Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs (Expert's Voice in Oracle) [Paperback]

Darl Kuhn (Author), Charles Kim (Author), Bernard Lopuz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Expert's Voice in Oracle | Publication Date: November 21, 2008

Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs meets a pressing need in the marketplace for Linux information by Oracle database administrators. Database administrators operate in a “grey zone” in which they sometimes act as regular Linux users and at other times as “lightweight” system administrators. Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs is the first book to address their needs by providing quick and ready-to-implement guidance for performing the odd mix of Linux user and administrative tasks that database administrators must perform in their daily work.

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About the Author

Darl Kuhn is a senior DBA with Sun Microsystems. Before joining Sun, his work as a consultant ranged from database administration to custom application development. Darl is a coauthor of RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g and Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference. He is an affiliate professor at Regis University where he teaches database courses for the department of computer information technology. Darl currently lives near Aguilar, Colorado with his wife Heidi, and two daughters, Lisa and Brandi.

Charles Kim serves as the Practice Manager at Database Technology Solutions and is an Oracle Certified DBA, Red Hat Certified Technician, and Microsoft Certified Professional.  He brings over 17 years of IT experience and has worked with Oracle since 1991.  Prior to this, Charles served as the Chief Oracle Database Engineering Counsel for Fidelity National Information Services and also served at GMAC Mortgage, i2 Technologies, and Oracle Corporation.  Charles is also the author of the Oracle Database 11g New Features for DBAs and Developers book for APress and as the technical editor for the Automated Storage Management book by Oracle Press.

Charles has presented advanced topics for IOUG and Oracle OpenWorld on such topics as RAC/ASM,7×24 high availability considerations using Oracle Advanced Replication, Hot Standby, and Quest Shareplex and Oracle Database 11g New Features.  Charles manages the DBAExpert.com and OraRAC.com web sites and provides technical solutions to Oracle DBAs and developers. Charles is author of the Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) case study at Oracle’s website (http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/htdocs/FNF_CaseStudy.html).

Bernard Lopuz is currently a senior technical support analyst at Oracle Corporation. In the early years of his IT career before he became an Oracle database administrator, he was a programmer developing Unisys Linc and Oracle applications, as well as, IVR (interactive voice response) applications, such as telephone banking voice processing applications. He has a wide experienced using RedHat AS and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). Bernard is the technical reviewer of the RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g, and a certified Oracle professional (OCP).  He is pursuing a master's degree in computer information technology at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and completed a bachelor's degree in computer engineering at the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila, Philippines. Bernard lives in Toronto, Canada, together with his wife, Leizle, and daughters, Juliet and Carol.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430215755
• ISBN-13: 978-1430215752
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Oracle

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source, January 14, 2009

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Anarch-X (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs (Expert's Voice in Oracle) (Paperback)

I have several years of DBA experience in a Windows environment. The company I work for just picked up a Linux contract, so I had to learn how to perform various DBA functions in a Linux environment...quickly. This book has helped out tremendously with the task I was presented. Chapter 2 was extremely useful since I was new to the environment. However, Chapters 5 and 7 are proving useful on a daily basis. I'm working on automating some of my tasks, so I will be spending a bit more time in Chapter 11.

The book is easy to read and the authors provide several good examples.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Linux Reference, February 4, 2009

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T. Roach - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs (Expert's Voice in Oracle) (Paperback)

This is an excellent Linux reference for an Oracle DBA.

The chapters are as follows:

Chapter 1 - Getting Started
Chapter 2 - Working in the Shell
Chapter 3 - Managing Processes and Users
Chapter 4 - Creating and Editing Files
Chapter 5 - Managing Files and Directories
Chapter 6 - Archiving and Compressing Files
Chapter 7 - Shell Scripting
Chapter 8 - Analyzing Server Performance
Chapter 9 - Viewing and Configuring System Resources
Chapter 10 - Managing Server Software
Chapter 11 - Automating Jobs
Chapter 12 - Implementing ASM on Linux
Chapter 13 - Implementing RAC on Linux
Chapter 14 - Working Securely Across a Network
Chapter 15 - Managing X Windows
Chapter 16 - Managing Remote Servers with VNC

There are also two Appendixes:

A - RAID Concepts
B - Server Log Files

My favorite parts were Chapter 7 and Chapter 11. For DBA's, it is very powerfull to understand how to write shell scripts and automate them. Also, Chapters 12 and 13 are great references for a DBA who has to implement ASM and RAC on Linux.

My Linux admin has also used these chapters to look at some OS configuration issues with RAC and ASM as well as querying disks with oracleasm (for ASMLIB).

Definitely a great resource that has clear and concise steps to follow to get things up and running. No fluff here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Linux knowledge for Oracle DBAs, December 20, 2008

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Abid M. Malik "Oracle DBA" (Cary, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs (Expert's Voice in Oracle) (Paperback)

I have read the book and found it extremely helpful, It gives you the information you need right away with no lengthy explanation.
Unlike other ready-made UNIX scripts for Oracle DBAs, this book teaches you to write your own script (Chapter 7).
It is nice to see implementing RAC on Linux and Appendix on VNC.

I think Problem/Solution with "How it Works" approch is what makes this book a valuable TO-THE-POINT material for Oracle DBAs.