Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop II DBA Release 2

Course details

This course takes the database administrator beyond the basic tasks covered in the first workshop. The student begins by gaining a much deeper understanding of possibly the most important job of a DBA – backup and recovery. The concepts and architecture that support backup and recovery, along with the steps of how to carry it out in various ways and situations, are covered in detail. This includes how to define and test your own backup and recovery scenarios. Also, the DBA learns how to manage memory effectively and how to perform some performance evaluation and tuning tasks, including using some of the advisors. All types of flashback technologies, scheduling jobs inside and outside of the database, and controlling system resource usage are also covered.

Learn To:

• Automate DBA tasks with the Scheduler
• Diagnose and repair data failures with Flashback technology
• Manage space to optimize database storage and to be able to respond to growing space requirements
• Monitor and manage major database components, including as memory, performance, and resources
• Secure the availability of your database by appropriate backup and recovery strategies
• This course counts towards the Hands-on course requirement for the Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certification.
• Only instructor-led inclass or instructor-led online formats of this course will meet the Certification Hands-on
• Requirement. Self Study CD-Rom and Knowledge Center courses DO NOT meet the Hands-on Requirement.

Course Objectives :

• Back and recover a database (and its parts) with RMAN (command-line and Enterprise Manager)
• Use flashback technology to view past states of data and to revert either objects or the entire database back to a past state
• Use an appropriate and flexible memory configuration for your database
• Identify burdensome database sessions and poorly performing SQL
• Configure the Oracle Database for optimal recovery
• Configure the database instance such that resources are appropriately allocated among sessions and tasks
• Schedule jobs to run inside or outside of the database
• Use compression to optimize database storage and duplicate a database

Course Topics:

• Core Concepts and Tools of the Oracle Database
• The Oracle Database Architecture: Overview
• ASM Storage Concepts
• Connecting to the Database and the ASM Instance
• DBA Tools Overview
• Configuring for Recoverability
• Purpose of Backup and Recovery (B&R), Typical Tasks and Terminology
• Using the Recovery Manager (RMAN)
• Configuring your Database for B&R Operations
• Configuring Archivelog Mode
• Configuring Backup Retention
• Configuring and Using a Flash Recovery Area (FRA)
• Using the RMAN Recovery Catalog
• Tracking and Storing Backup Information
• Setting up a Recovery Catalog
• Recording Backups
• Using RMAN Stored Scripts
• Managing the Recovery Catalog (Backup, Export, Import, Upgrade, Drop and Virtual Private Catalog)
• Configuring Backup Settings
• Configuring and Managing Persistent Settings for RMAN
• Configuring Autobackup of Control File
• Backup optimization
• Advanced Configuration Settings: Compressing Backups
• Configuring Backup and Restore for Very Large Files (Multisection)