RH401 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. 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.

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.

Course Outline

1. Enterprise System Management Concepts

• System management tasks
• Standardization, centralization, and scalability
• Provisioning and automation
• Red Hat tools for system management

 
2. Provisioning using DHCP and PXE

• Bare metal provisioning
• Provisioning technologies: DHCP, TFTP, and PXE
• Network installations
• DHCP server configuration

3. 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

4. Building RPMs

• Building open source software
• Using RPM macros
• Writing custom spec files
• Using rpmbuild to create and sign RPMs
• Guidelines for custom RPMs

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Red Hat Virtualization Overview

• Virtualization concepts and terminology
• Hardware considerations

11. Virtual Machine Management

• Identifying virtual machines
• Virtualization management tools: xm, xentop, virsh
• Creating and monitoring virtual machines
• Resource management
• Accessing consoles

12. Installing and Configuring Virtual Machines

• Installing virtual machines
• Configuring virtual machine resources (CPU, memory, storage, network devices)

13. Hypervisor Details

• Understanding the hypervisor
• vnc console access
• xendomains

14. Virtualization: Advanced Techniques

• Snapshot storage
• Creating virtual private networks
• Masquerading virtual machines
• Physical and logical network separation

Duration
4 days from 9AM to 5PM

Location
Housing Co. d.o.o., Vodovodna 100, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Special offer (for croatian customers only)
- includes hotel accomodation
- includes transport Zagreb – Ljubljana and Ljubljana – Zagreb
- includes lunch

Price
3.040 EUR + VAT

Date
04.10.2010. - 07.10.2010.

Goal

RH401 is designed to train people with RHCE level competency on skills required to deploy and manage Red Hat systems to enterprise standards of reliability, availability, scalability and manageability.

Central to the course is hands-on training in the use of the Red Hat Network Satellite Server for deployment and provisioning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and the use of virtualization as a critical technology in systems deployment.

Persons taking RH401 will learn how to implement and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments efficiently and effectively in ways that make their systems manageable by a team. They will learn to install and deploy a Red Hat Network Satellite Server which can be used to provision new systems and keep many systems up to date. Students will create their own packages using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and use CVS and Red Hat Satellite Server to manage configuration files.

Course participants will learn to use virtual machine technology, which permits multiple host operating systems to run on a single hardware platform. They will learn how virtualization works, including the purpose and function of the virtualization hypervisor; how to install, configure, and manage virtual machines; how to take snapshots of virtual systems; and how to configure networking, including private networks, masquerading, and physical network separation.

Prerequisites

RH401 requires RHCE-level skills. A current RHCE certification is recommended, but not required.

Audience

RH401 is aimed at senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments.

Prepares for

EX401 Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management Expertise Exam.

Contact

Dragutin Zivkovic
Housing d.o.o.
Zaharova 7, 10000 Zagreb
T: +385 1 4878999
F: +385 1 4878998
e-mail: dragutin.zivkovic@housing.hr