Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9.0 Study Guide (Exams 310-014 & 310-015) [Paperback]

Tim Gibbs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007222598X | ISBN-13: 978-0072225983 | Publication Date: November 25, 2002

This is a comprehensive study guide covering both parts of the Solaris 9.0 System Administrator exam, including more than 250 practice exam questions that match the actual exam questions in content and feel. A Self-Test section includ

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The Only Certification Study System Based on 300,000+ Hours of IT Training Experience

• 100% Complete Coverage--All official test objectives for exams 310-014 and 310-015 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

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

• Install the Solaris operating environment on a networked standalone system
• Add, modify, or delete user and group accounts on the local system
• Reduce the size of files and directories for storage to tape
• Add device configuration information for a new disk without rebooting Solaris
• Use vi editor command sequences to search and replace
• Transfer files between a local system and a remote system
• Define the function of each layer of the TCP/IP model
• Deduce syslog behavior from its configuration file
• Create and add a swap file to the system swap space
• Set up Automount to read a direct map
• Configure the cache file system in an existing client/server environment

Included on the CD-ROM:

CD Training

• Electronic book--Searchable version of the Study Guide

MasterExam

• Complete Practice Exam--Exclusive 310-014 and 310-015 certification exam simulation with questions found only on the CD-ROM
• Detailed Answers--Explain why the correct options are right and why the incorrect options are wrong
• Score Report--Provides overall assessment of performance and indicates subject areas requiring further study

PLUS:

(with free on-line registration)

• MasterExam--Additional Solaris certification exam simulation download
• Bonus Coverage--Solaris 9 Upgrade exam chapter available online

About the Author

Tim Gibbs (Queensland, Australia) is a Senior Consultant and Database Administrator for several Australian Federal Government departments in Australia. Tim has done work in the past on the Ingres database, working as an Ingres consultant for NATO and later for other Government Departments, and has also served as a consultant, programmer, and analyst on Ingres, RDBMS, SunOS, and ICL UNIX. Tim is also the author of several computer books, including the SuSE Linux Bible (HMI), Ingres in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and the Sair Linux/GNU System Administrator Exam Cram.

Product Details

• Paperback: 936 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (November 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007222598X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072225983
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,821,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Solaris

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor, Inaccurate Solaris 9 Study Guide, September 17, 2003

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Steven Stark (St Paul, Minn.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9.0 Study Guide (Exams 310-014 & 310-015) (Paperback)

I'm a Solaris instructor and our firm reviewed this book because it was the first one out and we needed a Solaris 9 training guide for our students; I returned it. In short, here's our review: Gibbs has 3 sentences on managing disks with SMC, nothing on managing core dumps, nothing on Flash archives, nothing on fssnap, nothing on printers, one sentence on smpatch. Gibbs devotes an entire chapter to vi and another entire chapter on basic command syntax- both are not on the exam. Gibbs also includes sections on Admintool and Adminsuite when both products have been discontinued in Solaris 9. Gibbs still refers to SVM as DiskSuite and the book contains numerous typos (ie. syslogc). Gibbs tells the reader to use rlogin, rcp, rsh and does not even speak of the secure shell. I could go on and on about what this book has missed. In short, we started using the Calkins Solaris 9 Training Guide (pub. Que) and our students are getting certified and getting jobs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars In a word: shovelware, April 14, 2003

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Royce D. Williams (Anchorage, AK, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9.0 Study Guide (Exams 310-014 & 310-015) (Paperback)

I bought this book and read it for a good hour. After having just read the Solaris 8 version the week before, it's clear to me that the contents of this book were not adjusted for Solaris 9. For UNIX types, s/Solaris 8/Solaris 9/g pretty much sums it up. Even the typos from the previous edition are still there.

I'm not familiar with Mr. Gibbs' other work, but in this case it appears that they brought him in to update the excellect Solaris 8 version of this book, which was originally written by a talented group of admins. Mr. Gibbs appears to have taken their money without doing any work in return.

I returned this book and bought Ambro's Exam Cram 2 for Solaris 9, which is very condensed but accurate. For in-depth coverage, I'm still searching for a good book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not enough!, March 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9.0 Study Guide (Exams 310-014 & 310-015) (Paperback)

This book does not cover the necessary information needed to pass the exams. It does not even mention printing, which is a big part of the exam. Used without any other aid, you would need a lot of luck to pass the exams.