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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)

Course Code: RH318

Duration: 4 Days

Prerequisite:

  • IT professionals who have earned an Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification or maintain the equivalent experience with Linux 
  • System administration experience on Microsoft Windows operating systems is beneficial but not necessary for this course

Course Description:

Students acquire the skills and knowledge to effectively create, deploy, manage, and migrate Linux and Microsoft Windows virtual machines hosted on either dedicated Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor nodes or Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. With handson labs and a deep dive into the technology, this training course is the perfect first step for enterprise planning or executing a virtualization deployment strategy. This course also helps candidates prepare for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Administrator exam (EX318), which, if passed, earns them the Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) certification.

Course Objectives:

  • Deploy Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform
  • Configure Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment (datacenters, clusters, and storage domains)
  • Install, manage, and troubleshoot virtual machines (servers and desktops)
  • Create virtual machine snapshots and explore high-availability options
  • Use templates for rapid virtual machine deployment
  • Secure Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment with multilevel administrative roles
  • Monitor and create custom reports

Intended Audience: 

  • Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for managing enterprise servers who are interested in learning how to manage large numbers of servers or virtual machines using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 
  • IT professionals interested in earning a Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) certification

Course Outline:

Red Hat Virtualization overview

  • Explain the purpose and architecture of Red Hat Virtualization.

Install and configure Red Hat Virtualization

  • Install a minimal Red Hat Virtualization environment and use it to create a virtual machine.

Create and manage datacenters and clusters

  • Organize hypervisors into groups using datacenters and clusters.

Manage user accounts and roles

  • Configure user accounts using a central directory service, then use roles to assign access to resources based on job responsibilities.

Adding physical hosts

  • Add additional Red Hat Virtualization hosts automatically, and move and remove hosts from datacenters as needed.

Scale Red Hat Virtualization infrastructure

  • Add Red Hat Virtualization hosts automatically, configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts when appropriate, and move and remove hosts from data centers as needed.

Manage Red Hat Virtualization networks

  • Separate network traffic into multiple networks on one or more interfaces to improve the performance and security of Red Hat Virtualization.

Manage Red Hat Virtualization storage

  • Create and manage data and ISO storage domains.

Deploy and manage virtual machines

  • Operate virtual machines in the Red Hat Virtualization environment.

Migrate virtual machines

  • Migrate and control automatic migration of virtual machines.

Manage virtual machine images

  • Manage virtual machine snapshots and disk images.

Automating virtual machine deployment

  • Automate deployment of virtual machines by using templates and cloud-init.

Back up and upgrade Red Hat Virtualization

  • Back up, restore, and upgrade the software in a Red Hat Virtualization environment.

Explore high-availability practices

  • Explain procedures to improve the resilience and reliability of Red Hat Virtualization by removing single points of failure and implementing high-availability features.

Perform comprehensive review

  • Demonstrate skills learned in this course by installing and configuring Red Hat Virtualization; using the platform to create and manage virtual machines; and backing up and updating components of Red Hat Virtualization.

Related Courses:

RHCVA exam (EX318)

Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator — RHCVA