Sunday 13 October 2024

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