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The following links include a number of books which have been valuable resources during the development of Installgen. These books are grouped by OS Platform:

Solaris Platform Links
Windows Platform Links
MacOSX Platform Links
Linux Platform Links

Solaris Platform Links

Picture	Title	Notes
	Solaris 8 Administrator´s Guide
	OCP: Oracle 9i Certification Kit
	OCP Oracle 9i DBA Certification Boxed Set	Includes 4 books in a boxed set, 2112 pages, and 1200 practice exam questions.
	OCA Oracle 9i Associate DBA Certification Exam Guide	1056 Pages by Couchman and Marisetti. Includes CD with more than 600 interactive exam-based questions. Full coverage of Exams 1Z0-007 and 1Z0-031. Each chapter also includes sample questions and answers for the topics which are covered
	UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition	1116 Pages.
	UNIX System Administration Handbook	900 Pages, by Evi Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, Hein et al (3rd Edition - purple cover) This well-known system administration book has been a continual reference during the Installgen software development process. It covers multiple versions of UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, FreeBSD), and now includes LINUX in the latest edition. There is also a Linux-only edition by the same authors, with additional contributing authors.
	Oracle 9i: A Beginners Guide	535 Pages, by Abbey, Corey, Abramson. The title says it all! If you have never worked with Oracle previously, this would be a good book for getting started. It includes a history of Oracle versions, how to log an iTAR and work with Oracle support, Oracle database server architecture and usage of OEM.
	Oracle 9i DBA Handbook	1008 Pages, by Loney and Thenault.
	Oracle 9i UNIX Administration Handbook	560 Pages by Donald K. Burleson.
	Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 2nd Edition	1020 Pages, by Feuerstein and Pribyl. This book was a valuable resource during the writing of the repcheck.sql program generated by Repgen. It was also used during the development of the test_plsql compiled PL/SQL performance test script generated by Installgen.
	Oracle Built in Packages	952 Pages, includes diskette, by Feuerstein, Dye and Beresniewicz
	Oracle 9i New Features	244 Pages, by Freeman. If you aren't able to attend the Oracle Education 2 day Oracle 9i New Features class - this book could be a good substitute. There is discussion of the switchover/switchback standby database functionality which is implemented by the scripts generated by Installgen, RMAN enhancements and use of the spfile.
	Oracle Essentials: Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i and Oracle 8
	SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide	540 Pages, by Barrett and Silverman. Due to the importance of having secure access to the database server, the scripts generated by Installgen automate the installation of OpenSSH/OpenSSL software on the database server. This is one of the many tasks performed by the pre-install script on Solaris database servers.
	Solaris 8 System Administration Reference	1279 Pages, by Janice Winsor. This book is primarily a printing of the 390 Section (1M) man pages with additional explanatory text. This reference book can be helpful for situations in which you don't know the name of the command and want to browse to find it. The table of contents organizes the commands in categories such as "RBAC", "Core Software for Hardware Platforms" and "Extended System Utilities (64 bit). Commands which are new to Solaris 8 are marked as such.
	Solaris 8 Advanced System Administrators Guide	789 Pages, by Janice Winsor. Includes info on WebNFS, RBAC, ASET and software administration procedures. There is also a nice version history section for the SPARC and Intel versions of Solaris.
	Automating Solaris Installations, A custom JumpStart Guide	282 Pages, by Kasper and McClellan, includes floppy of scripts. Jumpstart is used for automating Solaris and 3rd party software installs on Solaris. This book covers the theory and operation of JumpStart along with the writing of the begin and finish scripts.
	Perl Cookbook	This excellent resource has been used continuously throughout the development of the Installgen and Repgen applications. Anytime you need to find out quickly how to do something in Perl this is a good place to look.
	Perl for Oracle DBAs	624 Pages. New Book, published August 2002. This book covers topics including how to use Perl to manage, monitor and tune Oracle databases, along with the use of DBD-Oracle and mod_perl.
	Programming the Perl DBI	362 Pages, by Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce. This book is a very nice improvement over the electronic documentation provided with the Perl DBI Perl module software. It has been a good reference for a number of web-database integration programs written by .com Solutions Inc.

