Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators

Prerequisites:

A working knowledge of Oracle Database Administration is required. This course is run in a Linux environment and a working knowledge of the UNIX operating system is therefore highly recommended.

Course Description:

This Oracle 10g RAC Configuration & Administration course provides an introduction to the general features and capabilities of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).Delegates will learn how to install, create, configure and administer a database for use with RAC.Delegates will learn how to setup and use Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Clusterware in a RAC environment.

The delegate will practise:

• Installing and configuring an Oracle 10g RAC Database
• Administering and Monitoring a RAC database using Enterprise Manager and command line tools
• Using configuration and management tools for RAC databases
• Administering ASM using command line and GUI clients
• Setting up services for workload management and application high availability
• Backing up, restoring and recovering a RAC database
• Creating duplicate and standby databases in a RAC Environment
• Monitoring and tuning the performance of a RAC database

This course includes the following modules:

Oracle Real Application Clusters Overview

• Oracle RAC Features
• Oracle RAC Technology Hierarchy
• Oracle RAC Capabilities
• Oracle RAC Components
• Tools for Installing, Configuring and Managing Oracle RAC

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Overview

• Cluster Overview
• Oracle Clusterware Components and RAC
• Oracle Clusterware Software and Storage
• Oracle Storage Subsystems
• File Types used by a RAC Database
• Methods used to Share Database Files across a Cluster
• ASM Architecture
• Create and Manage ASM Disk Groups
• An Overview of RAC Services
• Network Configuration

RAC Pre-Installation Tasks

• Oracle RAC Pre-installation Tasks
• Create Oracle Groups, User Accounts and Directories
• Validate and Prepare the Hardware and the Operating System
• Network Configuration

Install Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Cluster Verification Utility
• Install Oracle Database Software and Create a Cluster Database
• Verify the Installation
• Post Installation Tasks
• Configure Client Connections with Oracle Net Manager
• RAC Specific Background Processes

RAC Cluster Database and Database Instance Administration

• RAC Initialization Parameters
• Manage Undo Tablespaces in a RAC Environment
• Manage Redo Log Files and Groups in a RAC Environment
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cluster Database Pages
• Start and Stop Oracle RAC Databases and Instances
• Administer Database Storage
• Transparent Data Encryption and Wallets in RAC

Administer Oracle Clusterware Components

• Manage CRS Commands
• CRSCTL Commands to Stop, Start and Administer Clusterware
• Backup and Recover Voting Disks
• Add and Remove Voting Disks
• The ocrcheck Utility
• The ocrdump Command
• Administer the Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR)
• Backup and Restore OCR
• Troubleshoot the OCR with ocrcheck

ASM Instance Administration

• ASM Initialization Parameters
• Create an ASM Instance using ASMCA
• Start and Stop an ASM Instance using srvctl
• Start and Stop an ASM Instance using ASMCMD
• Start and Stop an ASM Instance Containing Cluster Files
• Start and Stop the ASM Listener

ASM Disk Group Administration

• Create and Delete ASM Disk Groups
• ASM Disk Group Attributes
• ASM Disk Group Maintenance Tasks
• Preferred Read Failure Groups
• ASM Disk Statistics

RAC Management Commands

• RAC Management Commands
• RAC Administration with SVRCTL
• SVRCTL Cluster Database Configuration Tasks
• SVRCTL Cluster Database Administration Tasks
• Check the Current Configuration
• SVRCTL Command Summary
• Administer Databases and Instances
• Administer Services and Node Applications
• Bring a Cluster Database online and offline
• Introduction to CRS
• Cluster Services

Managing the Database Workload Using Services

• Manage the Database Workload using Services
• Create and Administer Services in a RAC Environment
• Services and Client Applications
• Manage Services with Enterprise Manager and from the Command Line
• Configure Oracle Net to Support Services
• Configure Service Level Thresholds
• Configure Clients for Failover

High Availability of Connections

• RAC High Availability Framework
• Failure Detection with Cluster Services
• Oracle RAC and Hardware Failover
• Connection Failover
• Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
• Server, Client And Runtime Load Balancing
• Fast Application Notification (FAN)
• Server and Client Side Oracle Notification Services

Backup and Recover a RAC Database

• Configure a Fast Recovery Area for use with RAC
• Tune Instance Recovery in RAC
• Parallel Recovery in RAC
• Initiate Archiving
• Configure RMAN Backup and Recovery Settings
• Backup a RAC Database using RMAN
• Restore and Recover a RAC Database using RMAN
• Display Backup Reports

Create Duplicate and Standby Databases with RAC

• Duplicate a RAC Database with RMAN
• Standby Database in a RAC Configuration
• Configure Data Guard for a RAC Environment
• Possible Combinations of Instances in the RAC Primary and Standby Databases
• Multi Instance Primary with a Single Instance Standby
• Set up a Primary in a RAC Environment
• Set up a Single Instance Standby Database
• Set up a Multiple Instance Primary and Cluster Standby
• Configure RAC Primary and Standby Databases
• Data Protection Modes
• Role Transition Switchovers and Failovers
• Switchover Failover in an Oracle RAC Configuration

RAC Performance Tuning

• Monitoring and Performance Guidelines
• RAC Monitoring Tools
• RAC Performance Recommendations
• Analyze Performance Issues using OS Watcher and LTOM
• Use the Automatic Workload Repository in RAC
• Use the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor in RAC
• Use Statspack with RAC
• Global Cache Services (GCS) Monitoring
• V$cache_transfer Views
• Monitor the GES Processes
• Monitor and Tune the RAC Cluster Environment using Enterprise Manager

Add and Delete Nodes and Clusters

• Prepare a New Node
• Add the New Node to the Cluster
• Create an Instance on the New Node
• Delete an Instance from the Cluster Database
• Remove a Node from the Cluster

Manage Oracle Software and Apply Patches

• Configure the EM Patch Interface
• Obtain Patches
• Apply Rolling Patches to a RAC System
• Apply a Patchset with the opatch Utility