Ebook: Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs

This is an excellent Linux reference for an Oracle DBA.

The chapters are as follows:

Chapter 1 - Getting Started
Chapter 2 - Working in the Shell
Chapter 3 - Managing Processes and Users
Chapter 4 - Creating and Editing Files
Chapter 5 - Managing Files and Directories
Chapter 6 - Archiving and Compressing Files
Chapter 7 - Shell Scripting
Chapter 8 - Analyzing Server Performance
Chapter 9 - Viewing and Configuring System Resources
Chapter 10 - Managing Server Software
Chapter 11 - Automating Jobs
Chapter 12 - Implementing ASM on Linux
Chapter 13 - Implementing RAC on Linux
Chapter 14 - Working Securely Across a Network
Chapter 15 - Managing X Windows
Chapter 16 - Managing Remote Servers with VNC

There are also two Appendixes:

A - RAID Concepts
B - Server Log Files

My favorite parts were Chapter 7 and Chapter 11. For DBA's, it is very powerfull to understand how to write shell scripts and automate them. Also, Chapters 12 and 13 are great references for a DBA who has to implement ASM and RAC on Linux.

My Linux admin has also used these chapters to look at some OS configuration issues with RAC and ASM as well as querying disks with oracleasm (for ASMLIB).

Definitely a great resource that has clear and concise steps to follow to get things up and running. No fluff here.