Best Selling Books by Charles Kim

Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs is an example–based book on managing Oracle Database in a Linux environment. Covering commonly used distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux, the book is written for database administrators who need to get work done and lack the luxury of curling up fireside with a stack of Linux documentation. The book is task–oriented: Look up the task to perform. See the solution. Read up on the details. Get the job done. Takes you directly from problem to solution Covers the “right” mix of Linux user and administration tasks for database administrators Respects your time by being succinct and to–the–point What you’ll learn Execute Linux commands applicable to Oracle Database administration. Write shell scripts to automate critical DBA tasks. Monitor, tune, and optimize a Linux server to run Oracle Database. Perform Linux system administration tasks relevant to Oracle Database. Implement Oracle real application clusters on Linux. Implement Oracle automatic storage management on Linux. Remotely (and securely!) manage Oracle on Linux. Who this book is for Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs is a book for Oracle database administrators who want to expertly operate Oracle databases on the Linux operating system. If you’re new to Linux, or are migrating from a Unix platform, or just want detailed solutions for tasks that Oracle DBAs perform on Linux servers, this book is for you.

This brilliant new book gives readers the lowdown on the most important new features in the latest release of Oracle''s flagship database product. Authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are experienced database administrators who go beyond regurgitating Oracle''s new feature documentation to report on "what''s new that really matters." Readers whose careers are bound up in Oracle''s database system need to know what''s new. Sam and Charles deliver with a rigor and candor that will help readers choose the best of the new features to apply in their own environments.

Ecclesiastes By Charles Kim McIntosh Charles Kim McIntosh’s collection of poetry, Ecclesiastes, is a selection of works written over the past 10 years and is not for the faint of heart. Cynical and with a dark sense of humor, McIntosh’s poetry does not see the world through rose-colored glasses. He will hit you hard and not back down.

Master Oracle Data Guard 11g Provide superior data protection, availability, and disaster recovery using the tested techniques in this Oracle Press guide. Cowritten by a team of Oracle experts, Oracle Data Guard 11g Handbook provides a sound architectural foundation along with best practices for configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting. You will get full details on implementing deployment architectures to address requirements that extend beyond disaster recovery. This invaluable resource also includes a complete set of monitoring scripts available for download. Develop a disaster recovery plan for your Oracle database to meet your organization''s requirements Configure and deploy Oracle Data Guard for your environment Tune and troubleshoot your physical and logical standby databases Implement the Oracle Data Guard Broker management framework Integrate with Oracle Grid Control Monitor your Oracle Data Guard environment Enable read-only services and disaster recovery with Oracle Active Data Guard Configure seamless database and application failover Minimize planned downtime using Oracle Data Guard switchover Handle backup and recovery with Oracle Recovery Manager

Everything beginners need to know to start playing guitar Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a guitar and start strumming! Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar shows you the basics—step by step and note by note. You begin with basic chords and techniques and progress through suspensions, bass runs, hammer-ons, and barre chords. As you learn to read tablature and lead sheets, you can play any number of songs and styles of music, from rock to folk to country. The chord chart and scale appendices are ready references for use long after you master the basics. Plus, this new edition includes an audio CD so you can hear what each note, chord, and technique should sound like, along with a new chapter on reading music. This new edition includes substantial improvements to get readers playing the guitar faster A photo-intensive, step-by-step approach to playing acoustic and electric guitar The bonus CD includes more than 100 audio tracks Whether you''ve never picked up a guitar or want to brush up on the basics, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar will get you strumming in no time.

