Welcome to the Q4 issue of SELECT Journal! In the November 2010 issue of Oracle’s Profit magazine, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday eloquently makes this point: “Technology is an enabler of efficiency, and efficiencies save money. But the focus should expand to include getting the best return for money invested in IT. This is a distinction…

Welcome to the Q4 issue of SELECT Journal! In the November 2010 issue of Oracle’s Profit magazine, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday eloquently makes this point: “Technology is an enabler of efficiency, and efficiencies save money. But the focus should expand to include getting the best return for money invested in IT. This is a distinction…

In his article, Havewala exposes a number of advanced tips regarding setting up and working with Enterprise Manager Grid Control, based on his own practical experience. His tips range from the recommended architecture for Grid Control, to setting up RMAN backupsand creating and managing Oracle Data Guard standbys using Grid Control.

In his article, Havewala exposes a number of advanced tips regarding setting up and working with Enterprise Manager Grid Control, based on his own practical experience. His tips range from the recommended architecture for Grid Control, to setting up RMAN backupsand creating and managing Oracle Data Guard standbys using Grid Control.

Yu’s article examines the infrastructure of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Provisioning Pack,and how to automate some time-consuming and error-prone tasks such as provisioning and Oracle 11g RAC database, and extending a RAC database to additional nodes.

Yu’s article examines the infrastructure of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Provisioning Pack,and how to automate some time-consuming and error-prone tasks such as provisioning and Oracle 11g RAC database, and extending a RAC database to additional nodes.

Learn how to use Oracle SQL Developer PL/SQL Unit Test capabilities to define and create PL/SQL unit tests. Harper will also show readers how to add reusable test components to a unit test library and how to define and handle test exceptions.

Learn how to use Oracle SQL Developer PL/SQL Unit Test capabilities to define and create PL/SQL unit tests. Harper will also show readers how to add reusable test components to a unit test library and how to define and handle test exceptions.

Goyal discusses AWR trending and it’s importance for database performance. He defines AWR and explains how AWR is a powerful tool that can help with Oracle performance analysis.

Goyal discusses AWR trending and it’s importance for database performance. He defines AWR and explains how AWR is a powerful tool that can help with Oracle performance analysis.