Even if you are a Linux sysadmin or developer, sometimes you might end-up managing Oracle database that is running in your environment. In that case, it is essential to understand certain basic Oracle DBA activities. In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create an Oracle database from command line. When you install Oracle software, it [...]
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Even if you are a developer, or Linux sysadmin, sometimes you might still end-up dealing with Oracle database in your organization. One of the essential Oracle DBA task is to manage the tablespace. This tutorial covers everything that you need to know to effectively manage both your tablespaces and datafiles in an Oracle database. The [...]
If you are working on Oracle database either as developer or DBA, you need a good front-end to manage your database. In the old days, one of the popular option was Toad. But, now, there is even a better and robust option; SQL Developer. SQL Developer is an oracle product. It is free. It is [...]
If you have Oracle database running on your environment, even if you are a developer or linux sysadmin, you might end-up doing some basic DBA tasks on development instance. One of the essential DBA task is to manage UNDO on your Oracle database. Oracle will temporarily store the data manipulation transactions in the UNDO area [...]
Even if you are a sysadmin or developer, when you have Oracle running in your environment, you might encounter a situation where you have to do some basic DBA tasks. One such task is to export data from an Oracle database. Using Oracle’s exp utility, it is very easy to dump data from database. In [...]
If you are sysadmin, sometimes you might find yourself dealing with Oracle backups. Apart from taking oracle RMAN backup, you should also understand how to Delete the old backups from the RMAN catalog and from physical filesystem. If you don’t properly delete obsolete and expired Oracle DB backup from the catalog, it will cause some [...]
As a Linux sysadmin, you might recover a system from backup, which may include Oracle Database. So, it is essential for all admins to understand how to restore oracle database from backup. Typically, DBAs will use Oracle RMAN utility to take a hot backup of the database. This tutorial provides an introduction on how to [...]
If you are a Linux sysadmin, working in an environment that uses lot of Oracle products, you might be in a situation to explore the Oracle virtualization product called OVM. In OVM, you’ll typically use a pre-existing OVM templates for a particular Linux distro (or Windows) to create a virtual machine. But, you can also [...]
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