LPIC-304

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Introduction

The is a description of the entire LPIC-3 programme is listed here.

Version Information

These objectives are version 1.0.0 RC1.

Objectives

Topic 330: Virtualization

330.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory (weight: 10)

Weight 10
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • Terminology
  • Pros and Cons of Virtualization
  • Variations of Virtual Machine Monitors

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • Hypervisor
  • HVM(HardwareVirtualMachine)
  • PV(Paravirtualization)
  • domains
  • emulation and simulation
  • CPU flags


330.2 Xen (weight: 10)

Weight 10
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • Xen w/Intel VT
  • Xen w/AMD-V
  • Dom0 DomU GuestOS HostOS
  • xm
  • /etc/xen
  • xmdomain.cfg
  • xentop


330.3 KVM (weight: 7)

Weight 7
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • /proc/cpuinfo
  • kernel modules: kvm kvm-intel kvm-amd
  • /etc/kvm/
  • kvm-qemu
  • kvm_stat
  • kvm netwoking
  • kvm monitor
  • kvm storage
  • qemu


330.4 Other Virtualization Solutions (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • OpenVZ
  • VirtualBox



Topic 331: Load Balancing

331.1 Linux Virtual Server (weight: 5)

Weight 5
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • IPVS
  • VRRP
  • keepalived configuration

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • ipvsadm
  • syncd
  • LVS-NAT/Tun/DR/LocalNode
  • connection scheduling algorithms
  • genhash


331.2 HAProxy (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description Exam candidates should be able to install, configure and maintain HAProxy.

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • HAProxy

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • ACLs
  • load balancing algorithms


331.3 LinuxPMI (weight: 1)

Weight 1
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • kernel patching
  • SSI vs MSI

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • linuxPMI


Topic 332: Cluster Management

332.1 Pacemaker (weight: 5)

Weight 5
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • Essential cluster configuration
  • resource agents

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • crmd
  • PEngine
  • CIB ptest
  • cibadmin
  • crmadmin
  • crm_* resource agents (heartbeat v2, LSB, OCF)
  • authkeys
  • /usr/lib/heartbeat/ResourceManager
  • /etc/ha.d/


332.2 Advanced Pacemaker (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • fencing
  • quorum
  • data integrity
  • integration with file systems

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • STONITHd
  • OCFS2
  • ldirectord
  • softdog
  • OpenAIS and corosync


332.3 Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • Essential cluster configuration
  • resource agents

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • ccs
  • OpenAIS
  • rgmanager
  • /etc/ais/
  • /etc/corosync/


332.4 Advanced Red Hat Cluster Suite (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

  • fencing
  • quorum
  • data integrity
  • integration with file systems
  • integration with LVS

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • qdiskd
  • /etc/lvs.cf
  • Piranha
  • GFS
  • Conga


Topic 333: Cluster Storage

333.1 DRBD (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • w/Pacemaker
  • w/heartbeat


333.2 Global File System and OCFS2 (weight: 3)

Weight 3
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • GFS2
  • Distributed Lock Manager


333.3 Other Clustered File Systems (weight: 1)

Weight 1
Description

Key Knowledge Areas:

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

  • Coda
  • AFS
  • GlusterFS



Reference Material

Virtualization Theory and Concepts:


Load Balancing:


Cluster Management:


Cluster Storage: