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...

Attain real solutions for current availability challenges. Based on a "DBA-centric" approach to High Availability, Oracle Database 10g High Availability concentrates on explaining Oracle Database 10g technologies and practices to database administrators, covering general availability, real application clusters (RAC), disaster planning and recovery, and distributed database solutions. Hardware and application needs are also taken into account. While Oracle Database 10g is the main focus, many of the options discussed are available in earlier database releases. Organized to...

Oracle is the number-one relational database management system, with 41.3 percent of worldwide market share. This book covers the third-party products that leverage Oracle's backup technology, including Veritas NetBackup, Legato Networker, Tivoli Storage Manager, and HP Omniback.