Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RH318)

Course description

Deploy, configure, manage, and migrate virtual environments

Red Hat Virtualization (RH318) teaches you the skills needed to deploy, administer, and operate virtual machines in your organization using Red Hat® Virtualization. Through numerous hands-on exercises, you will demonstrate the ability to deploy and configure the Red Hat Virtualization infrastructure and use it to provision and manage virtual machines. This offering also prepares you for the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Virtualization exam.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 4.3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 7.6 and 8, as well as Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Virtualization 1.6.

Course content summary

• Configure Red Hat Virtualization
• Configure networking and storage for use with Red Hat Virtualization
• Manage user accounts and access to the Red Hat Virtualization environment
• Install and manage virtual machines in Red Hat Virtualization
• Use templates for rapid virtual machine deployment
• Manage virtual machine snapshots and images
• Migrate virtual machines and explore high-availability options

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 data centers and clusters
 
Organize hypervisors into groups using data centers 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.

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 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.

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.

Note: Course outline is subject to change with technology advances and as the nature of the underlying job evolves. For questions or confirmation on a specific objective or topic, contact one of our Red Hatters.

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.

Recommendations for this course

• 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