I think that our SA sometimes forgets, that the reason we have the box is
to run Oracle. There were at least two occasions where I needed to use this
list to find out how to change the UNIX side of the system, because our SA
takes a "I didn't change anything in with the system so it's you problem"
approach.
At 07:00 AM 6/13/00 -0800, you wrote:
>In my opnion, a DBA( who support Oracle on Unix) should have at least an
>entry level of System Administrator's knowledge about Unix. The more the
>better. I have seen and heard about too many DBA waste a lot of time
>trouble shooting because they don't know enough about Unix or was
>misinformed by their SAs. Some times it's best to take matter into your
>own hands instead of relying too much on the SA.
>
>Richard Ji
>-----Original Message-----
>From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Mr. Majestic
>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 7:45 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>Subject: How much Unix?
>
>If your an Oracle DBA, How much Unix should you know? Shell
>programming? etc....
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