RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-21 Thread SARKAR, Samir
Personally speaking I think that it is one of the best books available on Backup and Recovery.the case studies at the end of the boom r pure gems. I have the Oracle 8 edition and the concepts r very clearly explained esp. Media Recovery the concepts of which r still not very clear to many DBAs

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-21 Thread SARKAR, Samir
Personally speaking I think that it is one of the best books available on Backup and Recovery.the case studies at the end of the boom r pure gems. I have the Oracle 8 edition and the concepts r very clearly explained esp. Media Recovery the concepts of which r still not very clear to many DBAs

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-20 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I would beg to differ about Oracle not putting effort into data recovery at this point in time... especially since I know people working in the Center for Expertise who are working on just that. --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the earlier version of Velpuri's book and fi

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-20 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
I have the earlier version of Velpuri's book and find that it is excellent. One thing to keep in mind is that Oracle isn't putting much effort into the hot/cold backup & recovery recently. Therefore if your interest is in that area, then I wouldn't wait for a new edition (your database might crash

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-20 Thread John Kanagaraj
Sam, If you want to understand the internals of Hot/cold backup/recovery (with case studies!) as well as the Database in general, this is an excellent book. If you are looking for extensive RMAN-only information, then you may be disappointed... I would certainly buy it! (already have the 7.3 as w

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-20 Thread Sherman, Paul R.
Hello, One of the DBAs here thinks that it is ok, esp. if you need material on using RMAN (we do not). Thank you, Paul Sherman DBA voice - 781-501-4143 (office) fax- 781-278-8341 (office) email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:10 PM To:

RE: Rama Velpuri's 9i Backup and Recovery Book Available?

2001-12-20 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I don't have the new version of that book, but the older Oracle 7.3. version was excellent. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- From: Sam Bootsma [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:10 PM