Linux and Solaris Recipes for Oracle DBAs, 2nd Edition is an example–based book on managing Oracle Database under Linux and Solaris. The book is written for database administrators who need to get work done and lack the luxury of curling up fireside with a stack of operating-system documentation. What this book provides instead is task-oriented coverage designed around the needs of the Oracle Database Administrator. Find the right chapter. Look up the task to perform. See the solution. Implement the solution straight away in your own environment. Get the job done. New in this edition is coverage of Oracle''s own Solaris operating system. Oracle Corporation has been working diligently to bring commonality between Solaris and and Linux, and this book takes advantage of those efforts to provide task-oriented solutions that work on common distributions of Linux such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux while also accommodating the growing number of Oracle Solaris customers. Examples in the book match the tasks DBAs perform daily, even hourly. Solutions come first in the book, but alway are followed by close explanations of the details. Database administrators won''t go wrong with Linux and Solaris Recipes for Oracle DBAs. It''s the book to buy if you''re after clear and reliable examples to help in getting the job done, and getting home to your family. Takes you directly from problem to solution Covers the "right" mix of operating-system tasks for database administrators Respects your time by being succinct and to–the–point Includes coverage of Solaris in addition to common Linux distributions What You Will Learn Execute Linux and Solaris commands applicable to Oracle Database. Automate critical DBA tasks via operating-system shell scripts. Monitor, tune, and optimize Linux and Solaris servers for Oracle. Setup a VirtualBox environment for the Oracle database. Perform system administration tasks relevant to Oracle Database. Remotely (and securely!) manage Oracle on Linux and Solaris. Who This Book Is For Linux and Solaris Recipes for Oracle DBAs is a book for Oracle database administrators who want to expertly operate Oracle databases on the Linux and Solaris operating systems. If you’re new to Linux and Solaris and can benefit from detailed examples showing how to perform tasks that Oracle DBAs perform on Linux and Solaris servers, then this book is what you need to help you get the job done, and get home on time.

Plan and Implement Hadoop Virtualization for Maximum Performance, Scalability, and Business Agility Enterprises running Hadoop must absorb rapid changes in big data ecosystems, frameworks, products, and workloads. Virtualized approaches can offer important advantages in speed, flexibility, and elasticity. Now, a world-class team of enterprise virtualization and big data experts guide you through the choices, considerations, and tradeoffs surrounding Hadoop virtualization. The authors help you decide whether to virtualize Hadoop, deploy Hadoop in the cloud, or integrate conventional and virtualized approaches in a blended solution. First, Virtualizing Hadoop reviews big data and Hadoop from the standpoint of the virtualization specialist. The authors demystify MapReduce, YARN, and HDFS and guide you through each stage of Hadoop data management. Next, they turn the tables, introducing big data experts to modern virtualization concepts and best practices. Finally, they bring Hadoop and virtualization together, guiding you through the decisions you’ll face in planning, deploying, provisioning, and managing virtualized Hadoop. From security to multitenancy to day-to-day management, you’ll find reliable answers for choosing your best Hadoop strategy and executing it. Coverage includes the following: • Reviewing the frameworks, products, distributions, use cases, and roles associated with Hadoop • Understanding YARN resource management, HDFS storage, and I/O • Designing data ingestion, movement, and organization for modern enterprise data platforms • Defining SQL engine strategies to meet strict SLAs • Considering security, data isolation, and scheduling for multitenant environments • Deploying Hadoop as a service in the cloud • Reviewing the essential concepts, capabilities, and terminology of virtualization • Applying current best practices, guidelines, and key metrics for Hadoop virtualization • Managing multiple Hadoop frameworks and products as one unified system • Virtualizing master and worker nodes to maximize availability and performance • Installing and configuring Linux for a Hadoop environment

The Quintessence from KINGDOM COME takes a trip to Smallville to observe a young Clark Kent, but they''re interrupted when government operatives try to bring him in after discovering his Kryptonian origins.

The Practical, Authoritative, 360-Degree Technical Guide to Oracle Exadata: From Setup to Administration, Optimization, Tuning, and Troubleshooting The blazingly fast Oracle Exadata Database Machine is being embraced by thousands of large-scale users worldwide: by governments, the military, enterprise organizations, cloud service providers, and anyone who needs extreme performance. Now, Oracle Exadata Expert’s Handbook provides authoritative guidance to running Oracle Exadata with maximum reliability, effectiveness, performance, and efficiency. Six renowned Oracle technology experts have brought together core technical information, experience, best practices, and insider tips in a concise reference. Covering both 11g and 12c versions of Oracle Exadata software, they deliver hands-on coverage of best practices, setup, migration, monitoring, administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Whether you’re an Oracle Exadata DBA, DMA, architect, or manager, you need these insights. Get a 360-degree overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine Efficiently deploy RAC within the Oracle Exadata ecosystem Fully leverage Storage Cell’s extraordinary performance, via Offloading, Smart Scans, and Hybrid Columnar Compression Manage Exadata with OEM 12c: perform setup, configuration, asset/target discovery, and day-to-day administration Tune Oracle Exadata for even better performance Perform Exadata Backup/Recovery/DR with RMAN and Data Guard Migrate to Oracle Exadata from other platforms Use Oracle Exadata with the ZFS Storage Appliance Consolidate within the Exadata Database Cloud

The limited series returning one of the DC Universe''s most powerful heroines reaches its epic conclusion! It''s the Teen Titans and the Outsiders against the power of the Titans of MythÑand Donna Troy must choose sides for once and for all!

