The Oracle documentation is a good thing to read. I would start with the concepts manual. However, I recommend going out and purchasing a third party book geared towards a new DBA. I heard rumours that "Oracle DBA 101" from Oracle Press is a good book but I have not read it myself. I am just going by the half a million recommendations for the book.... I would also get a book on backup and recover. Again, I would go with the Oracle Press copy. I would buy that one, even if you don't have time to read it yet, as its pretty easy to follow if you do need to recover a database.
I would also try and talk management into sending you on an Oracle course. Best of luck. If you are a solid Unix administrator you should do fine as a DBA. Its pretty much the same mentality. -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi dear all A few days ago I was surprised by my IT manager who has offered to me to administer local Sun box with Oracle 8i. I have a near-deep experience with Solaris system administration (about 4 year) but I have doubts regarding administration of Oracle+Solaris. *** (hurray, this is the question section!) *** >From what I must to start to deeping into DBA business? Is it enough - careful reading of Oracle documentation? I really confused ;-[ *** thank you! Andy -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Production INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Kimberly Smith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
