Re: Some Pointers for a DBA "to be"

jwright@numatics.com wrote: > > I have just taken a job were I will be training to be the Informix DBA. I am > looking for some direction on what I should start learning first. We will be > running Baan IV w/Informix Online 7.23 on an R/S 6000 running AIX Unix. > > I have no experience as a DBA. Currently all my experience is with NT Server > as a LAN Admin. And I have just taken the Intro to Tools for Baan. > > Do I need to learn programming or is learning SQL enough? > What will my day to day tasks be? > Are there any books I need to buy? ( I have "The AIX Survival Guide" ) Take the Informix Administration and Tuning courses at least and later look into the Internals class. Good Books: The Informix DBA Survival Guide with CDROM - 2nd Edition (just out) by joe Lumbley Informix Performance Tuning by Elizabeth Suto Online Dynamic Server Handbook by Carlton Doe & Brett Bachman Art S. Kagel