Difference between Oracle Core DBA and Oracle Apps DBA Skills

 Dear All,

In this post im going to share the difference between Oracle DBA and Oracle Apps DBA .

Oracle DBA:

>> Oracle DBAs focus on install, configure, management and maintaining the Oracle db servers.

Oracle Core DBA Roles: 

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database software installation, 

database configuration,

user , tablespace and db security management,

database backup and recovery, 

database clone & DR activites 

database performance tuning & troubleshooting performance issues.

>> Basic Skills Required :

  SQL / PL SQL  language basics 

  Basic Idea on Linux Operating system ,

>> Advanced skills Required :

  

  DB Upgrades , Migrations , 

  RAC configuration and Management.

  Database on Cloud Experiance (OCI/ AWS / Azure / Google Clouds etc

  Golden Gate Experiance.

  Exadata database expertise.

  Scripting knowledge.

  

>>> Apart from  Oracle RDBMS, Good to have other RDBMS & Non RDBMS Knowledge/Experience.

  ex : mysql , MSSQL DBA , Postgres DBA , IBM DB2 etc ..

  

Salary :::

Good salary's compete to other fields.

>> Oracle DBAs are in demand across various industries.

Oracle Apps DBA:

>> Oracle Apps DBAs specialize in managing Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) or Oracle Fusion Applications,

which are enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suites. 

Oracle Apps DBA Responsibilities:

Installation EBS  R12.2.12

Introduction to ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite

Architecture and File System .

AD Utilities , AutoConfig

Patching (ADOP and ADPATCH)

System Administration

Concurrent Processing

Cloning

Workflow Management / troubleshooting

Advanced Skills:

EBS On OCI (Oracle cloud Infrastructure) .

Upgrade EBS R12.1 to R12.2 process.

EBS SSO login setup process.

Integration with other systems.

Fusion Middleware Administrator. Etc ... 

>> Career Opportunities:

Oracle Apps DBAs are in demand by organizations using Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle Fusion Applications. 

 Large Enterprises, Private / Government Organizations

Consulting firms specializing in ERP implementations (reality / banking / telecom etc ).

Salary :::

Good salary's compared to other fields.

>> Oracle Apps DBAs are in demand across various industries in the world.

Note :  learn Below technologies parallelly with Oracle DBA and Oracle Apps DBA. 

>> Cloud Knowledge/Experience 

>> Automation and AI Experience

Thanks,

Srini