Windows Platform Links

Picture	Title	Notes
	Oracle 9i: SQL
	OCP: Oracle 9i Certification Kit
	OCP Oracle 9i DBA Certification Boxed Set	Includes 4 books in a boxed set, 2112 pages, and 1200 practice exam questions.
	OCA Oracle 9i Associate DBA Certification Exam Guide	1056 Pages by Couchman and Marisetti. Includes CD with more than 600 interactive exam-based questions. Full coverage of Exams 1Z0-007 and 1Z0-031. Each chapter also includes sample questions and answers for the topics which are covered.
	Oracle 9i for Windows 2000 Tips & Techniques	612 Pages, by Jesse, Hart and Sale. This is a good companion book to the Installgen application because it covers important tasks such as RMAN, OEM/OMS server, and standby database setup. The scripts generated by Installgen provide more extensive scripts to automate of these same tasks. This book includes a good discussion of RMAN including a few recovery scenarios - but is not as extensive as the customized documentation produced by Installgen. This is also one of the few books which covers Advanced Replication topics. This book is lacking in providing a comprehensive conflict resolution strategy, but this task is handled automatically by the scripts generated by Repgen.
	Oracle 9i for Windows Handbook	528 Pages, by Velpuri and Adkoli. This book covers common DBA tasks on Windows servers including database creation, backup/recovery and use of OEM/OMS. (The scripts generated by Installgen provide more extensive documentation of recovery procedures than you will find in this book, but this book does provide a good introduction to the concepts.)
	Oracle 9i: A Beginners Guide	535 Pages, by Abbey, Corey, Abramson. The title says it all! If you have never worked with Oracle previously, this would be a good book for getting started. It includes a history of Oracle versions, how to log an iTAR and work with Oracle support, Oracle database server architecture and usage of OEM.
	Oracle 9i DBA Handbook	1008 Pages, by Loney and Theriault.
	Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 2nd Edition	1020 Pages, by Feuerstein and Pribyl. This book was a valuable resource during the writing of the repcheck.sql program generated by Repgen. It was also used during the development of the test_plsql compiled PL/SQL performance test script generated by Installgen.
	Oracle Built in Packages	952 Pages, includes diskette, by Feuerstein, Dye and Beresniewicz Chapters 15 - 17 provide additional information and explanation for the use of the replication related packages used by the scripts generated by Repgen. There is also discussion of the usage differences between various versions of Oracle when using these packages.
	Oracle 9i New Features	244 Pages, by Freeman. If you aren't able to attend the Oracle Education 2 day Oracle 9i New Features class - this book could be a good substitute. There is discussion of the switchover/switchback standby database functionality which is implemented by the scripts generated by Installgen, RMAN enhancements and use of the spfile.
	Oracle Essentials: Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i and Oracle 8
	Expert One On One	1265 Pages by Thomas Kyte.
	Perl Cookbook	This excellent resource has been used continuously throughout the development of the Installgen and Repgen applications. Anytime you need to find out quickly how to do something in Perl this is a good place to look.
	Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions	by Dave Roth, developer of the Win32:AdminMisc Perl module. The Installgen scripts use this module to create or remove environment variables in the Windows environment during Perl script execution.
	Win32 Perl Scripting: The Administrator´s Handbook	by Dave Roth, developer of the Win32:LanMan Perl module. This module is used within the scripts generated by Installgen to Start, Stop, Create and Delete Windows Services. The Win32:daemon module is also discussed in this book. This essential module makes it possible to turn a Perl program into a Windows NT/2000 Service - which is used for rotating the alert.log file during system startup. Both of these module-supplied features are available programmatically within Perl without requiring the installation of the Microsoft Windows NT/2000 Resource Kit software.
	Perl for Oracle DBAs	624 Pages. New Book, published August 2002. This book covers topics including how to use Perl to manage, monitor and tune Oracle databases, along with the use of DBD-Oracle and mod_perl.
	Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
	Programming the Perl DBI	362 Pages, by Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce. This book is a very nice improvement over the electronic documentation provided with the Perl DBI Perl module software. It has been a good reference for a number of web-database integration programs.

MacOSX Platform Links

Picture	Title	Notes
	MacOSX for UNIX Geeks	198 Pages, by Jepson and Rothman. This book has been a continuous reference while developing Installgen for Oracle 9.2.0 installs on Mac OS X.
	OCP: Oracle 9i Certification Kit
	OCP Oracle 9i DBA Certification Boxed Set	Includes 4 books in a boxed set, 2112 pages, and 1200 practice exam questions.
	OCA Oracle 9i Associate DBA Certification Exam Guide	1056 Pages by Couchman and Marisetti. Includes CD with more than 600 interactive exam-based questions. Full coverage of Exams 1Z0-007 and 1Z0-031. Each chapter also includes sample questions and answers for the topics which are covered.
	Learning UNIX for Mac OSX	156 Pages, by Taylor and Peek If you are new to UNIX, this is a good book for getting started learning UNIX commands on MacOSX.
	Linux Administration Handbook	900 Pages, by Evi Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, Hein, et al (Green Edition) The general purpose UNIX edition of this well-known system administration book has been a valuable reference during the software development process. This special Linux edition is a welcome addition to the series.
	Oracle 9i: A Beginners Guide	535 Pages, by Abbey, Corey, Abramson. The title says it all! If you have never worked with Oracle previously, this would be a good book for getting started. It includes a history of Oracle versions, how to log an iTAR and work with Oracle support, Oracle database server architecture and usage of OEM.
	Oracle 9i DBA Handbook	1008 Pages, by Loney and Thenault.
	Oracle 9i UNIX Administration Handbook	560 Pages by Donald K. Burleson.
	Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 2nd Edition	1020 Pages, by Feuerstein and Pribyl. This book was a valuable resource during the writing of the repcheck.sql program generated by Repgen. It was also used during the development of the test_plsql compiled PL/SQL performance test script generated by Installgen.
	Oracle Built in Packages	952 Pages, includes diskette, by Feuerstein, Dye and Beresniewicz
	Oracle 9i New Features	244 Pages, by Freeman. If you aren't able to attend the Oracle Education 2 day Oracle 9i New Features class - this book could be a good substitute. There is discussion of the switchover/switchback standby database functionality which is implemented by the scripts generated by Installgen, RMAN enhancements and use of the spfile.
	Oracle Essentials: Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i and Oracle 8
	SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide
	MacOSX: The Missing Manual	583 Pages, by David Pogue. If you are new to using MacOSX (either from Mac OS9 or another OS) this is a good book for getting started with MacOSX. [There is relatively little discussion of UNIX commands in this book. Please see the Learning UNIX for MacOSX book for this type of info.]

