Study points for the exam:
To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance.
Candidates for this exam should be able to perform the following tasks:
– Deploy OpenShift Virtualization Operator
Understand how Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization components work
Deploy Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Operator using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Operator Lifecycle Management
– Run and access virtual machines
Understand how to provision virtual machines using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator
Manage virtual machines from the web interface or the command line interface
Allow different users to access different virtual machine resources
– Configure Kubernetes networking for virtual machines
Understand virtual machine communication on the Kubernetes SDN
Create ClusterIP services and network policies for virtual machines
Configure external access for virtual machines
– Connect virtual machines to external networks
Understand the Multus CNI plug-in and use cases
Configure multihomed nodes and virtual machines using the NMstate operator and Multus
– Configure Kubernetes storage for virtual machines
Configure appropriate services for persistent virtual machine storage
Attach disks to a virtual machine
Detach disks from a virtual machine
Connect virtual machines to external storage using Multus
– Manage virtual machine templates
Use and modify preconfigured templates to provision virtual machines
Generate custom templates to provision virtual machines
Manage cloud-init in templates adding access credentials, repositories and running arbitrary commands
– Manage virtual machine snapshots
Understand how to create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Create a snapshot of a VM
Restore a VM from a snapshot
– Migrate Virtual Machines from Compatible Hypervisors
Import an ova Virtual Machine image
Configure an imported virtual machine for external access
– Clone virtual machines
Prepare virtual machines for cloning
Clone virtual machines using OpenShift web console
Clone virtual machines’ disks using data volumes
– Perform virtual machine live migrations
Understand limitations of virtual machine live migration
Configure virtual machines to have affinity for certain nodes
Understand how to start, monitor and cancel virtual machine migrations
– Perform node maintenance and OpenShift Virtualization updates
Configure node maintenance resources
Prepare nodes for maintenance using the CLI
Drain the nodes correctly in order to be set in maintenance mode
– Manage virtual machine load balancing with Kubernetes networking resources
Configure virtual machine load balancing with Kubernetes networking resources
Create and configure NodePort type services
Create customized routes to expose generic services
– Configure health probes for virtual machines
Configure and update the run strategy parameters
Configure health probes and watchdog devices to monitor health and responsiveness of a virtual machine and its services
– Prepare virtual machines for node failure
Determine the eviction strategies used to survive cluster node loss
Understand how to use node selectors, affinity, anti-affinity, tolerations and taints
Use watchdog monitoring and health checks for virtual machine applications and nodes