How to become an apps DBA

Hi,
I have been an DBA for almost 4 years and right now, I will like to move towards administrating Oracle 11i server.
Can anyone out there recommend me on how should I move towards that direction?
Kindly please advise me.
thanks
Kenny

I would say that without question the best training is doing. A rather basic two-tier linux system from Dell for your own testing can host an 11i Vision Demo. Practice the installation a couple of times and then start on patching basics - adpatch type patches, Forms6i type patches, database patches. Come up with a good backup and recovery strategy and do some crazy things like apply major rollup patches and skip a prereq just to see what happens. Then try and troubleshoot why it failed. Of course, this all within your own personal Vision Demo instance where you have total freedom to break things. No one would do this a "real system". :-)
Once you've mastered patching basics, expand out into the advanced topologies and setup a DMZ such as in Note:287176.1. Set up a RAC, setup parallel concurrent processing, go nuts!
-Dan

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Abhishek

I am an Oracle Core Database Admin and want to lean about Oracle Apps Database administration wit in 2 to 3 months...
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Dear any one can tell me the list of oracle apps consultant or the name of the company who are using oracle apps because I am lookin a job as Oracle apps dba & sysadmin in Riyadh( Saudi Arabia).
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hi everybody
i am a student
i came to know about oracle ERP during my internship and from then on i got interested in this field.
hsawwan,
u have always been a source of inspiration for me and it was because of you that
i chose this ORACLE as my career.
i still remember that during my internship i had a problem in my apps software and
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"how to log in using sqlplus"
and in later time when i came to know about how senior u were
it made u look more great in my eyes.
what you are doing is really a great great great job :).
after my internship during this one year i have completed my OCA,OCP exams
and now i am about to graduate in two months and i am ready to learn new things.
reason i have set this topic is because i am a little bit confused over something
hope you guys can help me
i want to become ORACLE APPS DBA
now in lot of job postings i have seen that RAC certification is also required.
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should i go for RAC certification 1st and then APPS ???
OR
should i go for apps certification 1st ???
what is the importance of RAC certification in dba world ???
for apps certification would it be better if i include this RAC certification in my profile ???
regards !

Hi,
Thanks for the words of appreciation. I am glad to know that I have been of real help.
now in lot of job postings i have seen that RAC certification is also required.Very true :)
my question is ;
should i go for RAC certification 1st and then APPS ???
OR
should i go for apps certification 1st ???If you are planning to find an Apps DBA job, then I would suggest you go with Apps first, then do the RAC study/certification later. You should be able to manage to find an Apps DBA job where RAC is not really required (RAC is a plus).
what is the importance of RAC certification in dba world ???Most of the big companies have RAC implemented, so if your dream is to work for such employers, you will have to focus on the RAC track and do the certification (at least know the concept and get familiar with it).
for apps certification would it be better if i include this RAC certification in my profile ???RAC certification has nothing to do with Apps certification, and you can get the Apps certification without having any knowledge about RAC. However, writing the RAC exam and getting the certification would give the impression that you are familiar with the RAC topic (or I would say Expert as the certification title says). For now, I would suggest you go with Apps certification first, and try to find an Apps DBA job, and later on you can study the RAC topic and appear for the exam. If you are looking for RAC material, please let us know.
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