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HP-UX 11.x System Administration How To Book (2nd Edition) (HP Professional Series)
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by Marty Poniatowski and Hewlett-Packard Professional Books
Sales Rank: 356843
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Discount: 7 %
$78.00
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Paperback: 848 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition January 7, 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130125156
ISBN-13: 978-0130125156
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
Card Catalog Description
If you are a system administrator interested in HP-UX 11.x - the latest and most advanced version of the HP-UX operating system - you'll want this book on your desk, always less than an arm's length away. It covers every fundamental aspect of HP-UX system administration you need to know - from detailed instructions on system set up through advanced topics such as performance analysis and creating system recovery tapes with the new Ignite-UX product.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I love HP/UX and I love HP hardware. HP/UX is a neat UNIX version that has a lot of great features and is rock solid, and HP hardware is built like the proverbial brick outhouse. The problem is that despite the quality of their OS and hardware the documentation for HP systems hoovers the tool. The Poniatowski book is a prime example of this, I suppose that this book is marginally better than having no documentation at all and if I were trapped on a desert island and knew nothing about UNIX I could use this book to set up a rudimentary HP/UX system and I could then use the pages for something more useful such as starting fires or wiping my bum. So what are the problems with this book. Well let's list them in no particular order. 1) An entire chapter is devoted to bourne shell programming. Why? There are better books out there that will teach you shell programming. 2) An entire chapter is devoted to teaching you how to program in csh. Quite frankly I'm embarassed to admit that I used to use csh and was horrified when I was forced to use sh. But therapy, and beatings from more seasoned administrators, cured me and now I can't imagine why I would want to do any systems administration task in csh or use it as my login shell. Quite frankly teaching someone how to perform systems administration tasks with csh is like teaching someone how to perform first aid with leeches and bloodletting. 3) Hundreds of pages in this book are reprints of man pages. I suppose that this might be useful if I were sitting around and playing Trivial Pursuit one night and one of the topics was "Obscure HP/UX command switches" and I wasn't near a terminal, but other than that it's quite useless. If I need man pages I can go online and type "man <subject>" and UNIX will give me all of the information I need. Why reprint this unless you are trying to pad your book? 4) A lot of the pages are reprints of screen shots, OK, you need some, but this is excessive, again, more padding. If you need HP documentation see if you can lay hands on the manuals that HP educational services hands out with their courses. They are quite full featured and have exercises that you can work your way through to learn the system. If you need more generalized UNIX documentation purchase the red or purple books and a copy of UNIX Power Tools, that would be money far better spent than buying this book.
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HP-UX 11.x System Administration How To Book (2nd Edition) (HP Professional Series)
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