Red Hat is pleased to announce the latest addition to its lineup of performance-based certifications—Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA). With this new certification, Red Hat extends our industry-leading certification program to the virtualization administrator. The RHCVA exam continues the Red Hat tradition of benchmarking the skills of IT professionals through hands-on skills assessments.

Virtualization helps users make the most out of their IT environments by allowing a single server to run multiple servers or desktop operating systems. The Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) certification assures system administrators have the right skills and knowledge to successfully manage these virtual solutions.

If you are a system administrator in a data center, a technical professional designing virtual environments, or a virtualization administrator migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, this is the right certification for you. Preparing for and and passing the RHCVA exam gives you, your company, and your customers the confidence to know you will maximize the performance of your virtual environment.

About the EX318 RHCVA exam

To earn the RHCVA certification, students must demonstrate the skills required to be a successful virtualization administrator through a hands-on, half-day exam (EX318). Red Hat recommends that participants augment their skills and build on their expertise by examining the RHCVA Study Guide and attending the RH318 Red Hat Virtualization Administration training course. You’ll learn the skills you need through hands-on labs and deep dives into the technology balanced with concept-based lectures.

Learn more about the EX318 Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator certification exam.

EX318 Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator(RHCVA) Exam

The EX318 Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) exam continues the Red Hat tradition of benchmarking the skills of IT professionals through hands-on skills assessments. Individuals who earn the RHCVA credential have demonstrated the skills and knowledge to create, deploy, and manage Linux and Microsoft Windows virtual machines hosted on either Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers or dedicated hypervisor nodes using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. An RHCVA credential assures enterprises that their virtualization solutions are administered optimally and establishes credibility for service providers.

Audience

  • Experienced system administrators who are preparing to adopt and deploy Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to a large number of servers or virtual machines
  • IT professionals who are evaluating a migration from other virtualization technologies and want to fully understand what skills are needed to administer Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization technology
  • System administrators whose jobs include managing virtual environments

Prerequisites

  • Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and Hypervisor
  • Experience using and installing software on Microsoft Windows
  • Experience using VNC to view remote desktops

Exam overview

  • Performance-based, meaning that candidates must perform tasks on live systems, rather than answering questions about how one might perform those tasks
  • Exam results are emailed within five business days following the exam

Course outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Platform

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization overview
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization demo
  • x86 Virtualization
  • Introduction to KVM

Unit 2: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Hosts

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 hosts in the data center
  • Using live-CD tools

Unit 3: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor

  • Architecture overview
  • Deployment modes
  • Installation and configuration
  • Reconfiguration/tools
  • Upgrading
  • Kernel command line parameters/automated installs
  • Boot process
  • Configuration persistence
  • Troubleshooting

Unit 4: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Architecture

  • Physical resources
  • Virtual resources
  • Data center creation examples
  • Populating ISO library

Unit 5: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager

  • Management console demonstration
  • Management console installation process
  • Management console post-installation

Unit 6: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Virtual Server

  • New virtual server
  • Creating your first VM
  • Editing VM properties
  • VM live migration

Unit 7: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Platform Image Management

  • New virtual server
  • Creating your first VM
  • Editing VM properties
  • VM live migration

Unit 8: Advanced topics and labs