RE: Certification

I took (and passed :-)) the Sys Admin exams. The stuff on informix.com was very helpful. The exams were based on training materials, and that's primarily what I reviewed in order to prepare for the exams. One of the two exams focused on the material covered in the IDS Sys Admin class -- pretty straightforward, shouldn't be much of a problem for anyone with 1-2 years experience with IDS 7.x. The other exam was, in my opinion, a bit tougher. It covered the material in the Performance and Tuning class. TIP: This second exam also covered some UNIX utilities that are used for troubleshooting / tuning -- be sure to brush up on sar, iostat, ps, vmstat, ipcs, etc. HTH ================================ Paul A. Mosser, Open Systems DBA Informix Certified DBSA Wells Fargo & Co. Tempe, Arizona mosserp@wellsfargo.com ================================ > -----Original Message----- > From: Pranadjaja [mailto:prana@rad.net.id] > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 7:40 PM > To: Luse Harold > Cc: informix_list > Subject: Re: Certification > > > > As far as I know, there is no special study guide for Informix > certification. Have you tried searching the net using Yahoo, > AltaVista etc > with key search such as '+book +Informix +certification > +study +guide' or > any combination you like ? > > I find the documentation set from Informix (Tutorial, SQL syntax, > Administrator Guide, Performance Tuning, etc) very good (concise, > complete, easy to read). > If you have read other books that's OK. Now it's time for you to focus > your study on exam objective for each exam. You can find them > at informix > web site. I forget the complete URL, just go to informix.com. > You can also > find sample questions that are similar to the real exams. > > There are no simulation exams available (like those for Microsoft > certification). > > My recipe for certification is : Informix documentation set, exam > objectives, sample questions, hands on practice on the product. > > Hope that helps. > > > > Pranadjaja > > On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Luse Harold wrote: > > > Would anyone know where I could get a list of concise study > materials for > > the Database Specialist and System Administrator > certifications? I have > > looked at the iiug.org site and the Infomix.com site and > have come up > > blank. > > > > Several months ago there was some discussion about where to > go to get > > study materials, and if someone could give me a finger > pointed in the > > general direction I would appreciate it. > > > > I've already read Carlton Doe's book, Elizabeth Suto's book > the RTFM, > > and I am looking for more. > > > > ==================================================================== > > Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120 > > Veterinary Teaching Hospital Fax: (970) 491-1275 > > Colorado State University Pager: (970) 229-8173 > > Fort Collins, Colorado USA E-mail: hluse@vth.colostate.edu > > ==================================================================== > > >