Red Hat Virtualization

Prerequisites

• Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA®), or demonstrate equivalent experience
• Being a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE®) is strongly recommended for Ansible® automation comprehension

Audience for this course

Linux system administrators, virtualization administrators, and hybrid infrastructure engineers interested in deploying large-scale virtualization solutions and managing virtual servers in their datacenters, based on the Red Hat Virtualization open virtualization management platform.

Outline for this course

1. Red Hat Virtualization overview

• Explain the purpose and architecture of Red Hat Virtualization.

2. Install and configure Red Hat Virtualization

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

3. Create and manage datacenters and clusters

• Organize hypervisors into groups using datacenters and clusters.

4. 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.

5. Adding physical hosts

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Manage Red Hat Virtualization storage

• Create and manage data and ISO storage domains.

9. Deploy and manage virtual machines

• Operate virtual machines in the Red Hat Virtualization environment.

10. Migrate virtual machines

• Migrate and control automatic migration of virtual machines.

11. Manage virtual machine images

• Manage virtual machine snapshots and disk images.

12. Automating virtual machine deployment

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

13. Back up and upgrade Red Hat Virtualization

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

13. 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.

14. 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.