Database Services

Oracle database support for administrative and academic applications is provided through DBAs who are part of the Server Operations Team. Activities include: installation and upgrades, assuring proper backups, performance monitoring and tuning, problem resolution, and distribution of Oracle products.

• Garry Zacheiss - Team Leader
• Nirmal Arri
• Rob Grenier
• Peter Maloof
• Elizabeth Zukowski

MIT has an Oracle Campus License for use by the MIT community (including Lincoln Lab). The license allows Oracle use for education, research, and institute-internal business functions.

Products available under the campus license include supported versions of:

• Database Server
• Client
• Enterprise Manager
• Application Server
• Developer Suite

Detailed product information can be found at the Oracle Technology Network web site.

Certificates are required to:

• Request Oracle Server Software
• Download the MIT client for the Macintosh or Microsoft Windows
• Request a MetaLink Account  (for Oracle web support)

• Search the Stock Answers database for Oracle-related questions
• Send email to: ds-ask@mit.edu
• Emergency text paging for supported databases only (certificates required)
  

There is currently no MIT discount for training at Oracle.

Sources that offer Oracle training are:

• Boston University Corporate Education Center
• Learning Tree International
• Oracle Education

• Oracle RAC Technical Overview
• Oracle Corporation
• Oracle Technology Network (OTN) (account required, but registration is free)
• MetaLink (account required)
• ORACLE-BASE (includes Oracle error message lookup and document search)
• International Oracle Users Group (IOUG-A)
• Werner Puschitz's Oracle on Linux Page
• DST Only