Dari sumber yang terpercaya ini semoga dapat menjelaskan tugas dari seorang DBA:
Pekerjaan database administrator :
- Installing Oracle software
- Creating Oracle databases
- Performing upgrades of the database and software to new release levels
- Starting and shutting down the database instance
- Managing the storage structures of the database
- Managing users and security
- Managing database objects, such as tables, indexes, and views
- Backing up the database and performing recovery operations when necessary
- Monitoring the state of the database and taking preventive or corrective action as required
- Monitoring and tuning database performance
- Diagnosing and reporting critical errors to Oracle Support Services




