This Oracle 10g courseware training guide book will allow the reader to gain the skills necessary for basic day-to-day administration of an Oracle10g database. This course is the starting for Oracle database administrators and also sets the foundation for advanced administrator training and certification.
Audience
The target audience for this course is Oracle database administrators. Additionally, senior database developers will benefit from an understanding of the architecture of the Oracle database with which they interface.
Prerequisites
Mandatory prerequisites for this course are the following Sideris courses:
• ORACLE DATABASE 10G: INTRODUCTION TO SQL – COMPLETE LIBRARY
• ORACLE DATABASE 10G: PROGRAM WITH PL/SQL – PART II
Suggested Next Courses
This course should be considered the first part of the Sideris integrated database administrator curriculum. Therefore, in the not-too-distant future one should proceed to the follow-up course ORACLE DATABASE 10G: ADMINISTRATION II.
Certification
This course along with its prerequisites cover information necessary to complete the certification test EXAM #1Z0-042 ORACLE DATABASE 10G: ADMINISTRATION I.
Objectives
Major tasks to be considered are:
• Software installation and the creation of new databases.
• An in-depth exploration of the database architecture, including memory, process and data structures, and the management of those structures.
• Management of database files.
• Management of security policies and procedures, including administration of user accounts, roles, privileges and profiles.
• Utilization of advanced self-tuning and self-management capabilities, including the use of Oracle-Managed Files, database Advisors and other components of the Management Framework.
• Performance monitoring, problem troubleshooting, and resolving lock and conflict issues.
• Using the Oracle Enterprise Manager and SQL interfaces for administration tasks.
• Control over database support services, including iSQL*Plus, the Database Control, Oracle Net and others.
• A primer on backup and recovery structures and strategies.
• Operating system-specific considerations for Unix, Linux and MS Windows.
Course Outline
INSTALLING ORACLE 10G DATABASE SOFTWARE • IDENTIFY DATABASE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • THE OPTIMAL FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE (OFA) • CONFIGURE THE INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT • INSTALLATION USING THE UNIVERSAL INSTALLER • MORE ABOUT ENTERPRISE MANAGER
EXPLORING THE ORACLE DATABASE ARCHITECTURE • GENERAL DATABASE ARCHITECTURE • DATABASE INSTANCE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE
DATABASE INSTANCE PROCESS ARCHITECTURE • ABOUT THE INSTANCE PROCESS ARCHITECTURE • INSTANCE BACKGROUND PROCESSES • SQL EXECUTION PROCESSES
CREATING AN ORACLE DATABASE • CREATE A DATABASE • CONFIGURE & DROP A DATABASE • MANAGE DBCA TEMPLATES • MANUALLY CREATING A DATABASE
CONTROLLING THE DATABASE ENVIRONMENT • STARTING & STOPPING DATABASE CONTROL • STARTING & STOPPING ISQL*PLUS • STARTING & STOPPING THE DATABASE LISTENER • STARTING & STOPPING THE DATABASE • MORE ABOUT THE DATABASE FILES • HANDLING PARAMETER FILES & PARAMETER SETTINGS
STORAGE STRUCTURES: TABLESPACES • ABOUT TABLESPACES • TABLESPACE MANAGEMENT
STORAGE STRUCTURES: ADVANCED TABLESPACES • MORE ABOUT TEMPORARY TABLESPACES • ABOUT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE GROUPS • MORE ABOUT PERMANENT TABLESPACES • MORE ABOUT BIGFILE TABLESPACES • MORE ABOUT THE SYSAUX TABLESPACE
STORAGE STRUCTURES: DATA FILES & TEMP FILES • MANAGING DATA FILES • MANAGING TEMP FILES • ABOUT ORACLE-MANAGED FILES (OMF)
UNDO MANAGEMENT • ABOUT UNDO SPACE MANAGEMENT • CONFIGURE UNDO MANAGEMENT • GUARANTEE UNDO RETENTION • MONITOR UNDO SPACE • USE THE UNDO ADVISOR
DATABASE SECURITY • DATABASE SYSTEM PRIVILEGES • DATABASE OBJECT PRIVILEGES • AUDIT DATABASE ACTIVITY • REGISTER FOR SECURITY UPDATES
ADMINISTERING USERS • CREATE & MANAGE DATABASE ACCOUNTS • GRANT & REVOKE DATABASE PRIVILEGES • RESOURCE LIMITS VIA PROFILES • PASSWORD MANAGEMENT VIA PROFILES • ABOUT ROLE-BASED SECURITY
MANAGING DATA: LOADING DATA WITH SQL LOADER • ABOUT THE DATABASE UTILITIES • USING THE LOADER • UNDERSTANDING THE LOADER PROCESS • CONTROL FILE OPTIONS • DIRECT PATH LOADS
ORACLE NET SERVICES • WHAT IS ORACLE NET SERVICES? • ORACLE NET MANAGER • LISTENER CONFIGURATION • LISTENER ADMINISTRATION • LSNRCTL COMMANDS • CONFIGURING CLIENT PARAMETERS • ISOLATING THE PROBLEM • ORACLE TRACE ASSISTANT • NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING UTILITIES
ORACLE SHARED SERVERS • SHARED SERVERS ARCHITECTURE • CONFIGURATION OF SHARED SERVER MODE
MONITORING & RESOLVING LOCK CONFLICTS • ABOUT LATCHES & LOCKS • MORE ABOUT LATCHES • MORE ABOUT LOCKS
BACKUP & RECOVERY CONCEPTS • ABOUT DATABASE BACKUP & RECOVERY • ABOUT REDO DATA • REDO LOG FILE MAINTENANCE • MANAGING THE ARCHIVE OPTIONS • MORE ABOUT THE CONTROL FILE
