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SCA in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (SCA_SLES15_2025)
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Exam: SCA in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Code: sca_sles15_2025
Exam Type: Question based; 70 questions
Exam Length: 90 minutes
Scoring: The passing score is 70%
Section 1: Course Introduction
- Course Objectives and Audience
- Course Lab Environment Overview
- Certification Options
- Additional SUSE Training
Section 2: Overview of SUSE Linux Enterprise
- Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Subscription
- SLES Documentation
Section 3: The Command Line
- Overview of the Bash Shell
- Get Help in the Bash Shell
- Commonly Used Commands
- Stream Redirection and Piping
- Search the File System for Files and for Text Within Files
Section 4: The Linux File System
- Introduction to the File System Hierarchy Standard
- The Linux File System Structure
- Linux File Types
Section 5: Text Editors
- Introduction to Vim
- Basic Vim Configuration
- Enhanced Vim Features
Section 6: Users and Groups
- Overview of Linux Users and Groups
- Manage Users and Groups from the Command Line
- Manage Users and Groups using YaST
Section 7: File and Directory Permissions
- File System Permissions
- Special File and Directory Modes
- Extended Access Control Lists
Section 8: Process Management
- Introduction to Linux Processes
- View Processes
- Introduction to Signals and Process Termination
- Process Priority
- Foreground and Background Processes
Section 9: System and Service Management
- Introduction to systemd
- Manage Services with systemd
- Configure systemd Targets
Section 10: Task Scheduling
- Introduction to Task Scheduling
- Schedule Recurring Jobs
- Schedule One Time Jobs
- Schedule Jobs Using Systemd Timers
Section 11: Privilege Delegation
- Effective User and Group Identifier
- Modifying User and Group Identifier
- Manage Privilege Escalation Using Sudo
Section 12: Remote Administration
- Overview of Remote Administration
- Remote Administration Using SSH
- Configure Key Based Authentication for SSH
- Remote Administration Using VNC
- Remote Administration Using RDP
Section 13: Storage Management Fundamentals
- Overview of Linux Storage
- Disk Partitioning
- Linux File Systems
- Mount Volumes into the Linux File System Hierarchy
- Storage Management with YaST
- Manage Storage Space
Section 14: Logical Volume Manager
- An Overview of Logical Volume Manager
- LVM Configuration File and Services
- LVM Configuration from the Command Line
- Managing LVM from the Command Line
- LVM Snapshots
- LVM Configuration Using YaST
Section 15: Btrfs Management
- Overview of Btrfs
- Creating and Managing Btrfs File Systems from the Command Line
- Managing Btrfs Using YaST
- Introduction to Btrfs Snapshots
Section 16: Network Management Fundamentals
- Overview of Network Interfaces
- Physical Network Interface Naming
- Managing Network Configuration
- Test Network Configuration
- Network Management Using Wicked
- Name Resolution
- Network Management Using YaST
Section 17: Software Management
- Overview of Software Management
- Introduction to RPM
- Working With RPM
- Introduction to Zypper
- Zypper Repository Management
- Zypper Package Management
- Using YaST to Manage Software
Section 18: System Logging
- Overview of System Logging in SLES
- Kernel Log Messages
- The System Logging Daemon
- Log Rotation
- Systemd Logging
- Supportconfig