Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is a task-oriented, best-practices approach to database administration using Oracle's industry-leading database management system, Oracle Database 11g. It helps you cut through the complexity of the Oracle Database feature set and the size of its documentation set. Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration condenses and organizes the core job of a database administrator, giving you the foundation on which to achieve a senior level of expertise.

Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is a book focused on results. Author Darl Kuhn draws from a well of experience over a decade deep to lay out real-world techniques that lead to success as an Oracle DBA. He gives clear explanations on how to perform critical tasks. He weaves in theory where necessary without bogging you down in unneeded detail. He is not afraid to take a stand on how things should be done. He won't leave you adrift in a sea of choices, showing you three ways to do something and then walking away.

Database administration isn't about passing a certified exam, or about pointing-and-clicking your way through a crisis, nor about earning a wooden-table label. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, about avoiding risk, about making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. If you have "buck stops here" responsibility for an Oracle database, then Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is the book you need to help elevate yourself to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator. Condenses and organizes the core job of a database administrator into one volume. Takes a results-oriented approach to getting things done. Lays a foundation upon which to build a senior level of expertise What you'll learn Create a stable, working environment that is consistent across all databases that you manage Take care of job #1: backing up, and then recovering when needed Manage users and objects, and the security between them Do battle with "large"--large databases and large objects Move and distribute data using Data Pump, transportable tablespaces, and more Tackle performance problems at the SQL and instance levels
Who this book is for

Pro Oracle Database 11g Administration is aimed at new database administrators who aspire to senior positions in which employers and customers trust you to work independently, and with a "buck stops here" attitude. Less