Back Cover

Back Cover

Get the book that shows you not only what—but how—to study

• 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for Sun Solaris exams CX-310-200 and CX-310-202
• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Real-world exercises--Step-by-step instruction modeled after the hands-on exam questions
• Exam Watch and Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all exam CX-310-200 and CX-310-202 topics, including:

• Installation
• System Boot Procedures
• File System Administration
• Disk Management
• User Administration
• Security
• Managing Network Printers and System Processes
• Backups and Restores
• The Solaris Network Environment
• Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps
• Storage Volumes
• Access Control and System Messaging
• Naming Services
• Advanced Installation Procedures

About the Author

Dr. Paul Sanghera, SCSA, Project+, Linux+, Network+, SCJP, SCBCD, CNA, is a technologist, educator, and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California. With a Ph.D. in physics from Carleton University, and a master's in computer science from Cornell University, Paul is an expert in TCP/IP networking, Java Technologies, and distributed systems. He has more than 15 years' experience working with the UNIX system environment, which includes working at world-class research laboratories, such as CERN and the Wilson Nuclear Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell University, and in the computer industry. He has taught courses on a wide spectrum of operating systems—Solaris, Linux, and all flavors of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 2003—at various educational institutions, including San Jose State University and Brooks College.

Paul has worked as a senior software engineer at Novell, and Netscape, and has contributed to technologies such as NDS and Netscape Communicator. As a senior software engineer and an engineering manager, he has been on the ground floor of several successful startups such as WebOrder and mp3.com.

The author and co-author of about 150 research papers published in American and European research journals, Paul has made professional presentations by invitation at several international conferences. He has also authored the Sun Certified Business Component Developers Exam Study Kit.