Preface

This preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Structure

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

Oracle Database 2 Day DBA is for anyone who wants to perform day-to-day administrative tasks with the Oracle Database. Prior knowledge or experience with managing databases is not required. The only requirement is a basic knowledge of computers.

In particular this book is targeted toward the following groups of Oracle users:

• Developers wanting to acquire basic DBA skills

• Anyone managing departmental servers

• Database administrators managing an Oracle database for small or medium business (SMB)

This book is equally useful for enterprise DBAs. It recommends best practices and describes efficient ways of performing administrative tasks with Oracle Enterprise Manager as the primary interface.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Structure

This document contains:

Chapter 1, "Introduction"

This chapter contains an brief overview of Oracle database administration.

Chapter 2, "Installing Oracle and Building the Database"

This chapter discusses how to install the Oracle software and database. It also describes how to configure additional databases, and how to upgrade and older version of a database to the current version.

Chapter 3, "Getting Started with Oracle Enterprise Manager"

This chapter introduces you to the Oracle Enterprise Manager and how to use it.

Chapter 4, "Configuring the Network Environment"

This chapter discusses how to configure a network so that clients can access your databases.

Chapter 5, "Managing the Oracle Instance"

This chapter discusses starting and stopping the database instance, and managing initialization parameters.

Chapter 6, "Managing Database Storage Structures"

This chapter discusses management of the database's storage structure.

Chapter 7, "Administering Users and Security"

This chapter discusses how to add and maintain user accounts. It includes information about using system privileges and roles to control user access to the database.

Chapter 8, "Managing Schema Objects"

This chapter discusses managing tables, indexes, and other schema objects.

Chapter 9, "Performing Backup and Recovery"

This chapter discusses how to backup and recover your database.

Chapter 10, "Monitoring and Tuning the Database"

This chapter discusses monitoring database activities and diagnosing performance problems.

Chapter 11, "Managing Oracle Software"

This chapter discusses how to keep your Oracle software up-to-date with product fixes.

Appendix A, "Automatic Storage Management"

This appendix introduces Automatic Storage Management.

Appendix B, "Overview of Real Application Clusters"

This appendix introduces Real Application Clusters.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database SQL Reference

• Oracle Database Reference

• Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Basics

• Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Database Installation Guide

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas, which are installed by default when you select the Basic Installation option with an Oracle Database installation. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Printed documentation is available for sale in the Oracle Store at

http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other collateral, please visit the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). You must register online before using OTN; registration is free and can be done at

http://otn.oracle.com/membership/

If you already have a username and password for OTN, then you can go directly to the documentation section of the OTN Web site at

http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: