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LPIC Level III 的第四個考科將於今日正式上線，這個考科主要是針對虛擬化與高可用性進行測驗，相關考科比重內容如下所示：

Topic 330: Virtualization

330.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory (weight: 10)

Weight	10
Description	TODO: Enter descriptions

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Terminology
• Pros and Cons of Virtualization
• Variations of Virtual Machine Monitors

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• Hypervisor
• HVM(HardwareVirtualMachine)
• PV(Paravirtualization)
• domains
• emulation and simulation
• CPU flags

330.2 Xen (weight: 10)

Weight	10
Description	TODO: Enter descriptions

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge area 1
• Knowledge area 2

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• Xen w/Intel VT
• Xen w/AMD-V
• Dom0 DomU GuestOS HostOS
• xm
• /etc/xen
• xmdomain.cfg
• xentop

330.3 KVM (weight: 7)

Weight	7
Description	TODO: Enter descriptions

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge area 1
• Knowledge area 2

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /proc/cpuinfo
• kernel modules: kvm kvm-intel kvm-amd
• /etc/kvm/
• kvm-qemu
• kvm_stat
• kvm netwoking
• kvm monitor
• kvm storage
• qemu

330.4 Other Virtualization Solutions (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	TODO: Enter descriptions

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge area 1
• Knowledge area 2

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• OpenVZ
• VirtualBox

Topic 331: Load Balancing

331.1 Linux Virtual Server (weight: 5)

Weight	5
Description	TODO: Enter descriptions

Key Knowledge Areas:

• IPVS
• VRRP
• keepalived configuration

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• ipvsadm
• syncd
• LVS-NAT/Tun/DR/LocalNode
• connection scheduling algorithms
• genhash

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CompTIA adopts LPI exams for its Linux+ program -

(Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., and Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2010) CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor neutral skills certifications for the world’s information technology (IT) workforce and the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's leading Linux certification organization, today announced an international partnership to standardize their entry-level Linux certification programs on LPIC-1.

(WALTHAM, Mass. and SACRAMENTO, Calif. – February 9, 2010) Novell Inc. and The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) today announced an international partnership to standardize their entry-level Linux certification programs on LPIC-1. Under this program, Linux professionals who have earned their LPIC-1 status will also satisfy the requirements for the Novell® Certified Linux Administrator (CLA) certification. In addition, Novell Training Services has formally agreed to include required LPIC-1 learning objectives in its CLA course training material.

“As a proven provider of enterprise software and services for more than 25 years, and the provider of the most interoperable Linux platform, Novell is well positioned to deliver a comprehensive training program that ensures Linux professionals can achieve the globally recognized LPIC-1 certification enabling them to address diverse data center requirements with technical skill and confidence," said Markus Rex, general manager and senior vice president for Open Platform Solutions at Novell.

Adoption of Linux, including SUSE® Linux Enterprise from Novell, is accelerating as the industry pursues cost saving solutions that deliver maximum reliability and manageability. A 2009 global survey of IT executives revealed that 40 percent of survey participants plan to deploy additional workloads on Linux over the next 12-24 months and 49 percent indicated Linux will be their primary server platform within five years.

“This partnership represents the strong support the LPI certification program has within the wider IT and Linux community. This historical support has included contributions from vendors such as Novell and has assisted LPI to become the most widely recognized and accepted Linux certification,” said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. “We look forward to working with Novell to promote the further development of the Linux workforce of the future. In particular, by aligning its training and exam preparation curriculum to support LPIC-1 objectives, Novell has recognized the industry’s need for a vendor-neutral certification program that prepares IT professionals to work with any Linux distribution in an enterprise environment."

Under the terms of the agreement, all qualified* LPIC-1 holders will have the opportunity to apply for Novell CLA certification without additional exams or fees. Novell Training Services will include LPIC-1 objectives into its Linux Administrator curriculum and programs which include self study, on demand, and partner-led classroom training.

“As an Authorized Training Partner within the Novell PartnerNet® program, SwitchDesk has trained the IT staff from some of the nation’s top companies such as Ford Motor Company, Boeing, Macromedia, NASA and many more,” said Chris Clark, President and CEO, SwitchDesk, Inc. “We are pleased to see LPI and Novell partner to develop aligned course content objectives and deliver dual certification so our customers will be equipped with a broad skill set.”

More information about acquiring dual certification status can be found at Novell here: http://www.novell.com/training/certinfo/cla/ and at the Linux Professional Institute here: http://www.lpi.org/cla

*This program is not available in Japan.

原文連結

(Toronto, Canada: February 4, 2010) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) issued a call for volunteers to assist in the development of its world leading Linux certification program. Volunteers are sought for participation in a Job Task Analysis (JTA) survey for the organization’s new specialty exam LPI-304 (High Availability and Virtualization).

