Course details

This course provides you with the knowledge and hands-on experience of SQL tuning, database tuning and advanced performance design.

Prerequisites:
  • Oracle Foundation Classes, Oracle DBA I or equivalent experience.
Performance Tuning Duties of the DBA:
  • DBA`s Performance Tuning Duties
  • Steps for Tuning
  • Tuning goals for different types of applications
  • The Performance tuning Team
  • Tuning Tools
Tune the Logical Structure of the Database:
  • Overview
  • Table/Tablespace Considerations
  • Free Space Management
  • Chained and Migrated Rows
  • Index Types
  • Materialised Views/Snapshots
  • Query Rewrite
Tune Database Operations:
  • SQL Parsing and Execution
  • Shared SQL Statements
  • Contents of the SQL Area
  • Segment Space Management
  • Automatic Undo Management
  • Understanding Statement Transformations
  • Optimising SQL Syntax
SQL Tuning Tools:
  • Rule Based and Cost Based Optimisation
  • Table and Index Statistics
  • Gathering Statistics
  • Execution Plans
  • SQL *Plus and AUTOTRACE
  • SQL_TRACE and TKPROF
  • Hints
  • Store Outlines/Plan Stability
DBA Tuning Tools:
  • SPFILE/Init.Ora
  • V$ Views
  • UTLBSTAT / UTLESTAT
  • STATSPACK
Tuning Memory:
  • Tune OS Memory
  • Tune Database Buffer Cache
  • Memory Subcaches
  • Tune Redo Log Buffer
  • Tune Private SQL and PL/SQL Areas
  • Tune the Shared Pool
  • Tune Sorts
  • Tuning the Shared Server
  • Tuning the Java Pool
  • SGA/PGA Tuning
Tuning I/O:
  • RAID
  • Oracle File 1/O
  • Partitioning Tables and Indexes
  • Checkpointing
Tuning Contention and Understanding the Resource Manager:
  • Shared Server Contention
  • Tune Lock Contention
  • Tune Contention for Undo and Temporary Segments, and for Latches
  • Introduction to the Resource Manager
Tuning the Shared Server:
  • Issues associated with managing users in a Shared Server environment
  • Diagnose and resolve performance problems
  • Configure shared servers to optimise performance
Detecting and tuning lock contention:
  • Define locking levels
  • Describe causes of contention
  • Use Oracle tools to detect lock contention
  • Emergency lock contention resolution
  • Prevent locking problems
  • Recognise deadlocks

PL/SQL Packages for the Tuner:

  • DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO
  • DBMS_IOT
  • DBMS_ORACLE_TRACE_AGENT
  • DBMS_ORACLE_TRACE_USER
  • DBMS_PROFILER
  • DBMS_RESOURCE_MANAGER_PRIVS
  • DBMS_SESSION
  • DBMS_SHARED_POOL
  • DBMS_SPACE
  • DBMS_STATS
  • DBMS_TRACE
  • DBMS_UTILITY
Updated on 08 November, 2015

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