David,

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. Veritas Training, no doubt would be the best 
bet to understand the product and pass the test but is a costly affair for me. 
I was actually looking for a lean-mean no frills book, which just cuts to the 
point.

I will get the books you have suggested, and practice with product...

Thanks again, your help is appreciated.
Rajeev

-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:01 AM
To: Prasad, Rajeev, NPONS
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: certification and knowledge.


Rajeev:

I have not seen the CERT exams, so I do not know what they are asking.  It has 
been suggested by others that the book Dave Little and I have just recently 
completed (available in June) would be a good resource for the NBU exams, but 
again, I haven't seen the tests.  Right now, this is the only "book" that uses 
NetBackup in the examples.  Another terrific resource is Veritas Education, the 
course developers and instructors alike have worked very hard to develop a 
quality course.

You may also find W. Curtis Preston's book, Unix Backup and Recovery, published 
by O'Reilly to be an excellent general purpose resource book for Backup.

As far as Volume Manager...I don't know of a book yet published on that topic, 
but I believe there is one in the works.  However, I do know that VERITAS' 
training is excellent.  Many of the instructors are former Storage Admins who 
share real life experiences which is very helpful.

HTH

David


Quoting "Prasad, Rajeev, NPONS" <rajeevprasad AT att DOT com>:

> To Masters,
> 
> What will be the best book to learn* and PASS veritas certification?
> (both netbackup and vol.mgr)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Rajeev
> ...
> *useful practical stuff not covered in certification exams...
> 


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