Re: Advice about moving to Solaris?

Guys,

gdas has had some good advice so far.
Let's not let this thread descend into a unix vs NT war...

Paul

"gdas" <gdas1_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7a4ed455.0202142254.5ab2c4a7_at_posting.google.com...
> I've been an Oracle DBA for about 2 years now. The role sort of fell
> into my lap after being an oracle app developer for the previous 7
> years. I don't by any means consider myself an expert dba, but I have
> been able to acquire an incredible amount of knowledge in the past
> couple years and I'm confident in my abilities to install, configure,
> tune, backup and in general maintain a smooth running database.
>
> All my DBA experience has been with Oracle running on either NT or
> Windows 2000. We're in the process of upgrading the hardware in our
> datacenter and my boss wants me to consider switching the Oracle
> servers over to Sun Solaris boxes.
>
> Unix scares the heck out of me. I have basic familiarity with UNIX.
> I can navigate the file system, copy/move files, set permissions on
> files and directories and edit a text file. That's about all I can do
> in UNIX right now.
>
> Is my lack more advanced unix experience an issue in regards to being
> a DBA for an Oracle server on unix? If so, what exactly do I need to
> be familiar with about the Unix OS?
>
> Probably everything I have ever done with oracle on windows has been
> through sql*plus (from a remote client), svrmgrl or through a text
> editor (modifying the init/tns/sqlnet .ora files). I've also copied
> files around for backups, aside from that I am not doing much of
> anything at the OS level. Even most of the monitoring scripts I have
> rewritten run from remote machines and not physically on the database
> server.
>
> I can do all of the above regardless of whether the DB is Windows,
> Unix or whatever OS.
>
> There was a time several months ago where I had to add a new physical
> disk and extend a raid partition. I know how to do this in Windows...
> wouldn't even know where to begin on a Sun box.
>
> I assume the biggest challenges are the initial installation of the
> oracle software on unix? Would that be correct? Does Oracle on Unix
> require more intimate knowledge of the OS? Do OS level parameters
> have to be configured that do not apply on Windows?
>
> We have a consultant working for us part-time, 2 days a week (or on an
> as needed basis). He's a unix guru, but he doesn't know Oracle... but
> I do. Can the two of us together, be successful in making this happen
> (eventually the consultant's knowledge would trickle over to me)? Or
> would you suggest I stay with windows?
>
> Would appreciate any advice you have to offer.
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
Received on Fri Feb 15 2002 - 13:59:21 CST