Oracle9i for Windows(R) 2000 Tips & Techniques (Paperback)

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Product Description
From the authorized Oracle Press comes a unique volume, packed with undocumented tips ; techniques from Oracle experts, for maximizing Oracle9i on the Windows 2000 platform. You'll get full coverage of critical high-end features such as clustering and standbys and methods for ensuring high availability. You'll also get full details on all the features new to Oracle9i.

From the Back Cover
Best Practices from Oracle Experts

Find Undocumented, Expert Advice Inside

Take full advantage of the strength and reliability of Oracle9i and the management features of Windows 2000. Written by the experts and authorized by Oracle Corporation, Oracle9i for Windows 2000 Tips & Techniques presents insider best practices for installation, upgrades, migration, tuning, backup and recovery, clustering, and high availability. You'll also get in-depth details on the new features of Oracle9i.
*Configure Oracle9i on Windows 2000 as a management platform, database client, and database server
*Ease administrative tasks with database templates and Oracle Managed Files
*Monitor and manage Oracle to maximize available memory, CPU, and I/O
*Use Oracle9i Recovery Manager for backup, restore, and recovery
*Implement Standby Databases for greater availability
*Use Oracle9i Oracle Enterprise Manager for enterprisewide database administration
*Execute clustering and high availability solutions, using Microsoft Cluster Server, Oracle Failsafe, and Real Application Clusters
*Implement Advanced Replication to provide database load balancing, disaster recovery, and offline distributed transaction processing

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Product Details

• Paperback: 612 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1st edition (December 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072194626
• ISBN-13: 978-0072194623
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,219,283 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book for Windows 2000 and Oracle 9i, December 10, 2002

By	Susan Wagner (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

I found it very helpful that this book also references 8.1.7 as well as 9i. The index, found in the back of the book, has several references to the SPFILE. It also has a detailed section on memory usage. Not only does this book give a summary of
Oracle Memory usage on Windows 2000, but goes into detail on how
to set up the boot.ini file when using 8i. Therefore, the reader
knows what 9i can do, and what it can't. This is very helpful
when tuning your database and deciding what version to upgrade to. It is obvious that the authors put a lot of research into this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, March 22, 2002

By	"lucac" (Parma, Italy) - See all my reviews

I've found this book literally packed with useful information that I could hardly find anywhere else (apart from oracle's support web site, of course). The authors have taken the unusual route of choosing Windows as their reference platform. Not only they have succeeded with their endeavor, but they filled the book with tips & techniques that are really valuable in the Unix environment too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Tool, February 8, 2003

By	Joseph Villapaz (USA) - See all my reviews

What this book is great for is its focus on the Windows 2000 operating system. Those using other OS's may find it helpful as well. It even contained a rare answer (and solution) to why 8i wouldn't install, there was a bug running with Pentium IV CPUs.