Re: DBA skills

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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Received on Mon Oct 30 2000 - 08:38:51 CST