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However, in all cases, reselling or redistributing these files without authoriza- tion is expressly forbidden except as specifically pro- vided for by the Owner(s) therein. 4355.book Page v Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:09 PM 4355.book Page vi Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:09 PM To Mary Christine and the Kids  Bob Bryla To Shiji and Joshua  Biju Thomas 4355.book Page vii Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:09 PM Acknowledgments I would like to thank all the folks at Sybex who made this a most enjoyable and rewarding experience, including Erica Yee and Jeff Kellum, who reinforced my attention to detail. Thanks go to Biju for not letting me write too many of these chapters myself (again). Thanks also to Kim Wimpsett, who filled in the gaps from my college writing courses, and to Joe Johnson and Bob Wahl for their insightful comments and suggestions. This book wouldn’t be possible without the love and support from my family throughout the long nights and weekends when I still managed to find time to give the kids a bath and read books before bedtime. I loved every minute of it. Thanks also to my professional colleagues, both past and present, who provided me with inspiration, support, and guidance and who pushed me a little further to take a little risk now and then, starting with that math teacher in high school, whose name eludes me at the moment, who introduced me to computers on a DEC PDP-8 with a teletype and a paper tape reader.  Bob Bryla I would like to thank the wonderful people at Sybex for their high-quality work. Thank you, Jeff (development editor), for supporting me, making valuable comments, and ensuring the chapters have the smooth flow and transition. I thank Erica Yee (production editor) for making sure every piece of the book ties together. I thank each one of the professionals at Sybex involved in the publication of this book for their hard work. I thank Kim Wimpsett (copy editor) for her patience with my writing. Thank you, Kim; your edits removed the confusion from several sentences and made a difference to the chapters. I thank Joe Johnson and Bob Wahl for their technical review and invaluable comments. Bob (Bryla), thank you for doing the initial study and laying the groundwork for the book. I owe for the support and encouragement from my colleagues at work. Thank you, Paul, Wendy, Charles, and Balbir. Finally, all of this was possible because of the love and support from my beloved wife, Shiji. Thank you, Shiji, for occupying Joshua while I sat in front of the computer. Thank you, Joshua, for leaving me alone and playing with “Thomas” when I said that “Appa is working.”  Biju Thomas 4355.book Page viii Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:09 PM Contents at a Glance Introduction xv Assessment Test xxiv Chapter 1 Installing and Upgrading to Oracle 10 g 1 Chapter 2 Moving Data and Managing the Scheduler 55 Chapter 3 Automating Management 133 Chapter 4 General Storage Management 195 Chapter 5 Automated Storage Management 243 Chapter 6 Performance and Application Tuning 317 Chapter 7 Backup, Recovery, and High Availability 351 Chapter 8 Security and SQL Enhancements 409 Appendix A SQL*Plus Enhancements 485 Appendix B New and Obsolete Initialization Parameters 491 Appendix C PL/SQL Enhancements and New Packages 497 Glossary 503 Index 515 4355.book Page ix Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:09 PM [...]... from the Oracle 9i to the Oracle 10g database administration track and the exam 1Z 0-0 40 Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators Other Sybex books at http://www .sybex. com can help students new to the DBA world prepare for the OCA exam 1Z 0-0 42 Oracle Database 10g: Administration I and for the OCP exam 1Z 0-0 43 Oracle Database 10g: Administration II See the Oracle website at http://www .oracle. com/education/certification... 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