SCSA Certification

Just like linux, Solaris is another “ derivative product” of UNIX. Even though Linux is more popular in UNIX market, having a SCSA (SUN Certified System Administration) certification will make you have a better income and grow professionally.
The SCSA holders are in high demand in larger sectors such as Telecommunication, Financial firms, Oil or even in Military and so on. It means that the will make some money more easily.
This certification, in general, measure the essential system-administration-management skills of Solaris operating system. And it’s also useful for technical application support staff who responsible for administering and maintaining a network server running on the Solaris operating system.

Off course, an IT professionals working as a system administration (sys-admin) in a UNIX environment must have this kind of certification. Solaris 8, 9 and 10 SCSA program are offered by SUN Microsystem. It consists of two parts. And the candidates must have passed both part to acquires claim their certificate
If you have already had the previous version of this certificate, you must upgrade it by taking an upgrade exam.This certificate has their own lifetime. It is only valid for two years from the date of certification.

Even though there are some mandatory requirements, it’s better for you to have at least six months of experience in the field of system administration before taking the first part of the exam. And you’ll need one more year experience before appearing for the second part of the exam.Besides that, you must have a basic understanding, if not a master, of UNIX fundamental and good knowledge of Solaris OE commands before you can take the SCSA certification.
SCSA exam is quite easy, for the person who is well prepared course :D.

Lots of book and study guide you can find nowadays. You can search it here amazon or anywhere else.
Or maybe you want to order some certification package, it’s a comprehensive study-guide made exclusively made for the purpose. Even there are many SCSA workshops available.
Those simulations will not only sharpen your knowledge but also will give you great understanding on the subject so you can get a 100% in the exams.