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Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Reference
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Oracle database administration requires a vast amount of information and
an ability to perform a myriad of tasks -- from installation to tuning to
network troubleshooting to overall daily administration. Oracle provides
many tools for performing these tasks; the trick is knowing what tool is
right for the job, what commands you need to issue (and when), and what
parameters and privileges you need to set. And, as every DBA knows, you
need to know how do all this under pressure, while you face crisis after
crisis.
This book provides a concise reference to the enormous store of information
an Oracle DBA needs every day (as well as what's needed only when disaster
strikes). It's crammed full of quick-reference tables, task lists, and other
summary material that both novice and expert DBAs will use time and time again.
It covers the commands and operations new to Oracle8, but also provides Oracle7 information for sites still running earlier versions.
Oracle Database Administration provides two types of material:
- DBA tasks - chapters summarizing how to perform critical DBA functions:
installation, performance tuning, preventing data loss, networking, security
and monitoring, auditing, query optimization, and the use of various Oracle
tools and utilities
- DBA reference - chapters providing a quick reference to the Oracle
instance and database, the initialization (INIT.ORA) parameters, the SQL
statements commonly used by DBAs, the data dictionary tables, the system
privileges and roles, and the SQL*Plus, Export, Import, and SQL*Loader syntax
The book also includes a resource summary with references to additional books,
Web sites, and other online and offline resources of special use to Oracle DBAs.
Oracle Database Administration is the single, essential reference
you'll turn to again and again. If you must choose only one book to use at the
office, keep at home, and carry to a site you're troubleshooting, this
will be that book.
Table of contents:
Part I: DBA Tasks
1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Maximizing Oracle Performance
4. Preventing Data Loss
5. Oracle Networking
6. Security and Monitoring
7. Auditing
8. Query Optimization
9. Oracle Tools
Part II: DBA Reference
10. The Oracle Instance
11. The Oracle Database
12. Initialization Parameters
13. SQL Statements for the DBA
14. The Oracle Data Dictionary
15. System Privileges and Initial Roles
16. Tools and Utilities
Appendix: Resources for the DBA
About the Author
David Kreines & Brian Laskey
David C. Kreines is the manager of database services for
Rhodia, Inc., a subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc S.A., and the coauthor
of Oracle Scripts (O'Reilly & Associates, 1998).
Dave has worked with Oracle as a developer and database
administrator since 1985, on a wide variety of platforms from PCs
to mainframes. He is an Oracle Certified Professional, certified as
a DBA, and has been a frequent contributor to Oracle conferences,
user groups, and publications, both in the United States and
in Europe. Dave served two terms as president of the International
Oracle Users Group-Americas and spent 10 years on the board of directors.
Brian Laskey is a senior database administrator for Management
Information Consulting (MIC), a Virginia-based consulting firm that
specializes in assisting Fortune 1000 companies in ERP systems integration
and e-commerce. Brian has been an Oracle database administrator for
11 years, working with Oracle on MVS, VMS, UNIX, NT, DOS, and Windows. He is
an Oracle Certified Professional, certified as a DBA for both Oracle 7.3 and
Oracle 8.0. He has presented papers at the IOUW and IOUG-A Live! conferences,
as well as at regional conferences. He is currently serving his second term
as vice president of finance of the International Oracle Users Group-Americas,
and has been a member of the board of directors of the IOUG-A for the past
two years. He has just been re-elected to the IOUG-A board for a term to expire
in 2001.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 2 Average Customer Rating: Jan 10, 2001 Thomas Grohman (tgrohman@igg-tx.net) from Austin, TX
A most valuable investment for DBAs
This book is organized in such a way that it provides informative overviews of the primary tasks a DBA performs, and a reference that so far is unmatched by all other Oracle database titles that I own (about 25). If you are an aspiring beginner to intermediate level DBA, you won't regret this purchase.
Jul 29, 1999 A review from Maryland, USA
Wonderful book for DBA
Wow, what a wonderful book for DBA. It gives the precise and concise concept about Oracle. The book is very impressive. Always makes me to say "wow" over and over. :)
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