User:Applicationsdba

Applications DBA is also popularly known as APPSDBA/Ebusiness DBA.

History:

To learn what is applications dba one needs to understand the history of Oracle Applications. Oracle Applications DBA or APPSDBA or ebusiness DBA typical deals with Oracle Applications. Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of Oracle Corporation. The term refers to the non-database (non-technology) parts of Oracle Corporation's software portfolio.Oracle Corporation sells many functional modules which use the Oracle RDBMS as a back-end, notably Oracle Financials, Oracle HRMS, Oracle Projects, Oracle CRM, Oracle PO, etc. (Oracle Corporation also offers many additional application-oriented products, including Oracle Office, Oracle Media Server, and (grouped with databases) Oracle ConText.)Oracle Corporation initially launched its application suite with financials software in the late 1980s. The offering as of 2009[update] extends to supply-chain management, human-resource management, warehouse-management, customer-relationship management, call-center services, product-lifecycle management, and many other areas. Both in-house expansion and the acquisition of other companies have vastly expanded Oracle Corporation's application-software repertoire. Oracle Corporation released Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (R12) — a bundling of several Oracle Applications applications — in February 2007. The release date coincided with new releases of other Oracle-owned products: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, OneWorld, Siebel and PeopleSoft. As of 2009[update] Oracle Corporation supports Release 11.5.10.X and Release 12.0.X of the Oracle E-Business Suite.

'Responsibilities of an APPSDBA:'

An Oracle Applications DBA typically handles the ebusiness suite end-to-end administration. This includes the Oracle Core Database Administration+Oracle Application Server Administration+Oracle Ebusiness System Administration.

Some times an APPSDBA is also responsible for managing third party tools and Oracle Middleware Integrations with ebusiness suite which includes but not limited to Oracle Fusion Middleware, Web Methods, TIBCO, JBOSS,Agile,Microsoft LDAP,Single Signon, Vertex, Optio, Clear Orbit, Hyperion, Demantra, Winrunner, Loadrunner,Tikmark, Demantra, Applimation, Outerbay, Logical apps etc etc the list which never ends. This tools varies from client to client depends on the nature of business.

'Real Definition of a Sr.Applications DBA:'

Principal Core Database Administrator+Sr Application Server Admin+Sr EAI/Middleware Integration Specialist+Oracle Applications System Adminitrator = Sr. Applications DBA.