DBA - begin to learn about Oracle Architecture(Memory/Datafiles/Tablespace), Backup and etc. and SQL also. We can learn from Oracle Administrator Workshop I : http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getCourseDesc?dc=D17090GC30&p_org_id=1001&lang=US and then find out more information from tahiti.oracle.com However, DBA should know about Operation System/Network/ Storage and Programming . Surachart Opun http://surachartopun.com Oracle ACE, OCE, OCP On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Pavel Ermakov <ocp.pauler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > I think basic thing for junior DBA is to know architecture of RDBMS > Oracle(physical and logical structure), what processes RDBMS uses and so > on.(for example, what are views,tables,triggers,procedures,functions). > > Sincerely, Pavel. >