Oracle9i UNIX Administration Handbook (Paperback)

by Donald Burleson (Author) "The UNIX operating system has grown from an obscure OS into one of the dominant computing environments in the world..." (more)
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Product Description
This authorized guide from Oracle Press explains how to administer Oracle9i on all of the major UNIX platforms, including Solaris, HP-UNIX and IBM-UNIX, and Linux. Inside, you'll find proven techniques and UNIX scripts that can be used to perform dozens of UNIX-related tasks.

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Run Oracle9i on the UNIX Platform

Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this in-depth resource explains how to deploy and manage Oracle9i on all of the major UNIX platforms, including Solaris, HP-UNIX, IBM-AIX UNIX, and Linux. You'll learn to configure, administer, monitor, and tune Oracle9i in the UNIX environment using a proven set of commands, tools, and techniques. Plus, you'll get ready-to-use UNIX scripts that you can use to perform dozens of administrative tasks.

• Manage and tune the Oracle UNIX server with UNIX commands
• Capture UNIX server statistics with Oracle9i STATSPACK
• Handle UNIX disk management and reduce I/O
• Write powerful UNIX scripts to interact with Oracle9i
• Examine the interaction between Oracle and the UNIX OS
• Monitor UNIX dedicated and multi-threaded server connections to Oracle
• Take advantage of the Oracle Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) for file management
• Create automated UNIX scripts to monitor Oracle files
• Encapsulate Oracle DBA tasks into UNIX shell scripts

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (January 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072223049
• ISBN-13: 978-0072223040
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #447,576 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My First Oracle Press book purchase., April 21, 2002

By	Greg Johnson (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Usually I never buy Oracle Press Books simple because in the past the books told you how Oracle "Should" work... not how it actually "Does". So I was extremely weary when a fellow Oracle DBA recommended this book to me.

This book has radically changed my view on Oracle Press Publications (yes, some are worth the money). This is a very interesting read for any Unix DBA, full of comprehensive explanations and diagrams on the way in which Oracle interacts with the Unix server. There are many detailed Unix Scripts to help you monitor your instances, which can be run via Statspack (dbms_job) and/or via the Unix cron. There is additional information on some more complicated UNIX commands, and copious small tips and tricks that will help in everyday Database Administration tasks. The book also covers commands for all different Unix environments Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, AIX etc and help you interpret results from vmstat, sar and other Unix admin utilities.

The only issues I have with the book a few simple errors and a small number of spelling mistakes. Apart from these minor blemishes, I'd have no hesitation recommending this publication to fellow Unix based DBAs.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for Windows DBAs moving to UNIX, November 2, 2002

By	J. Garmany (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I support Oracle 8i and 9i on Windows, HP-UNIX, Solaris and LINUX. This book has become my only UNIX reference. It not only explains how to interact with UNIX but also details the differences between the different major UNIX dialects. The focus is not on tuning Oracle so much as establishing and monitoring the UNIX platform to support an Oracle Database. The author explains UNIX administration from a DBA's point of view and details those commands a DBA needs to understand to insure that Oracle operates optimally in the UNIX environment. The scripts allow a DBA to proactively monitor UNIX and anticipate problems. If you are looking for a book on installing UNIX this is not it. If you are a DBA supporting Oracle in a UNIX environment you should always have this book close at hand.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clear text and lot's of nice Oracle shell scripts, February 13, 2002

By	Mark Zimmer (Bismarck, ND) - See all my reviews

I really needed this book because I am a DBA from an NT environment and new to UNIX. This book is heavily Oracle-centric, and has a focus on managing Oracle in a UNIX environment, which is very different fron Windows NT. This is one of the few Oracle books that I found worthy of reading from end-to-end.

The only shortcoming that I noted was that it did not have enough scripts for Unixware and DEC-UNIX, but the coverage of Solaris, HP-UX and AIX is suberb.

The books starts at a beginner-level and moves on in a steady progression to advanced concepts, which I found really helpful.