Part I provides an overview of the responsibilities of a database administrator, and describes how to accomplish basic database administration tasks. It contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, "Overview of Administering an Oracle Database"
Chapter 2, "Creating and Configuring an Oracle Database"
Chapter 3, "Starting Up and Shutting Down"
Chapter 4, "Managing Processes"
Chapter 5, "Managing Memory"
Chapter 6, "Managing Users and Securing the Database"
Chapter 7, "Monitoring Database Operations"
Chapter 8, "Managing Diagnostic Data"
