I would like to take the RHCE exam and was wondering if anyone could point me to some decent practice exams, labs that I could work on in virtual machines, or other training materials? I have used various flavors of Linux on and off for the past 10 years or so (mostly as a desktop). I'd prefer something like CBT or online since I doubt reading a book will be enough. And I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on instructor-led courses and/or boot camps that I've seen advertised all over the place.

Thanks in advance of any recommendations!

This is definitely the best book

http://www.amazon.com/RHCE-Certified.../dp/0072253657

Everything you need, and nothing else but practice

you can have alot of books as mentioned but you never know what will be in the exams.

thanks
shahz

I too would recommend the book ISBN: 0072253657 (same as odcheck). I have read about a third and coming from a Windows world to Linux it is laid out really well. I would study this book as well as going off the RHCE guide on Red Hat's website. The guide lays out what you need to be able to do. Learn how to everything—everything in command line and be familiar with the switches. As a RHCT, you'll need to be able troubleshoot and perform configuration changes. As a RHCE you will need to be able to configure services (like DNS, printing, http, SMTP, proxy, etc) and get them working properly. The test is practical, so you need to be able configure RHEL's many services. I switched support from Windows to RHEL and my boss wanted me to be spun up on RHEL as soon as possible. I went to the RH class for four weeks and took the RH033, RH133, RH253, and RH300. (Training by fire hose) Day one of the class was day week two of Linux. Needless to say there's so much to learn I bombed my RHCT (RH133) and RHCE (RH300). I learned a lot and was able to get some really good training. I plan on taking the RHCE in November. The classes gave me the information I need to pass. The books they give are very helpful and provide good study material. If you know the material they teach and can implement it, you'll do well on the test. I would suggest if you can afford it (or your company can afford it) go to the training, at least the RH300. It's not an easy test, but it's rewarding and it will make you very marketable.

If you are studding for your RHCE or you would like to join a study group to study, please check out http://removed. I am working on getting my RHCE and I would like to find other people doing the same. You can also email me at mark at linuxfanboy.com.

Thanks.

Definitely get that Michael Jang book. That's what I used and that's how I passed the RHCE exam. His book is pretty much spot on

Guys what about the official three books for RHEL 5 RH033 RH133 RH253
are these books enough ? or should the candidate go extra mile to learn more ?

Those books are good because the give you the structure of the exam much like the RHCE Prep guide that RH puts out. The books they give are really good and if you go through each of the labs over and over until you are comfortable with each of the tasks you will do well with the exam. Don't forget that /usr/share/docs has a lot to offer as well as the man pages. RH tells you this in their courses. You should be comfortable with not only installing and configuring services, but to quickly troubleshoot them and fix them. In a nutshell if you have those course books, use them and look into Michael Jang's book. Also if you don't have RHEL5 to work with download Centos; it's free.

After my last post I lost my job and stopped studding.

With a coworker, I'm starting again and I've started updating LinuxFanBoy dot Com again. Check it out.

The biggest thing I've added are scripts to break the VMware CentOS image I created. It breaks the system, explains what you need to do, and reboots. All the breaks are selected at random and are from real life. Like the admin who liked cshell better then bash and copied it over bash.

You are invited to help edit the Wiki, add your own breaks and join my study group.

I agree but Michael Jang's book is bit too comprehensive for the exam i guess!!!!!!!!!!!