EX401 - passed
brombulec
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EX401 passed yesterday.
It was the last higher-level exam on my RHCA path. The last step (renew RHCE) next Friday.
Some exam tips:
- learn SAM (Subscription Asset Manager) and integration between SAM and Satellite. On the new version of exam (with Satellite 6) this is "must"
- learn SVN - all parts, not only create, import, checkout,commit
- RPMs - signing (GPG), creating (SPEC files - use vim's file.spec template)
- observe the clock - timing is essential. The exam lasts 4 hours but believe me - it's better to have more time for testing. Especially on this exam.
- be careful and do not speed-up some things. The server has some delays (deleting packages, systems, channels)
- Kickstarting - the crucial point is to use "-y" in "yum install" command. You get stuck on the last stage of post-install process without this.
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Regards
It was the last higher-level exam on my RHCA path. The last step (renew RHCE) next Friday.
Some exam tips:
- learn SAM (Subscription Asset Manager) and integration between SAM and Satellite. On the new version of exam (with Satellite 6) this is "must"
- learn SVN - all parts, not only create, import, checkout,commit
- RPMs - signing (GPG), creating (SPEC files - use vim's file.spec template)
- observe the clock - timing is essential. The exam lasts 4 hours but believe me - it's better to have more time for testing. Especially on this exam.
- be careful and do not speed-up some things. The server has some delays (deleting packages, systems, channels)
- Kickstarting - the crucial point is to use "-y" in "yum install" command. You get stuck on the last stage of post-install process without this.
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Regards
Comments
I do have to say though that I'm surprised that SVN is on the exam these days. A majority of organizations have adopted git at this point.
SE Notebook
But I think it's better to know SVN than nothing.
ultimately - you would assume that the config control tool (svn or other) would be more tightly intergrated with Satellite Server. Right now it does not really have anything interaction with each other
Not exactly - the exam objective is to be able to configure a svn server/client - you can not do that with the Satellite Server gui.