Red Hat Enterprise Storage Management
- Course Code RH436
- Duration 4 days
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Course Overview
TopRed Hat® Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436) provides intensive, hands-on experience with storage management, Red Hat Cluster Suite, and the shared storage technology delivered by Red Hat Global File System (GFS). Created for Senior Linux® system administrators, this 4-day course has a strong emphasis on lab-based activities. At the end of the course, students will have learned to deploy and manage shared storage and server clusters that provide highly available network services to a mission-critical enterprise environment.
Red Hat Learning Subscription COURSE:
Starting January 1, 2026, Red Hat introduces RHLS-Course, a flexible subscription model replacing the previous direct virtual class enrollment from Global Knowledge.
If you are targeting a virtual class, you shall purchase this subscription, you will be granted access on your RedHat Portal to an RHLS subscription at the course level, giving you the freedom to choose the schedule that works best and self-enroll in your selected virtual class.
Your RHLS-course subscription includes:
- One live, instructor-led virtual session
- 12 months of self-paced learning access
- One certification exam with a free retake
Public Classroom-based sessions and Closed Course options remain unchanged.
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
TopExperienced Linux system administrators responsible for managing shared storage across one or more Linux systems and Experienced Linux system administrators responsible for maintaining a high availability service using cluster technology.
Course Objectives
Top- Review of Red Hat enterprise clustering and storage management technologies
- Linux dynamic device management
- iSCSI
- Advanced software RAID
- Device mapper and multipathing
Course Content
Top1.Review Red Hat® enterprise clustering and storage management technologies
2.Storage Technologies
- Storage Requirements
- NAS vs SAN
3.iSCSI
- iSCSI as a shared storage device
- Configuring an iSCSI initiator
- Configuring an iSCSI target
- Authentication
4.Kernel Device Management
- udev Features
- udev Rule Configuration
- I/O Scheduler
5.Device mapper and multipathing
- Mapping targets
- Multipath device configuration
6.Red Hat Cluster suite overview
- Design and elements of clustering
- Cluster configuration tools
7.Logical Volume Management
- LVM Review
- Setting up Clustered Logical Volumes
8.Global File System (GFS) 2 (MOVED UP)
- Implementation and configuration
- Lock management
- Planning for and growing on-line GFS
- Monitoring tools
- Journal configuration and management
9.Quorum and the cluster manager
- Intracluster communication
- Cluster tools
10.Fencing and failover
- Fencing components
- Failover domains
11.Quorum disk
- Heuristic configuration
12.Resource Group Manager (rgmanager)
- Resource groups and recovery
- Hierarchical resource ordering
- High availability services
Course Prerequisites
Top- RHCE certification or equivalent experience
Test Certification
Top- Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management Expertise Exam(EX436) Hands-on, performance-based, 4-hour exam.
- This course prepares you for these credentials:
- Red Hat Certified Architect — RHCA
- Red Hat Certified Security Specialist — RHCDS
- Certificates of Expertise
Follow on Courses
Top- RH401, Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management
- RHS333, Red Hat Enterprise Security Network Services
- RH442, Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning