Certification for a sysadmin

BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Hi guys. I'm borred. So I want to get another certification after RHCE - I've dumped Suse certification because I could not get an answer from their representatives in my country.Unfortunately in my country I cant take any exam above RHCE except RHCVA but we use VMWare here so I cant go above RHCE.

Any sugestions? I'm a sysadmin- as the title says.

THks
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  • dontstopdontstop Member Posts: 579 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Have you done a CCNA? Valuable for a System Admin, i'm working on mine :)
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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I've done the courses, I have the knowledge but I never took the exam. Actually was the first certification programm I enrolled when I was a student but the exam costs was a bit expensive at the time to pay from my scolarship.
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    What subject matter are you interested in learning?
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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Something in the area of system administration. Perhaps something regarding security.
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  • log32log32 Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 217
    you could always go for LPIC-3 Security
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Bodanel wrote: »
    Something in the area of system administration. Perhaps something regarding security.

    Why not the RHCE Security Specialist?

    redhat.com | Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS)
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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    None of the exams above RHCE are available in my country except RHCVA. I will look to see what is LPIC-3 Security.
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  • crashdumpcrashdump Banned Posts: 134
    I recommend you studying for "Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 10 System Administrator". A real sys admin knows UNIX icon_smile.gif

    Be warned, Oracle requires attendance of course in order to get certified. If you passed System Administration, there is Network, Security Administration. So many exams icon_smile.gif

    They are not simple.
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  • log32log32 Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 217
    mind the fact LPIC-3 Security requires you to take 5 different exams before being able to take the security test:
    LPIC-1 = Exam 101 + 102
    LPIC-2 = Exam 201 + 202
    LPIC-3 Core = Exam 301
    and after you obtain the core exam you are allowed to take one of the specialties certs (Security / Virtualization & High Availability / Mixed Environments)
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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    All LPIC exams combined are half of the price of Solaris course with certification. I dont think that LPIC 1 and LPIC 2 will be more difficult than RHCE.
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  • UnixGuyUnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,570 Mod
    Cissp, ceh, pmp,...
    Certs: GSTRT, GPEN, GCFA, CISM, CRISC, RHCE

    Learn GRC! GRC Mastery : https://grcmastery.com 

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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    What is PMP ?
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    PMP is a project management certification.

    PMI PMP Credential | Project Management Institute
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  • crashdumpcrashdump Banned Posts: 134
    UnixGuy wrote: »
    Cissp, ceh, pmp,...

    CEH too simple. PMP for paper tigers icon_sad.gif
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  • UnixGuyUnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,570 Mod
    crashdump wrote: »
    CEH too simple. PMP for paper tigers icon_sad.gif


    Interesting to know! I haven't taken of these certs, but I studied some of CISSP domains. PMP & CISSP are respected certs. The knowledge in CEH is a good asset for Sysadmins...

    I think experience is more important for system administrators. Getting experience with backup solutions, disaster recovery solutions, Storage, maybe networking..
    Certs: GSTRT, GPEN, GCFA, CISM, CRISC, RHCE

    Learn GRC! GRC Mastery : https://grcmastery.com 

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  • BodanelBodanel Member Posts: 214 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I've decided to do OSCP (by Offensive Security Training and Professional Services) and some backup reading. The simplest backup saved my a$$ a few times so it's time to payback and do some more readings on this.
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  • QuantumstateQuantumstate Member Posts: 192 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Don't listen to crashdump. If you read his posts he pisses and moans about every cert, including RHCE. I'm sure he didn't study well and flunked all of them.

    I have CEH and am about to test for PMP. PMP is more difficult than my MBA studies, and is required for most PM jobs that pay six figures $, but the standards are very high and most don't meet them. CEH will normally require their course for $3,000; you can apply to self-study, but you must have at least two years' experience in Security work.

    I would like to get OSCP some day, but have other priorities.
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