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Easy Oracle Automation
Dr. Arun Kumar R.
Rampant TechPress, Paperback, Published January 2005, 282 pages, ISBN 0974599360
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This indispensable book shows how a non-Oracle person can quickly install and configure Oracle database 10g for automatic database administration. In less than a day, you can have a complete ready-to-use Oracle database.

Written by one of the world's leading Oracle technology experts, Professor Kumar targets his insights into this highly pragmatic book. This book explains how to use the powerful Oracle 10g automatic features for simple database administration. It has complete coverage for 10g Automatic Storage Management (ASM), 10g Automatic Workload Repository (AWR), Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM), Automatic SGA Management (ASM) and the SQL Tuning Advisor.

For practicing Oracle professionals, this book has a special "for gurus" section at the end of each chapter where Dr. Kumar explains the new Oracle10g v$ views and exposes the internal mechanisms behind these automatic tuning and configuration tools.

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction

Introduction to Grid and Oracle Database 10g

2 - Architecture Changes in a Nutshell

Oracle Database 10g architecture, Summary of new features and Changes to Oracle Enterprise Manager

3 - Installation and Database Creation

How to install and setup Oracle Database 10g

4 - Automatic Workload Repository

AWR and its use in Oracle Database 10g, Alerts, Metrics, Advisors

5 - Automatic Storage Management

All the storage and space management features (ASM)

6 - Automatic System Resource Management

AWR, performance views, ASMM to do resource management

7 - Application and SQL Management

AWR, ADDM, SQL Advisor in SQL tuning, Flashback error corrections

8 - Automated Performance Tuning

AWR, ADDM, Server Alerts

About the Author

Dr. Arun Kumar R. is an expert in architecting, implementing, and trouble-shooting large-scale, highly complex systems using Oracle technologies. Dr. Kumar has more than a decade of experience in Oracle Database Administration, including multidimensional, decision support systems and ERP software. Dr. Kumar has worked on a wide variety of projects and environments ranging from client-server, E-Business to managed services across multiple relational database systems in telecommunications, retail and health care industries.

Arun serves as the Associate Editor for the International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) SELECT Journal and as the Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of IEEE. He also serves as a Professor of Database Technologies and E-Business at a renowned private university. He has published several papers for many technical journals in the US and Asia and spoken at Oracle technology conferences and international seminars.

Arun has a Ph.D. in Business Administration, and M.S., majoring in Computer Science. He is an alumni of Louisiana State University and currently serves as a Systems Architect for Enterprise Data Services at a major wireless carrier in Dallas. Dr. Kumar is an Oracle10 Certified Technician, a Senior Member of IEEE, and holder of two Oracle Masters Certifications.


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Mar 17, 2005     
Database Trends and Applications
Review by Database Trends and Applications: "Easy Oracle Automation" from Rampant TechPress is aimed at novice-to-intermediate users who want to get their feet wet with Oracle Database 10g. Written by Dr. Arun Kumar R., associate editor for the IOUG's SELECT Journal and columnist for Database Trends and Applications magazine, this book explains how even people unfamiliar with Oracle technology can easily install and configure Oracle Database 10g for automatic database administration. In less than a day, the reader can have a complete ready-to-use Oracle database with essential features.

For practicing Oracle professionals, this book has a special "for gurus" section at the end of each chapter where the author explains the new Oracle10g v$ views and exposes the internal mechanisms behind these automatic tuning and configuration tools. While this book is not a replacement for any Oracle manual, it provides enough information to get started on Oracle Database 10g without skimming through a handful of related manuals. This book has a concise coverage of Oracle Database 10g new automation features, Automatic Workload Repository (AWR), Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM), Automatic Memory Management, Automatic Storage Management (ASM), SQL Advisors, and database monitoring utilities.

An active member of IEEE, Dr. Kumar R. was chosen for the prestigious "IEEE Young Engineer of the Year" by TSPE and IEEE in February 2005.



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