Oracle Database 2 Day DBA is a database administration quick start guide that teaches you how to perform day-to-day database administrative tasks. The goal of this book is to help you understand the concepts behind Oracle Database. It teaches you how to perform all common administration tasks needed to keep the database operational, including how to perform basic troubleshooting and performance monitoring activities.
Oracle Database 2 Day DBA is for anyone who wants to perform basic administrative tasks with Oracle Database. Only minimal basic knowledge of or experience with database management is required, and a basic knowledge of computers.
In particular, this guide is for the following groups of Oracle users:
Developers who want to acquire basic database administrator (DBA) skills
Anyone managing database servers
Database administrators managing an Oracle database for a small or medium-sized business
This book is equally useful for enterprise DBAs. It recommends best practices and describes efficient ways of performing administrative tasks with Oracle Enterprise Manager as the primary interface.
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For more information, see these Oracle resources:
Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux and UNIX or other operating system
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide
There are also several other 2 Day + books available for a variety of topics:
Oracle Database 2 Day + Data Replication and Integration Guide
Oracle Database 2 Day + .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows
Oracle Database 2 Day + Application Express Developer's Guide
Many of the examples in this guide use the sample schemas, which are installed by default when you select the Basic Installation option with an Oracle Database installation. See Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them.
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