HP-UX CSA : Official Study Guide and Reference (2nd Edition)

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Summary: Complete Reference and a Study Guide as well.
Review: This book has two features in its title, a study guide and a reference book. Unlike many study guides, this is not a cram-for-the-test book it actually tries to keep its focus on learning the HP-UX operating system and providing tips for day to day system administration tasks to make it useful for real-life problem solving. Still the book does point out several points about the exam, how to take it and what to expect.

The book is organized into three sections. The first is an overview of the Unix system. And quite an overview it is, almost 300 of the books 1031 pages. While this could serve as an introduction to the Unix system in general, there are points where the book is specific to HP-UX. The second section is more specific and oriented to HP-UX administration, which is tied to things like installation that are a bit unique. Finally the last section of the book, about another 300 pages is on Network Administration the HP-UX way.

This book is published by Prentice Hall, but the copyright is by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, this is an official book.