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INSIDE CERTIFICATION Are You Ready to Get Serious About Open Enterprise Server 2? DAVID COUGHANOUR If you haven’t done anything with Linux yet, the first step in getting serious about Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 is to evaluate your training needs. If you are a current Novell Certified Engineer (NCE), you have been well-trained and seasoned with years of experience installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting NetWare servers. You know NetWare like the back of your hand and are confident in your ability to keep your NetWare servers up and running — and your employer and users happy. If you haven’t done much with Linux yet, you might not have that same confidence when it comes to Linux servers. The only way to gain that confidence is to begin with a good training program, and Novell Training Services has such a training program on the way. Server 2 on Linux. This course starts with the Linux operating system. For the majority of this course, you get hands-on experience with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 operating system. If you have any UNIX or Linux experience, you will recognize many of the concepts presented in this course. If you do not have prior UNIX or Linux experience, you will find there are many new and important concepts you must learn from this course, such as: Installing SLES 10 SP1: The installation content of the course will help you understand the installation requirements and options for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Options include network installs, automated installs and physical media installs. You also will learn the details of the installation process and gain an understanding of common installation issues. Boot processes and runlevels: This course will help you understand the differences between the Linux boot and initialization process and the NetWare boot processes (loadstages) you may be used to. You’ll also learn about another new concept: runlevels in Linux. File systems and volumes: Linux uses a different paradigm for mounting file systems and volumes (particularly in the way devices are mounted and located in the file system hierarchy) and includes a variety of file systems and volume types from which to choose. Understanding file systems and volumes is critical for deploying Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 services on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Linux also has a complex set of configuration options for setting and managing partitions and volumes that you will get to explore using the YaST management tool. YaST is the SUSE Linux tool you’ll use to do the majority of server administration tasks as you roll out the services in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. User and file system security: Linux is a multiuser operating system with an approach to access control, files and services that differs significantly from NetWare. Linux uses POSIX for handling user access to directories and files, and this course will familiarize you with POSIX and file system permissions. Packages, processes and services: You also must be comfortable with the concepts of packages, processes and services before you begin migrating services from NetWare servers to The Novell Certiﬁed Engineer Enterprise Services At BrainShare 2007, Novell Training Services announced the new NCE certification program. The first certification track to roll out in that program was NCE Enterprise Services. The Enterprise Services track was conceived with current NCEs in mind. This track will bring you up to speed on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 platform and the services provided in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. The Enterprise Services certification track takes your experience managing Novell services on NetWare into account. You already know how eDirectory works and how to keep the tree healthy. You already know what Novell Storage Services is and how to manage storage devices, pools and volumes. You already have a firm grasp of Novell networking in general, so this track starts with the assumption that you just need to learn how to manage and administer Novell network services on Linux. For current CNEs, this learning path is made up of two courses, also announced at BrainShare 2007: Implementing Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for Linux (Course 3089) and Deploying Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for Linux (Course 3090). Implementing Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for Linux (Course 3089) Course 3089, in a nutshell, provides the essential skill set needed for implementing Novell Open Enterprise 24 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE March 2008

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