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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Course Overview

The Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II course introduces the delegate to advanced administration tools.  Participants will learn how to plan and implement a backup and recovery strategy using operating system backups and Recovery Manager.  They will also learn how to control database resources using the Resource Manager, how to automate administration tasks with the Scheduler and how to carry out performance monitoring and tuning.

Skills Gained

The delegate will practise:

• Planning a backup strategy and a disaster recovery strategy
• Altering a database to ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG modes
• Performing online and offline backups
• Performing complete and incomplete database recovery
• Recovering a database from non-critical losses
• Using troubleshooting utilities
• Using Recovery Manager to perform backups and restorations
• Using Flashback technology to recover a database
• Reviewing database logs for diagnostic purposes
• Using Database advisors and views to monitor and improve database performance
• Controlling database resources using Resource Manager
• Automating management tasks with the Scheduler
• Using ASM to store data
• Using tools to improve the performance of SQL

Who will the Course Benefit?

The Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II course will benefit anyone who needs to administer, monitor and support an Oracle 10g database.

Course Objectives

This Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II course is designed for database administrators and technical support staff who are required to plan and implement database backup and recovery strategies for Oracle 10g databases. Administrators will also learn about the tools available to monitor database performance and the steps that can be taken to improve database performance.

Examinations

This Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II course covers the main examination topics of the Oracle exam #1Z1-043 Oracle Database 10g: Administration II.

Exams are not included as part of the course.

Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience.  The Oracle website lists all exam requirements and these are updated regularly.

Requirements

Delegates should have a working knowledge of Oracle SQL and Oracle Database Administration, good operating system knowledge is also essential.  This can be obtained by attendance on the Oracle SQL and Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part I pre-requisite courses.  Knowledge of PL/SQL would be beneficial.  Good operating system knowledge is also essential.

Pre-Requisite Courses

• Oracle SQL
• Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part I

Follow-On Courses

• Oracle 10g SQL Performance Tuning
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Data Guard
• Oracle 10g Application Server Administration

NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.

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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: BACKUP AND RECOVERY CONSIDERATIONS

• Oracle Suggested Backup Strategy
• Plan and Implement a Backup and Recovery Strategy
• Define a Backup Strategy
• Define a Disaster Recovery Plan
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Backup Methods
• Test a Backup and Recovery Plan

Session 2: ORACLE RECOVERY STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES

• Architectural Components of Backup and Restore
• Redo Logs, Checkpoints and Archives
• Multiplexing Control Files and Redo Logs
• Types of Database Failure

Session 3: USING ARCHIVELOG AND NOARCHIVELOG MODES

• Configuring a database in Archivelog mode
• Configuring a database in Noarchivelog mode
• Configuring multiple redo log archive processes
• Configuring multiple archival destinations

Session 4: PHYSICAL BACKUP WITHOUT RMAN

• Closed and Open Backups
• Using operating system commands for database backup
• Performing Offline Backups
• Performing Online Backups
• Backup in Logging and Nologging Modes
• Control File Backups
• Data Dictionary Views for Backup Operations

Session 5: COMPLETE DATABASE RECOVERY WITHOUT RMAN

• Recovery in NOARCHIVELOG Mode
• Recovery in ARCHIVELOG Mode

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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 6: INCOMPLETE RECOVERY WITH ARCHIVING

• When to use Incomplete Recovery
• Performing an incomplete Recovery
• Recover from Losing Current and Inactive Noarchived Redo Log Files

Session 7: ADDITIONAL RECOVERY ISSUES

• Minimizing downtime
• Rapid crash recovery
• Checkpointing and cache recovery
• Parallel recovery
• Trial recovery
• Recover a database with missing data files
• Rebuilding lost or damaged control files
• Recovering read-only tablespaces

Session 8: GLOBALIZATION

• Overview of globalization
• Language encoding schemes
• NLS character sets
• NLS language and territory definitions
• NLS data dictionary views
• Multi language linguistic sorts
• Date times with timezones
• Display formats
• Date functions
• Case and accent insensitive sorts

