RE: UNIX SA

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you have any Unix SA experience already? If not, maybe a general Unix SA book would be more useful than specializing in Solaris straight away, O'Reilly publish "Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference" and "Essential System Administration". I've only actually read the latter, it is a good general overview and reference. <SPAN
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The
reason I say this, is because all Unixes are basically similar when it comes to configuration, but vendors like to put their own tools on too, for example AIX has SMIT, Sun have their admintool, etc. Best to learn the underlying structure so you'll be at home on any system. Then learn the platform specific stuff. Unix is "quirky" for example
  in
  /etc/system, the comment character is *   in
  /etc/sendmail.cf the comment character is #   in
  /etc/named.boot the comment character is ;   in
  source code, the comment is /* */ (like in PL/SQL). If
you mark your comments in the wrong way in the wrong file, you might end up with a system that cannot even boot! (Offtopic: if you have been on this list for a while, you will know that I hate Unix, but know a lot about it. The two go together).
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Andrey Bronfin   [mailto:Andreyb_at_MaxBill.com]Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:23   AMTo: Guy HammondSubject: RE: UNIX
  SA
  Guy
  , thanks a lot !
  Just
  another question :
  what
  do U recommend to START with , for a beginner , like me .   <SPAN
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    size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Guy Hammond     [mailto:guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk]Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:05     AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE:     UNIX SA
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    class=233185507-10072001>The Solaris FAQ:
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    class=233185507-10072001>Sun's own documentation, all available online for     free (in PDF too):
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    href="http://docs.sun.com/">http://docs.sun.com/
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    class=233185507-10072001>The "Ferrari book" is excellent, even tho' that's     actually a Porsche on the cover:
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    href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130952494/qid=994751878/sr=1-3/ref=sc_b_3/103-7758889-6011002">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130952494/qid=994751878/sr=1-3/ref=sc_b_3/103-7758889-6011002
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    class=233185507-10072001>And for the truly hard of core, Solaris     Internals:
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    href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130224960/ref=lm_lb_3/103-7758889-6011002">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130224960/ref=lm_lb_3/103-7758889-6011002
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      size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Andrey Bronfin 
      [mailto:Andreyb_at_maxbill.com]Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 4:55 
      PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: 
      OT: UNIX SA
      Dear list ! <FONT face=Arial 
      size=2>I'd like to start getting into some beginner level UNIX (Solaris) 
      system administration . I have some 
      knowledge in UNIX  (scripting, basic commands , etc ... - 
      user/programmer/DBA level , not a sys. admin. level).
      Can U please recommend what to start with 
      ? I prefer free resources on the web 
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      size=2>Thanks a lot for your recommendations. <FONT face=Arial 
      size=2>Andrey.