Hi,
Do
you have any Unix SA experience already? If not, maybe a general Unix SA book
would be more useful than specializing in Solaris straight away, O'Reilly
publish "Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference" and
"Essential System Administration". I've only actually read the
latter, it is a good general overview and reference.
The
reason I say this, is because all Unixes are basically similar when it comes to
configuration, but vendors like to put their own tools on too, for example AIX
has SMIT, Sun have their admintool, etc. Best to learn the underlying structure
so you'll be at home on any system. Then learn the platform specific stuff. Unix
is "quirky" for example
- in /etc/system, the comment character is *
- in /etc/sendmail.cf the comment character is #
- in /etc/named.boot the comment character is ;
- in source code, the comment is /* */ (like in PL/SQL).
If
you mark your comments in the wrong way in the wrong file, you might end up with
a system that cannot even boot! (Offtopic: if you have been on this list for a
while, you will know that I hate Unix, but know a lot about it. The two go
together).
HTH,
g
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrey Bronfin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:23 AM
To: Guy Hammond
Subject: RE: UNIX SAGuy , thanks a lot !Just another question :what do U recommend to START with , for a beginner , like me .Thanks in advance.-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:05 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: UNIX SAThe Solaris FAQ:Sun's own documentation, all available online for free (in PDF too):The "Ferrari book" is excellent, even tho' that's actually a Porsche on the cover:And for the truly hard of core, Solaris Internals:HTH,g-----Original Message-----
From: Andrey Bronfin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 4:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: OT: UNIX SADear list !
I'd like to start getting into some beginner level UNIX (Solaris) system administration .
I have some knowledge in UNIX (scripting, basic commands , etc ... - user/programmer/DBA level , not a sys. admin. level).Can U please recommend what to start with ?
I prefer free resources on the web over the books i'll have to buy, off course.
Thanks a lot for your recommendations.
Andrey.
