. ...