DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: >Thanks to everyone who has recommended Chris Kempster's ebook SQL Server >2000 for the Oracle DBA. This book is really a marvel. Since most of my >professional experience is on Unix, I feel that I need to learn more about >the MS Server. Can anyone recommend a resource that can get me up to speed >with what I will need to know about the MS server? It seems that the >boundary between the system administrator and the DBA isn't as clear as it >is with Oracle and Unix. > > Hi Dennis Not to over simplify this but I don’t believe there is such a book as windows 2000 server for the oracle dba. I’m pretty sure most of the administration books would gravitate toward using the server to authenticate uses, manage users, what the various ms services do - how to admin internet information server - how to recover from corrupt registries - domain controllers and he like. From a DBA perspective (my experience is exclusively on NT and 2000 server) there isn’t too much to it. I'd consider the following Management Right click my computer choose manage you will find services <-- what services are running event viewer <-- error log local users <-- system users right click on those individual icons and that allows to change the properties ###################### CLI (command line interface) command interface to run oradim orapwd etc start run cmd and sqlplusw start run -->sqlplusw scott/tiger@orcl ###################### environment variables Right click my computer choose properties --> advanced --> env variables setting the path Right click my computer choose properties --> advanced --> performance options sets the system page file ###################### File locations During the install oracle will ask you for a home, you choose and area where you want the installation and OFA will live adjacent to that e.g. you choose C:\oracle you will get C:\oracle\oracleinstall\ C:\oracle\admin\... C:\oracle\oradata\... The install will put the binaries in your path and the programs in your program list OEM ###################### Scripting One thing I’m sure you will be hard pressed to find is a *decent* book on is cmd scripting. I’ve had better luck online http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html http://www.ipass.net/davesisk/oont_management.htm http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/~batch/ http://purl.oclc.org/net/dirk/batcoll.all http://www.deltaelectronics.com/tglbatch/ misc tools http://www.tburke.net/info/reskittools/topics/az_body.htm ###################### Registry entries Start run regedit Search for oracle You will find all the install and system configurations. Fairly intuitive. ###################### Editors Forget notepad Get a good text editor for sql and CLI scripts http://www.editpadpro.com/download.html The free version is excellent ###################### I don’t mean to offend any MS SA's but from a dba point of view I really don’t think its gets more complicated than that. Or in the very least the above will get you well on your way. (unless you really want to be a SA which IMO is not at all necessary to admin oracle) Email me if you have any specific questions, I’d be happy to help. Again, I believe any MS SA book is going to be very general and will not address oracle. hth Bob ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------