Configuring an Efficient Environment

Now that the Oracle binaries and database have been created, we are going to take a small detour to set up and configure the environment to enable you to operate efficiently. Remember, we just covered a couple of commands that can destroy the database, and it is extremely important to be in the correct environment. These couple of steps will assist with exactly that. Regardless of the functionality of graphical database administration tools, DBAs still need to perform many tasks from the OS command line and manually execute SQL statements. A DBA who takes advantage of the OS and SQL has a clear advantage over a DBA who doesn’t.