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Your Oracle career starts here! Ideal for those new to Oracle technology, this officially authorized entry-level book shows new DBAs various methods for backup and recovery–including Recovery Manager (RMAN). Includes hands-on exercises and end-of-chapter reviews to reinforce just-learned concepts…. More >>
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Oracle backup and recovery can be very complex. The standard Oracle documentation is hard to follow and missing examples and scenarios. I’ve read this book cover to cover, and the authors have done an excellent job at capturing the information you need to know to backup and recover your Oracle database. The Linux discussions are applicable to any Unix platform as well. This book is a great reference to have before disaster strikes.
Rating: 5 / 5
I would rate this book 5 stars for the material. But, gosh, is there any Oracle book without mistakes? When would authors and publishes care enough to eliminate them, or at least minimise them? Even errata contains only about 50% of necessary corrections – after 6 months from being published.
What is the value of instructions if you can’t follow them?
If you know how to correct them by yourself, then you can buy this book, otherwise it would be another pain.
Rating: 3 / 5
I think that this book is excellent. Backup and recovery can be hard to understand at times, especially for those who are new to it. It is a great book that is all hands on, and that’s the way you learn B/R, not just by reading. If you have a little bit of knowledge of B/R then this book will really help you a lot. I know people complained about the typos, but that is not that big of an issue, plus they already have an errata out for it. The only downside I guess is that everything is done using Oracle 8i and some commands are different. But if you combine this book with the Oracle9i Backup and Recovery documentation then you’re all set! I think it explains things very well and makes you do things so you can see what exactly is going on. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has a little knowledge of Oracle B/R but would like to put that knowledge into practice. I want to give it 4.5 stars because of the minor typos and using 8i, but can’t
BUY THE BOOK!
Good Luck!!
Rating: 4 / 5
For the beginner to Oracle, this book is exceptional!!! I was blown away. It starts off with an interesting analogy to what a DBMS is/does and then in Chapter 3 (called Hand-on Practice) he has you downloading Oracle (Windows or Linux) and installing it and creating databases that you later backup and recover. I was very impressed. It is so essential to get your hands on any software to fully learn it. So, even though this book is focused on backup/restore, the first half of it is teaching you Oracle from the ground up. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is not afraid of installing a huge software package and has an interest in Oracle.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has almost one error per page which is much too high for a technical book. It is unfortunate that the authors did not put in the effort to proof read the book and to check their solutions. It is interesting to note that the solutions on the web site are not consistent with the exercises in the book.
I wonder how the authors authors keep their real jobs if their attention to detail is the same as demonstrated in this book.
Rating: 2 / 5