Re: Are most DBA jobs on UNIX or Mainframe, not NT?

So, in other words, you are saying if I can handle everything well on NT, I shouldn't have much problem with Unix? This is just the kind of question I was about to ask ... I was convinced that I wanted to get myself certified as an OCP but it seems every place I looked only teach Oracle in NT platform! On the other hand, Unix seems to be the way to do it!

Can someone tell me where the differences are between the two? I mean, are there only difference between the system admin. stuff? Or the entire thing is different? (ie, GUI for NT and CLI for Unix, know NT not = know Unix)

Thanks in advance for any inputs!

Cedric

Van Messner <vmessner_at_netaxis.com> wrote in message news:zAF13.3646$Ie1.117875_at_news14.ispnews.com...
> There are plenty of DBA jobs for installations with NT, although there are
> more with UNIX. Having worked with both, I think if you can handle
> everything on NT, you can get up to speed fairly quickly on UNIX. Most
> places running Oracle against UNIX are going to have a sysadmin for the
> really gritty stuff.
>
> Van
>
> mkx_at_excite.com wrote in message <374855df.7349892_at_news.supernews.com>...
> >It would seem that most DB2/Oracle/Sybase DBA positions are listed for
> >UNIX systems. Is this true?
> >
> >Thus if one only has DBA experience on NT, is MS SQL the only likely
> >opportunity?
>
>
Received on Sat May 29 1999 - 22:15:33 CDT