Hello All,
Has any one taken HP/UX Administration exam ? My background is in
Solaris and AIX, but want to get certification in HP/UX. I am
currently Solaris certified.

How tough is HP/UX Admin exam if I do not have much experience
administrating HP/UX ? Also, is it worth the effort ?

Thanks,

Kalpesh

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> Hello All,
> Has any one taken HP/UX Administration exam ? My background is in
> Solaris and AIX, but want to get certification in HP/UX. I am
> currently Solaris certified.
>
> How tough is HP/UX Admin exam if I do not have much experience
> administrating HP/UX ? Also, is it worth the effort ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kalpesh

Kalpesh,


I had only problems with NIS, on the level 1 exam (now adays it is CSA level
I think).

It is not hard in general.

The CSE exams ask a lot of experience. There are only a few places in the
world where you can do them. Do not waste your time if you do not have
experience with LVM on HP-UX or building boot-sectors on HP9000 boxes.

Having a CSA diploma is always good.

CSE is a better diploma, it shows that you have done some pratical tests.


Regards,


Jan Gerrit

NIS should not be a problem for a Solaris certified guy .

> The CSE exams ask a lot of experience. There are only a few places in the
> world where you can do them. Do not waste your time if you do not have
> experience with LVM on HP-UX or building boot-sectors on HP9000 boxes.
>
Building boot sectors? Whenever you will need that knowlegde? But I still
build the kernels using sam

A course in the firmware of a 8400 is also usefull. Installing hpux is
easier as switching on the system.

Paul

"Jan Gerrit Kootstra" <jan.gerrit@kootstra.org.uk> wrote in message news:<40066899$0$41747$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tisca li.nl>...
> "Kalpesh Parikh" <parikhk@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:6b5b649d.0401141441.788fc861@posting.google.c om...
> > Hello All,
> > Has any one taken HP/UX Administration exam ? My background is in
> > Solaris and AIX, but want to get certification in HP/UX. I am
> > currently Solaris certified.
> >
> > How tough is HP/UX Admin exam if I do not have much experience
> > administrating HP/UX ? Also, is it worth the effort ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kalpesh
>
> Kalpesh,
>
>
> I had only problems with NIS, on the level 1 exam (now adays it is CSA level
> I think).
>
> It is not hard in general.
>
> The CSE exams ask a lot of experience. There are only a few places in the
> world where you can do them. Do not waste your time if you do not have
> experience with LVM on HP-UX or building boot-sectors on HP9000 boxes.


I do not have experience with either one of those.

Could I not learn those buy reading the material ? Or is it very
difficult to pass the test if I do not have *real life* experience
with them ?

> Having a CSA diploma is always good.
>
> CSE is a better diploma, it shows that you have done some pratical tests.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jan Gerrit

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:41:59 -0800, Kalpesh Parikh wrote:


> How tough is HP/UX Admin exam if I do not have much experience
> administrating HP/UX ? Also, is it worth the effort ?

It's like all certification exams. Easy if you have practical experience,
useless if all you've done is crammed the knowledge in there and looked
for the least-wrong answer.

I would suggest you will get much more value from the certification if you
have some experience in adminning HP servers.

Saundo
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