Tanel Poder wrote:
> I think the name for whole pack is E-Business Suite now, at least for 11i.
> Applications is the old name for 10.7.
> If you like patching a lot, start/continue your career as Apps DBA ;)
>
> Tanel.
I think you're right about an ERP DBA (whether Oracle or SAP or
whatever). They have many duties very different than a "regular" DBA,
leaning more toward a typical "production" DBA. The application adopts a
"hands-off" attitude, leaving the DBA little to do other than monitor
tablespaces and adopt a good backup/recovery plan. Oh, and as you noted,
applying a continual stream of patches - mostly against the application
rather than the database.
And another thing this DBA faces is requests from management to get
"custom" data out of the database. After all, a DBA should be able to
write a few SELECT statements. Ever try to reverse engineer Oracle
Financials into an ERD? Maybe it's easier with 11i ... but with the
older product, that's one picture that wasn't worth a thousand words.
Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 11:05:23 CST
