Sun Certified Solaris 8 System Administrator All-In-One Exam Guide [Hardcover]

Paul A. Watters (Author)

Book Description

Series: All-In-One Certification | Publication Date: December 17, 2001

The Solaris 8 System Administrator two-part exam is progressive in nature - a test candidate must successfully pass Part I before proceeding to Part II. This guide will serve as both a study tool for the exam and on the job reference. It covers the administration of both the Inteland Sparc versions of Solaris, building on the reader's experience with Intel hardware, while at the same time introducing the major features of the Sun product line. The CD contains the full text of the entire book and an electronic test component that simulates the exam experience with hundreds of realistic questions.

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From the Back Cover

Prepare to pass both parts of the Solaris 8 Certified System Administrator exam

Now you can prepare for parts I & II of the Solaris 8 Certified System Administrator exam using this authoritative and comprehensive reference. This definitive resource maps out objectives for both parts of the exam, and gives you essential information on administering Intel and SPARC versions of Solaris. Each chapter contains numerous practice questions, examples, and test-taking tips, which makes this book a premier study tool. Additionally, this dual-purpose volume is a helpful desk reference--containing detailed information on all product features, as well as day-to-day administration.

Get complete details on exam topics and learn how to:

Identify various benefits and components of a LAN

Describe IPv4 address classes and verify network interface

Add and remove Internet services

Choose and customize DHCP datastore files

Set up a mail server and create alias entries

Install a mail host and a mail relay

Differentiate between LAN cable types based on cost, performance, and security

Repair common networking problems

About the Author

Paul A. Watters (Oakhurst, Australia) recently completed his Ph.D. in computer science at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in building e-commerce and Internet information systems, based on Java, Solaris and open standards like Corba. He is also a columnist and author for the trade journal Inside Solaris, and is lead author of the Solaris 8 title Solaris 8: The Complete Reference, published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill, and co-author of the SuSE Linux Bible, published by IDG.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 573 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072126574
• ISBN-13: 978-0072126570
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,136,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My philosophy in writing books has been strongly influenced by my college teaching experience in information technology and software engineering - clear descriptions of basic principles, philosophy and motivation for using a specific technology, and then clear examples of how to use it in practice. In a book with limited pages, it's not always possible to cover every topic, or to provide all information on a specific topic in the detail required to perform a particular task. I see the role of trade books as "breadth first, depth second" - these books provide orientation, but if you need intimate detail on a specific application, function or method, then you will almost certainly need to consult vendor documentation. For example, the Sun administration reference collection for Solaris contains many thousands of pages of detail, which can be daunting at first, but very useful in the long term.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 5 looks good to me, January 23, 2002

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Sally Wolfram (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Certified Solaris 8 System Administrator All-In-One Exam Guide (Hardcover)

I bought this book because I liked the author's beginner's book. Now I'm going to sit for my exam in two weeks, so I'm concerned about the nagtive "anonymous" reviewer from RI. I was worried that maybe Chapter 5 (about packages) contained lots of "unexplained terms". I checked my copy and found tons of "fully explained terms". For example, "pkgchk" is explained as "a command to examine the package properties of a file that's already been installed". That sounds pretty true to me. "pkgino" is used to check all of the packages which have been installed, and so on. I just can't find the unexplained terms, or the "copy/paste job from hell". And how would a Windows 2000 help me pass the Solaris exam anyway Mr. Reviewer from RI???

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good start, February 7, 2002

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Pierre Jolie (France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Certified Solaris 8 System Administrator All-In-One Exam Guide (Hardcover)

I am an experienced administrator of UNIX systems and I picked this book up out of interest. It seems to cover most of the material not just for exam but "after exam". Truly, if readers think that reading a book will allow them to pass the exam, they are ignorant. You will need experience not books my friends! This book is a good place to start though.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good resource, January 16, 2002

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James Smith (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Certified Solaris 8 System Administrator All-In-One Exam Guide (Hardcover)

This book seems to cover all of the material required for the exams (I and II any way). It could be longer - maybe more examples would help. Overall, though, a nicely presented volume with some very helpful exam software.