The LPIC-3 Program R Linux Professional Institute LPIC-3: “Core” Exam and Certification LDAP, PAM and related technologies Capacity Planning Trouble Shooting Core Network Services 301 Authentication and naming, including: troubleshooting, integration with core network services, and capacity planning. The First LPIC-3 Specialty: LPI-302 (Mixed Environment) Samba, NFS and related technologies Trouble Shooting Core Network Services 302 Network file/print/domain services, including: troubleshooting, and integration with core network services. LPIC-3 Schedule and Progress Oct 1/06 Nov 1/06 Dec 1/06 January /07 Objectives and Item Development 10/14 – 12/09 Beta Examlabs 11/1 – 12/1 Psychometrics 12/8 – 12/15 12/15 – 12/31 Translation Publishing Over 400 exam questions created in total 12 sites worldwide were chosen to host “beta” exam labs with 374 candidates attending these exam labs JTA and Objective creation complete, weighting calculated during psychometrics Live publication of LPIC-3 in English and Japanese Level 3 Exams Live LPIC-3 Comments from Beta testing “Good that the exam is finally here to prove in depth knowledge. I hope there will be many more exams at this level.” - Sander von Vugt, Author of “The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server” "Representative of an active and enterprise environment." - Raimond Kollman, Senior Consultant, Snow B.V. “This may be the first certification willing to take on the depth and breadth of enterprise level computing.” - Leo Hordijk, 2005 Novell Certified Linux Engineer of the Year Proposed LPIC- 3 Exam Program 304 302 Core Exam 301 Mixed Environment High Availability and Virtualization 305 Web and Intranet Core Exam 303 Security 306 Mail and Messaging LPIC-3 and the LPIC Program LPIC-1 101 102 Associated Certifications • Ubuntu Certified Professional • Other Linux distributions LPIC-2 201 202 • Other Linux and Open Source Technologies LPIC-3 301 302 • LPIC-3 + Elective Specialty Proposed LPIC-3 Specialties 301 302 LPIC-3 Specialty: Mixed Environment 303 LPIC-3 Specialty: Security 304 LPIC-3 Specialty: High Availability & Virtualization 305 LPIC-3 Specialty: Web & Intranet 306 LPIC-3 Specialty: Mail and Messaging 301 301 301 301