The HP-UX 11.x System Administration Handbook and Toolkit (2nd Edition)

by Hewlett-Packard Company

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130125148
• ISBN13: 9780130125149
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 1100 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Landed me a job!

The HP-UX 11.x Sys Admin Handbook and Toolkit is the catalyst that landed me a HP-UX poistion at HP. In partiular the networking and HP-UX proprietary chapters were really easy to go through and well thought out and written. I came to HP with an edge and this but gave me that edge. In fact, I use this book at least once a week as a reference guide to help with work.GREAT BOOK!

Great for Reference before and during the job

This book is an excellent companion to the HP Manual: "Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0". This manual is normally printed from the HP-UX 11.0 CDROM. I've used it in setting up a number of HP-UX 11.0 systems to clarify a number of installation items. I like his treatment of the Advanced Menu installation items that are used during installation.Author exhibits a great attitude which is reflected in the the writing of his book. "You are going to have a great time setting up your HP-UX system(s). I know you are, because I have set up hundreds and hundreds of systems and my customers always enjoy it."The book seems redundant in some parts but his goal is for you to get "the common denominator of HP-UX system administration knowledge that applies to all systems." The additional inserted "man" pages relieve the tedium of bring up the man screen on the monitor. You do get a little tired of sometimes 8 to 10 hrs a day looking in man pages on the screen. It is a well known physical/psychology fact that you read a printed page better and faster than the tube. Especially when you have to go back and forth. These parts can be easily skipped if you have memorized some of them as I have through constant use. The scripts are easy to use and convert to your installation practices. Some of the customization feature tips described are very thoughtful. I understand that the author is going to put these scripts on a web site or in a CDROM in the near future. Love the script to use in checking instant ignition and displaying all the patches (why did I think of doing it that way? ). Nevertheless, typing them in is a good way to learn or refresh your memory of UNIX techniques. The review of shell programming is also good if you need a refresher course and don't have a lot of time.The description of HP Performance tools when you need them is very handy. None of us really have enough time to research all the features and he make them very easy to use.His description and uses of the UNIX directory structures is good enough to explain to your upper management when you want to modify or add to these. I can't remember where else I've seen such a nice job. I can't do justice to the book and it's features. He doesn't forget those of us who have to be using the 700 series machines in addition to the bigger K4XX machines. He gives enough information to make your own way if you are experienced with the machines. Some customers want to still put HP-UX 11.0 on 700 series machines.

A very complete and detailed book

That prolific writer, Marty Poniatowski, has done a great job with his latest book "HP-UX 11.X SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION - Handbook and Toolkit". Marty describes in detail, the new features of HP-UX 11.0 and explains them with clarity. To give you an example of the detail, Marty uses up 140 pages of this 1150 page book covering SAM. You will learn all of SAM's features, including some poorly documented ones such as "restricted SAM". Mr. Poniatowski covers how to use SAM to manage device files as well as the command line approach. Especially useful, are the 150 pages devoted to NT/HP-UX interoperability. Salient topics covered include printer and file system sharing, and Microsoft Services for Unix. There is some excellent information on how to supplement your disaster recovery process and backup procedures using IGNITE/UX. The performance tools and benchmarking section is very thorough, with detailed examples and illustrations of MeasureWare and PerfView. I believe this book is an excellent addition to HP's fine education program, as he not only teaches the mechanics of doing something but also explains the "why's" of system administration. Some of these include...why audit?.....why is security important?.... why you want to configure a dump device. There was a lot of ergonomics that went into this publication. Besides being chock full of illustrations and examples, the fonts are large and easy on your eyes, while the included man pages are smaller, as to save space. A tear-off vi "cheat sheet" is included as well as a CD-ROM that has 60 day trial copies of EXCEED, MAESTRO, PERFVIEW, MEASUREWARE, and docs. The targeted audience is from the beginner to the near-guru. I've been working with HP-UX for over 12 years, and I've learned quite a bit from this publication.

EXCELLENT BOOK!

This is the big brother of Marty's HP-UX 11.x System Admin "How To" Book. It is the same as the other book but includes some Windows NT and HP-UX interoperability chapters as well as a chapter covering HP-UX system auditing. The CD-ROM in this book also has on it some trial software from Hummingbird including X and NFS.This and the 11.x "How To" book cover everything I need to know for HP-UX system administration. Topics are covered first at the introductory level and then the advanced level. I got the information I needed to know about tasks you perform when starting out such as installation, basic system administration, and an intro to shell programming, then advanced topics such as performance commands and Ignite-UX for system recovery were covered.Marty also includes the most often used manual pages right in the book. If you see a command used in a chapter there is a good chance the manual page for that command appears at the end of the chapter.This is the most complete guide for a specific UNIX variant I have seen.

The book covers all the essential topics for unixa dmin

This book talks about everything a unix admin needs to know.The book is good source for ignite for system recovery.The book will help you in fine tune your system.There lots of example one can learn from.Its a good good source of reference.