Oracle8i DBA: Backup and Recovery Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-025) [Paperback]

Debbie Wong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1588800458 | ISBN-13: 978-1588800459 | Edition: 1st

Oracle 8i Backup and Recovery Exam Cram is the most recognized, and highly focused, exam preparation product available to professionals gearing up for the Oracle 8i Backup and Recovery exam (1Z0-025). The book's well organized, concise layout provides thorough coverage of test content and objectives like using Oracle export and import utilities, understanding utilities for troubleshooting, describing Oracle recovery catalog creation and maintenance, and configuring an Oracle standby database. Includes the supportive Exam Cram features of helpful hints and tips, test taking strategies, realistic case studies, and challenging practice questions.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Debbie Wong is an IT professional whose experience includes system analysis and design, application development, database administration, customer support, and project management. She has spent the majority of her career developing and maintaining host, PC-LAN, and Web-based database systems to accommodate her client's distinct business needs. Debbie began her Oracle certification history with Oracle6's certification exams for Database Administration and Application Developer, and then followed this as one of the cut-score committee members and recipients of the Chauncey/ETS Oracle7 certification. Debbie is currently an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) for Oracle7.3, Oracle8, and Oracle8i. She is an active participant of local, regional, and international Oracle user groups. Debbie has also presented at MAOP, ECO, ODTUG, IOUW/IOUG-A, and Oracle Open World conferences.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books; 1st edition (September 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588800458
• ISBN-13: 978-1588800459
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,213,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Description, October 22, 2001

By 

"lakshmi_shivaram" (Charlotte, NorthCarolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i DBA: Backup and Recovery Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-025) (Paperback)

Best Book to pass the BACKUP and RECOVERY exam of the Oracle 8i DBA track!! Very well Organized, All the concepts covered very well....Test taking strategies, Realistic case studies, and Challenging practice questions that are included in the book is an additional bonus that helps in the preparation of the exam..

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ALL YOU NEED for IZO-025, October 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle8i DBA: Backup and Recovery Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-025) (Paperback)

This book is all you need, but there are a few things that you need to realize before taking the test. First, I would like to say that I am a Sybase DBA with no Oracle experience, and I passed with a 50/60 by using this book. You don't really need experience to pass the Oracle certification exams if you get the right book, and this one is the right one. The method that I use is to read the book, to write information on note cards as I am reading, and to review them before the test. It works, and I wouldn't bother with the Oracle courses unless you don't understand a concept or you feel that you need more hands-on experience.

Although you should be able to pass by using this book, there are various misconceptions that may affect your performance. One misconception is that the practice exams in this book, which are fairly straightforward, are like those on the exam. This is untrue. The statement, "There are two right answers for every question" holds true for the Oracle certification exams. You just have to pick the answer that is "most correct." Also, you actually do have to choose multiple answers on certain questions, and you have to watch out for that as well.

Another misconception is that you may not need to read every chapter. You need to read every chapter unless you are very familiar with Oracle.

This book covers all the points you will need. It restates the points many times and in different ways, but all of chapters are necessary for the exam. The information in this book is clear if you've passed the previous exams and you're familiar with RDBMS concepts. The only concept that I didn't understand when I first read the book was RMAN cumulative and incremental backups.

Lastly, good luck and don't panic...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior for exam prep, and reference!, March 11, 2002

By 

John (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i DBA: Backup and Recovery Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-025) (Paperback)

Its quality far surpasses that of the Exam Cram books I bought years ago for MCSE certification. This is comprehensive, reliable, pertinent information and nothing else packed into a dense little book.

I passed the exam on the first crack. (I also used the Sybex materials but those are poor in comparison because they contain spotty information, much of which is flat wrong!) Even if you just want to pass the exam, save yourself a lot of trouble: this book is the clear winner. It's not perfect, but it is the best (better than the thick Oracle Press prep book, too). Its imperfections are similar to those of the exam.

Chapters 10-12 are the "meat and potatoes" for an operational DBA who must know how to recover. There is an excellent chapter on import/export. There are three gruelling chapters on RMAN --just shut up and take it. :) My team nurses over fifty (50) Oracle databases for a large bank, and I'm buying a second copy to have at home for dial-in emergencies. It has meticulous step-by-step procedures with sample commands. I like this better than the highly-touted "8i Backup & Recovery Handbook" from Oracle Press. No kidding.