Publisher's Synopsis
Your personal Sybase expert, always on call! If you're a Sybase database administrator, close your eyes, and imagine: * Imagine you've got a world-class Sybase expert at your side, helping you handle all your toughest day-to-day issues. * Imagine he'll show you exactly how to avoid the database disasters that are getting other DBAs fired. * Imagine he's written dozens of scripts to automate many of your most critical tasks. * And imagine you can sit back and listen while he talks you through those scripts, showing you precisely how to make the most of them! You can stop imagining now. You've got Sybase DBA Companion, by Brian Hitchcock - the most complete, practical guide to administering Sybase System 11, System 10, and SQL Server 4.9.2 database servers. Sybase DBA Companion shows you real-world techniques for documenting servers, capacity planning, tuning and optimization, assigning segments to server devices, partitioning disks, and recovery. Step-by-step, you'll learn how to install and upgrade Sybase servers, and manage complex multi-server environments - even those where multiple versions of Sybase servers are in use.;On the accompanying CD-ROM, you'll find an unprecedented collection of scripts for automating routine system administration. You'll also find Brian Hitchcock's exclusive multimedia Web page: just click to hear detailed explanations of any script, more than 45 minutes of audio in all! No matter what happens in your Sybase environment tomorrow, you've got Sybase DBA Companion - and you've got it covered.
