DB Administration Interview Questions
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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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If CPU is very slow What can u do to speed up?

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if monday take full backup and tuesday it was cumulative backup and wednesday we taken incremental backup, thursday some disaster happen then what type of recovery and how it will take?

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when we login sql editor using username and password then it says this error "could not resolve service name" then what can we do at client side.( here thing is tnsnames.ora file is ok till yesterday and worked well, but now it giving error.

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How many memory layers are in the shared pool?

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How do you find out from the RMAN catalog if a particular archive log has been backed-up?

IBM,

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How can you tell how much space is left on a given file system and how much space each of the file system's subdirectories take-up?

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Define the SGA and: How you would configure SGA for a mid-sized OLTP environment? What is involved in tuning the SGA?

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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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Other than making use of the statspack utility, what would you check when you are monitoring or running a health check on an Oracle 8i or 9i database?

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How do you tell what your machine name is and what is its IP address?

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How would you go about verifying the network name that the local_listener is currently using?

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You have 4 instances running on the same UNIX box. How can you determine which shared memory and semaphores are associated with which instance?

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What view(s) do you use to associate a user's SQLPLUS session with his o/s process?

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What is the recommended interval at which to run statspack snapshots, and why?

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What is the difference between the 2 operating modes of database mirroring? : sql server DBA

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What is dcl? : sql server DBA

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How to start SQL Server in minimal configuration mode?

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What is transparent data encryption? : sql server DBA

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what do you understand by flashback feature of oracle?

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How do you trace the traffic hitting a sql server? : sql server DBA

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currently iam working in mnc as a oracleappsdba,please send the EXPERIENCE RESUME those who r worked as a oracle apps 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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Database is hung. Old and new user connections alike hang on impact. What do you do? Your SYS SQLPLUS session IS able to connect.

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what is the use of recording information about current session?

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

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what are the benefits of flashback feature?

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

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

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How would you best determine why your MVIEW couldn't FAST REFRESH?

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