What is the basic knowledge for DBA

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What is the basic knowledge for DBA

rajendran.e

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March 11, 2008 at 10:11 pm

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Please give me idea about basic knowledge for DBA

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004318 More actions · Answer 1

There's nothing basic about being a DBA... can you be a little more specific as to what you're looking for?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Adam Bean One Orange Chip Points: 26631 More actions · Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_administration

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004318 More actions · Answer 3

Great link for a "System DBA", Adam. What about an "Application DBA" or a "Hybrid"?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Adam Bean One Orange Chip Points: 26631 More actions · Answer 4

Jeff Moden (3/12/2008)
Great link for a "System DBA", Adam. What about an "Application DBA" or a "Hybrid"?

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Server-2005-Administrators-Companion/dp/0735621985/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205332732&sr=8-1

This book has probably given the best break down of different type's of DBA's that I've seen thus far. As we all know, every companies definition of a DBA is drastically different from one another. This book was a good eye opener to my former employer ... here is the chapter context (if anyone would like a specific section, I'll do my best to type it out later):

Types of DBA's

- Production DBA

- Development DBA

- Architect DBA

- ETL DBA

- OLAP DBA

Basic duties of A DBA

- Installation and configuration

- Security

- Operations

- Service Levels

- System Monitoring

- Performance Tuning

- Routine Maintenance

- Reliability

- Disaster Recovery

- Planning and Scheduling Downtime

- Capacity Planning

- Documentation

- Development and Desgin

- Scalability

- Replication

- Named Instances

DBA Tips, Guidlines, and Advice

- Know Your Operating System

- Help Desk

- Purchasing Input

- Know Your Versions

- Don't Panic

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 5

rajendran.e (3/11/2008)
Please give me idea about basic knowledge for DBA

Get a good book on the subject at your local bookstore, Amazon, the library, whatever.

THE basic datum about being a DBA is that you'll be working with databases, and beyond that, it depends.

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GSquared (3/12/2008)
rajendran.e (3/11/2008)
Please give me idea about basic knowledge for DBA
Get a good book on the subject at your local bookstore, Amazon, the library, whatever.
THE basic datum about being a DBA is that you'll be working with databases, and beyond that, it depends.

Well said.