Sam Alapati

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.This study guide covers 100% of the objectives for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate examTake the challenging AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam with confidence using this highly effective self-study guide. You will learn how to provision systems, ensure data integrity, handle security, and monitor and tune Amazon Web Services performance. Written by an industry-leading expert, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam SOA-C01) fully covers every objective for the exam and follows a hands-on, step-by-step methodology. Beyond fully preparing you for the exam, the book also serves as a valuable on-the-job reference.Covers all exam topics, including:•Systems operations•Signing up, working with the AWS Management Console, and the AWS CLI•AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS service security•AWS compute services and the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)•Amazon ECS, AWS Batch, AWS Lambda, and other compute services•Storage and archiving in the AWS cloud with Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, and Amazon S3 Glacier•Managing databases in the cloud—Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, and Amazon Redshift•Application integration with Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS•AWS high availability strategies•Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch, logging, and managing events•Managing AWS costs and billing•Infrastructure provisioning through AWS CloudFormation and AWS OpsWorks, application deployment, and creating scalable infrastructuresOnline content includes:•250+ practice questions•Test engine that provides full-length practice exams or customized quizzes by chapter or by exam domain

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Master Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Real Application Clusters with this comprehensive, fully updated guideNow you can maintain a dynamic enterprise computing infrastructure with expert instruction from an Oracle ACE. Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Real Application Clusters Handbook: Concepts, Administration, Tuning, and Troubleshooting has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the latest tools and features. Find out how to prepare your hardware, deploy Oracle Real Application Clusters, and integrate seamless failover protection. Troubleshooting, performance tuning, and application development are also discussed in this comprehensive Oracle Press guide.• Install and configure Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Real Application Clusters• Configure and manage disk groups using Oracle Automatic Storage Management• Work with services, voting disks, and Oracle Clusterware repository• Diagnose performance problems with Oracle Wait Interface• Look under the hood of Cache Fusion and Global Resource Directory operations• Explore the internal workings of backup and recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters• Employ workload balancing and Transparent Application Failover• Troubleshoot Oracle Clusterware using advanced diagnostics• Develop custom Oracle Real Application Clusters applications

The Comprehensive, Up-to-Date Apache Hadoop Administration Handbook and Reference “Sam Alapati has worked with production Hadoop clusters for six years. His unique depth of experience has enabled him to write the go-to resource for all administrators looking to spec, size, expand, and secure production Hadoop clusters of any size.” –Paul Dix, Series Editor In Expert Hadoop® Administration, leading Hadoop administrator Sam R. Alapati brings together authoritative knowledge for creating, configuring, securing, managing, and optimizing production Hadoop clusters in any environment. Drawing on his experience with large-scale Hadoop administration, Alapati integrates action-oriented advice with carefully researched explanations of both problems and solutions. He covers an unmatched range of topics and offers an unparalleled collection of realistic examples. Alapati demystifies complex Hadoop environments, helping you understand exactly what happens behind the scenes when you administer your cluster. You’ll gain unprecedented insight as you walk through building clusters from scratch and configuring high availability, performance, security, encryption, and other key attributes. The high-value administration skills you learn here will be indispensable no matter what Hadoop distribution you use or what Hadoop applications you run. Understand Hadoop’s architecture from an administrator’s standpointCreate simple and fully distributed clustersRun MapReduce and Spark applications in a Hadoop clusterManage and protect Hadoop data and high availabilityWork with HDFS commands, file permissions, and storage managementMove data, and use YARN to allocate resources and schedule jobsManage job workflows with Oozie and HueSecure, monitor, log, and optimize HadoopBenchmark and troubleshoot Hadoop

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Best Practices for Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Configuration and AdministrationMaintain a high-performance enterprise application framework using the detailed information in this authoritative resource. Through expert instruction and real-world examples, Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Administration Handbook fully explains the latest management tools and techniques. Learn how to work from the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console or command line, configure servers and clusters, deploy applications, and optimize application performance. Tuning, troubleshooting, and load balancing are thoroughly covered in this Oracle Press guide.Install Oracle WebLogic Server 12c or perform an upgradeManage domains, server instances, networks, and virtual hostsWork with the WebLogic Scripting Tool feature and Node ManagerBuild custom network channels and resource adaptersMonitor performance with the WebLogic Diagnostics Framework featurePrioritize requests using Oracle WebLogic Server Work ManagersConfigure Oracle WebLogic clusters and migrate servers and servicesDeploy web applications, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java EE modulesEstablish security realms and authenticate and authorize usersAllocate memory, optimize throughput, and tune the Java Virtual Machine

Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely what Oracle Database 12c Performance Tuning Recipes delivers. Oracle Database 12c Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, wherein each chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter’s domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it’s performance-related, you’ll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book. Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution Gets straight to the point for when you're under pressure for results

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c is an example-driven approach to the Oracle database administrator's #1 job responsibility: Be able to recover the database. Of all the things you are responsible for as database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders: Lose that data and your company could fail. Lose that data and you could be out of a job. Oracle's flagship database product fortunately implements a wide-ranging feature set to aid you in the all-important task of safeguarding against data loss. Recovery Manager, or RMAN, is at the heart of that feature set, and is the tool most-often used to initiate database backup and recovery operations. In this book, well-known authors and database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have created a set of examples encompassing the gamut of backup and recovery tasks that you might need to perform. Sometimes, especially when the heat is on, a good example is what you need to get started towards a solution. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c delivers. It’ll be the book you reach for when that dreaded call comes in at 3:00am some dreary morning. It’ll be the book that lets you sleep at night knowing that no matter what transpires, that you've done your job well and can recover from any outage. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Master the Configuration and Administration of Oracle WebLogic Server 11gOversee a robust, highly available environment for your mission-critical applications using the expert information in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration Handbook explains the latest management techniques for the de facto application server for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g> and provides detailed examples and best practices. Find out how to use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console feature, employ command-line and scripting tools, implement failover and migration capabilities, and generate reliable backups. Troubleshooting, tuning, and security procedures are also covered in this comprehensive resource.Install Oracle WebLogic Server 11g or upgrade from a previous versionConfigure domains, servers, clusters, custom networks, and virtual hostsWork with the Administration Console and Monitoring Dashboard features of Oracle WebLogic ServerUse the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) feature of Oracle WebLogic Server to manage and monitor domainsUse the Oracle WebLogic Server Work Managers feature to optimize scheduled workDeploy Web applications, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java EE modulesImprove scalability and reliability using Oracle WebLogic Server clustersMonitor servers, tune the Java Virtual Machine, maximize throughput, and optimize performanceAuthenticate, authorize, and map users within defined security realms

Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely what Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes delivers. Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, wherein each chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter’s domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it’s performance-related, you’ll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book.Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution Written by a team of experienced database administrators successful in their careers

Sam Alapati's Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration is a comprehensive handbook for Oracle database administrators (DBAs) using the 11g release of the Oracle Database. All key aspects of database administration are covered, including backup and recovery, day–to–day administration and monitoring, performance tuning, and more. This is the one book to have on your desk as a continual reference. Refer to it frequently. It'll help you get the job done. Comprehensive handbook for Oracle Database administrators. Covers all major aspects of database administration. Tests and explains in detail key DBA commands. Offers primers on Linux/Unix, data modeling, SQL, and PL/SQL.

Oracle Database 11g : New Features for DBAs and Developers is a comprehensive, example–laden review of the most significant new features and improvements offered by the latest release of Oracle Corporation's flagship database product. Learn what's new in Oracle that really countsSee actual examples and test run outputMake sound decisions on new feature adoption Sift the gold from the silt and discover which new features of the latest release of Oracle's flagship database product are really worth adopting. Years of database administration experience from authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are combined with sound, step–by–step testing and a heart–felt emphasis on what matters in the real–world to help you get the most out of Oracle Database 11g.

It's sometimes said that the true job of an Oracle database administrator can be summed up in one, essential skill: to be able to recover your database. There's much wisdom in that statement. Of all the things you are responsible for as a database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders: Lose that data and your company could fail. Lose that data and you could be out of a job. Scared? You should be. But there's help. You are not alone. Oracle experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have come together in this book to show you the power of Recovery Manager, or RMAN, which is Oracle's backup and recovery tool of choice. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g helps you take advantage of all that RMAN has to offer by providing easy-to-understand solutions to business-critical backup and recovery operations. This handy guide: Demystifies the steps required to protect your business data Provides ready-made and step-by-step solutions to simple and complex backup, restore, and recovery operations Is task-oriented, making it easy for you to find the solution to pressing backup and recovery problems Respects your time by providing example-based solutions, not endless reading material When the pressure's on, you don't have time for long discussions of theory. This book gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A Comprehensive, Fully Integrated Study SystemPrepare for the Oracle Certified Administrator Oracle Application Server 10g exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. Get complete coverage of all topics on the exam 1Z0-311, including installation, configuration, and management of Oracle Application Server 10g, as well as details on Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle Single Sign-On Server, Oracle Portal, Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J), and Oracle Web Cache. In each chapter, you’ll find certification objectives, examples, a two-minute drill, and a self-test to highlight what you’ve learned. This book and CD-ROM package is the most comprehensive preparation tool available for this OCA exam.