Oracle 9i for Windows: Tips and Techniques

Jacket Description/Back: Best Practices from Oracle ExpertsFind Undocumented, Expert Advice InsideTake full advantage of the strength and reliability of Oracle9"i and the management features of Windows 2000. Written by the experts and authorized by Oracle Corporation, Oracle9"i for Windows 2000 Tips & Techniques presents insider best practices for installation, upgrades, migration, tuning, backup and recovery, clustering, and high availability. You'll also get in-depth details on the new features of Oracle9"i. Configure Oracle9"i on Windows 2000 as a management platform, database client, and database server Ease administrative tasks with database templates and Oracle Managed Files Monitor and manage Oracle to maximize available memory, CPU, and I/O Use Oracle9"i Recovery Manager for backup, restore, and recovery Implement Standby Databases for greater availability Use Oracle9"i Oracle Enterprise Manager for enterprisewide database administration Execute clustering and high availability solutions, using Microsoft Cluster Server, Oracle Failsafe, and Real Application Clusters Implement Advanced Replication to provide database load balancing, disaster recovery, and offline distributed transaction processing Covers Oracle Database Releases 7.x, 8"i, and 9"iPublisher Marketing: Windows as a platform for databases continues to grow and Oracle on Windows continues to become more important. Written by the team at Oracle, this book provides undocumented tips and techniques and covers issues central to database administration, features of 9i and highlights issues specific to Windows 2000. The core of the book is aimed at providing undocumented tips and techniques for maximizing the utility of the RDBMS. Coverage in this book includes: tuning, and backup and recovery; clustering and standby databases focusing on high availability; features in 9i-highlighting differences between 9i and 8i; centralizing and simplifying database administration using Enterprise Manager; and developing an upgrade and migration strategy.

Contributor Bio:  Jesse, Scott Scott Jesse has worked for Oracle since 1996 and is currently Customer Support Senior Manager for the RAC Assurance Team. He has served as the Global Team Lead and as a member of the Advanced Resolution and Escalations team within Oracle Support. Scott is the coauthor of "Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and Data Guard" and "Oracle9i for Windows 2000 Tips & Techniques", both from Oracle Press. Bill Burton joined Oracle in 1998 and is currently a member of the Development RAC Assurance Team. He co-wrote and presented the "Upgrading to 11"g"R2" session at Oracle OpenWorld 2010. Bryan Vongray is a member of the RAC Assurance Team within Oracle Global Customer Support. He specialized in Oracle High Availability with specific focus on Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, backup and recovery, and Oracle Grid Control. Bryan has planned and implemented Oracle HA Solution for several high profile Oracle customers. Contributor Bio:  Hart, Matthew Matthew Hart is the co-author of three books for Oracle Press, "Oracle 9i for Windows 2000: Tips & Techniques, Oracle 9i RMAN Backup & Recovery, " and most recently "Oracle 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and DataGuard." He has worked with high availability technologies in Oracle since version 7.3, and has worked with RMAN since its inception. He has spent considerable time perfecting backup and recovery strategies for Oracle customers. Robert G. Freeman is an Oracle DBA. Among the other books Robert has written are the bestselling titles "Oracle Database 10g New Features, Oracle 9i RMAN Backup and Recovery, " and "Oracle 9i New Features." Robert also wrote the Oracle Press book "Portable DBA: Oracle."Contributor Bio:  Sale, Mike Sale works as a Consulting Technical Specialist and Team Lead on the Product Line Bug Diagnosis and Escalations team and is the Oracle NT/Windows 2000 representative for the Compaq/Oracle Joint Escalation Center.