
Learn to write shell scripts from scratch to automate repetitive tasks and monitor Oracle databases, easing sleepless nights of manual checks and enabling you to solve problems creatively.
Install essential tools for Oracle DBA work, including VirtualBox, Oracle Linux 8.2, Oracle Database 19c, Xming, PuTTY, WinSCP, and SQL Developer, with download links in Google Drive and setup steps.
Set up a virtual lab with VirtualBox, install Oracle Linux 8.2, configure memory and partitions, install Oracle database 19c, and configure network settings for a functional Oracle DBA environment.
Configure a vm for Oracle database installation by enabling ssh with X11 forwarding, setting host and ip, applying the pre-installed package, and preparing environment, permissions, and startup scripts.
Configure and install Oracle database software by setting the inventory location, preparing Oracle base and home directories, transferring files, and running the installer for a single instance enterprise edition.
Learn about the different Linux shells and use bash as the default, switch between shells, and check your current shell to prepare you for shell scripting.
Learn about Linux variables, including environment variables essential for the system and user defined variables, view with set, print with a dollar sign, and the bash shell's role.
Learn how to set and verify Oracle environment variables such as ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME, PATH, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and use grep, pipe, and sqlplus to log in and manage Oracle on Linux.
Learn shell variable declaration guidelines: name variables meaningfully, use underscores, and avoid starting with numbers. Store command output using backticks or $() and echo the uptime example.
Learn arithmetic and comparisons in shell with expr, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, remainder, and relational operators. Practice using variables, proper spacing, escaping, and if statements with square brackets.
Learn to find and filter text patterns using grep in shell scripts, including negating patterns with -v, matching multiple patterns with -e, and piping results from files or command output.
Learn how to comment and uncomment lines in a bash shell script using the hash symbol, including multi-line comments, author notes, and future reference.
Indent shell scripts to boost readability and clarity by using consistent spaces (3–4) in loops and echo blocks, a best practice guided by editor behavior like vi.
Learn to use shell conditional statements with if, elif, and else to drive automated tasks and control flow in Linux scripts, ending blocks properly for reliable decision making.
Practice makes perfect !
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I like to pronounce the term shell scripting and the benefit it gives for automate any tasks and save sleepless nights for any Oracle DBA's.
If you want to tap your brain's potential and think more creative on doing a human task into a machine managed task, then this course can help you in many ways.
You may not be a perfect coder or programmer, but that does not matter. Automating tasks can be done by anyone provided, they should be curious to learn and explore a lot.
Since the native ground for most oracle systems is unix or linux, learning this skill add's additional value to the DBA's and isolate from the masses.
Modern Oracle engineers must streamline and automate regular, repetitive processes.
With responsibilities ranging from system setup and maintenance to interacting with functional users to capacity planning, the more productive DBAs can concentrate on other crucial activities, the less time they have to spend on boring things like examining logs and checking for free space.
There are a number of commercial options for automating jobs, however many of the greatest tools for managing services, automating routine administrative duties, and executing complex tasks are already present in Linux and Unix systems.
In today's market, DBA's should be good at at least one scripting skills which can be shell.
Every organization add a requirement for oracle dba to have shell scripting in its job posting.
Some organization specifically hire DBA's for their shell scripting skills due to requirements and lack of automation in new or upcoming projects.
Not only, shell scripting helps you in terms of job perspective but also to ease your day from spending loads of time for a non productive labor task into self driving mode.
I will help you to learn the method of catching a fish rather than catching a fish and lend it to you.
By the end of the course, you should be able to create your own shell script and can automate any problem statement.
Trust me, you get used to it and rock it.