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These should EACH get a chapter to cover the material in sufficient depth to understand and make the necessary links. If you haven't learned the Core and Crash Dump management topic, you won't understand how to temporarily disable core files from being created and redirect core files to all go to a specific directory. If you already have this book, don't rely soley on this book to pass the exam. These are complex topics that are very deep and broad. The book does not provide the depth necessary to really learn those features you haven't used extensively.
This was much more in-depth covering Zones, ZFS, Jumpstart, Name Services, RBAC and other topics each in their own chapter/module. You'll want a dual or quad core machine with 4GB ram minimum. The only reason I passed is because I've been supporting Solaris 10 for 3 years. And I saw NO mention of WAN Booting at all.
At least buy a good Solaris 10 reference book to walk you through the topics and use this book to hit all the important key points for the exam. Boot these virtual machines and run through each topic. This book cannot cover those topics in sufficient depth by combining Zones, Jumpstart, Flash Archives into one chapter. No mention of the ldap_client_file and ldap_client_cred files or what each contain. Print the PDFs and have them bound (about $5 per binding at kinkos, staples, officemax).
I used this book to study for 310-200 exam 1 and ONLY JUST passed the exam (passed with 65% on 7/29/09). Even memorizing this book will not give you the understanding of the topics to correctly answer questions. The exam will give you 9 commands and ask you to choose the three commands that will each solve the stated problem. My suggestion - Download VMWARE Server (free) and install, Download Solaris 10 x86 (free) and install 3 instances of Solaris 10 in separate virtual machines. Because I used additional material for exam 2, I recently passed exam2 (12/29/09) with 82%. Use these as your reference material and write your notes in them. For the 310-202 exam 2, I purchased a web-based course from SUN with ePractice exams.
For each exam topic, make sure you've used the utility or service in the solaris 10 virtual machines. This was on the exam. Exam 2 is much harder than exam 1 and covers much more information. Consider purchasing "Solaris 10: The complete reference" but also download the PDF files on Solaris 10 Administration (free) from SUN. Lastly, purchase a used SUN SPARC machine ($150-$200) to run through OpenBoot config and advanced installation from OpenBoot.
Good explanation on installation of Solaris 10, configuring network and file systems. However, administrators should also be able to perform necessary steps on configuring new devices, mapping and managing external storage.
Very very basic topics on Solaris, how to install, navigate, manage devices, create directories, perform backups, etc. Nice book, enough to pass the test probably.
For stuff like I think Sun books are the best. Very good for beginners.
Nothing specific on Solaris architecture x86 or SPARC boot process or PROM, or anything on hardware, which is ok because the book is designed for administrators. This book barely covers external storage mapping or hardware installation and configuration.
Certainly one of the best books for the beginners.
The book has very little coverage of the Solaris Material, doesn't cover all the exam topics, the questions after the chapeters and the sample test has nothing to do with the actual Solaris 10 Test.
This book is a good read and has some great information but it will not help you pass the certification test. Knowing everything in the book and the quiz answers will get you to about 45% on the test and the rest is found either through experience or the Sun website.I did use this book for my studies as did a number of my co-workers. It is helpful but don't count on it ace the test.
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