OCA Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-821) (Oracle Press)

Currently the best preparation available for this exam, I also have the book by Calkin, but this is easier to get through written with some humour as well. The main advantages over other books are sample tests after each chapter, as well as full exams at the end of the book and online. Ernest really tries to keep your attention and is focused on getting you through the exam.I would have given 5 stars, but for the fact that Ernest skips over Automated Installer, saying it is not relevant for the exam, however there were at least 3 in-depth questions on AI in the exam I took. Not sure whose fault this was.Also, you do need to read the matching chapters from the official Oracle Solaris 11 documentation [...] to supplement the information from the book.Good luck!

Very helpfull. It covers most of the related training course and even more topics. The companion DVD helps to excercise.

Content according to OCA certification. Quite specific for certification, managing to keep the reader's attention. Very good book. I recommend.

The book is good as a start point to prepare your self for the exam, it will give you an overview about each section in the exam and then you need to search more information about each section.

On time, good book

Excelente

I've done a lot of Solaris 10 in the past and have been certified in it for a few years. I bought this book thinking it would cover the new stuff in Sol 11 as I had just started a project to implement T5 servers running clustered ldoms with zones on top of them (p2v'd sol 10 zones).Partly my fault for not checking out the contents enough but this is too much an introduction to Solaris, with none of the important features of Sol 11 covered, or at best just touched on. I wanted layered virtual networking, IPS, branded zones, p2v, crossbow, ipadm, dladm etc. As I said my fault but this is not an in depth reference, 1Z0-821 is "Sysadmin 1" from the old Sun days, adding users, managing printers etc. Anyone with Sol10 cert wants something that covers 1Z0-820, OCP and this just doesn't.Since buying it, I've skimmed the book for new stuff and there's virtually none, however there are litterally hundreds of great, free Oracle blogs about Sol11 stuff and they have been way more useful than this book.docs.oracle.com is your friend...

BIG DISCLAIMER:I am an Oracle employee (15y@SUN, 3y@Oracle, specializing in Solaris);I have contributed to the development of the Solaris 11 OCP exam,and am one of the coauthors of the other Oracle Press Solaris 11book: Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration: The Complete Reference Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration The Complete Reference So, keeping in mind my potential(!) bias and background, here aresome comments about Michael Ernests's OCA Oracle Solaris 11 SystemAdministration Exam Guide.The exam being referenced is the first in the Solaris certificationseries, and is fairly basic. The more rigorous test is the SolarisOCP, directed at more experienced Solaris admins. So, the focusof Ernest's book, as with the book I coauthored, is really thedeveloping system admin who is learning Solaris 11 perhaps for thefirst time. Some UNIX-related experience is assumed, which couldcome from working with Linux, AIX, or HP-UX.Both books were written by authors who used Solaris 11 for x86 formost of the examples; not much detail is given in either book aboutSolaris 11 on SPARC servers. This is generally not a problem forlearning about key Solaris technologies like SMF, ZFS, IPS, zones,DTrace, and UNIX basics, etc, since these are essential the sameacross both x86 and SPARC platforms. The reason for this is thatthe authors generally did not have direct access to Oracle's currentSPARC servers. So, in both books, the treatment of booting andinstallation on SPARC systems is fairly light. And, yes, nearlyall Solaris admins, new and old, encounter SPARC systems far morefrequently than x86.The structure of Ernest's book's chapters follows a useful patternfor learning, with presentation, screenshots, and examples, followedby brief drills, self tests, and answers to the self-tests. Thechapters are not in any specific order and are essentiallyself-contained; use the index to refer to the sections you need toreview, but definitely review the entire book if you intend to takethe OCA test. Further, be sure to try the commands listed in thebook, read their 'man' pages, and study the relevant sections ofthe Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library athttp://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/.If you are getting started adding Solaris 11 admin credentials toyour expertise, frankly, I would recommend both books (please, noflames!). The "Complete Reference" book covered very little aboutSolaris 11 networking, in particular the dladm and ipadm commandsnor the important topic of network virtualization (vnics). Ernest'sbook does cover these adequately for both the exam and for generallearning.Again, admitting my bias, I must say that in spite of what you mighthear to the contrary from Oracle competitors or ill-informed industryanalysts, Solaris on SPARC and on x86 has a long and bright futureand roadmap, and I expect that you'll be seeing more of it in yourdata centers now that Oracle has released extremely competitiveservers based on the new SPARC T5 and M5 processors. This meansthat you should update your knowledge and admin qualifications aboutSolaris; the new Oracle Press books, along with some practice, willcertainly help you with that task.

.. ok so the book is good. I wanted it because I needed to pass the OCA Oracle Solaris 11 exam our OPN contract. However a couple of points you will find useful.1) Oracle website is wrong. The exam topics are not complete.2) The book doesn't cover the required exam topics, based on the exam topics from the website, not the books fault.You will also need to look into AI (automated installer), and some extensive use of zfs for backups. You will also want to delve a bit further into networking, IPMP being one subject area.Out of the 81 questions I was asked, 19 were not covered by the book or Oracles website(or even the course they describe in the GLP) which is pretty poor showing from Oracles point of view tbh.However I passed, so all good, still annoyed me though.

Personal preference but if you buy the Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration The Complete Reference it will more then cover everything this book has other guides out there are better set up for the exam.

Even though everyone has gone to AWS it is good to have these legacy books

A very good book irrespective of the price (which is very very low compared to its US edition!) Wish I could have one Book on SA-400 (Solaris 10 Performance Management ) as well from the same publisher and author ... very extensive coverage - more than good for intended level ! Amazon Rocks .....

Exelente opción para estudiar ya que viene muy enfocado al examen y te permite ubicar puntos clave para poder pasar