CS462 Oracle Database Administration

General

Powell and McCullough-Dieter, "Oracle 10g Database Administrator - Implementation and Administration", Thomson
Sam R. Alapati, "Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration", APress
Claire Rajan, "Oracle 10g Database Administrator II: Backup/Recovery and Network Administration", Thomson
Arun Kumar, John Kanagaraj, Richard Stroupe, "Oracle Database 10g Insider Solutions", Sams

All Around Good Sites Codd's Rules A Gentle Introduction to SQL A good overall book on databases and SQL. (from photo.net) An excellent article on hashing Transaction Processing Council: benchmarks database servers Steve Rea's Oracle Tips	Oracle-Related Oracle web site. Oracle Underground. An excellent FAQ site for Oracle. Oracle Optimization (an Introduction) Gladiator-like Oracle Performance (Very Good)	DBA Specific ITToolbox Oracle knowledge base DBASupport.com knowledge center for Oracle Oracle DBA Guide
Parameter Files and Database Creation Parameter Files (pfile vs spfile) - Start here to understand which parameter file to use Introduction to SPFiles Initialization Parameters - Start here to read a detailed description of all the initialization parameters Initialization Parameters - initialization parameters during database creation Database creation	Managing Oracle Resources Using OMF Managing Control Files Managing Redo Log Files Managing Tablespaces Managing Control Files	Users, Profiles, and Roles Managing Users