I had the opportunity to meet the architect of Quest Software's "Spotlight
for Oracle Apps" product in a recent demo. His opinion was that a
good Oracle Apps Administrator has a good understanding (and experience)
of the business/functional side of the Apps system. That knowledge/experience
needs to be combined with experience in pure database administration and
operations. The bits in between, forms and webserver etc..., can
be picked up along the way where proficiency is proportional to exposure
to the product.
From my limited experience with Oracle Apps I agreed with him due
to some of the differculties I experienced. I was fortunate that
I could remove myself from the management of the apps system (which
was an auxilliary system to our main product development) and concentrate
on our core product which is based on the Oracle Server! I'm lucky
I guess!!
Glen
Gary Weber wrote:
>>Sometimes I think Apps DBA is shorthand for senior
developer.
I'd like to wholeheartedly disagree. Administering Financials fell onto
my
lap as "just another Oracle-based product". There is much more to knowing
this package than meets the eye from DBA prospective. The technology
stack
alone, with database, forms, web server, code...arrrrrr
In my humble opinion, a good Apps DBA is not only proficient in database
administration, but is also aware of large ERP packages and their
implications.
Gary
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