Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) is a certification program for virtualization administrators and is performance-based, like all other Red Hat Certifications.

Virtualization provides greater IT efficiency and reduces capital & operational costs, by running multiple operating systems within a single server system. Cost and operational efficiencies make virtualization a hot favorite to data centers and other businesses, thus creating a huge demand for Virtualization Administrators.

Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA), through its hands-on skills assessments approach, ensures that system administrators (virtualization administrators) are knowledgeable and skillful enough to design, implement and manage virtual environments successfully.

One advantage to RHCVA certification is that it is focused and comprises of only one module.

* RH318 - Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

RHCVA exam (EX318) & Pre requisites

The RHCVA certification can be attained by clearing a half-day exam (EX318 - Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator Exam), where participants are required to demonstrate their skills in the presence of a Red Hat Examiner.

Pre requisite for RHCVA:

* RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration or equivalent experience with Linux or
* System administration experience on Microsoft Windows ® operating systems beneficial, but is not necessary for this course.

RHCVA Training Course & Study Guide

Red Hat provides an official RHCVA Study Guide (Click Here for details), and recommends to attend the RH318 Red Hat Virtualization Administration training course.