Anonymous
Posted December 21, 2004
It is impossible to analyse this book while ignoring the takeover last week of PeopleSoft by Oracle. Unless something strange happens, that is a done deal. So either the entire raison d'etre for the book has vanished, or it has suddenly taken on new urgency. Over a year ago, when Oracle first announced its bid, Ellison said they only wanted PeopleSoft's customers. Gosh. No need for this book then. But after much to-do, Oracle 'pledged' to 'over-support' the customers. Now, it looks like a lot of Oracle DBAs are going to need this book, to understand integrating the two databases. Another audience for the book has also emerged. Current PeopleSoft DBAs. At least the smarter ones. Because this book is about the PeopleSoft database, as seen from the perspective of Oracle. Of course, a PeopleSoft DBA now needs to quickly learn Oracle [from other texts]. But it is also prudent to see your database from the Oracle side, since that is going to be the dominant view, going forward. Realistically, in the long run, Oracle is going to merge the two databases. Guess which will dominate? Right now, you may have some job security, inasmuch as that merging will take years, and Oracle needs blokes to maintain the PeopleSoft databases. By the way, it is not just employees of PeopleSoft who should do this. If you are a DBA in some company that is currently using PeopleSoft, consider carefully the previous suggestion.
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Overview
PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA, Second Edition stands on the boundary between the PeopleSoft application and the Oracle database.This new edition of David Kurtz'sbook is freshly revised, showing how to tame the beast and manage Oracle successfully in a PeopleSoft environment.
You’ll learn about PeopleSoft’s Internet architecture and its use of Oracle’s Tuxedo Application Server. You’ll find full coverage of key database issues such as indexing, connectivity, and tablespace usage as they apply to PeopleSoft.Kurtz also provides some of the best advice and information to be found anywhere on managing and troubleshooting performance issues in a PeopleSoft environment. The solid coverage of performance troubleshooting is enough by itself to make PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA a must-have book for any Oracle Database administrator working in support of a PeopleSoft environment.
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Who this book is for
PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA is written for database administrators charged with supporting a PeopleSoft system, and especially those administrators responsible for troubleshooting and resolving PeopleSoft performance issues. PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA also appeals to PeopleSoft administrators and developers who desire a better understanding of how PeopleSoft functions in an Oracle Database environment.
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David left PeopleSoft in 2000 to go into business for himself as Go-Faster Consultancy Ltd. (http://Go-Faster.co.uk). There, he provides performance and technical consultancy, mostly to PeopleSoft users, mostly on Oracle. Since then, Kurtz has learned to apply principles of response-based performance, not just to the database, but holistically to the entire application stack.
David has been a member of the U.K. Oracle User Group since 1994. He chaired the UNIX SIG between 2000 and 2006, and serves on the board of directors. He presents regularly at PeopleSoft and Oracle conferences and meetings. David is a member of the OakTable Network (OakTable.net) and is also an Oracle ACE Director.
David started the lively PeopleSoft DBA Forum on Yahoo!(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psftdba) following a roundtable discussion at a PeopleSoft conference in 2002, and it continues to be a valuable resource.He writes two blogs: PeopleSoft (http://blog.psftdba.com) and exclusively Oracle database (http://blog.go-faster.co.uk).
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