Go trick-or-treating with three Looney ghost stories! Bugs and Daffy find a UFO; Sylvester checks into a horror hotel; and, the whole crew dresses up as you-know-who in "Tazzy-Doo, Where Are You?"

An Old West-style amusement park gets a little too real when visitors Elmer and Daffy get into trouble with park employees-or are they?-Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil! ItÕs the ÒWest, Whirled!Ó

The hunt is on! Who will get the rabbit? Featuring three favorites: Marvin the Martian, Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd.

Tweety Bird flies circles around Sylvester!

"Our Worlds at War," Part 9. A sizzling special reveals the secrets behind the war that will shake the DC Universe! Learn how the destructive force known as Imperiex began to wreak havoc on untold numbers of worlds and discover the menace of the Earthbound despot known as General. Plus, the D.E.O.''s Agent Chase explores Earth''s readiness for battle and Profile Pages focus on Earth''s allies and enemies, as well as the incredible technology that will be used in the fight for survival.

"The birth of a legend begins in the early summer of 2016. A mysterious voice identifying herself only as Miss Ohara from the star ''Ohara,'' twenty-one light-years away from the earth, appears to the superpowers of the world, with ''killing power'' that can kill any person if anyone refuses her order. Three extraordinary geniuses happened to get together and combined their unique technologies: extra short, electromagnetic killing wave; audiovisual facilities for communicating capability with any spot in the world through ''radar beacon on DNA''; and delivering means by utilizing the theory of ''dark matter'' that pierces through any materials in the universe without leaving any trace at the speed of light. Not by armies and bombs and political twist, but with the above technologies, the three geniuses wrote the ''Super Constitution'' and ordered the three presidents of Russia, China, and the U.S., to dismantle the weapons of mass destruction and to establish the Global Government under a single sovereignty of the earth, from behind nowhere. While they were playing cat and mouse with their quarries, the process of globalization for the people of the world had made steady progress according to the Super Constitution, reshuffling the unit of nation of the world and disarming every nation''s armed forces under the Global Government of the most ideal-democratic system"--Page 4 of cover.

Virtualize Oracle Business Critical Databases, October 2018 Update: This book is a single source of information for an Oracle DBA to understand the benefits of virtualization and how to effectively deploy Oracle Databases on VMware''s SDDC platform. This book is targeted for DBAs looking at implementing Oracle on a virtualized infrastructure. Key topics include deployment, scaling, troubleshooting and performance tuning. The authors, Charles Kim, George Trujillo, Steven Jones and Sudhir Balasubramanian, have spent a number of years focusing on virtualizing Tier-One high performance Oracle platforms. The authors include VMware VCPs, VMware vExperts as well as an Oracle ACE, Oracle ACE Director and hold certifications in the Oracle stack. Imagine a world where your system administrator(s) provisions a fully functional Linux server that is patched with all the up-to-date kernel parameters, updated device drivers, and updated configurations in 1 hour. The time that you make the request to the time that you get access to a server that has a fully configured Red Hat 6/7 or Oracle Linux 6/7 environment is within a couple of hours. On top of all this, the build is consistent and reliable every time. This should be a realistic goal for most companies today, and this book can guide you along your journey.

This book is based on a true story about Grandmaster "Iron" Kim''s memories of his master, Grandmaster Borion, and centuries of learning. The author takes you along the journey of Grandmaster "Iron" Kim, who began his learning as a young boy in an Am-ja (a secluded place in the mountains of East Asia). At this young age, Grandmaster Borion taught him to follow the Chung Doe (Correct way) and fully understand the basic three steps of eight steps to reach enlightenment, or the level of Doe-sa. The first step is to understand yourself, both mind and body. The second step is to understand others'' minds and bodies. The third step is to purify yourself in order to open your heart and connect with your universal spirit, enabling you to be enlightened. As a young boy, Grandmaster "Iron" Kim was asked by his master to write a figure eight in the sand with his finger. While learning, he began to understand the principle of life. There is harmony and balance in life--there are ups and there are downs. When you follow the correct principles in life, others will respect you and will seek to learn your wisdom and way. However, while you gain more respect, there will be more challenges. You must remember that taller mountains are always hit by stronger winds. Regardless of the positive and negative circumstances that will occur during your lifetime, follow the principles of Chung Doe. Then, no matter where you are or where you go, you will always have inner peace. You will have the master key of wisdom. Now, the wisdom of a traditional Moo Doe grandmaster is shared so that you can achieve your master key of wisdom. This book was written in the hope of benefiting all human beings.

