Part I
Basic Database Administration

Part I provides an overview of the responsibilities of a database administrator, and describes the creation of a database and how to start up and shut down an instance of the database. It contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "The Oracle Database Administrator"
• Chapter 2, "Creating an Oracle Database"
• Chapter 3, "Using Oracle-Managed Files"
• Chapter 4, "Starting Up and Shutting Down"