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Summary: General unix overview - USELESS for the exam!
Review: It's a general overview of Solaris. If you want an intro to unix, great. If you want to pass the test, forget it. Not one of the practice questions was even remotely close to any of the exam questions. If you want the overview just buy a used copy of the v6, v7, or v8 version at your local used book store.If you know anything about solaris just goto [the website] and get their study guide. It's a little more expensive, but it at least has SOME of the real questions and it will give you a chance to pass.
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Summary: From the Author
Review: The Solaris 9 System Administration Exam Cram is intended as a study guide for Solaris system administrators and power users who wish to obtain the System Administrator certification. The material should be considered intermediate to advanced and assumes the reader has basic Unix knowledge and a general understanding of computer concepts. This book describes ALL the topics of Solaris 9 system administration that are identified as the certification exam objectives. The other study guides do not cover printing which is a major exam topic for Part I. Although the material concentrates on these objectives, it also includes some other related and useful information. Both Part I and Part II exam objectives are covered. I hope this study guide helps you prepare for and pass the two exams required for certification. As with any certification preparation, nothing beats hands-on experience. If you don't have system administrator access to a system, get yourself a copy of Solaris system (from Sun's web site) and try out the commands and operations as you study them. Also I reference other resources that provide different explanations or additional details. Make use of these printed and on-line resources as needed. The book begins with an Introduction that provides guidance and references relating to the certification process and preparation. Related exam topics are grouped into chapters. Each chapter begins with a listing of the material covered and ends with a 8-10 question sample test followed by a list of additional resources. Both parts end with a full length practice exam. Both the publisher and I have worked hard to make this book as complete and accurate as possible. Whether you purchase my book or not, good luck with obtaining the Solaris 9 System administrator certification!
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Summary: Great
Review: This book is an excellent book for those that have experience with the Solaris OS. It gives detailed examples of various exam objectives and is clearly written which makes it easy to understand. If you've never worked with the OS before then you may have some problems comprhending some of the terminology; however, it is still a pretty decent book for a beginner to begin skimming through and pay attention to detail and gain an understanding of what will be expected on the certification exam. I also purchased the Solaris 8 exam cram; however, I never had the time nor got around to taking the certification. This Solaris 9 book definitely helped me understand the new features and commands that are available and just some of the subtle differences between the two version's. Best of luck to everyone planning to take the exam. Hope this review helped somewhat. Definitely worth the 20+ dollars.
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Summary: Do not use this book for 310-016 SA 9 Upgrade Exam
Review: This book was awful for preparing for the Solaris 9 Systems Admin Upgrade exam. The book has no info on debugging Jumpstart install issues; doesn't go into Flash Install in enough detail; missed the 1 question on LDAP client(I got it right by remembering the answer from my Solaris 8 books); has little useful info on SVM and RAID, I absolutely either had to guess or remember from years ago the answers to the SVM/RAID questions. What else? The book doesn't cover UFS snapshot enough to answer the questions asked on the exam. I managed to pass purely on luck. I cannot for a moment believe this book is ideal for the 014 and 015 tests either. I definitely say skip this book.
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Summary: Awsome
Review: This book was great. It hit all the points of the test. Another good Exam Cram book. A hint for the test, study printing and have a good knowleadge of command line switches.
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Summary: Good book, but enclosed CD is lacking...
Review: This is a good book to use as a preparation guide for the exams. I believe it covers all the material required. However the enclosed CDROM only inludes the "Preview" edition of preplogic practice tests and an full versions are not available. As a side note the prep tests only run on a windows platform, which is interesting given that the book is written for UNIX professionals. It would be nice if it provided Solaris/Linux or web based version of the prep tests.
If you are looking for a detailed book on this topic - I recommend the one by Bill Calkins.
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