Administrator's Guide to SYBASE ASE 12.5 (Jeffrey Garbus' Official Sybase Ase 12.5 Library) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Systems administrators are responsible for overall performance at the server level, while database administrators handle access, consistency, and performance within the database. Administrator’s Guide to Sybase ASE 12.5 provides all administrators with an authoritative guide to the latest version of this important SQL enterprise database.

Topics include installing Sybase ASE and establishing connectivity; creating and dropping databases and devices; protecting database devices through mirroring; and backing up and restoring databases. Additionally, the authors discuss transaction logging and managing the transaction log; enabling security through the use of passwords, permissions, and auditing; using the Resource Governor and Logical Process Manager; and troubleshooting and preventative maintenance.

After reading this book, you should be able to perform any task that encompasses the creation or maintenance of a server.

The appendixes include a Certified Sybase Professional DBA sample test, troubleshooting tips, and articles on tuning, fragmentation, and disaster recovery.

The companion CD-ROM contains the 60-day evaluation version of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 for NT.

About the Author

Jeffrey Garbus is a database consultant and the CEO of Soaring Eagle Consulting, Ltd., based in Tampa, Florida. He has spoken at user conferences, and has written many magazine articles and books. He is also the lead author for Jeffrey Garbus’ Official Sybase ASE 12.5 Library from Wordware Publishing, which includes Sybase ASE 12.5 Performance and Tuning and Sybase ASE 12.5 High Availability.

Alvin Chang is a technical trainer, author, and consultant working for Soaring Eagle Consulting. Penny Garbus is a technical writer and project lead for Soaring Eagle Consulting. Gary Tyrrell is a principal instructor with Sybase, where he teaches a wide variety of courses on ASE, ASA, Replication Server, SQL, and database design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 474 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (December 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556223072
• ISBN-13: 978-1556223075
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,004,082 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for starters, but not detailed, January 17, 2002

By A Customer

The book is good for starters/beginners who want to learn about sybase administartion, but it doesnt hightlight the new features or even explain/elaborate in detail the enhanced features on sybase 12.5 admin. For e.g., Configuration parameters are just listed and not explained. I had expected a lot from this long awaited book. Only wish the P&T book be good.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful, April 9, 2002

By A Customer

Unlike the other reviews I have read, I found the book to be useful and informative. Some of the newer features (eg, dbccdb) are covered in some detail while others are not. To be fair, the book isn't supposed to be just about brand new 12.5 features, rather an administration guide to 12.5. The difference may appear small, but it is large enough to commend the authors on a job well done.

The book does cover database administration of Sybase very well. My one complaint is that some of the formatting of figures is off, which might lead a newer DBA to be confused over some of the results. Nevertheless, I have found it an excellent reference manual, as well as a teaching tool, having discovered some things about ASE that I was not aware of. While online manuals are good, there's nothing better than having a book in front of you to read from cover to cover.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yes, useful for sybase starter, June 10, 2002

By A Customer

As an Oracle DBA, I simply want to find something to start, like Oracle's online Concept book or handful of other books out there. But there isn't anything in Sybase documentations nor many choices of books: DBA guide written like ref manual, replication guide however is OK to start. This book at least can get me started as one piece, more systematically, not one bit here and the other bit there. Although it is skin deep and probably should call Sybase Administrator 202, I still find it very useful to start with. Output and query results really helps me sit and read through the book, focuing, not having to type while you read