Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Oracle) 1st (first) edition

by Iggy Fernandez

This book, written by veteran Oracle database administrator Iggy Fernandez , a regular on the Oracle conference circuit and the editor of NoCOUG Journal , is a manageable introduction to key Oracle database administration topics including planning, installation, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and backups, to name just a few. As is clear from the table of contents, this book is not simply a recitation of Oracle Database features such as what you find in the reference guides available for free download on the Oracle web site. For example, the chapter on database monitoring explains how to monitor database availability, database changes, database security, database backups, database growth, database workload, database performance, and database capacity. The chapters of this book are logically organized into four parts that closely track the way your database administration career will naturally evolve. Part 1 gives you necessary background in relational database theory and Oracle Database concepts, Part 2 teaches you how to implement an Oracle database correctly, Part 3 exposes you to the daily routine of a database administrator, and Part 4 introduces you to the fine art of performance tuning. Each chapter has exercises designed to help you apply the lessons of the chapter. Each chapter also includes a list of reference works that contain more information on the topic of the chapter. In this book, you'll find information that you won't find in other books on Oracle Database. Here you'll discover not only technical information, but also guidance on work practices that are as vital to your success as technical skills. The author's favorite chapter is "The Big Picture and the Ten Deliverables." If you take the lessons in that chapter to heart, you can quickly become a much better Oracle database administrator than you ever thought possible. If you are an IT professional who has been thrust into an Oracle database administration role without the benefit of formal training, or you just want to understand how Oracle Database works, this book is for you. It's the book the author wishes he'd had when he first started using Oracle Database many years ago. It's the book that he would have liked to have given to the many IT colleagues and friends who, over the years, have asked him to teach them the basics of Oracle Database.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Takedown · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book is so basic so you cant name it from novice to professional. Author dont cover even little details and throughout the book send you to Oracle documentation so i dont see a point why you even want to read this book because it contains nothing other than general , shallow description of basic stuff. Other than that it contains some author personal experience but book is badly structured and hard to read so i can't really recommend it to anyone.

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[Corrado Piola · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is the right starting point for every DBA.
The main concepts are explained very well and this is an easy reading.
I appreciate this book and I have read it in 2 or 3 days.