Oracle8i DBA Handbook - Softcover

Loney, Kevin; Theriault, Marlene

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ISBN 10: 0072121882 ISBN 13: 9780072121889

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

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Ideal for new and experienced DBAs alike, the Oracle8i DBA Handbook is the must-have resource on creating and administering a high-performance Oracle8i database. This is a thorough overhaul of the previous edition - widely considered the Oracle DBA "bible" - with full coverage of all the new Oracle8i features, and covering everything the administrator needs to know to effectively manage a robust, peak-performance Oracle8i database. It explains how to configure Oracle to be accessed through a firewall from a DBA's perspective, and a "Solutions" sections illustrates - with annotations - how to implement the techniques described in each chapter.

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Oracle8i DBA Handbook is the latest database administrators' handbook from Kevin Loney, covering Oracle 8i, the current version of Oracle's database management system software. There is a great deal of common ground between Oracle8 and 8i and a concomitant amount of shared material between this volume, written with a writing partner, and the preceding Oracle8 DBA Handbook.

The i in 8i stands for Internet and a new chapter covers configuring client-server and Web environments. Other areas new to this book are networking in Windows NT, design and performance issues for OLTP (on-line transaction processing) databases and using the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM). Many of the chapters end with a solutions section where frequently encountered problems and their common solutions are discussed. The three Oracle performance tuning packs are also discussed for the first time and an appendix on redesigning for 24 x 7 availability makes interesting reading. There is, however, no coverage of the Web-enabling features such as WebDB (8I's Web development tool) or of the Java Virtual Machine (runtime environment for Java objects).

Loney is rapidly approaching the status of Grand Old Man in the world of Oracle books and his style remains refreshingly readable. This book is informative and useful, albeit not the last word on Oracle and the Internet, and as a basic reference text is worth 5.5 centimetres of any Oracle DBA's shelf space.--Mark Whitehorn

From the Back Cover:

The Essential Resource on Administering and Managing Oracle 8i.

Maintain a robust, mission-critical Oracle8i database the most manageable Web-enabled enterprise database system available. Oracle8i DBA Handbook provides high-end administrative solutions for the day-to-day DBA. Inside, you'll learn to set up a database for maximum efficiency, monitor it, tune it, and maintain its security. The book also explains in detail how to use Oracle's distributed database and its client/server, Oracle8i, and all of its revolutionary new Web-based features.

This authoritative resource contains the most up-to-date information available on Oracle's latest release and shows you how to:

- Configure database architecture, including hardware and physical layout
- Manage the development process
- Support Oracle tools and packages, including Oracle Financials, Oracle Designer, and other utilities
-Handle database tuning, troubleshooting, backup, and recovery
- Implement SQL-Net V2 and Net8
- Manage distributed databases and configure client/server and Web-based environments

Ideal for new and experienced DBAs alike, Oracle8i DBA Handbook is the must-have resource on creating and administering a high-performance Oracle8i database for Internet computing.

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