DB Administration Interview Questions
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You create a private database link and upon connection, fails with: ORA-2085: connects to . What is the problem? How would you go about resolving this error?

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I have my backup RMAN script called "backup_rman.sh". I am on the target database. My catalog username/password is rman/rman. My catalog db is called rman. How would you run this shell script from the o/s such that it would run as a background process?

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Explain the concept of the DUAL table.

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What are the ways tablespaces can be managed and how do they differ?

IBM,

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From the database level, how can you tell under which time zone a database is operating?

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What's the benefit of "dbms_stats" over "analyze"?

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Typically, where is the conventional directory structure chosen for Oracle binaries to reside?

Patni,

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You have found corruption in a tablespace that contains static tables that are part of a database that is in NOARCHIVE log mode. How would you restore the tablespace without losing new data in the other tablespaces?

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How do you recover a datafile that has not been physically been backed up since its creation and has been deleted. Provide syntax example.

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Draft one mock email requesting your non-technical management grant you downtime to (provide justification where applicable) complete the following tasks: (1) Generate statistics on a large table; (2) Generate an RDA – if you don't know what an RDA is please say so. (3) Rename datafiles.

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hi, suppose i created one table after few days i did some insert,update how can i know when will i did ddl or dml operation is undergone on that table

IBM,

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Q. How to set ORACLE_HOME to my oracle software directory. Hi Friend I am installing oracle 10g Express Edition on Linux Fedora Core 6. Installation is success but when i run #sqlplus I getting command not found error. Then I have search sqlplus .i.e # find / -name sqlplus /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/sqlplus /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/sqlplus These above output from find i have doubt which is correct path of sqlplus. So doubtfully i have set path 1st one.i.e # PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin Then I have run #sqlplus but still i have problem following Error 6 initializing SQL*Plus Message file sp1.msb not found SP2-0750: You may need to set ORACLE_HOME to your Oracle software directory How overcome this please answer m???

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mssqlserver 2005 Backup Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Restore Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Recovery mode Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Mirroring Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Replication Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Logshpping Advantages & Disadvantages? mssqlserver 2005 Job Advantages & Disadvantages?

TCS, Wipro,

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Hi This is request to DBA man Q. I have installed Oracle 10g Express edition in Linux fedora Core 6.When i have run the following script for ORACLE _HOME environment variable setting . script is ". /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/oracle_env.sh" variable is set but it is working only in current session. If i restart the system again i should run that script. So haw to set permanently ? even i have try with export command for that environment set it also does not work. Q. When i run sqlplus in shell prompt It is working but when i give user name and password the following error come out i.e # sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Apr 2 19:45:40 2010 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: system Enter password: ERROR: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory I have also proper partition of disk means swap memory are available. # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 1276 4870 28876837+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 1276 3187 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda6 3188 4672 11928231 83 Linux /dev/sda7 4673 4863 1534176 82 Linux swap / Solaris

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i need a brief information about db2 dba course and realtime experts if any plz inform me nareshbhupathi93@gmail.com plzzz urgent

TCS,

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Explain materialized views and how they are used.

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how can you find out if a table can be redefined?

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What is the cache hit ratio, what impact does it have on performance of an Oracle database and what is involved in tuning it?

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I have kept recovery catalog on same target database and taken backup of target DB to disk. deleted the target DB & tried to restore and revoer DB using the backup on disk but it is not possible, how do we restore & recover DB

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A table is classified as a parent table and you want to drop and re-create it. How would you do this without affecting the children tables?

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List out some of the requirements to setup a sql server failover cluster.? : sql server DBA

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What is the default port no on which sql server listens? : sql server DBA

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Which dictionary view(s) would you first look at to understand or get a high-level idea of a given Advanced Replication environment?

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What are the high-availability solutions in sql server and differentiate them briefly? : sql server DBA

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what is a user-defined lock?

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what is the use of ocr?

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what is grd?

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Typically, where is the conventional directory structure chosen for Oracle binaries to reside?

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Can you tell me about your experience with the administration of COTS system..? Also, how do you set up seed data..?

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suppose you want to audit specific activities on sensitive data. How can you achieve that?

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