What are the duties of a DBA?
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A Database Administrator is responsible for installing Oracle database, managing day-to-day
needs of the complex database, and running the system at peak performance. A DBA performs
software maintenance, resource management, data administration, database tuning, and
troubleshooting, data security, and backup and recovery. Some of the duties performed by the
DBA are
? Install and upgrade Oracle and its tools
? Configure the Oracle instance
? Create a database
? Create, alter, and remove database users and roles
? Grant and restrict access rights
? Allocate and manage physical and logical storage structures
? Develop security strategies
? Develop backup and recovery procedures
? Monitor system performance
? Analyze database performance and implement solutions to problems
? Communicate with Oracle support service personnel
? Troubleshoot locking problems
In short, the DBA is the most trusted user in the database environment. The DBA must
possess a thorough knowledge of the operating system Oracle is installed on, the hardware
specifications needed for the server and the clients, the memory structures and Oracle
processes, PL/SQL modules and their behavior in the system, client-server architecture, and
networking-related issues.
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