CHAPTER 16

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Managing Remote Servers with VNC

Fewer and fewer DBAs are working in front of the console of the servers hosting their Oracle databases. It is common now to see database servers or data centers located in separate geographical areas from DBAs. For example, a database server might be hosted somewhere in New York City while the DBA is in Orlando enjoying the sunny weather.

DBAs can now easily access database servers remotely by using their preferred protocols, such as telnet, rsh, rlogin, and ssh; and by using the various tools on the market today. Some of those tools are freely available for download, particularly PuTTY and Virtual Network ...

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