LPI LPIC-3 Exam Summary:
Exam Name | LPIC-3 Virtualization and High Availability |
Exam Code | 304-200 |
Exam Price | $200 (USD) |
Duration | 90 Mins |
Number of Questions | 60 |
Passing Score | 500 / 800 |
Sample Questions | LPI LPIC-3 Sample Questions |
Practice Exam | LPI 304-200 Certification Practice Exam |
LPI 304-200 Exam Syllabus Topics:
Topic | Details |
Virtualization | |
Virtualization Concepts and Theory |
Weight: 8 Description: Candidates should know and understand the general concepts, theory and terminology of Virtualization. This includes Xen, KVM and libvirt terminology. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Terminology The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities: ◉ Hypervisor |
Xen |
Weight: 9 Description: Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot Xen installations. The focus is on Xen version 4.x. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Xen architecture, networking and storage Terms and Utilities: ◉ Domain0 (Dom0), DomainU (DomU) |
KVM |
Weight: 9 Description: Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot KVM installations. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ KVM architecture, networking and storage Terms and Utilities: ◉ Kernel modules: kvm, kvm-intel and kvm-amd |
Other Virtualization Solutions |
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should have some basic knowledge and experience with alternatives to Xen and KVM. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Basic knowledge of OpenVZ and LXC Terms and Utilities: ◉ OpenVZ |
Libvirt and Related Tools |
Weight: 5 Description: Candidates should have basic knowledge and experience with the libvirt library and commonly available tools. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ libvirt architecture, networking and storage Terms and Utilities: ◉ libvirtd |
Cloud Management Tools |
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should have basic feature knowledge of commonly available cloud management tools. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Basic feature knowledge of OpenStack and CloudStack Terms and Utilities: ◉ OpenStack |
High Availability Cluster Management | |
High Availability Concepts and Theory |
Weight: 5 Description: Candidates should understand the properties and design approaches of high availability clusters. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Understand the most important cluster architectures Terms and Utilities: ◉ Active/Passive Cluster, Active/Active Cluster |
Load Balanced Clusters |
Weight: 6 Description: Candidates should know how to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot LVS. This includes the configuration and use of keepalived and ldirectord. Candidates should further be able to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot HAProxy. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Understanding of LVS / IPVS Terms and Utilities: ◉ ipvsadm |
Failover Clusters |
Weight: 6 Description: Candidates should have experience in the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of a Pacemaker cluster. This includes the use of Corosync. The focus is on Pacemaker 1.1 for Corosync 2.x. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Pacemaker architecture and components (CIB, CRMd, PEngine, LRMd, DC, STONITHd) Terms and Utilities: ◉ pcs |
High Availability in Enterprise Linux Distributions |
Weight: 1 Description: Candidates should be aware of how enterprise Linux distributions integrate High Availability technologies. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Basic knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On Terms and Utilities: ◉ Distribution specific configuration tools |
High Availability Cluster Storage | |
DRBD / cLVM |
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates are expected to have the experience and knowledge to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot DRBD devices. This includes integration with Pacemaker. DRBD configuration of version 8.4.x is covered. Candidates are further expected to be able to manage LVM configuration within a shared storage cluster. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Understanding of DRBD resources, states and replication modes Terms and Utilities: ◉ Protocol A, B and C |
Clustered File Systems |
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should know how to install, maintain and troubleshoot installations using GFS2 and OCFS2. This includes integration with Pacemaker as well as awareness of other clustered filesystems available in a Linux environment. Key Knowledge Areas: ◉ Understand the principles of cluster file systems Terms and Utilities: ◉ Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) |
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