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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