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Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide (Exams CX-310-200 & CX-310-202) (Certification Press) Paperback – 1 Jan 2006

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  • Paperback: 864 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne; Pap/Cdr St edition (1 Jan. 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780072229592
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072229592
  • ASIN: 0072229594
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 3 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Get the book that shows you not only what―but how―to study

  • 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for Sun Solaris exams CX-310-200 and CX-310-202
  • Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
  • Real-world exercises--Step-by-step instruction modeled after the hands-on exam questions
  • Exam Watch and Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
  • Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all exam CX-310-200 and CX-310-202 topics, including: Installation * System Boot Procedures * File System Administration * Disk Management * User Administration * Security * Managing Network Printers and System Processes * Backups and Restores * The Solaris Network Environment * Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps * Storage Volumes * Access Control and System Messaging * Naming Services * Advanced Installation Procedures

The best fully integrated study system available. CD-ROM includes:

  • Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring:
  • One CX-310-200 practice exam
  • Detailed answers with explanations
  • Score Report performance assessment tool
  • Electronic book for studying on the go
  • Bonus downloadable CX-310-202 MasterExam practice test (with free online registration)

About the Author

Dr. Paul Sanghera (San Jose, CA) Linux+, Network+, CAN, SCP, SCSA, is a technologist, educator, and entrepreneur based in the Silicon Valley, California. With a Ph.D. in Physics, and a Master’s in Computer Science from Cornell University, Dr. Sanghera is an expert in Computer Networking, TCP/IP protocols, Java Technologies, and peer to peer distributed communication systems. He has more than 15 years experience working with the UNIX system environment, including work at research laboratories such as CERN and the Wilson Nuclear Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell University, and in the computer industry. He has taught technology courses in the Bay Area at CSU Hayward, San Jose State University, Golden Gate University, and Brooks College.

Paul was a founding member and Director of Engineering at an e-commerce company, weborder, that was sold to Netopia. He has also been at the ground floor of several other technology startups such as Dream Logic, and MP3.com. DR. Sanghera has also worked as Senior Software Engineer at Novell, and Netscape, and have contributed to technologies such as Netscape Communicator, NDS, and sellerXpert. Author and co-author of more than 150 research papers published in American and European research journals, Dr. Sanghera has made professional presentations by invitation at several International conferences.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
You can pass the exam just using this book, but only just.
By A Customer on 13 Mar. 2006
Format: Paperback
I have sat the first exam this book covers (cx-310-200) and I was not impressed by how much material this book had either missed or skipped over quickly. In particular this book has very little on the new Solaris 10 features such as SMF (svcs, svcadm etc), which is a problem as this is a pretty radical change from the standard init/run level unix system. The exam question on this topic in particular were much more detailed than the book material.
It also has an annoying habit of hiding import information in the middle of paragraphs of text (e.g. file locations) making quick review difficult.
The book also suffers from poor editing; it appears as though a non-technical editor was the last person to proof read the book as there are passages that have obviously incorrect syntax (e.g. missing |'s before grep).
On the plus side, the book covers the material that is included with out too much waffle and comes with a reasonable practise exam that is very similar to the real thing (although a little easier).
In short, this book reads like a Solaris 9 book that needs alot more updating for Solaris 10. And proper editing.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
needs proof reading
By P. Pavelin on 1 Mar. 2006
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Quite liked the layout of this book, and it broadly gave me what I needed to pass the Part I exam so far. Absolutely teeming with typos, often several per page, including in the test questions. I cannot beieve the book was ever proof read by an experienced System Administrator. A good guide to exam content for an experienced SA, but I fear the typos would confuse a novice.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A pretty poor book that is too basic.
By D. R. Kirkby on 28 Jan. 2006
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The book has lots of white space on the pages with no text. If I wanted to look at white paper I'd buy a packet from the stationers.

The book first discusses the kernel, but then goes back to the very basics, which is not what I personally want. For example, it shows you how to respond to

login:

You are told you need to type your username, press RETURN and that the system will respond with a request for your password. The book tells you to enter your password and press RETURN. We are told the password will not be echoed to the screen for security reasons. (There's no mention of logging into remote systems via CDE or Sun Java Desktop).

Then the 'cd' command is discussed.

If I needed a book at that level, I'd buy a beginners, dummies or idiots guide - not one aimed at Sun's Solaris exams.

The coverage is not very deep, which is inevitable given the amount of whitespace and the level it starts at.

I also bought the book "Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep 2" by Bill Calkins. Despite Bill Calkins' book being 50% more expensive, it is much better value. Since that book is recommended by several Sun employees involved in setting the exam, I can only assume the level is about right, which means this book is far too basic.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Don't base your study solely on this book!!
By "liam_young" on 13 Mar. 2006
Format: Paperback
Its worth noting that the positive reviews of this book are from people who have yet to sit the exam. I did my study for 310-200 based on this book and I too was very pleased with it and felt very confident.
I started to feel uneasy when I read davidkirkby's review which questioned whether the book went into enough depth. As a result I went off and did alot of independant study. This saved me in the exam.
This book gives you a false sense of security. As davidkirkby says, Bill Calkins book goes into alot more depth and seems much closer to what the exam requires.
To give three examples, the subjects of SMF, printer administration and x86 booting were not covered in enough depth. I could quote three or four commands which came up in my exam and are not mentioned anyware in the book
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Important stuff missing
By freebo on 3 Jun. 2008
Format: Paperback
I think the exam must have been updated since this book last was as there's key topics missing from the book. The books also pretty long winded and only includes a practise exam for part one. The practise questions are also much easier than the real exam ones.

To me it tries to be both a study guide for the 2 exams and an introduction to Solaris and hence fails on both counts.
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Good, but by no means comprehensive...
By Morpheus on 26 Oct. 2009
Format: Paperback
I'll keep this reasonably short. The material which is covered is patchy to say the least. User and Security administration are covered well, but there is no mention of umask or access control lists (ACLs). Differences in naming conventions for disks on SPARC and x86 systems are sketchy and could really use some more explanation. The Processes Management section covers pkill, ps, pgrep and prstat well enough but misses off coverage of other commands which are frequently examined upon (such as ptree).

I'd say this book is good for a coverage of the core of the material, but if you want a comprehensive coverage of the material (and trust me, you do) go for the Calkins book. If your budget will allow get both, and use them in tandem.

A note of warning (for both books really). Please don't imaging the questions supplied by the book are anything close to as difficult as the real ones. They are the same format (ie, multiple choice with 4 or 5 options) but that is where the similarities end. Even Suns own practice questions fall short, though these are more representative.
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