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As a System Engineer working mainly with hardware for the past 4 years I have found reference materials a necessity when tackling operating system issues. I have found Marty Poniatowski's books to be most helpful in these matters. The HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook and Toolkit is the latest in a series of books Marty has written which system administrators have relied on to answer questions about their HP-UX systems and configurations. I know this to be true through conversations with admins while attending various HP classes and seminars over the past several years. In each case almost everyone I have spoken with has used these books to maintain their systems and further their careers. I can personally say that I have used Marty's books in order to gain my certifications in HP 9000 Workstations & Servers as well as the HP-UX 11.0 Technical Professional exam.

Many changes and improvements are occuring in the HP-UX operating system at a rapid pace. Call it an evolution of sorts, and for this reason administrators need to evolve also. The best source of information to assist you in accomplishing your goals is this book. HP-UX System Administration Handbook and Toolkit(Second Edition) is much more than a refinement of a previous version of this book. Marty Poniatowski has added new information including web based kernel tuning, hard partitions(nPartitions), and Virtual Partitions(vPars). The partitioning information is an absolute must for those interested in efficiently utilizing the hardware which they administer. Most companies use multiple systems at only a small percentage of their individual computing power. Partitioning allows these same machines to perform as multiple systems thus utilizing a higher percentage of their capabilities and consolidating on hardware costs. The best source for properly understanding this and other HP-UX tasks is this book.

It is a pretty good book, but poorly indexed. Has valuable tips if you are not experienced, but most of the data found here can be found by searching the internet. For half the price, it would be a good book