Prepping for the RHEL Sysadmin & Cert'd Eng. exams


 
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Old 01-12-2011
Prepping for the RHEL Sysadmin & Cert'd Eng. exams

I have completed training for RH033, RH133, & RH253. How much practical hands-on time (besides just re-doing the labs) will I need to successfully pass the RHCSA/RHCE exam?

Also, is there an alternative for lab time besides week-long lab sessions that Red Hat sells for $300 a pop?

Thanks very much in Advance!

Rob
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Old 01-12-2011
I think you mean $3000+ a pop.

The best advise I can give you is to take the sequences provided in the training course labs and the examples in Michael Jangs RHCE Study Guide and practice practice practice until you can do them blindly in your sleep and in as little time as possible.
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Old 01-13-2011
FPMurphy,

Thanks for your Reply. Sorry, I wasn't as clear as I could have been; Red Hat sells "lab time" apart from the training sessions. One week of lab time costs $299.

I've ordered a 2nd RHEL prep book (Michael Jang), and I hope to get CentOS installed on a laptop. I won't have much free time the next few weeks!

Rob
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Old 01-13-2011
Rather than purchasing Red Hat labtime, I suggest you purchase VMware for your laptop and install install 2 copies of RHEL or Centos on your laptop in an appropriate configuration and take a snapshot of the configuration once it is up and running. Then just use the snapshot to restore the configuration to default whenever needed.
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Old 01-13-2011
Alternately, Virtual Box is free and works very well for your goals. I second the idea of getting CentOS though.
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Old 01-13-2011
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I suggest you purchase VMware for your laptop [...]

Or use VirtualBox... it's free.

If you are only going to use VMs for a few days I think it's not worth it paying for a VMware license.
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Old 01-13-2011
VMware Server is free as well ...
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