"Diabetic Diet For Kids" is a comprehensive guide that provides parents with the necessary tools and knowledge to support their child''s health with a diabetic-friendly diet. The book presents a step-by-step approach to creating healthy and balanced meal plans, including tips on how to manage carbohydrate intake, choose appropriate snacks, and maintain consistent blood sugar levels.The book features delicious and nutritious recipes that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of children with diabetes. These recipes are easy to prepare and include a variety of food options, ensuring that your child can still enjoy a wide range of flavors and textures.In addition, "Diabetic Diet For Kids" includes practical advice on how to handle dining out, traveling, and attending social events while maintaining a healthy eating routine. The book also covers the importance of physical activity and provides tips on how to encourage children to stay active and healthy.Written in a clear and concise manner, this book is a valuable resource for parents who want to ensure that their child with diabetes is healthy, happy, and well-nourished. Whether you are a seasoned parent or a new caregiver, "Diabetic Diet For Kids" is a must-have guide that will help you support your child''s health and well-being.Click on the add to cart to get it now

Oracle ASM continues to be the best practice to implementing Oracle Databases. Whether you are leveraging a single instance database or a clustered database with RAC, you can benefit from the real-life examples to administering and maintaining ASM from this book. Consolidated by Charles Kim and Nitin Vengurlekar, this pocket reference guide is loaded with command line interface syntax for Oracle ASM 11g Release 2 or Oracle ASM 12c. It does not matter if you are a newbie to ASM or a long time veteran, this pocket reference guide is packed with relevant tidbits. Both Charles and Nitin have combined experiences of over 48 years of Oracle experience and are authors of many Oracle books. Charles is the Founder and President of Viscosity North America and Nitin is the Chief Technology Officer. They are subject matter experts of RAC/ASM/Exadata technologies.

Geographic information systems (GIS) software was utilized in the analysis of the settlement patterns of Oneota sites in northwest Iowa along the Little Sioux River and Big Sioux River. Site catchment analysis was performed for each site utilizing a cost distance algorithm to calculate a two hour catchment to assess whether or not sufficient resources would have been found in the catchment area. Resources thought to be of particular importance to Oneota groups include permanent water sources, arable land for cultivation, and sufficient quantities of wild plants and large game animals. These resources and other variables such as elevation, slope aspect, and slope were then compared between known sites and non-sites using statistical measures to create a predictive model of the Little Sioux Valley to determine areas that have high potential to contain Oneota sites. Ultimately based upon these analyses, it is argued that Oneota groups settled in areas to take advantage of multiple vegetation zones and well drained soils suitable for both habitation and for cultivation of crops. These conclusions suggest that the reliance upon bison in the subsistence economy and influence in determining site location may not be as important as originally thought. Other factors such as settlement shifts, cultural influences on settlement patterns, and the possible effect of climate shifts had upon Oneota lifeways, subsistence, and settlement patterns are also discussed.

This book focuses on range of Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Multitenant features on Oracle Cloud, including faster PDB cloning with no downtime, tighter resource control at the PDB level, ILM Automatic Data Optimization (ADO) policies for PDBs using Heat Maps, and even FLASHBACK recovery for individual PDBs. This book explores the latest features of Oracle Database 12cR1 and 12cR2 Multitenant option and provides practical, hands-on experience; as well as numerous code examples that can immediately be leveraged when deploying, upgrading to, and migrating to CDBs and PDBs with zero downtime. This book also demonstrates compelling Multitenant features such as:* Migrating Databases to Oracle Cloud* How to Perform Extreme Consolidation with Oracle PDBs * How to Deal with Oracle Wallets in Oracle Cloud* Application Containers: Isolating Applications from Each Other* Juggling Hot PDBs: Multitenant Migration Techniques* Implementing PDB Memory, CPU, I/O, and Other Resource Limits* Hot Data, Cold Data: Leveraging ILM and ADO for PDBs