Re: (What is the optimal Oracle tools repertoire for an installation?)

When starting with Oracle then Oracle Enterprise manager (free from Oracle 7.3) will do the job for you. Later on, based on your requirements (security, performance, flexible user management, backup and restore, SQL programming, etc.) there are more goodies on the market. However, there is a lot of good shareware on the Net that will do the DBA jobs as well (based on having Enterprise manager for the basics). Most of the better shareware tools and SQL packages are more usable than some commercial software tools...

Mario

On Wed, 08 Oct 1997 21:03:52 -0700, Shlomo Godick <shlomog_at_ibm.net> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>We are looking at the possibility of choosing Oracle as our strategic
>DBMS for distributed and remote database applications.
>
>We are under the impression that Oracle DBA tools and utilities
>available in the basic Oracle package may not completely
>satisfy our requirements and and we may need to
>plan for procurement of additional tools, possibly even from third
>parties, in order to ensure a reasonable working environment
>for DBA's and developers.
>
>Could some of the more experienced Oracle users out there please edify
>us as to what is the optimal repertoire of DBA and developer tools
>required to function reasonably efficiently in an Oracle
>environment (including Oracle's own optional add-ons as well
>third party tools, if necessary)?
>
>If these tools are optional extras (but you think they are required
>anyway), please note their approximate cost (if known to you).
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Shlomo Godick
>DBA, Mehish Computer Services, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
>Email: shlomog_at_ibm.net
>
Received on Wed Oct 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST