Re: How much Unix?

Or more succintly, you should be able to be an SA.

Jared

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, kevin edwards wrote:

> Just my 2 cents ....
>
> DBA's should be able to accomplish the following
>
> 1. Basic troubleshooting of network connectivity
> issues
> i.e. netstat, ping, snoop
>
> 2. Server process monitoring & troubleshooting
> i.e. sar, ps, truss, kill -HUP, top, kill -9 (my
> favorite)
>
> 3. Disk performance monitoring & troubleshooting
> i.e. vmstat, iostat
>
> 4. Shell programming (a absolute must)
>
> 5. Symaphore configurations (values & meaning)and
> troubleshooting
> i.e. ipcs, ipcrm
>
> 6. package info & installation
> pgkinfo , pkgadd, pkgchk
>
> 7. Raid configurations & raw disks setup and
> identifying whats installed
>
> 8. Server configuration
> i.e. sysinfo, dmesg
>
> 9. General Server diagnotics
> i.e. dmesg, vmstat, sar, iostat, ipcs,top,ps
>
> 10. General unix commands
> i.e. rm, rmdir, mkdir, chmod, chown , dd, cpio,
> etc..
>
>
>
> --- "Mr. Majestic" <rc_at_neomenia.com> wrote:
> > If your an Oracle DBA, How much Unix should you
> > know? Shell programming? etc....
> >
>
>
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Jared Still
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