Published by: PRENTICE-HALL
Author: Keenan, Charles
Number of pages: 1664
Group: UNIX - HP-UX
ISBN: 0131463969/9780131463967
User level: Intermediate/Advance
Objective: Reference
Date Published: September 2004
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The definitive HP-UX CSE exam preparation guide and reference

This book offers complete preparation for HP's challenging hands-on practical exam for HP-UX Certified System Engineer certification. But its more than a prep guide: its an outstanding day-to-day reference for working system engineers in high availability environments. You'll find thorough, HP-reviewed coverage of every exam objective, encompassing the implementation, management, and optimization of HP-UX in any technical environment, no matter how diverse or challenging.

Coverage includes

• Maximizing the performance and availability of HP-UX systems and applications
• Partitioning: Node partitions (nPars, Genesis, Partition Manager), and virtual partitions (preparation, configuration, Vpar databases, vpmon)
• Disks, volumes, filesystems: RAID, LVM, VxVM, HFS, VxFS, VFS layer, swap/dump space, and more
• Monitoring system resources, activities, events, and kernels
• Processes, threads, and bottlenecks: priorities, run queues, multi-processor environments, memory requirements, bottlenecks, and more
• Installation, patching, and recovery, including Software Distributor and Ignite-UX
• Emergency recovery with HP-UX installation media
• Broad networking coverage: IPv6, ndd, DHCP, DNS, NTP, CIFS/9000, LDAP, sendmail, Automatic Port Aggregation, VPNs, VLANs, and more
• Planning, implementing, and managing high availability clustering with ServiceGuard
• Other HP-UX cluster solutions: Metrocluster, Campus Cluster, Continental Cluster and more
• Infrastructure for remote access to HA clusters: SANs, DWDM, dark fiber
• HP-UX security administration: Trusted systems, SSH, HIDS, IPSec, IPFilter, and Bastille
• Establishing and supporting Service Level Agreements
• Sample questions, last-minute review tips, and other study resources

This book will be an indispensable resource for IT staff, ISV partners, solution architects, support engineers, system administrators, and many others. Whether you design, deploy, or support complex HP-UX environments, it will make you far more effective -- as it prepares you for the certification that recognizes your expertise.