The new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is now released and
with this new arrival, certifications under RHEL 6will no longer be
current. Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) exam is no longer offered
by Red Hat. RHCT exam is now replaced by RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System
Administrator). This article attempts to provide a clear picture about
new changes in RHCE certification.
RHCSA is the new addition to
the performance based certifications, to strengthen IT professionals
with superior training and performance based assessments in the IT
industry. The certification title itself indicates more precise
description of the duties held by people with this certification. More
over RHCSA is built with thorough analysis of the knowledge and skills
needed for modern system administrators. This is an outcome of technical
survey, task analysis and feed backs from professionals world wide. In
effect RHCSA is similar to RHCT except with some additions to include
the result of feed backs from professionals.
RHCSA is the base
system administration certification. Now onwards those wishing to earn
RHCE on RHEL 7 must get RHCSA and write separate exam for RHCE. RHCE is
now upgraded as a higher level system administration certification. A
current RHCE will remain as prerequisite for advanced level
certifications from Red Hat.
The main changes with RHCE exam on
RHEL 7 is that previous RHCE Exam will be replaced by RHCSA Exam and updated RHCE Exam . These two exams are now
separate and RHCSA is not embedded with RHCE as RHCT was earlier. It is
not necessary that one must get RHCSA first, before being eligible to
write RHCE exam. If one passes RHCE exam first, then their record will
be retained and when they passes RHCSA the earlier RHCE will be clubbed
and person will be then RHCSA and RHCE. RHCSA exam is also performance
based which evaluates skills through hands-on lab based system.
Certifications
from Red Hat provide validation of a professional's technical expertise
and knowledge. Nowadays enterprises looking for employees can give more
preference to certifications as an input into hiring, promotions and
other allowances, as these certifications are obtained from performance
based exams.
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