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The Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference puts within easy reach the commands that Oracle database administrators need most when operating in a Unix environment. If you are an Oracle DBA moving to Unix from another environment such as Windows NT or IBM Mainframe, you know that these commands are far different from those covered in most beginning Unix books. To jump start your learning process, Don Burleson has gathered together in this succinct book the Unix commands he most often uses when managing Oracle databases. You'll be able to reach into your pocket for the answer when you need to know how to:
  • Display all Unix components related to Oracle, identify the top CPU consumers on your server, and even kill processes when necessary
  • Stack Unix commands into powerful scripts that can perform vital DBA functions
  • Monitor Unix filesystems, and automatically manage your trace files, dump files, and archived redo log files
  • Use essential server monitoring commands such as top, sar, and vmstat
And there's much more between these covers. If you need to get up to speed with Oracle on Unix, and quickly, this book is for you.
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The Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference has a remarkably tight focus. It's about making Oracle database management systems run optimally under various Unix operating systems, including HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and IBM AIX (there's also some specialized coverage of IRIX and DEC Unix). Author Donald Burleson assumes readers know how to get around the Unix command shell, and that they're quite familiar with Oracle database administration. To put it simply, to get the most out of this book, you should already know what you want to do, and need only to be told concisely how to do it. This book is ideal for people moving from Oracle administration under Windows to the same job under Unix.

As a byproduct of its careful focus, the book is tiny. It almost fits in a shirt pocket, and is about as thick as a standard pencil. A typical entry documents a single command (there are separate entries for different operating systems when commands differ), and includes a bit of text followed by the relevant command and a listing of typical output. Utility scripts with Oracle relevance are listed with minimal comments. This isn't traditional man-page-style Unix documentation, but rather advice on how to accomplish various Oracle goals inside Unix. Most readers will likely turn first to the index to find the entries that they need. --David Wall

Topics covered: Making Oracle database management systems run well under HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, IRIX, and DEC Unix. Ways of examining and adjusting Oracle's use of processes, memory, processor cycles, files, disk resources, and other aspects of the Unix system. Information is presented in recipes, in type-this-to-do-that format.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2001
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780596000660
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  • Jaewoo Kim
    5.0 out of 5 stars Most useful for Oracle DBAs
    Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2005
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    This is a very helpful book which provides a basic overview of using Unix running Oracle. Perhaps the best feature of this book is that the author has spent lot of time providing only the most useful and salient Unix scripts for the Oracle DBA. You will not find any unnecessary or redundant information in this book. In fact, I highly recommend all Oracle DBAs to read this book and memorize all its ideas.

    Here are some of the best tips:

    1)Script to kill all Oracle processes.

    2)Place a SQL * Plus script in a Unix Shell Wrapper

    3)Ensure that only the Oracle user can run a Unix shell script

    4)Execute a SQL*Plus Script on all the instances in the enterprise.

    5)Automatically delete old trace and audit files

    6)Copy TNSnames.ora to all the Unix servers in the enterprise

    7)Detect when Oracle is not accepting connections and send alert
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  • Doomsday
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for learn Unix.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    A great book to learn a little bit more about Unix and its interaction with Oracle.
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  • alex
    4.0 out of 5 stars is so practice
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
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    simple and exact reference you search alot of definition for unix and oracle database in the unix ambient ok is good
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  • Gustavo Restuccia
    5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable book for Oracle dbas who are new in unix
    Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2002
    Format: Paperback
    This is a book that should be in the pocket of all Oracle dbas
    beginners in unix, and specially those fighting with several
    flavors of unix.
    If you are an experienced oracle dba working with Windows NT
    or Open VMS and new in unix, these book can help you.
    It's reading is easy ç, since the book contains the basics that an oracle dba need to know in order to begin working with unix as soon as possible.
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  • Jame Gaston
    5.0 out of 5 stars Critically important for the UNIX Oracle DBA
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2001
    Format: Paperback
    This book is loaded with the information needed by the DBA in the UNIX environment. There are many scripts with description of the commands and what they are doing. I like the way commands, used on other UNIX platforms (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc), are included. I am delighted this book provided commands that are new to me, and provide critical information that was previously unavailable.
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  • Vinicio Valencia
    3.0 out of 5 stars A useful UNIX scripts compilation
    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2001
    Format: Paperback
    I found this book useful to write UNIX scripts for Oracle DBA tasks, specially performance tuning. The entire book is filled of 'tricks' (like how to kill a oracle user-process in unix,etc) some of them not very useful. I expect to find some more practical examples on backup (unix-generic oracle backup scripts), oracle architecture on unix, net8, oracle installation, utilities like export (I mean, why don't show an example of how to use UNIX pipe when you make an export file greater than 2gb?), etc. Also, it lacks of explanation about UNIX admin commands critical for any Oracle DBA who in almost one situation has to be the UNIX system administrator, like booting, file system administration, etc. I mean some generic examples could be enough. Needs to be improved.
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  • elias g gorsky
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - comes thru every time
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2002
    Format: Paperback
    Originally being an NT oracle dba, this book time and again gives just what I need know for the Unix environment. After using the book for a year, now (it just saved me again), I just want others to know this book is worth it.
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  • pewis
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful Tips and Tricks
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2005
    Format: Paperback
    This booklet contains a collection of shell script code snippets and other UNIX tips for the DBA. Not everything will be useful for everyone, but only the most experienced UNIX geek will fail to find one trick or the other that he did not know before. And what else is UNIX expertise if not knowledge about such little tricks?

    I especially liked the sections about commands to collect performance statistics for the UNIX boxes your databases run on. You do not normally find these commands in general UNIX books (not even in the meatiest ones) and would have to turn to special UNIX admin books, which might be sort of an overkill for a mere DBA.

    The book also introduces into some very basic UNIX concepts like piping commands and changing file permissions. This is superfluous as this booklet does by no means repalce a full-fledged UNIX introduction. But if you are a DBA who has already read his "UNIX for Beginners" or the like and who wants to delve a little bit deeper into HP-UX or AIX, than this book is for you.
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  • Tobias Weidt
    4.0 out of 5 stars kompakt und gut
    Reviewed in Germany on August 23, 2008
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Danke Herr Burleson. Kurz, knapp und klar beschrieben. Schnelle Hilfe für DBAs, die sich durch die UNIX Welt kämpfen. Wer seinen Schreibstil mag, liegt hier genau richtig.
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  • Mr. Ejimofor Kenneth Nwoye
    4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended Initial Support Reference Manual
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2012
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    Very Concise and well written for the Oracle DBA's not used to UNIX/LINUX platforms. Ideal for scoping 'root cause' events. Unfortunately lacks some revision in the light of contemporary developments with Oracle
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