Coming Soon: New Oracle Linux Advanced Certification

With the new Oracle Linux 6 Advanced Administrator OCP certification you can prove fluency in and a solid understanding of Oracle Linux administration. To pass this professional-level exam, you must be able to perform advanced system administration tasks in a complex environment.

Pre-registration for the beta phase of this new certification exam begins on September 20th and you can start sitting the exam from October 4th. During the beta phase, you can get a fully fledge certification credential at a much reduced price. More information will be available on the Oracle Certification site.

Topics you could be examined on during this certification exam include:

• Managing the Btrfs file system
• Configuring and managing control groups
• Creating and installing Linux containers
• Performing advanced storage administration with the appropriate utilities
• Leveraging the Oracle Cluster File System
• Installing and using advanced software package management, including Yum
• Analyzing core dumps
• Performing dynamic tracing with DTrace
• Managing storage with ACLs, disk quotas, and Kpartx
• Configuring networks and network services
• Configuring and maintaining BIND
• Managing SELinux and associated GUI and utilities
• Using the XFS file system
• Applying virtualization

Now is the time to start preparing to take this certification. The recommended training for those preparing to take this certification is the Oracle Linux Advanced Administration course.

You can take this live 5-day course as a:

• Live-Virtual Event: Attend a live event from your own desk, no travel required. Choose from a selection of events on the schedule to suit different timezones.
  
• In-Class Event: Travel to an education center to take this class. Below is a selection of the events already on the schedule.