Linux professionals are invited to participate in the Job Task Analysis (JTA) survey to determine exam weighting and finalize exam objectives for the new exam. The LPIC-304 JTA is available at: https://www.lpi.org/caf/Xamdev/jta (survey participants will need to login using their LPI ID and password).

“With the addition of LPI-304 to our LPIC-3 level specializations, IT professionals who have achieved that level of expertise will be well-qualified to implement Linux solutions for “cloud” computing” said G.Matthew Rice, Director of Product Development at LPI.

Objectives for exam preparation and training material providers will be available February 15, 2010 and the new LPI-304 exam is scheduled to be published for June 2010.

As an incentive for volunteers LPI will be offering exclusive prizes to the first 15 participants to complete the JTA. An additional 10 prizes will be drawn from the list of participants at the close of the survey. Sample prizes can be found at this page,

For more information on the Job Task Analysis surveys for LPIC exams please see this page.
The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the educational community. LPI’s certification program is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is distributed worldwide in multiple languages in more than 7,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 230,000 exams and 75,000 LPIC certifications around the world.

About Linux Professional Institute:

The Linux Professional Institute promotes and certifies essential skills on Linux and Open Source technologies through the global delivery of comprehensive, top-quality, vendor-independent exams. Established as an international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership in the certification of Linux professionals. LPI advances the Linux and Open Source movement through strategic partners, sponsorships, innovative programs and community development activities. LPI’s major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, HP and IDG.

新版的 CUPS 已經將啟用與關閉印表機功能的 enable / disable 指令替換成 cupsenable / cupsdisable 這兩個指令，因此有需要使用的朋友記得更新一下，若是參加 LPI 考試的朋友碰到這類題目還是得選擇 enable / disable ，除非選項中有 cupsenable / cupsdisable 可以選擇。

目前在 LPI China 網站上已經開始提供 LPI Level I ~ II / CCNA 等網路學院，不需要費用，課程內容是英文版本的，有興趣的朋友可以連線到 http://www.lpichina.org/LPIC_level1_zaixian.htm 進行使用。

日前台灣LPI有提供中文紙本考試的服務提供給台灣的考生，目前LPIC總部也開啟中文版本考試於線上的服務，往後需要參預考試的朋友們，可以直接於國際考試中心，例如：VUE等，進行繁體中文或是簡體中文的版本選擇，考試內容基本上與英文版相同，僅差異在於語言的呈現，報名時請特別注意語言的選擇。

LPIC Level III Security專家認證，考試代號為 117-303，考試時間為90分鐘（沒有非英語系加給時間），題目為60題，通過分數為500分。這是LPIC Level III 專家系列認證的第二張，這科目主要是針對網路安全、伺服器服務安全、加密憑證、主機安全與其他入侵偵測或是安全軟體的操作認證。基本上這科目準備時不會太過於複雜，幾個基本方向掌握的話我認為應該不會有太大的問題，底下為我之前準備的方向：

SELinux：這個部分在官方的考試配分是設定權重到6分，這次考試大約出現了 3 題左右，主要包含如何設定規則與解釋規則的功能方面，準備時可以參考下列文件：

• 小洲老師的文件：http://kenduest.sayya.org/blog/kenduest-data/2008/5/kenduest-UNIX-selinux-2008-05-15.pdf
• RedHat EL官方文件：http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/selinux-guide/

其實這部分我比較不熟，因為自從轉到Novell體系之後，其實有好一段時間沒碰RedHat系列的了，SELinux實戰機會其實不太高，但這兩份文件其實已經差不多了，不過在準備考試時最好可以實作比較好。這次我應該是算比較僥倖沒有碰到太複雜的規則配置。

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LPI於今年4月推出新版考試內容後，也針對臺灣考生第3度推出紙本測驗，IT人可以選擇正體中文或英文的考試題目應考。從5月開始，將在全臺灣5個考場舉辦6場LPIC-1的紙本測驗。

由Linux推廣基金會LPI推出的唯一廠商中立型的Linux認證LPIC（Linux Professional Institute Certified）將於2009年4月推出LPIC-1新版認證考試，臺灣也將於5月推出新版正體中文紙本考試。

臺灣LPI表示，除了重新調整正體中文考試的語意外，也針對臺灣考生提供考試前3周報名者，享有每科報名費用減免10美元的優惠，報名費用只要145美元。

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117-303 LPI 第三階的考試項目出來一段時間了，最近忙著趕新書中沒機會貼上去與各位朋友分享，內容方面基本上涵蓋了蠻多主要的項目 ( 真湊巧，目前在準備的新書內容也差不多 ^^" )，台灣目前應該只有 LPI 台灣 薛督學考過了這科目 ~ 有興趣的朋友可以準備看看

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