Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide (Exam 310-011 & 310-012) [Hardcover]

Syngress Media Inc (Author), Randy Cook (Author), James Dennis (Author), Rob Sletten (Author), Umer Khan (Author), Stephen Potter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072123699 | ISBN-13: 978-0072123692 | Publication Date: August 2, 2001 | Edition: 1

The only classroom-based training and self-assessment system! Osborne's Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide provides 100% complete coverage of all official exam objectives for both exams. Based on 200,000+ hours of IT training experience, the book contains hundreds of practice exam questions and hands-on exercises. The CD-ROM features full CertTrainer CBT software with interactive tutorials and lab simulations, plus the new ExamSim adaptive test engine.

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From the Back Cover

The Only Certification Study System Based on 200,000+ Hours of IT Training Experience

• 100% Complete Coverage--All official test objectives for exams 310-011 and 310-012 are covered in detail

• Hands-on Exercises--Step-by-step instruction modeled after classroom labs

• Exam Watch--Warnings based on thorough post-exam research identifying the most troublesome exam topics and how to answer them correctly

• Three Types of Practice Questions--Knowledge, scenario, and lab-based questions, all with in-depth answers

• From the Classroom--Discussions of important issues direct from the classrooms of Global Knowledge's award-winning instructors

Full coverage of the topics you need to review, including how to:

• Use the boot service function on a subnet

• Configure NIS name service support for JumpStart

• Understand Sun hard disks

• Create and add a swap file to the system swap space

• Set up cache file system logging

• Configure the cache file system in an existing client/server environment

• Understand the characteristics of the Solaris pseudo file system types

• Use the format command

• Use the menu selections for the partition subcommand under the format command

• Differentiate between the /etc/mnttab and /etc/vfstab files

CD-ROM features full CertTrainer CBT software and the new ExamSim test engine--more than 250 questions on CD

CertTrainer

• e-Training--Self-paced review of key Sun Solaris 8 topics, including exam tips

• In-depth Links--Need more explanation? Topically relevant links provide detailed instruction

• Skill Assessment--Test your knowledge with more than 250 challenging practice exam questions

• Score Reports--Indicate subject areas requiring further study

ExamSim

• Complete Practice Exam--A realistic Solaris 8 exam with questions found only on the CD-ROM

• Review Mode--Analyze what you got wrong and why

• Detailed Answers--Explain why the correct options are right and why the incorrect options are wrong

• Score Report--Provides an overall assessment of your performance

PLUS

E-book--Electronic, searchable version of the Study Guide

About the Author

Syngress Media creates books and software for information technology professionals seeking skill enhancement and career advancement. Its products are designed to comply with vendor and industry standard course curricula and are optimized for certification exam preparation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 944 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (August 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072123699
• ISBN-13: 978-0072123692
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,445,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Solaris

More About the Author

Umer Khan is the Senior Director of IT Infrastructure at Broadcom Corporation, where he leads the organization responsible for the research, design, implementation, and support of Broadcom's global IT infrastructure.

Umer has served as an author, editor, and reviewer for several technical publications related to networking, security, and UNIX, and his "Cisco Security Specialist's Guide to PIX Firewalls" book became a best-seller in the industry. He also holds numerous IT certifications (including the CCIE) and has three US patents pending related to networking technologies.

Umer received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Umer is passionate about family and loves spending time with his wife and three children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good text for a Solaris Sys Admin course, August 19, 2001

By 

John C. Gilbert "juangilbert" (Santa Teresa, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide (Exam 310-011 & 310-012) (Hardcover)

I have been looking for a textbook that I can use to teach a course in Solaris system administration and I have finally found it. I like this book because: 1. It is readable. Let's face it, UNIX texts are not fascinating reading, but this one holds my interest better than others I have reviewed including Sun's books that come with their exam preparatory courses. 2. It is comprehensive. It does not just concentrate on being an exam cram for the certification exams. The information presented explains why things work the way they do. 3. It has great support. The CD that comes with this book contains a summary of each chapter and a practice exam which provides feedback after each question that lets you know why each possible choice was either correct or incorrect. I have not taken the full practice exams that come on the CD, but I retaken the practice exams on the dullest chapters after multiple hour intervals and aced them thanks to the feedback system.

If you want to skate through the exams there are other sources that can help you do this, but if you want to learn UNIX system administration and study for the exam, this is an excellent book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointed, March 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide (Exam 310-011 & 310-012) (Hardcover)

I have been doing SA work on Suns for over 10 years. When our
project decided to make the upgrade from Solaris 2.6 to 8.0 I
thought I could upgrade my knowledge and consider getting the
certification, too. However, this book does not seem to get the
job done.

I have never seen a technical book so full of errors. There
are typos; there are errors in the sample output; the technical
data is wrong.

There also seems to be a basic lack of knowledge of UNIX and
Solaris. For example, (paraphasing a bit) "a directory is not
a file", or "the getty process allows users to access the
system". Au contraire - a directory IS a file and getty belongs
in SunOS; Solaris uses saf.

This book appears to be an attempt to take some boilerplate,
throw in some unique content, and get it out to market as
quickly as possible. I would not recommend this to anyone.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Good & The Bad, August 23, 2001

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"refcal" (Birmingham, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide (Exam 310-011 & 310-012) (Hardcover)

When I look for a study guide, I usually aim for a book that is deep enough to come in handy after the exam. I have not taken the test yet but after reading the chapters it is obvious the focus is to teach the bare minimum to pass. I suppose this could be considered a good thing. I just bought a used sparc10 to play with and let me tell you, this book has not been very helpful. I would like to mention that an earlier reviewer has made a few mistakes in pointing out parts left in/out of this book. This text does include information about RBAC, and has dropped SAF(SAC) as it should. IPv6 is not an objective for the SCSA. In conclusion,.. This looks like a good study guide, but you will probably want to supplement it with another book or web docs.