Take any review mentioning type-o or incorect text to be true. I read this book, took the quiz's and full exam. It is chuck full of errors and idiodic text. Some subjects are only covered with minimual examples or explination.

I am a seasoned veteran, and require more detail. This might be a good book for the introduction level, but for experianced users I would recomend passing on this book.

Some things I found on the test where:
[4 ] Which of the following would not be an advantage of a virtual disk management application?
A. Free cappuccino from Starbucks with every purchase of a virtual disk management application
B. The ability to concatenate disks

[ 8 ] For which of the following is the Server Management Console best used?
A. To impress employers with your ability to "point-and-click".
B. To manage administrative tools from a central location.

[31 ] Which volume management application uses metadevices to represent logical disk mappings?
A. Solstice Too Sweet
B. Sun TownsEdge Volume Manager

WHEN HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SUN TEST WRITTEN LIKE THIS? And it seems they mix test i and ii together.

I felt the book was very well written and to the point (which is to get you certified). I had a couple of years of medium-user experience when I bought the book, got myself an intel box and loaded Solaris into it, couple of weeks later....voila!

I would like to stress though that even though this is a great book to get certified with, it is an invaluable resource as a reference book. The material is so clear, and applicable in real life situations that you surely get your money's worth pre and post exam.

I have been looking for a textbook that I can use to teach a course in Solaris system administration and I have finally found it. I like this book because: 1. It is readable. Let's face it, UNIX texts are not fascinating reading, but this one holds my interest better than others I have reviewed including Sun's books that come with their exam preparatory courses. 2. It is comprehensive. It does not just concentrate on being an exam cram for the certification exams. The information presented explains why things work the way they do. 3. It has great support. The CD that comes with this book contains a summary of each chapter and a practice exam which provides feedback after each question that lets you know why each possible choice was either correct or incorrect. I have not taken the full practice exams that come on the CD, but I retaken the practice exams on the dullest chapters after multiple hour intervals and aced them thanks to the feedback system.

If you want to skate through the exams there are other sources that can help you do this, but if you want to learn UNIX system administration and study for the exam, this is an excellent book.