Solaris 9 System Administration Training Guide (Exam CX-310-014 and CX-310-015)

by Bill Calkins

A study companion for UNIX system professionals preparing for the Solaris 9 System Administrator exams (310-014 and 310-015). This title offers two study modes, practice test and flash review, exam... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789729229
• ISBN13: 9780789729224
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 964 Pages
• Weight: 4.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 8.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good One for Certification

This book helped me to clear 310-014. Now I am preparing for 015. I have seen Solaris Certification books without Printer portion. But this one covers all the areas and will be worth for you.

Buy this one

This is the best book available to prepare you to pass the Solaris 9 certification exams (it's better than the Exam Cram book which, as its title suggests, is a bit sketchy and doesn't have anything like the kind of depth of explanation that Calkins' book does).I'm really surprised that even a couple of people have indicated in their reviews that they think the Exam Cram book is better. By all means buy the Exam Cram book if you can afford to, it's a handy supplemental text, but if you have to choose only one book then get Calkins' one, it's a hands down better choice.Calkins' book sticks rigidly to the certification topics, introducing no extraneous material. The certification topics are covered and explained in detail; if you study the book, you will really LEARN something, and you can rest assured that whatever you learn will help you to pass the exams. Important issues of practical experience aside, if you study this book well, I can't see you not passing the exams. I passed them both well, this book was my primary preparation.Good luck to everyone.

MCSE that got his Solaris Certification

I'm prevously an MCSE. I used this book to learn Solaris and to take the Part1 and 2 Sun cert. exams. I finalized my certification by taking the Solaris 9 SysAdmin Part 2 test this morning in Denver, and passed with a score of 85. I felt well prepared in all of the objectives for both exams. This book not only prepared me for the cert exam, but will remain a valuable reference on my shelf.

Why take a class

In short, the book covers the how to part with "step by step" instructions. There are exercises with what to type. Often when seeking help or learning, you just want to how to perform a task. And this book comes thru. Learn by doing. Not by memorizing endless forgettable facts.Questions at the end of the chapter to help reinforce the material. So it's READ, DO, QUIZ.I've got Microsoft, Novell and Cisco Certs, but don't recall a book that provides the detail that this one provides.Give me screen captures and "step by step" instruction over endless paragraphs of mind numbing text.Good Job Bill. We appreciate the extra effort.

Excellent

A great book! The best one up to date on this topic, I used this one and cram exam book and scored 90% on the test. This book covers all material very thoroughly, has examples, very well structured, nicely formatted, a pleasure to study with.Bill Calkins did an excellent job.