Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration

Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration
Author: Darl Kuhn
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430229713

Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is a book focused on results. Author Darl Kuhn draws from a well of experience over a decade deep to lay out real-world techniques that lead to success as an Oracle Database administrator. He gives clear explanations on how to perform critical tasks. He weaves in theory where necessary without bogging you down in unneeded detail. He is not afraid to take a stand on how things should be done. He won’t leave you adrift in a sea of choices, showing you three ways to do something and then walking away. Database administration isn’t about passing a certified exam, or about pointing-and-clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, about avoiding risk, about making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. If you have “buck stops here” responsibility for an Oracle database, then Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is the book you need to help elevate yourself to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator. Condenses and organizes the core job of a database administrator into one volume. Takes a results-oriented approach to getting things done. Lays a foundation upon which to build a senior level of expertise

Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration

Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration
Author: Darl Kuhn
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2013-08-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430257296

Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration is a book focused on results. Author Darl Kuhn draws from a well of experience over a decade deep to lay out real-world techniques that lead to success as an Oracle Database administrator. He gives clear explanations on how to perform critical tasks. He weaves in theory where necessary without bogging you down in unneeded detail. He is not afraid to take a stand on how things should be done. He won’t leave you adrift in a sea of choices, showing you three ways to do something and then walking away. Database administration isn’t about passing a certified exam, or about pointing-and-clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, about avoiding risk, about making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. If you have “buck stops here” responsibility for an Oracle database, then Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration is the book you need to help elevate yourself to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator. Covers multi-tenant container and pluggable database implementation and management Condenses and organizes the core job of a database administrator into one volume. Takes a results-oriented approach to getting things done. Lays a foundation upon which to build a senior level of expertise

Pro Oracle Database 18c Administration

Pro Oracle Database 18c Administration
Author: Michelle Malcher
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2019-03-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484244249

Database administration isn’t about passing a certified exam, or about pointing and clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, avoiding risk, and making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. This book will help elevate you to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator. This book provides information and techniques for keeping an Oracle database stable and running on-premise, and is fully updated to cover Oracle Database 18c. New in this edition is coverage of cloud administration in the Oracle Public Cloud, automation of tasks using the autonomous database features, and data movement with multi-tenant databases. The book covers everything from architecture of the database engine, securing objects and users, strategies for performing maintenance tasks and resolving performance problems, through to backup and recovery. Pro Oracle Database 18c Administration takes a modern approach to database administration. Emphasis is given to automation, which is of growing importance as more databases are being moved into various cloud solutions and database administrators are being required to manage more instances than ever. Focus is given to multi-tenant container architecture and pluggable databases, and the book takes a refreshing, results-oriented approach that helps you get the job done. What You'll LearnUnderstand the differences between managing on-premise and cloud deployments Take advantage of new features in 18c while also managing older releases Manage more databases than ever by automating your environment Apply the latest techniques around pluggable databases and containerization Safeguard your data through good security and backup/recovery practices Troubleshoot common problems Who This Book Is For Database architects and administrators who want to level-up to the latest techniques around containerization, automation, and cloud deployment. The book also is appropriate for Oracle professionals desiring to present themselves as being competitive and up-to-date with the latest in the field.

OCA: Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Associate Study Guide

OCA: Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Associate Study Guide
Author: Biju Thomas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1238
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 111864395X

An all-in-one study guide prepares you for the updated Oracle Certified Associate certification It's been nearly six years since Oracle updated its cornerstone database software, making the demand for a comprehensive study guide for the OCA 12c certification a top priority. This resource answers that demand. Packed with invaluable insight, chapter review questions, bonus practice exams, hundreds of electronic flashcards, and a searchable glossary of terms, this study guide prepares you for the challenging Oracle certification exams. Provides you with a solid understanding of restricting and sorting data Walks you through using conversion functions and conditional expressions Addresses displaying data from multiple tables, manipulating data, database maintenance, and database backups and recovery Explores the Oracle database architecture and discusses preparing the database environment, creating an Oracle database, and managing the Oracle instance Focuses on administering and implementing user security This must-have study guide thoroughly prepares you to take the dramatically updated Oracle 12c OCA exams.

Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux

Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux
Author: Julian Dyke
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 828
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430229594

Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux provides full-life-cycle guidance on implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters in a Linux environment. Real Application Clusters, commonly abbreviated as RAC, is Oracle’s industry-leading architecture for scalable and fault-tolerant databases. RAC allows you to scale up and down by simply adding and subtracting inexpensive Linux servers. Redundancy provided by those multiple, inexpensive servers is the basis for the failover and other fault-tolerance features that RAC provides. Written by authors well-known for their talent with RAC, Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux gives you a rock-solid and technically flawless foundation on which to build your RAC-management skills. Authors Julian Dyke and Steve Shaw share their hard-won experience in building RAC clusters, showing you how to build for success using the very latest Oracle technologies, such as Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Clusterware. You’ll learn to troubleshoot performance and other problems. You’ll even learn how to correctly deploy RAC in a virtual-machine environment based upon Oracle VM, which is the only virtualization solution supported by Oracle Corporation. RAC is a complex and powerful technology. It demands expertise in its deployment. You can’t just “wing it” in creating a RAC solution. Julian and Steve have earned the right to term themselves expert—in Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux, they offer a rigorous and technically-correct treatment of RAC that helps you build a solid foundation of expertise and achieve success. Rigorous and technically accurate content Complete coverage of RAC, from planning to implementation to rollout to ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting Up-to-date with the very latest RAC features

OCP: Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide

OCP: Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide
Author: Robert G. Freeman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2014-08-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118931912

An updated guide for an updated certification exam! As the most popular database software in the world, Oracle Database 12c has been updated for the first time in nearly six years and the changes are significant. This study guide reviews how Oracle 12c allows multiple instances to be used simultaneously via the cloud. You'll sharpen your skills to prepare for the three levels of certification: Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, and Oracle Certified Master. Workbook exercise appendix, test engine, chapter review questions, electronic flashcards, searchable PDF glossary, and two bonus practice exams all help to enhance your preparation to take the Oracle 12c exam. Addresses such topics as: database architecture, configuring and recoverability, configuring backup specifications, and performing user-managed backup and recovery Reviews how to use RMAN to create backups, perform recovery, and duplicate a database Looks at performing tablespace point-in-time recovery and using flashback technology Covers diagnosing the database, managing memory, managing resources, and automating tasks Focusing 100 percent on the exam objectives, OCP: Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide is designed for those who feel they are ready to attempt this challenging exam.

Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

Troubleshooting Oracle Performance
Author: Christian Antognini
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 603
Release: 2008-08-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430204982

When your database application isn’t running fast enough, troubleshooting is usually your first move. Finding the slow part of an application is often easy, but discovering a solution can prove much more difficult. Troubleshooting Oracle Performance helps by providing a systematic approach to addressing the underlying causes of poor database application performance. Written for developers by an application developer who has learned by doing, this book shows you how to plan for performance as you would for any other application requirement.

Pro Oracle Fusion Applications

Pro Oracle Fusion Applications
Author: Tushar Thakker
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2015-09-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484209834

Pro Oracle Fusion Applications is your one-stop source for help with installing Oracle’s Fusion Applications suite in your on-premise environment. It also aids in the monitoring and ongoing administration of your Fusion environment. Author Tushar Thakker is widely known for his writings and expertise on Oracle Fusion Applications, and now he brings his accumulated wisdom to you in the form of this convenient handbook. Provisioning an Oracle Fusion Applications infrastructure is a daunting task. You’ll have to plan a suitable topology and install the required database, an enterprise-wide identity management solution, and the applications themselves—all while working with a wide variety of people who may not always be accustomed to working together. Pro Oracle Fusion Applications provides a path to success that you won’t want to be without. Beyond installation, Pro Oracle Fusion Applications provides excellent guidance on managing, monitoring, diagnostics, and troubleshooting your environment. The book also covers patching, a mundane but essential task that must be done regularly to keep your installation protected and running smoothly. The comprehensive and wide-ranging coverage makes Pro Oracle Fusion Applications an important book for anyone with responsibility for installation and ongoing management of an Oracle Fusion Applications installation.

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c
Author: Darl Kuhn
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2013-08-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430248378

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c is an example-driven approach to the Oracle database administrator's #1 job responsibility: Be able to recover the database. Of all the things you are responsible for as database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders: Lose that data and your company could fail. Lose that data and you could be out of a job. Oracle's flagship database product fortunately implements a wide-ranging feature set to aid you in the all-important task of safeguarding against data loss. Recovery Manager, or RMAN, is at the heart of that feature set, and is the tool most-often used to initiate database backup and recovery operations. In this book, well-known authors and database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have created a set of examples encompassing the gamut of backup and recovery tasks that you might need to perform. Sometimes, especially when the heat is on, a good example is what you need to get started towards a solution. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c delivers. It’ll be the book you reach for when that dreaded call comes in at 3:00am some dreary morning. It’ll be the book that lets you sleep at night knowing that no matter what transpires, that you've done your job well and can recover from any outage. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.