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Operating Systems Solaris Sys Admin Certification Post 302340316 by sbk1972 on Monday 3rd of August 2009 07:45:58 AM
Old 08-03-2009
Im not a fan of certificates. Ive been an SA for well over 15 years and have one to my name, i.e. Solaris 2.6. Ive interviewed so many `certified` people, that I thought were awful.

Comands, location of files, deugging can be earnt easily, but its the ability to work under pressure, the art of understand what the application / OS are doing together, and communication skills which matter most to me.

Also, certificates were valved more a few years ago, but now you can buy offical question sheets on ebay, etc etc. So, what do certicates were prove ?

Dont get hung up on certificates, but find a good trainees position, like a junior SA role, where u learn about Solaris in a working evironment. You will see that half the time its how you do something, than the command to do it with.

SBK
 

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

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install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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