Pro Oracle Database 18c Administration: Manage and Safeguard Your Organization’s Data

© Michelle Malcher and Darl Kuhn 2019

Michelle Malcher and Darl KuhnPro Oracle Database 18c Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4424-1_3

3. Configuring an Efficient Environment

Michelle Malcher¹  and Darl Kuhn²

(1)

Huntley, IL, USA

(2)

Morrison, CO, USA

 

After you install the Oracle binaries and create a database, you should configure your environment to enable you to operate efficiently. Regardless of the functionality of graphical database administration tools, DBAs still need to perform many tasks from the OS command line and manually execute SQL statements. A DBA who takes advantage of the OS and SQL has a clear advantage over a DBA who doesn’t.

In any database environment (Oracle, MySQL, and so on), an effective DBA uses advanced OS ...