Pro Oracle Database 18c Administration: Manage and Safeguard Your Organization’s Data | by Michelle Malcher | Darl Kuhn | ‎ Apress | ‎ English | ‎ 3rd Edition

Product description From the Back Cover Database administration isn’t about passing a certified exam, or about pointing and clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, avoiding risk, and making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. This book will help elevate you to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator.This book provides information and techniques for keeping an Oracle database stable and running on-premise, and is fully updated to cover Oracle Database 18c. New in this edition is coverage of cloud administration in the Oracle Public Cloud, automation of tasks using the autonomous database features, and data movement with multi-tenant databases. The book covers everything from architecture of the database engine, securing objects and users, strategies for performing maintenance tasks and resolving performance problems, through to backup and recovery. ProOracle Database 18c Administration takes a modern approach to database administration. Emphasis is given to automation, which is of growing importance as more databases are being moved into various cloud solutions and database administrators are being required to manage more instances than ever. Focus is given to multi-tenant container architecture and pluggable databases, and the book takes a refreshing, results-oriented approach that helps you get the job done. What You'll Learn:Understand the differences between managing on-premise and cloud deploymentsTake advantage of new features in 18c while also managing older releasesManage more databases than ever by automating your environmentApply the latest techniques around pluggable databases and containerizationSafeguard your data through good security and backup/recovery practicesTroubleshoot common problems About the Author Michelle Malcher is a security architect for databases at Extreme-Scale Solutions. Her deep technical expertise from database to security, as well as her senior-level contributions as a speaker, author, Oracle ACE director, and customer advisory board participant have aided many corporations in the areas of architecture and risk assessment, purchasing and installation, and ongoing systems oversight. She is on the board of directors for FUEL, the Palo Alto Networks User community, as well as volunteering for the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG). Michelle has built out teams for database security and data services, and enjoys sharing knowledge about data intelligence and providing secure and standardized database environments.Darl Kuhn is a senior database administrator working for Oracle. He handles all facets of database administration from design and development to production support. He also teaches advanced database courses at Regis University in Colorado. Darl does volunteer DBA work for the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group. He has a graduate degree from Colorado State University and lives near Spanish Peaks, Colorado, with his wife, Heidi, and daughters, Brandi and Lisa.