Oracle9i UNIX Administration Handbook

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 560 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition January 16, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072223049
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072223040
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Description
This authorized guide from Oracle Press explains how to administer Oracle9i on all of the major UNIX platforms, including Solaris, HP-UNIX and IBM-UNIX, and Linux. Inside, you'll find proven techniques and UNIX scripts that can be used to perform dozens of UNIX-related tasks.

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Run Oracle9i on the UNIX Platform

Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this in-depth resource explains how to deploy and manage Oracle9i on all of the major UNIX platforms, including Solaris, HP-UNIX, IBM-AIX UNIX, and Linux. You'll learn to configure, administer, monitor, and tune Oracle9i in the UNIX environment using a proven set of commands, tools, and techniques. Plus, you'll get ready-to-use UNIX scripts that you can use to perform dozens of administrative tasks.

• Manage and tune the Oracle UNIX server with UNIX commands
• Capture UNIX server statistics with Oracle9i STATSPACK
• Handle UNIX disk management and reduce I/O
• Write powerful UNIX scripts to interact with Oracle9i
• Examine the interaction between Oracle and the UNIX OS
• Monitor UNIX dedicated and multi-threaded server connections to Oracle
• Take advantage of the Oracle Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) for file management
• Create automated UNIX scripts to monitor Oracle files
• Encapsulate Oracle DBA tasks into UNIX shell scripts

Reader Reviews
First, I would like to strongly disagree with one negative reviewer who claims this book contains many technical errors including the one comparing Unix and DOS commands. I have found the book contains virtually no technical errors. If you are a ORACLE DBA who isn't too familiar with Unix or Linux, this is a very worthwhile book to read. Although it is not meant to make anyone a Unix\Linux guru, it is intended for the Oracle DBA who may lack fundamental competency in Unix\Linux. This book provides: 1)Unix Architecture and basic Unix syntax 2)monitoring Unix (CPU, Disk, Memory) 3)Network management in Unix (weakest portion of the book) 4)Interaction between Oracle and Unix server(could have been more comprehensive) 5)Unix Admninistration for the Oracle DBA( file, task, and profile management etc). 6)Many useful Korn Shell scripts (and how to create them) for ORACLE DBAs. If you already have medium to strong understanding of Unix\Linux, I recommend a book which is more focused on Unix\Linux to gain better mastery of the operating system.