Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop II R2

Overview

This course takes the database administrator beyond the basic tasks covered in the first workshop. You'll begin by gaining a deep understanding of the most important responsibilities a DBA has: performing backup and recovery.

Learn To:

Automate DBA tasks with the Scheduler.
Diagnose and repair data failures with Flashback technology.
Manage space to optimize database storage and respond to growing space requirements.
Monitor and manage major database components, including memory, performance and resources.
Secure the availability of your database using effective backup and recovery strategies.
Backup & Recovery: The concepts and architecture that support backup and recovery, along with the steps required to execute it in various ways and situations, are covered in detail. You'll learn how to define and test your own backup and recovery scenarios.
Manage Memory Effectively: You'll also learn how to manage memory effectively, as well as how to perform some performance evaluation and tuning tasks. Instructors will review all types of flashback technologies, scheduling jobs inside and outside of the database and controlling system resource usage.

Duration:

40 hours

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
Database Administrators
Support Engineer
Technical Administrator
Technical Consultant
Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2
Suggested Prerequisites: Working knowledge of SQL and how to use PL/SQL packages

Intended Audience

Database Administrators
Support Engineer
Technical Administrator
Technical Consultant

Prerequisites

Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2
Suggested Prerequisites: Working knowledge of SQL and how to use PL/SQL packages

Course Outline:

1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. Configuring Backup Settings

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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)

5. Creating Backups with RMAN

RMAN backup types
Creating and Using the following:

- Backup Sets and Image Copies

- Whole Database Backup

- Fast Incremental Backup

- Configure Backup Destinations

- Duplexed Backup Sets

- Archival Backups

6. Restore and Recovery Task

Restoring and Recovering
Causes of File Loss
Automatic Tempfile Recovery
Recovering from the Loss of a Redo Log Group
Recovering from a Lost Index Tablespace
Re-creating a Password Authentication File
Complete and Incomplete Recovery
Other Recovery Operations

7. Using RMAN to Perform Recovery

Complete Recovery after Loss of a Critical or Noncritical Data File
Recovering Image Copies and Switching Files
Restore and Recovery of a Database in NOARCHIVELOG Mode
Incomplete Recovery
Performing Recovery with a Backup Control File
Restoring from Autobackup: Server Parameter File and Control File
Restoring and Recovering the Database on a New Host

8. Monitoring and Tuning RMAN

Monitoring RMAN Jobs
Balance Between Speed of Backup Versus Speed of Recovery
RMAN Multiplexing
Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O
Explaining Performance Impact of MAXPIECESIZE, FILESPERSET, MAXOPENFILES and BACKUP DURATION

9. Diagnosing the Database

Data Recovery Advisor (DRA)
Block Corruption
Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR)
Health Monitor
The ADR Command-Line Tool, ADRCI

10. Using Flashback Technology I

Flashback Technology: Overview and Setup
Using Flashback Technology to Query Data
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Flashback Table
Flashback Transaction Query
Performing Flashback Transaction Backout

11. Using Flashback Technology II

Oracle Total Recall
Flashback Drop and the Recycle Bin

12. Performing Flashback Database

Configuring Flashback Database
Performing Flashback Database Operations
Monitoring Flashback Database

13. Managing Memory

Oracle Memory Structures
Oracle Database Memory Parameters
Using Automatic Memory Management
Automatic Shared Memory Management
Using Memory Advisors
Using Data Dictionary Views

14. Managing Database Performance

Tuning Activities
Using Statistic Preferences
Optimizer Statistics Collection
Monitor the Performance of Sessions and Services
Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
Describing the Benefits of Database Replay

15. Managing Performance by SQL Tuning

SQL Tuning and SQL Advisors
Using SQL Tuning Advisor
SQL Access Advisor
SQL Performance Analyzer Overview

16. Managing Resources

Database Resource Manager: Overview and Concepts
Accessing and Creating Resource Plans
Creating Consumer Group
Specifying Resource Plan Directives, including:
- Limiting CPU Utilization at the Database Level
- Instance Caging
- Activating a Resource Plan
- Monitoring the Resource Manager