Re: Experienced DBA but New to Oracle

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 4 Jan 2007 06:13:52 -0800
Message-ID: <1167920032.273484.106920@q40g2000cwq.googlegroups.com>

red_valsen_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> I am an experienced DBA with other DBMSes and am making the transition
> to Oracle. What references can members of the Oracle community
> recommend for a smoother switch -- essential OEM manuals, 3rd-party
> books, websites, news groups, online courses, useful certifications to
> pursue, do's-don'ts-gotchas lists, etc? Your experienced insight is
> greatly appreciated.

Start with Tom Kyte's new book "Expert Oracle Database Architecture" along with concepts manual at http://tahiti.oracle.com.

Followup with Cary Millsap's "Optimizing Oracle Performance" after reading Tom's book cover to cover several times. Rinse and repeat with Cary's book several times.

Don't even think about OEM GUI stuff until you know the architecture backwards and forwards ... why oracle is doing things and how it operates. Tom's book will get you there.

The GUI only slows down your understanding of what is really occurring unless you have a firm grasp on the fundamentals. Received on Thu Jan 04 2007 - 08:13:52 CST