Successfully meeting the challenges of combining VMware and Oracle, this comprehensive reference provides a broad spectrum of technological recommendations that demonstrate how to reliably and consistently achieve optimal configuration and maximum performance for any virtualized Oracle database scenario. The guide includes the best practices for virtualized servers, suggested virtualization server configuration, and recommendations for client operating system configuration for Oracle in a virtualized world. With real-world examples and highly applicable advice, this handbook also details the complexities of designing, configuring, maintaining, and tuning Oracle database deployments, making it a complete compendium for keeping virtualized Oracle databases in top form.

Advanced Oracle Utilities: The Definitive Reference; Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle 10g & SQL Server 2005; Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas; TOAD Handbook; and TOAD Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition. He holds several Oracle masters certifications and has a PhD in computer science. He lives in Flower Mound, Texas.