EX403

Exam description

The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management exam (EX403) tests the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to manage large installations of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems using Red Hat Satellite server and related technologies.

Earning a passing score on this exam is a requirement to attain the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management Exam certification. 

Exam Delivery

This is a hands-on, practical exam.  Rather than answering multiple-choice questions, you are required to perform routine system tasks on a live system to meet specific objective criteria.

Relevant product documentation is provided during the test for most exams but you must complete the tasks without assistance.

Target Audience

• System Administrators responsible for managing large enterprise RHEL environments, organizing content lifecycle views, and executing remote jobs using Red Hat Satellite.
• Cloud Administrators responsible for deploying Satellite capsule servers, provisioning bare-metal and virtual clients, and managing enterprise software subscriptions across hybrid infrastructure.
• Certification Candidates: Current Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) seeking to earn their Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) credential.

Impact

Specialist A Red Hat Certified Specialist has demonstrated deep, hands-on mastery of a single high-value technical domain within a specific Red Hat product family. For employers, this credential de-risks the specialized work generalists cannot cover, and it identifies who on the team is the proven authority in that domain.

Exam Format

Be sure to review the Red Hat Certification Program Guide to ensure you are familiar with all official policies and exam procedures before booking your session.

Multiple versions of this exam are available. The objectives on this page are for the current version of the exam. If you plan to take an earlier version of the exam you can find the objectives for that version at Red Hat Certification Exam Objectives by Version.

The time limit for this exam is [4] hours.

This exam is based on Satellite 

Relevant product documentation is provided during the test, but you must complete the tasks without assistance.

Exam Objectives

• Configure Red Hat Satellite server
  • Create and configure organizations and locations
  • Create and configure users and roles
• Manage content and software products
  • Synchronize Red Hat Enterprise Linux content
  • Configure subscriptions, content, and content views
  • Create custom products and repositories and populate them with software
  • Create products with repository discovery
  • Create and configure development life cycles
  • Manage signing of custom RPMs
• Manage systems
  • Register existing hosts
  • Install custom software on clients
  • Manage hosts with host collections
  • Create and use activation keys
  • Deploy Satellite capsule servers
  • Publish and synchronize content to a Satellite capsule server
• Filter content with Content Views
  • Apply updates to selected hosts
  • Create content filters using Content Views
• Manage Ansible roles and remote execution
  • Configure Ansible remote execution
  • Manage Ansible roles and variables in Satellite
  • Run remote jobs on managed hosts
• Provision clients
  • Configure bare-metal deployments
  • Prepare network configuration for provisioning on either a Satellite or a capsule server
  • Provision bare metal and virtual clients using kickstarts
  • Ensure remote executions are applied upon client installation
• Maintain Satellite
  • Provision bare metal and virtual clients using kickstarts
  • Perform Satellite maintenance
  • Backup Satellite

Performance Rule

As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations and services must persist and remain functional across the normal lifecycle of the platform without requiring manual intervention to restore or start them. 

Recommended Preparation

• Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer or Red Hat Certified System Administrator, or have comparable work experience and skills
• Have taken Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403) or have extensive work experience working with Red Hat Satellite server
• Review the exam objectives

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Scores and Reporting

Official scores for exams come exclusively from Red Hat Certification Central.  Red Hat does not authorize examiners or training partners to report results to candidates directly.  Scores on the exam are usually reported within 3 U.S. business days.  Exam results are reported as total scores.  Red Hat does not report performance on individual items, nor will it provide additional information upon request.