DB admin tasks

A database administrator is a person who has responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the database. Duties and tasks of an administrator can vary by the firm and can include:

  • Installation of Oracle RDBMS and client software
  • Creating a backup & recovery strategy to preserve data
  • Daily monitoring of server performance
  • Cooperation with developers during application development
  • Export/import of data
  • Managing database access
  • Database maintenance at an expert level of support (RAC, Dataguard, AQ, Streams, database/query optimization, schema analysis and reorganization proposals, backup procedure optimization, patching)