Part I

Basic Database Administration

Part I provides an overview of the responsibilities of a database administrator, and describes how to accomplish basic database administration tasks. It contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Getting Started with Database Administration"

• Chapter 2, "Creating and Configuring an Oracle Database"

• Chapter 3, "Starting Up and Shutting Down"

• Chapter 4, "Configuring Automatic Restart of an Oracle Database"

• Chapter 5, "Managing Processes"

• Chapter 6, "Managing Memory"

• Chapter 7, "Managing Users and Securing the Database"

• Chapter 8, "Monitoring Database Operations"

• Chapter 9, "Managing Diagnostic Data"