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Summary: Nothing useful except for beginner level!!!
Review: A book on WebLogic 7 Server Admin should not be written like its for a complete novice. Instead of q book for real admins, the content is actually dumbed down from the BEA docs which are hardly useful in themselves. The style is do step 1, step 2, etc. It doesn't explain the technical issues involved in making various choices and how they affect the server and its applications. Explanations when they do appear are brief and pretty much the same dribble that's in the BEA docs. This is first and only book I ever returned to Amazon. I regret that some of those giving good reviews either don't know anything about server administration or have other motives.
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Summary: A good book with practical insights
Review: A good book with lot of practical insights. make adam bosworth proud to be part of BEA.
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Summary: Very useful material
Review: A review by someone "Naperville, IL United States " just doesnt make sense to me. As I went through the first review from Manisha Mistry from Canada and then visited the book store (BN) before I bought this book. Bible is not meant for Administrators and doesnt help me for enhancing my skills for administration at all.Thats not my problem. I am a J2EE developer and our app server is WebLogic 7.0. I wanted to enhance my skills in administering WebLogic 7.0 server and dont have time to dig manuals from BEA. So, was excited to have this book handy and most important thing is it worked for me. Now, I can leverage my skills to my existing client. Thanks guys..
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Summary: Very useful material
Review: A review by someone "Naperville, IL United States " just doesnt make sense to me. As I went through the first review from Manisha Mistry from Canada and then visited the book store (BN) before I bought this book. Bible is not meant for Administrators and doesnt help me for enhancing my skills for administration at all. Thats not my problem. I am a J2EE developer and our app server is WebLogic 7.0. I wanted to enhance my skills in administering WebLogic 7.0 server and dont have time to dig manuals from BEA. So, was excited to have this book handy and most important thing is it worked for me. Now, I can leverage my skills to my existing client. Thanks guys..
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Summary: very average
Review: After reading the reviews of this book I expected good things. Basically it offers nothing new for an intermediate to advanced administrator. The examples are from bea and I regret buying it
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Summary: It is very bad book, I will never recommend to anyone to buy
Review: I already wrote a review and said that is the worst book in my collection. Very poor job. It is a mark for authors that they wrote a book... bad book.
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Summary: Good
Review: I am working on WLS for last 2 years. I found chapter on Node Manager really useful. Before i was never able to configure node manager properly. I think this book is worth buying. A must for starters
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Summary: Nice work
Review: I found this book quite useful. I was very surprised to see some peple writing very bad reviews and i wonder what their motives are. Some one calls config information in book as descriptor info in review and i pity his knowledge about weblogic configuration. Administration is all about creating right configuration for your app and this book does great in walking though those steps.
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Summary: Good for comic relief, but little else
Review: I recently purchased BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration as a companion book to "BEA Weblogic Server Bible". The Bible is excellent and highly recommended, but it was done a big disservice by bundling it with the Server Administration book. In a word, "BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration" is TERRIBLE. It's full of inconsistencies, questionable advice, incomplete information and glaring omissions. Much of the information is readily available in the BEA documentation or is self-obvious. The one redeeming factor is that it's a quick read - due both to the dearth of useful content and my morbid curiosity to see what the authors were going to belabor, trivialize or get wrong next. There is also the entertainment value of some of the curious choice of phrasing. For example, Chapter 7 promises to focus on "one of the crucial wings of administration" and in Chapter 5 we're treated to the following description of the WebLogic administrator: "Administrators are on their toes, working around various mechanisms to keep the show going". Surely the publisher employs editors who are paid to keep such embarrassing passages out of their books. Here are a few of my favorite examples: - The config.xml file is introduced at least a dozen times in a variety of contexts. In the first reference (Page 31 - 33) we're told "you can manipulate config.xml manually by using your favorite editor". However, that bit of advice is roundly contradicted elsewhere in the book and in the header comments in the file itself. - When discussing installation on page 67, the authors advise "the easiest way to uninstall WebLogic Server is to delete the entire BEA folder". We have to wait until Appendix B (Administration Best Practices) to get the correct advice: "If you want to uninstall WebLogic Server, never delete the files manually". - The PING command is alternatively translated as "Packet Internet Groper" on page 66 and "Packet Internet Gopher" on page 310. While amusing and fairly inconsequential, it's an example of the inconsistency and lack of attention to detail that's rife throughout the text. - The BEA installation wizard is given lavish treatment (10 pages, including screen shots) while TUXEDO is dismissed in two pages. I could continue, but you get the idea. In summary, if you're looking for comedy masquerading as a technical reference, buy this book. If you're looking for useful, accurate advice on administering WebLogic, you need to look elsewhere.
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Summary: Good for comic relief, but little else
Review: I recently purchased BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration as a companion book to "BEA Weblogic Server Bible". The Bible is excellent and highly recommended, but it was done a big disservice by bundling it with the Server Administration book. In a word, "BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration" is TERRIBLE. It's full of inconsistencies, questionable advice, incomplete information and glaring omissions. Much of the information is readily available in the BEA documentation or is self-obvious. The one redeeming factor is that it's a quick read - due both to the dearth of useful content and my morbid curiosity to see what the authors were going to belabor, trivialize or get wrong next. There is also the entertainment value of some of the curious choice of phrasing. For example, Chapter 7 promises to focus on "one of the crucial wings of administration" and in Chapter 5 we're treated to the following description of the WebLogic administrator: "Administrators are on their toes, working around various mechanisms to keep the show going". Surely the publisher employs editors who are paid to keep such embarrassing passages out of their books. Here are a few of my favorite examples: -The config.xml file is introduced at least a dozen times in a variety of contexts. In the first reference (Page 31 - 33) we're told "you can manipulate config.xml manually by using your favorite editor". However, that bit of advice is roundly contradicted elsewhere in the book and in the header comments in the file itself. -When discussing installation on page 67, the authors advise "the easiest way to uninstall WebLogic Server is to delete the entire BEA folder". We have to wait until Appendix B (Administration Best Practices) to get the correct advice: "If you want to uninstall WebLogic Server, never delete the files manually". -The PING command is alternatively translated as "Packet Internet Groper" on page 66 and "Packet Internet Gopher" on page 310. While amusing and fairly inconsequential, it's an example of the inconsistency and lack of attention to detail that's rife throughout the text. -The BEA installation wizard is given lavish treatment (10 pages, including screen shots) while TUXEDO is dismissed in two pages. I could continue, but you get the idea. In summary, if you're looking for comedy masquerading as a technical reference, buy this book. If you're looking for useful, accurate advice on administering WebLogic, you need to look elsewhere.
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