Grow That DBA Career

Hi Friends,

Today I have come across a good document called "Grow That DBA Career" written and published by Brian Peasland. This document has good details about the following Questions.

• Should I Become a DBA?
• How do I get that first DBA job?
• I just got my first job! now what?
• How do I go from a beginner DBA to an intermediate DBA?
• How do I go from an intermediate to a senior DBA?

If any one is interested to download this document, the use the below link.

http://www.peasland.net/Grow%20That%20DBA%20Career.zip

Leave me your comments if this document clears your DBA Career Doubts.

Regards,

Sabdar Syed,

http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com

A New Saudi Arabian Oracle User Group launched

Hello,

Here is Good News for Saudi Arabian Oracle Users that new Oracle Group website for Saudi Arabian Users has been launched. Those who (Saudi Arabian’s) have not been registered yet or become member of it; it’s a good chance for them to visit their website and register yourself.

http://www.saoug.org.sa/

More details on

http://www.ameinfo.com/149782.html

Regards,
Sabdar Syed,
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/

How to check the Physical RAM and Swap Space in Unix/Linux Systems.

Following are the most requred OS commands while installing and configuring Oracle Software on Unix/Linux Operating Systems.

Operating System: AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit)
Physical RAM: # /usr/sbin/lsattr -E -l sys0 -a realmem
Swap Space: # /usr/sbin/lsps -a

Operating System: HP Tru64 UNIX
PPhysical RAM: # /bin/vmstat -P grep "Total Physical Memory"
Swap Space: # /sbin/swapon -s

Operating System: HP-UX Itanium
Physical RAM: # /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo grep -i Memory
Swap Space: # /usr/sbin/swapinfo -a

Operating System: HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit)
Physical RAM: # grep "Physical:" /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
Swap Space: # /usr/sbin/swapinfo -a

Operating System: IBM zSeries Based Linux, LinuxItanium/POWER/x86/x86-64
Physical RAM: # grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
Swap Space: # grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo

Operating System: Solaris SPARC 64-Bit/x86/x86-64
Physical RAM: # /usr/sbin/prtconf grep "Memory size"
Swap Space: # /usr/sbin/swap -s

Regards,
Sabdar Syed,
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/