RH401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management

    

Summary:
This course is an intensive hands-on lab course in skills and methods critical to large-scale deployment and management of mission-critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. This course focuses on the use of the Red Hat Network, including the Red Hat Network Satellite Server as a deployment method, and the use of Virtualization technology as a key deployment tool. A substantial part of the class is dedicated to the use of Virtualization in deployment. Virtualization topics include: an overview of virtualization; installing, configuring, and managing virtual machines; understanding the hypervisor; virtual machine snapshots; network configuration with virtualization.

Duration:
4 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is aimed at senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.

Topics:

• Understanding Systems Management
• Provisioning using DHCP and PXE
• Installing a Red Hat Network Satellite Server
• Building RPMs
• Using CVS to Manage Configuration Files
• Managing the Red Hat Network Satellite Server
• Red Hat Network Management and Provisioning
• Red Hat Network Proxy Server
• Saving Kernel Crash Dumps
• Red Hat Virtualization Overview
• Virtual Machine Management
• Installing and Configuring Virtual Machines
• Hypervisor Details
• Virtualization Advanced Techniques

Prerequisites:
Students should have RHCE-level skills. A current RHCE certification is recommended, but not required.

Last Update: May 23, 2012