Oracle Shell Scripting: Linux and UNIX Programming for Oracle

by Jon Emmons

Shell scripting is necessary for automating a broad range of administration tasks on Oracle servers. Many Oracle administrators and developers lack a strong system administration background and therefore manually perform these tasks at the cost of time, money and sustainability. This book will discuss how to automate many of the common Oracle administration tasks as well as the methods necessary to automate site-specific tasks. Special attention will be given to writing industry strength scripts which free the Oracle professional from daily maintenance tasks yet provide proper tracking and feedback to ensure the best possible operation. With the expert techniques discussed in this book the reader will gain a functional knowledge of the building blocks of server-side shell scripting. In addition to these techniques the reader will gain access to over 50 working scripts which can either be implemented as-is or be used as a basis for further scripts. Topics include a background on shells and shell scripting, detailed step-by-step instructions on building shell scripts for administration tasks, how to tell when things are working right and how to effectively monitor the system for failures. Shell scripting is one of the most universal tools on UNIX and Linux. Shell scripting allows the administrator to combine any number of commands to be executed simultaneously or sequentially with a single script. Sophisticated flow control allows shell scripts to react to conditions in the environment appropriately without the need for human intervention. These scripts can be run manually to combine many steps into a single command. Regular tasks can be automated through the use of 'cron' freeing the administrator from the burden of repeatedly executing scripts. This book is intended for any Oracle professional who is running Oracle on Linux or UNIX. The techniques discussed span all versions of Ora

320 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2007

Reviews

[Paresh Zawar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful book for who have started there career in Oracle DBA field.
Jon has taken nice efforts to make understand Linux according to Oracle DBA perspective. Shell scripting also seems to be easy when you go through this book. And at the end you will also learn some useful and very helpful Oracle DBA scripts as well. Junior Oracle DBA must go for this book.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a DBA who has just been assigned to manage a Unix-based system for the first time in your career: get this book. Forget all the (great) general Linux/Unix/shell scripting books for now. Don't even think the Oracle docs will teach you what you need to know. Oracle Shell Scripting: Linux and UNIX Programming for Oracle (Oracle In-Focus series) is what you need!

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[Santhosh]

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[Karunakar Reddy]

Hi,

I wanna read your book.

Thanks,
Karunakar

[Radiumweilei]

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