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Summary: Great for Reference before and during the job
Review: This book is an excellent companion to the HP Manual: "Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0". This manual is normally printed from the HP-UX 11.0 CDROM. I've used it in setting up a number of HP-UX 11.0 systems to clarify a number of installation items. I like his treatment of the Advanced Menu installation items that are used during installation.Author exhibits a great attitude which is reflected in the the writing of his book. "You are going to have a great time setting up your HP-UX system(s). I know you are, because I have set up hundreds and hundreds of systems and my customers always enjoy it." The book seems redundant in some parts but his goal is for you to get "the common denominator of HP-UX system administration knowledge that applies to all systems." The additional inserted "man" pages relieve the tedium of bring up the man screen on the monitor. You do get a little tired of sometimes 8 to 10 hrs a day looking in man pages on the screen. It is a well known physical/psychology fact that you read a printed page better and faster than the tube. Especially when you have to go back and forth. These parts can be easily skipped if you have memorized some of them as I have through constant use. The scripts are easy to use and convert to your installation practices. Some of the customization feature tips described are very thoughtful. I understand that the author is going to put these scripts on a web site or in a CDROM in the near future. Love the script to use in checking instant ignition and displaying all the patches (why did I think of doing it that way? ). Nevertheless, typing them in is a good way to learn or refresh your memory of UNIX techniques. The review of shell programming is also good if you need a refresher course and don't have a lot of time. The description of HP Performance tools when you need them is very handy. None of us really have enough time to research all the features and he make them very easy to use. His description and uses of the UNIX directory structures is good enough to explain to your upper management when you want to modify or add to these. I can't remember where else I've seen such a nice job. I can't do justice to the book and it's features. He doesn't forget those of us who have to be using the 700 series machines in addition to the bigger K4XX machines. He gives enough information to make your own way if you are experienced with the machines. Some customers want to still put HP-UX 11.0 on 700 series machines.
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Summary: save your money
Review: This book is half man pages, and 45% stuff from his previous books.
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Summary: Dont Buy This Book
Review: This book is the worst I have ever read in my career.It may be okay for college kids who are starting in the field otherwise it is sheer waste of your money. For example, the book teaches you vi editor (what for ?) , shell programming (You are a sysad, and you don't know shell programming ? Even if you don't know, can you learn in one chapter ? Is that the purpose of a SYSAD book ?). What the heck . Half of the book is copied from MAN pages. (Do you really want to spend 54/2 = 27 bucks just to read freely available man pages ? ) . Font size and spacing used in books is probably meant for 4 years kids or 80 year olds who cannot read a normal professional book. There are no tricks or tips which anyway are expected from a specialised and expensive book of this kind. There is every effort to increase the size of book, without giving any useful info. This may be okay for novices and total newbies, rest of the mature audience better stay away from this book or look in HP references/ HP site. All in all , totally unprofessional , worthless. The title "Handbook" means something in our profession, and that must not be misused, as is done here in this book. Name should have been something like "Primer" or "HP-UX For Dummies".
CD Software on the book, is freely available from vendors on the web. Well, writer himself ackowledges in first few pages that "He wants to cover the least commmon denominator of HP-UX in this book, as it is a vast area." . Interesting. Its vast, that's why we need a proper book that can cover real substance. There is one more title available, "HP Certified" and that was much better in terms of coverage. Don't think of that as a certfication only book, rather as a good companion to your usual work. However, that one is also not a reference. O'Reilly's system administration book is also a good alternative, though that has not been updated in a long time.
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Summary: The book covers all the essential topics for unixa dmin
Review: This book talks about everything a unix admin needs to know.The book is good source for ignite for system recovery.The book will help you in fine tune your system.There lots of example one can learn from.Its a good good source of reference.
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK!
Review: This is the big brother of Marty's HP-UX 11.x System Admin "How To" Book. It is the same as the other book but includes some Windows NT and HP-UX interoperability chapters as well as a chapter covering HP-UX system auditing. The CD-ROM in this book also has on it some trial software from Hummingbird including X and NFS. This and the 11.x "How To" book cover everything I need to know for HP-UX system administration. Topics are covered first at the introductory level and then the advanced level. I got the information I needed to know about tasks you perform when starting out such as installation, basic system administration, and an intro to shell programming, then advanced topics such as performance commands and Ignite-UX for system recovery were covered. Marty also includes the most often used manual pages right in the book. If you see a command used in a chapter there is a good chance the manual page for that command appears at the end of the chapter. This is the most complete guide for a specific UNIX variant I have seen.
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK!
Review: This is the big brother of Marty's HP-UX 11.x System Admin "How To" Book. It is the same as the other book but includes some Windows NT and HP-UX interoperability chapters as well as a chapter covering HP-UX system auditing. The CD-ROM in this book also has on it some trial software from Hummingbird including X and NFS. This and the 11.x "How To" book cover everything I need to know for HP-UX system administration. Topics are covered first at the introductory level and then the advanced level. I got the information I needed to know about tasks you perform when starting out such as installation, basic system administration, and an intro to shell programming, then advanced topics such as performance commands and Ignite-UX for system recovery were covered. Marty also includes the most often used manual pages right in the book. If you see a command used in a chapter there is a good chance the manual page for that command appears at the end of the chapter. This is the most complete guide for a specific UNIX variant I have seen.
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