This text puts within easy reach the commands that Oracle database administrators need most when operating in a Unix environment. To jump start the learning process, Don Burleson has gathered together in this book the Unix commands he most often uses when managing Oracle databases. It shows how to: display all Unix components related to Oracle, identify the top CPU consumers on your server, and even kill processes when necessary; stack Unix commands into powerful scripts that can perform vital DBA functions; monitor Unix filesystems, and automatically manage your trace files, dump files, and archived redo log files; and use essential server monitoring commands such as top, sar, and vmstat.