It is a good idea to take the
Solaris™ SCSA Part II exam right after the part I test, because the
material builds on the concepts laid out earlier and will make much more sense
from an application standpoint. This exam, which keeps material from the
Solaris™ 7 days, introduces some new advanced features that will make your
environment more administrator-friendly.
The main topics of this exam are the
features of the operating system. Think of it as product marketing material on
steroids. The exam goes feature by feature and tests the knowledge of
implementing each one in complex environments. The focus on networking shows
that it is a serious topic that should be coupled with the operating system
concepts. In fact, some of the material that appears on Solaris™ 8 Part
II used to be covered on the Sun Networking test (although, don’t worry
that one has been updated for Solaris™ 8 as well).
Note: Administrators who already have the
Solaris™ 7 SCNA title will be able to upgrade via a
Solaris™ 8 upgrade exam,
that is offered for a six month period after these exams go live.
Getting a jump on Solaris™ 8
testing is easy. There are tons of great material out there for the existing
exams that hasn’t changed much for the new tests. The best resource for
studying for the exam now is the Solaris™ 7 Administrator Exam Cram
Guide by Darrell Ambro from Corolis (ISBN: 1576105474). This book came out
in early 2000 and covers both parts of the version 7 exams! So it is well worth
the money spent. Bill Calkins now has an updated Solaris™ 7 certification
guide called Solaris™ 7 Administrator Certification Training Guide
(ISBN: 1578702496), that includes great CDROM practice questions. Official
Solaris™ training from Sun
is a good but expensive way to become certified.
Studying material for the Solaris™
7 tests, updating your knowledge to cover the new topics in Solaris™ 8,
and getting plenty of hands on experience will spell success!
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