Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop I (Release 2)

5 day Instructor-Led Course (40 hours)
 

What you will learn
This course is your first step towards success as an Oracle professional, designed to give you a firm foundation in basic database administration. In this class, you'll learn how to install and maintain an Oracle database. You will gain a conceptual understanding of the Oracle database architecture and how its components work and interact with one another. You will also learn how to create an operational database and properly manage the various structures in an effective and efficient manner including performance monitoring, database security, user management, and backup/recovery techniques. The lesson topics are reinforced with structured hands-on practices. This course is designed to prepare you for the corresponding Oracle Certified Associate exam, which is one of the two exams required for the OCP DBA 10g certification.
 

Learn To:
Install the Database
Back up and Recover Data
Administer Users
Transport Data between Databases
Manage Data
Configure the Network

Audience
Database Administrator, Database Designers, Project Manager, Support Engineer, Technical Consultant
 

Prerequisites
Working knowledge of SQL
 

Course Objectives
Install Oracle Database 10g and configure a database
Manage the Oracle instance
Manage the Database storage structures
Create and administer user accounts
Perform backup and recovery of a database
Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain a database
Configure Oracle Net services
Move data between databases and files
 

Course Outline:

Managing Database Storage Structures
Describe table data storage (in blocks)
Define the purpose of tablespaces and data files
Understand and utilize Oracle Managed Files (OMF)
Create and manage tablespaces
Obtain tablespace information
Describe the main concepts and functionality of Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
 

Administering User Security
Create and manage database user accounts
Authenticate users
Assign default storage areas (tablespaces)
Grant and revoke privileges
Create and manage roles
Create and manage profiles
Implement standard password security features
Control resource usage by users

Managing Schema Objects
Define schema objects and data types
Create and modify tables
Define constraints
View the columns and contents of a table
Create indexes, views and sequences
Explain the use of temporary tables
Use the Data Dictionary

Performance Management
Use Enterprise Manager pages to monitor performance
Use the SQL Tuning Advisor
Use the SQL Access Advisor
Use Automatic Shared Memory Management
Use the Memory Advisor to size memory buffers
Use performance related dynamic views
Troubleshoot invalid or unusable objects
 

Backup and Recovery Concepts
Identify the types of failure that may occur in an Oracle Database
Describe ways to tune instance recovery
Identify the importance of checkpoints, redo log files, and archived log files
Configure ARCHIVELOG mode

Performing Database Backups
Create consistent database backups
Back your database up without shutting it down
Create incremental backups
Automate database backups
Monitor the flash recovery area

Performing Database Recovery
Recover from loss of a control file
Recover from loss of a redo log file
Perform complete recovery following the loss of a data file

 

Performing Flashback
Describe Flashback database
Restore the table content to a specific point in the past with Flashback Table
Recover from a dropped table
View the contents of the database as of any single point in time with Flashback Query
See versions of a row over time with Flashback Versions Query
View the transaction history of a row with Flashback Transaction Query

Moving Data
Describe available ways for moving data
Create and use directory objects
Use SQL*Loader to load data from a non-Oracle database (or user files)
Explain the general architecture of Data Pump
Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases
Use external tables to move data via platform-independent files