	Perl Cookbook	This excellent resource has been used continuously throughout the development of the Installgen and Repgen applications. Anytime you need to find out quickly how to do something in Perl this is a good place to look.
	Perl for Oracle DBAs	624 Pages. New Book, published August 2002. This book covers topics including how to use Perl to manage, monitor and tune Oracle databases, along with the use of DBD-Oracle and mod_perl.
	Programming the Perl DBI	362 Pages, by Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce. This book is a very nice improvement over the electronic documentation provided with the Perl DBI Perl module software. It has been a good reference for a number of web-database integration programs written by .com Solutions Inc.

Linux Platform Links

Picture	Title	Notes
	Running Linux, 3rd Edition
	OCP: Oracle 9i Certification Kit
	OCP Oracle 9i DBA Certification Boxed Set	Includes 4 books in a boxed set, 2112 pages, and 1200 practice exam questions.
	OCA Oracle 9i Associate DBA Certification Exam Guide	1056 Pages by Couchman and Marisetti. Includes CD with more than 600 interactive exam-based questions. Full coverage of Exams 1Z0-007 and 1Z0-031. Each chapter also includes sample questions and answers for the topics which are covered.
	UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition	1116 Pages.

	Oracle 9i: A Beginners Guide	535 Pages, by Abbey, Corey, Abramson. The title says it all! If you have never worked with Oracle previously, this would be a good book for getting started. It includes a history of Oracle versions, how to log an iTAR and work with Oracle support, Oracle database server architecture and usage of OEM.
	Oracle 9i DBA Handbook	1008 Pages, by Loney and Thenault.
	Oracle 9i UNIX Administration Handbook	560 Pages by Donald K. Burleson.
	Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 2nd Edition	1020 Pages, by Feuerstein and Pribyl. This book was a valuable resource during the writing of the repcheck.sql program generated by Repgen. It was also used during the development of the test_plsql compiled PL/SQL performance test script generated by Installgen.
	Oracle Built in Packages	952 Pages, includes diskette, by Feuerstein, Dye and Beresniewicz
	Oracle 9i New Features	244 Pages, by Freeman. If you aren't able to attend the Oracle Education 2 day Oracle 9i New Features class - this book could be a good substitute. There is discussion of the switchover/switchback standby database functionality which is implemented by the scripts generated by Installgen, RMAN enhancements and use of the spfile.
	Oracle Essentials: Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i and Oracle 8
	SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide	540 Pages, by Barrett and Silverman. Due to the importance of having secure access to the database server, the scripts generated by Installgen automate the installation of OpenSSH/OpenSSL software on the database server. This is one of the many tasks performed by the pre-install script on Solaris database servers.
	Linux Administration Handbook	900 Pages, by Evi Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, Hein, Boggs, et al (Green Edition) The general purpose UNIX edition of this well-known system administration book has been a valuable reference during the software development process. This special Linux edition is a welcome addition to the series.


	Perl Cookbook	This excellent resource has been used continuously throughout the development of the Installgen and Repgen applications. Anytime you need to find out quickly how to do something in Perl this is a good place to look.
	Perl for Oracle DBAs	624 Pages. New Book, published August 2002. This book covers topics including how to use Perl to manage, monitor and tune Oracle databases, along with the use of DBD-Oracle and mod_perl.
	Programming the Perl DBI	362 Pages, by Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce. This book is a very nice improvement over the electronic documentation provided with the Perl DBI Perl module software. It has been a good reference for a number of web-database integration programs written by .com Solutions Inc.