Session 9: TROUBLESHOOTING UTILITIES

• Using Log and Trace Files to Diagnose Problems
• Detecting Block Corruption
• The ANALYZE Command
• The DBMS_REPAIR Package
• Use DBVERIFY to Validate the Database File Structure
• Block Media Recovery

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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3

Session 10: RECOVERY MANAGER OVERVIEW

• RMAN Features and Components
• Connecting to RMAN without a Recovery Catalog
• Start Up and Shut Down a Target Database Using RMAN

Session 11: CREATING AND MAINTAINING A RECOVERY CATALOG

• Creating a Recovery Catalog
• Use a Flashback Recovery Area
• Register a Database
• Connecting to RMAN
• Control File Information
• RESYNC CATALOG command
• Configure Persistent RMAN Settings
• Retention Policies
• Control File Autobackups

Session 12: BACKING UP WITH RMAN

• Channel allocation
• Types of RMAN Backup
• Backup Commands
• Backup sets parallelization
• Compressed backups
• Performing backups
• Full closed and open backups
• Incremental and cumulative backups
• The copy command
• Block change tracking
• Troubleshooting

Session 13: MAINTAINING A RECOVERY CATALOG

• Reset Database command
• Change the Availability Status of Backups and Copies
• Catalog Backups Made with Operating System Commands
• Cross Check Backups and Copies
• Delete backups
• Use data dictionary tables
• Update the repository after backup deletion
• Drop database

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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 4

Session 14: RESTORING AND RECOVERING WITH RMAN

• Perform recovery in noarchivelog mode
• Perform complete recovery in archivelog mode
• Incomplete recovery using UNTIL TIME and UNTIL SEQUENCE
• Restore and recover a tablespace
• Restore and recover datafiles
• Recover a datafile not backed up
• Apply incremental backups to restore datafile image copies
• The SWITCH command

Session 15: FLASHBACK

• Configure and use flashback database
• Monitor flashback database
• Flash recovery area space usage
• Flashback query
• Retrieve row history with flashback versions query
• Audit or recover from transactions with Flashback transactions query
• Flashback table
• Recover dropped tables with flashback drop
• The recycle bin
• Recover tables to a point in time with flashback table
• Flashback database

Session 16: MANAGING RESOURCES WITH RESOURCE MANAGER

• Overview of the Database Resource Manager
• Create resource plans and consumer groups
• Create resource plan directives
• Control resource by user groups
• Specify an instance plan
• Fixed CPU Quotas
• Integrate Resource Manager and Profiles
• Automatic session assignment
• Monitor the Resource Manager

Session 17: AUTOMATIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT

• Overview of ASM
• ASM initialization parameter files
• ASM instance creation
• Administer ASM disk groups
• Execute SQL commands with ASM file names
• ASM instance startup and shutdown
• Migrate a database to ASM

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Oracle Database 10g DBA - Part II Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 5

Session 18: AUTOMATING TASKS WITH THE SCHEDULER

• Introduction to the Scheduler
• Scheduler Architecture
• Managing jobs and programs
• Prioritize jobs
• View job execution details
• Run external jobs

Session 19: AUTOMATIC DATABASE MANAGEMENT

• Monitoring the Oracle database
• Monitoring and managing storage
• Monitoring and managing memory
• Automatic PGA Memory Management
• Automatic Shared Memory Management
• Self monitoring architecture
• Automatic Workload repository
• Metrics, thresholds and alerts
• Automatic Database Diagnostics Monitor (ADDM)
• Monitoring and Tuning usage model
• Setting up Notification rules
• Using the Advisors

Session 20: MEMORY MANAGEMENT, ALERTS AND WAITS

• Memory Management
• Automatic memory management
• Memory advisors
• System generated alerts
• Threshold and event based alerts
• Wait Interface

Session 21: SQL PERFORMANCE TUNING

• Automated statistics collection
• Application statistics collection
• SQL Tuning advisor
• SQL Access advisor
• Segment advisor
• 10g Hints

Session 22: SECURING THE ORACLE LISTENER

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