RH184_Outline - RH184_Outline

The following is an outline of the skills and knowledge represented in the training elements of the RH184 course.

Introduction

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Classroom Network
  • Course Objectives
  • Audience and Prerequisites
  • Caveats

Unit 1: Introduction to Virtualization

  • What is virtualization?
  • Why is virtualization important?
  • Types of virtualization
  • Basic architecture of Xen virtualization

Unit 2: Basic Paravirtualized Domain Installation

  • Preparing for domain installation
  • Basic installs using virt-manager
  • Configuring domains to automatically start at boot

Unit 3: Virtual Machine Management

  • Using generic libvirt-based utilities
  • Using native Xen utilities

Unit 4: Advanced Installation and Configuration

  • Syntax of Xen domain configuration files
  • Virtual Block Devices and types of block storage
  • Xen and bridged networking
  • Manual and command-line domain installation

Unit 5: Live Migration

  • Live migration of Xen paravirtualized domains
  • Advanced configuration of xend
  • Live migration issues

Unit 6: Troubleshooting

  • Differences from a standard environment
  • Viewing hypervisor log messages and log files
  • Accessing domain virtual block devices
  • Common issues

Unit 7: Hardware-assisted Virtualization

  • Fully-virtualized vs. paravirtualized domains
  • Installing unmodified OSes