Unix Certifications?

homerj742

Does such a thing exist? Best way to learn/practice?

sprkymrk

Solaris has a certification track. Not too sure of any others besides the Linux stuff.

Munck

You can get certified in AIX from IBM.
SANS also has a Unix cert: "GCUX"

Ricka182

There are plenty of Unix certs. I took a Solaris class a few years back, and it was like Chinese to me. Probably because I was in an advanced class, but still didn't make a lot of sense. If you don't have experience with Unix, you may want to hold off for a while. The Unix people at my work told me it took a long time to get a quality job doing Unix, because most companies don't want to take a chance on someone who just has certs, experience is generally required....practice isn't cheap to come by either, as most Unix equipment is not that cheap....

mikey_b

VMWare is cheap (free!) and Solaris x86 works great on it, I used that for most of my basic UNIX training but have never bothered to certify, my employer is a 90% Wintel shop.

homerj742

Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)

sprkymrk

homerj742 wrote:

Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)

I think this will do it:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

Slowhand

For anyone interested in checking out Sun's certs, go to their Solaris Certification Website and take a look at the overview of the paths.

homerj742

Cool thanks for the information.

Ricka182

sprkymrk wrote:

homerj742 wrote:

Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)

I think this will do it:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

I'd say Solaris is a pretty good deal if you can figure it out. I took my class on S8, so I'm sure the gui has gotten much better by now.