Oracle Database 10g: Administration: Workshop II

What you will learn:
Oracle DBAs manage the industries most advanced information systems and command some of the highest salaries. This course advances your success as an Oracle professional in the area of database administration.

In this class, you'll learn how to configure an Oracle database for multilingual applications. Students will practice various methods of recovering the database, using RMAN, SQL, and Flashback technology. Tools to monitor database performance and what steps to take to improve database performance are also covered in this course. Students will also learn how to use various database technologies, such as Resource Manager, the Scheduler, and Automatic Storage Management (ASM). The lesson topics are reinforced with structured hands-on practices and a workshop. This course is designed to prepare you for the corresponding Oracle Certified Professional exam.

Students who can benefit from this course:
Database Administrators
Sales Consultants
Support Engineer
Technical Consultant

Prerequisites:
Oracle Database 10g: SQL Fundamentals I
Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop I
Oracle Database 10g: SQL and PL/SQL Fundamentals

Course Objectives:
Customize language-dependent behavior for the database and individual sessions
Use RMAN to create and manage backup sets and image copies
Recover the database to a previous point in time
Use Oracle's Flashback technology to recover your database
Detect block corruptions and take appropriate measures to correct them
Use the various Database advisors and views to monitor and improve database performance
Control database resource usage with the Resource Manager
Simplify management tasks by using the Scheduler
Improve the security of the listener
Review database log files for diagnostic purposes

Course Topics:

Using Globalization Support
Datetimes with Timezones
Specifying Language-Dependent Behavior
Locale Variants
Linguistic Sorting
Case and Accent Insensitive Sorts
Linguistic Comparisons
Obtaining Information about the Current NLS Configuration

Securing the Oracle Listener
Listener Password Authentication
Controlling Database Access
Securing the EXTPROC Service Entry

Configuring Recovery Manager
Using a Flash Recovery Area with RMAN
Setting Parameters for RMAN
Starting RMAN
Configuring Persistent Settings for RMAN
Control File Autobackups
Retention Policies

Using Recovery Manager
Issuing Recovery Manager Commands
Parallelization of Backup Sets
Compressed Backups
Copying the Whole Database
Making Incremental Backups
Block Change Tracking
Incrementally Updating Backups
Monitoring RMAN Backups

Diagnostic Sources
The Alert Log
Viewing Alerts with EM
Alerts Notification
Editing Thresholds
Trace Files

Recovering from non-critical losses
Creating New Temporary Tablespace
Recreating Redo Log Files
Recovering an Index Tablespace
Read-Only Tablespace Recovery
Loss of Password Authentication File

Database Recovery
Recovery Steps
User-Managed Recovery Procedures: RECOVER Command
Types of incomplete recovery
Incomplete Recovery Best Practices
Recovery Using EM
Simple Recovery Through RESETLOGS
Point-in-time recovery using RMAN

Flashback database
When to Use Flashback Technology
Configuring Flashback Database
Monitoring Flashback Database
Best Practices for the Database and Flash Recovery Area
Flash Recovery Area Space Usage
Flashback Database Examples

Recovering from User Errors
Recycle Bin
Flashback Dropped Tables Using EM
Querying Dropped Tables
Flashback Versions Query
Flashback Transaction Query
Using Flashback Versions Query and Flashback Transaction Query
Flashback Table
Using EM To Flashback Tables

Dealing with Database Corruption
What is block corruption?
Interpreting DBVERIFY
The ANALYZE command
How to Handle Corruptions
The DBMS_REPAIR Package
Block Media Recovery (BMR)
Detecting Database Corruptions Using DBVERIFY
Using RMAN to Repair Corrupt Blocks

Automatic Database Management
Automatic Optimizer Statistics Collection
Workload Repository
Database Control and Advisors
Using the SQL Tuning Advisor
Using the SQL Access Advisor
Automatic Undo Retention Tuning

Monitoring and Managing Storage
Redo Logfile Size Advisor
Resumable Statements
Tablespace Space Usage Monitoring
Accessing the Segment Advisor
Shrinking Segments Using SQL
Segment Resource Estimation
Monitoring Index Space
Identifying Unused Indexes

Automatic Storage Management
ASM Concepts
ASM General Architecture
Creating an ASM instance
Creating tablespaces that use ASM storage
Viewing ASM information
Migrating a tablespace to use ASM storage

Monitoring and Managing Memory
Oracle Memory Structures
Automatic PGA Memory Management
Using the Memory Advisor
Using Automatic Shared Memory Management to avoid long running query issues

Managing Resources
Creating a New Resource Plan
Creating Resource Consumer Groups
Assigning Users to Resource Consumer Groups
Adaptive Consumer Group Mapping
Using Sub-Plans to limit CPU Utilization
Administering the Resource Manager
Resource Plan Directives

Automating Tasks with the Scheduler
Creating a Scheduler Job
Using Scheduler Programs
Creating and Using Schedules
Creating a Job Class
Prioritizing Jobs within a Window
Viewing Job Execution Details
Creating a job that runs a program outside of the database

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