DO316 – Managing Virtual Machines with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
Create and manage virtual machines on OpenShift by using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator.
Course description
Create and manage virtual machines on OpenShift by using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administration Rapid Track course features the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator for those who already have experience with Red Hat OpenShift administration. This accelerated course combines essential content from Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administration I (DO156) and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administration II (DO256) to teach students the skills required to create and manage production-ready virtual machines and their supporting Kubernetes and OpenShift resources in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
Prerequisites
- Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180) is recommended
- Linux skills are not required to manage OpenShift clusters and OpenShift Virtualization but managing individual Linux VMs requires Linux system admin skills provided by:
- Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and Red Hat System Administration II (RH134) is required for managing the OS inside a Linux VM.
Audience
- Virtual Machine Administrators who are looking to migrate workloads from traditional hypervisors to OpenShift Virtualization.
- Platform Engineers, Cloud Administrators, and System Administrators who are interested in supporting virtualized workloads, either independently from or in the same OpenShift cluster as containerized workloads.
Outline
Deploy the OpenShift Virtualization operator and examine the configuration options for the operator.
Create, manage, and monitor virtual machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
Use comprehensive and flexible networking for virtual machines within an OpenShift environment.
Configure and manage persistent storage for virtual machines, protect VM data through snapshots, export and import virtual machine images, and efficiently create golden images for virtual machines by using cloning within a Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment.
Understand OpenShift OAuth server concepts and custom resources, including their function in Kubernetes authentication, and define and implement role-based access controls and user permissions.
Enable comprehensive and flexible networking for nodes and virtual machines within an OpenShift environment.
Migrate virtual machines from another hypervisor to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization by using the migration toolkit for virtualization (MTV) operator.
Back up and restore virtual machines by using the OpenShift APIs for Data Protection (OADP) operator.
Control the placement of virtual machines on cluster nodes by using Kubernetes resources, and rebalance virtual machine workloads across cluster nodes by enabling descheduler evictions.
Implement high-availability virtual machines that are resilient to failures, planned maintenance, and cluster upgrades by configuring Kubernetes resources.
Recommended Next Course or Exam
- VM Administrators for OpenShift Virtualization require deeper Kubernetes and OpenShift skills than DO316 provides, even if these individuals will not manage containerized, cloud-native applications, and these skills are provided by existing OpenShift Administration courses:
- Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280) is also a recommended follow-up course for security and resource management of OpenShift projects.
- Red Hat OpenShift Administration III: Scaling Deployments in the Enterprise (DO380) and Enterprise Kubernetes Storage with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (DO370) are recommended follow-up courses for node, storage, and security management of OpenShift clusters.
- Red Hat OpenShift Installation Lab (DO322) is a recommended follow-up course for installing and configuring OpenShift clusters.
