Re: DBA skills

In article <MPG.1463af9cff1124b098969f_at_news.supernews.com>,   Liz Reen <lizr_at_geologist.com> wrote:
> Agreed. Some of the best DBAs I have known started off the careers
 as
> sysadmins.
>
> Liz
>
> In article <8t47mo$6fn$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, oratune_at_aol.com says...
> > In article <MPG.145e55a525628e58989698_at_news.supernews.com>,
> > Liz Reen <lizr_at_geologist.com> wrote:
> > > In article <Pine.OSF.4.21.0010131540500.4656-100000_at_Bayou.UH.EDU>,
> > > gucciard_at_Bayou.UH.EDU says...
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Other than knowing the Oracle database management software,
 which
> > > > other software packages or technologies does/may a DBA work
 with?
 For
> > > > instance, to what extent should a DBA know Oracle's host
 operating
> > > > system? What about programming languages (besides SQL)?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much for your help,
> > > > H_H
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The more you know about the host system the better life will be.
 You
> > > should at a minimum know how to log in, move files, do a directory
> > > command, and remove files.
> > >
> > > Liz
> > >
> >
> > The better DBA's I have worked with have also had a fairly good
> > administrative knowledge of the host O/S, which I feel is necessary
 to
> > properly configure and tune an Oracle instance since many time this
> > will involve reading O/S statistics as well as Oracle internal
 stats.
> >
> > --
> > David Fitzjarrell
> > Oracle Certified DBA
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
> >
>

And some of the best have had to perform both functions, DBA AND Sys Admin. I encourage those I work with to seriously understand the administration of the O/S and associated hardware/software in order to better understand the interaction of Oracle with it.

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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