From the exclusive publishers of Oracle Press Books, here is the only book available offering complete coverage of RMAN (Recovery Manager), Oracle's free backup and recovery technology. An indispensable resource for new Oracle users, database administrators, and system administrators.

Provides and explains powerful scripts that automate common database administration tasks, empowering the DBA to spend more time focusing on the critical aspects of their job.

Oracle Backup and Recovery 101 explains, step-by-step, how to manage database backup and recovery via physical file operations and logical data operations. The book also teaches you how to perform server-managed backup and recovery using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this hands-on guide shows you everything you need to know to implement a basic backup and recovery plan for your Oracle database and includes full details on setting up a small sample d atabase so you can practice the tasks covered throughout the book.

From the authorized Oracle Press comes a unique volume, packed with undocumented tips ; techniques from Oracle experts, for maximizing Oracle9i on the Windows 2000 platform. You'll get full coverage of critical high-end features such as clustering and standbys and methods for ensuring high availability. You'll also get full details on all the features new to Oracle9i. Take full advantage of the strength and reliability of Oracle9i and the management features of Windows 2000. Written by the expe rts and authorized by Oracle Corporation, Oracle9i 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 Oracle9i.

Data is king in today's Internet economy. It is ESSENTIAL that companies protect and maintain corporate and customer data. Includes information that every Oracle administrator and programmer must know in order to maximize uptime and recover data without compromising mission critical systems. The only book available on this critical topic. Includes actual corporate scenarios and case-studies.

Provides vital practical assistance to anyone planning the backup and recovery of a very large database system, describing a combined backup and recovery approach for both Oracle and SAP. Describes new features, functions, and tools available in the latest releases of SAP and Oracle and explains how they impact the backup and recovery strategy. Includes diagnosis and interpretation checklists. The author has 16 years of experience working with Oracle and SAP.

This edition, revised for Oracle8, focuses exclusively on issues related to backup and recovery. Complete coverage is given of Oracle on NT and the new object-oriented database features. The book also explores common user errors encountered with Oracle8 and how to fix them. Rama's book (like the rest of his other ones) is a life-saver. He has a unique way of presenting pertinent information (which otherwise could have been obtained the hard way) to the DBA. His writings on Oracle are the finest pieces out there now. He evokes the why's, what's and how to's with such clarity and accuracy that he implicitly brings added value to any DBA's overall ability and confidence level. It is a MUST HAVE.