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Title: BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration by Ali Akbar, Keyur Shah ISBN: 0-07-222316-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 31 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.32 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good book with practical insights
Comment: A good book with lot of practical insights. make adam bosworth proud to be part of BEA.
Rating: 1
Summary: Good for comic relief, but little else
Comment: I recently purchased BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration as a companion book to "BEA Weblogic Server Bible". The Bible is excellent and highly recommended, but it was done a big disservice by bundling it with the Server Administration book.
In a word, "BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration" is TERRIBLE. It's full of inconsistencies, questionable advice, incomplete information and glaring omissions. Much of the information is readily available in the BEA documentation or is self-obvious.
The one redeeming factor is that it's a quick read - due both to the dearth of useful content and my morbid curiosity to see what the authors were going to belabor, trivialize or get wrong next. There is also the entertainment value of some of the curious choice of phrasing. For example, Chapter 7 promises to focus on "one of the crucial wings of administration" and in Chapter 5 we're treated to the following description of the WebLogic administrator: "Administrators are on their toes, working around various mechanisms to keep the show going". Surely the publisher employs editors who are paid to keep such embarrassing passages out of their books.
Here are a few of my favorite examples:
-The config.xml file is introduced at least a dozen times in a variety of contexts. In the first reference (Page 31 - 33) we're told "you can manipulate config.xml manually by using your favorite editor". However, that bit of advice is roundly contradicted elsewhere in the book and in the header comments in the file itself.
-When discussing installation on page 67, the authors advise "the easiest way to uninstall WebLogic Server is to delete the entire BEA folder". We have to wait until Appendix B (Administration Best Practices) to get the correct advice: "If you want to uninstall WebLogic Server, never delete the files manually".
-The PING command is alternatively translated as "Packet Internet Groper" on page 66 and "Packet Internet Gopher" on page 310. While amusing and fairly inconsequential, it's an example of the inconsistency and lack of attention to detail that's rife throughout the text.
-The BEA installation wizard is given lavish treatment (10 pages, including screen shots) while TUXEDO is dismissed in two pages.
I could continue, but you get the idea. In summary, if you're looking for comedy masquerading as a technical reference, buy this book. If you're looking for useful, accurate advice on administering WebLogic, you need to look elsewhere.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very little insight ......
Comment: In my opinion this book contains too many step-by-step
procedures (in tedious detail with diagrams), but contains
very little insight into the reasoning behind any step or
choice. Without the reasoning or insight, these procedures
become essentially useless. Sometimes terms are not even
defined clearly.
I tried to use it to set up Weblogic 7.0 server and it
was not helpful at all. (Previously I was running Weblogic
5.1).
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Title: BEA WebLogic Server Bible, Second Edition by Joe Zuffoletto, Lou Miranda ISBN: 0764526022 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: BEA WebLogic 7.0 Application Server Deployment and Administration Handbook by Aaron Mulder ISBN: 1861008104 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: BEA WebLogic Workshop Kick Start by Joe Weber, Mark Wutka ISBN: 0672324172 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Mastering BEA WebLogic Server: Best Practices for Building and Deploying J2EE Applications by Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, Jeff McDaniel, Raja Mukherjee ISBN: 047128128X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server by Michael Girdley, Rob Woollen, Sandra L. Emerson ISBN: 0130911119 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 03 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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