Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems Volume I: Distributed Data

CHAPTER 4. Database Administration

This chapter discusses issues of concern to the database administrator (DBA) implementing or maintaining databases in a distributed system. Topics covered include:

issues to consider before implementing a distributed system

setting up public and private database links

Oracle database management utilities

The database administrator must also be responsible for implementing distributed update recovery management (see Chapter 5) and basic or advanced replication features. See Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems, Volume II.