This part of the book describes the built-in server management packages:

• Chapter 11, Managing Session Information , introduces you to DBMS_SESSION and DBMS_SYSTEM; these two packages help you analyze and manage information about your current session.

• Chapter 12, Managing Server Resources , presents DBMS_SPACE and DBMS_SHARED_POOL, which contain handy tools for database administrators to help them manage database-related resources on the server.

• Chapter 13, Job Scheduling in the Database , shows you how to use DBMS_JOB to schedule the execution of stored procedures without the use of operating sytem-specific schedulers such as UNIX's cron .