Re: UNIX commands for new DBA

HI, You need to know atleat the following commands

1. ps -ef|grep for any process Usually you have to grep for DBWR, LGWR, SMON, PMON, as they are mandatory processes in order for ORACLE TO RUN
2. df -k ( status of free space on various disks ) This command will be usefull especially to see if ARCHIVE LOG FILES are filling up a particular disk, datafiles sizes calculation
3. iostat 5 6 To check the I/O of your system ( especially idle time )

4 ) vmstat 5 6
To check Virtual Memory Status of your system ( especially idle time )

5) sar -d

    sar -u
    etc..
System Activity Report very use full,

6) ipcs -MS
To check for Semaphore allocation & Shared Segment Allocation

7) dmesg for sytem information

8) du -k directory sizes   

9) Ftp

1. Telnet
2. Rcp, cp, mv, mkdir, rmdir etc..

Hope this helps..

For more information reply to vijaybanda_at_yahoo.com

Regards

Vijay K Banda    

The Dunn's <adunn_at_unicomp.net> wrote in article <35820879.8E6167F0_at_unicomp.net>...
> Where can I find a list of essential UNIX commands that would be needed
> by a new Oracle DBA?
>
>
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 11:11:50 CDT