Synopses & Reviews
This book, written by veteran Oracle database administrator Iggy Fernandez , a regular on the Oracle conference circuit and the editor of NoCOUG Journal, is a manageable introduction to key Oracle database administration topics including planning, installation, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and backups, to name just a few. As is clear from the table of contents, this book is not simply a recitation of Oracle Database features such as what you find in the reference guides available for free download on the Oracle web site. For example, the chapter on database monitoring explains how to monitor database availability, database changes, database security, database backups, database growth, database workload, database performance, and database capacity.
The chapters of this book are logically organized into four parts that closely track the way your database administration career will naturally evolve. Part 1 gives you necessary background in relational database theory and Oracle Database concepts, Part 2 teaches you how to implement an Oracle database correctly, Part 3 exposes you to the daily routine of a database administrator, and Part 4 introduces you to the fine art of performance tuning. Each chapter has exercises designed to help you apply the lessons of the chapter. Each chapter also includes a list of reference works that contain more information on the topic of the chapter.
In this book, you'll find information that you won't find in other books on Oracle Database. Here you'll discover not only technical information, but also guidance on work practices that are as vital to your success as technical skills. The author's favorite chapter is The Big Picture and the Ten Deliverables. If you take the lessons in that chapter to heart, you can quickly become a much better Oracle database administrator than you ever thought possible. What you?ll learn Theory of relational database management systems Oracle Database internals Licensing, architecture, and sizing Software installation and database creation Using indexes to improve performance User management and data loading How to monitor all aspects of your database How to solve and fix problems Database backups and database recovery Database maintenance Database tuning SQL tuning Who this book is for
If you are an IT professional who has been thrust into an Oracle database administration role without the benefit of formal training, or you just want to understand how Oracle Database works, this book is for you. It's the book the author wishes he'd had when he first started using Oracle Database many years ago. It's the book that he would have liked to have given to the many IT colleagues and friends who, over the years, have asked him to teach them the basics of Oracle Database.
Synopsis
Open the door to a career as an Oracle database administrator as you learn to plan for and install the Oracle Database software. Then learn the rudiments of database administration from longtime Oracle expert Iggy Fernandez. Take advantage of the high demand for Oracle expertise and use Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration to launch you on the right track to Oracle DBA career success. Gets you started in all key areas of database administration Provides a sound foundation on which to build your career Written in a clear, to-the-point style by Oracle expert and popular speaker Iggy Fernandez
What you'll learn Install the Oracle Database software and create databases. Plan for proper server sizing, file placement, and schema design. Protect your data through a sound backup and recovery scheme. Investigate and solve performance problems. Monitor to detect impending problems before your users do. Make changes and perform other maintenance as your database grows.
Who is this book for?
Are you an aspiring database professional who wants to manage databases built with one of the world's most widely used database management systems? Are you a developer who wants to use the free version of Oracle Database for a project? Have you suddenly been thrust into a database administration role as part of your job? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this book can help you out. It was written with you in mind. About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from novice to professional. You'll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You'll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory
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There are so many computer books in the world. A few of them are lousy, most of them are pretty good, and several are excellent. Fortunately for the Gross National Products of nations, we all buy many of these books. Unfortunately, most of these books are never read, just skipped through and left to gather dust on the shelves with all the other good books (and course materials) that we never revisited. So many wise words, wise thoughts, funny and instructive stories, and so many years of experience collected in these books. And so many people willing to commit ( ) the same mistakes over and over again because they never read the books, but instead perform the famous skip/skim procedure. Many authors ask for the skip/skim treatment of their books because, unlike Iggy, they either quote extensively from manuals or try to advise the reader about the chapters he or she can skip or skim. The few people who actually read a handful of good Oracle database books from cover to cover, including trying out stuff on their test system as they read they will have a much easier and more entertaining work life with Oracle s database."
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Written in a clear, to-the-point style by Oracle expert and popular speaker Fernandez, this guide explains how to install the Oracle Database software and create databases.
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Oracle Database is one of the most widely-used database systems in the world. Ita (TM)s a complicated, many-faceted product. Aspiring database administrators often dona (TM)t know where to begin in learning it. Author Iggy Fernandez remembers that feeling very well. Today an administrator of multi-terabyte databases for some of the worlda (TM)s largest corporations, Iggy got his start as an Oracle DBA by being unexpectedly thrown into the position, literally overnight. He knows what ita (TM)s like to be floundering in a sea of Oracle technology, not knowing in which direction to swim. This book, that he wrote, teaches readers to swim.