I got "well, you know Ingres, that's a database so you're the Oracle
DBA"
read and re-read and re-read the Oracle docs (all two books, this was
version 5) until the lightbulb went off... went VERY gingerly into the
database to look at things.
And prayed. A lot
Reading the manual is NEVER a bad thing
- Joe Testa <jtesta_at_dmc-it.com> wrote:
>
> copy the init.ora
> look at the size of the redo logs, size of the datafiles.
> make all the directories on the new machine.
>
> Wait, how did you create the first database? I'm 99% sure you didnt
> type create database.
>
> use the same scripts
>
> and oh yes READ THE DOCUMENTATION.
> Most of the people here will help the newbies BUT DAMN take some of
> your
> own initiative.
>
> If you'd like to know how I learned oracle 11+ years ago, read on
> otherwise delete now.
>
> I start at a large insurance firm as a C programmer/Unix SA. First
> day
> on the job, they asked me what I knew about Oracle, I said nothing,
> which was the truth. They said can you load it for us on this sun
> box,
> I said "sure does it come with an installation guide?", they had no
> idea
> since the box was still sealed. I opened it up and started reading.
>
> Today its a easier, you can use database creation assistants, all of
> this GUI crap, creating a Database is damn baby's work nowadays.
> Back
> in version 5 days, the docs sucked, support sucked, we had to figure
> it
> out on our own.
>
>
> Spend some time reading the docs, experimenting, learning instead of
> having everyone bottle feed you. You can almost be a decent DBA by
> not
> doing anything except using GUI tools, so my question is why all of
> the
> questions, if you've not eeven read the administrators guide. Take
> some
> initiative.
>
> That is all.
>
> joe
>
>
>
> Santosh Varma wrote:
>
> > i am using oracle 8.1.7
> > and have a product ready for release to the customer in my office.
> > in the client's place, only the oracle is installed.
> >
> > next step i presume is database creation to which my application
> will
> > interact .. right ??
> >
> > how do i make sure that the database i create is the same as the
> > database in my office..
> > and could anyone of u give me the exact parameters for create
> database
> > which are necessary.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> >
> > Santosh
> >
> >
>
>
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