Oracle Database 11g New features for Administrators

Prerequisites:

Course Description:

This course gives students the opportunity to learn about-and practice with the new change management features and other key enhancements in Oracle Database 11g Release 1. Students examine the benefits and use of the new features in managing change, diagnosing and recovering from problems, ensuring high availability, improving scalability and performance, strengthening security, and several other areas that concern database administrators. In addition, the hands-on practice sessions help reinforce students understanding of these new capabilities in Oracle Database 11g Release 1.

Course Objectives

On completing the course, you will be able to:

- Implement manageability features to simplify database management
- Utilize database advisors to provide proactive database monitoring
- Increase data availability by using improved ASM, RMAN, and Flashback features
- Use change management features to master database changes - Use the SQL Performance Analyzer
- Upgrade your database to 11g Release 1
- Record and replay workloads
- Use the automatic database diagnostic monitor
- Explore advanced RMAN capabilities
- Manage a flashback data archive
- Use the data recovery advisor
- Setup and use ASM

Who Should Attend

- Database Administrators
- Support Engineers
- Data Warehouse Administrators
- Technical Consultants

This course includes the following modules:

Installation and Upgrade Enhancements

• Oracle Database 11g Installation: Changes
• Oracle Database 11g: Software Installation
• Oracle Database Upgrade Enhancements
• Upgrade Performance Enhancement
• Upgrade Process
• Oracle Database 11g Release 1: Upgrade Paths
• Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA)
• Hot Patching: Overview

Storage Enhancements

• ASM Fast Mirror Resync: Overview
• ASM Preferred Mirror Read: Overview
• ASM Scalability and Performance Enhancements
• ASM Scalability in Oracle Database 11g
• ASM Disk Group Compatibility
• ASMCMD Extensions

Change Management Unit Overview

• Change Management in Oracle Database 11g
• Challenges Faced by DBAs When Performing Changes
• Lifecycle of Change Management
• Setting Up a Test Environment by Using the Snapshot Standby Database
• SQL Performance Analyzer: Overview
• Capturing the SQL Workload
• SQL Performance Analyzer: Data Dictionary Views

SQL Plan Management

• SQL Plan Management: Overview
• SQL Plan Baseline: Architecture
• Evolving SQL Plan Baselines
• SQL Plan Selection
• Possible SQL Plan Manageability Scenarios
• SQL Performance Analyzer and SQL Plan Baseline Scenario
• Loading a SQL Plan Baseline Automatically
• Purging SQL Management Base Policy

Database Replay

• System Architecture: Capture
• System Architecture: Processing the Workload
• System Architecture: Replay
• Pre-Change Production System
• Supported Workloads
• Database Replay Workflow in Enterprise Manager
• Using the Capture Wizard
• Packages and Procedures

Automatic SQL Tuning

• Automatic SQL Tuning in Oracle Database 11g
• Selecting Potential SQL Statements for Tuning
• Maintenance Window Timeline
• Automatic Tuning Process
• DBA Controls
• Automatic SQL Tuning Task
• Automatic SQL Tuning: Fine Tune
• Automatic SQL Tuning Considerations

Intelligent Infrastructure Enhancements

• Automatic Workload Repository Baselines
• Performance Monitoring and Baselines
• Automated Maintenance Tasks
• Resource Manager: New EM Interface

Performance Enhancements

• ADDM Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g
• Oracle Database 11g: Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor for RAC
• New ADDM Views
• Automatic Memory Management: Overview
• Oracle Database 11g Memory Parameters
• Automatic Memory Parameter Dependency
• Monitoring Automatic Memory Management

Partitioning and Storage-Related Enhancements

• Oracle Partitioning
• Partitioning Enhancements
• Interval Partitioning
• System Partitioning
• Virtual ColumnBased Partitioning
• Reference Partitioning
• Table Compression: Overview
• SQL Access Advisor: Overview

Using RMAN Enhancements

• RMAN: New Features
• Optimized Backups
• Parallel Backup and Restore for Very Large Files
• Using RMAN Multisection Backups
• Duplicating a Database
• Managing Recovery Catalogs
• Creating and Using Virtual Private Catalogs
• Using RMAN Virtual Private Catalogs

Using Flashback and LogMiner

• New and Enhanced Features for Flashback and LogMiner
• Flashback Data Archive Overview: ?¢‚Äöá®?¨Oracle Total Recall
• Flashback Data Archive: Architecture
• Flashback Data Archive: Workflow
• Guidelines and Usage Tips
• Flashback Transaction Backout
• Flashback Transaction Wizard
• Using LogMiner

Diagnosability Enhancements

• Oracle Database 11g R1 Fault Management
• Ease Diagnosis: Automatic Diagnostic Workflow
• Automatic Diagnostic Repository
• Location for Diagnostic Traces
• Incident Packaging Service (IPS)
• EM Support Workbench: Overview
• Health Monitor: Overview
• Data Recovery Advisor

Using the Data Recovery Advisor

• Repairing Data Failures
• Data Recovery Advisor
• Data Recovery Advisor RMAN Command-Line Interface
• Best Practice: Proactive Checks
• Setting Parameters to Detect Corruption

Security: New Features

• Secure Password Support
• Automatic Secure Configuration
• Managing Default Audits
• Setting Database Administrator Authentication
• Transparent Data Encryption
• Hardware Security Module
• Using RMAN Security Enhancements

Oracle SecureFiles

• Managing Enterprise Information
• Problems with Existing LOB Implementation
• Oracle SecureFiles
• Shared I/O Pool
• Altering SecureFiles
• Accessing SecureFiles Metadata
• Migrating to SecureFiles
• SecureFiles Monitoring

Miscellaneous New Features

• Foreground Statistics
• Online Redefinition Enhancements
• Minimizing Dependent Recompilations
• Locking Enhancements
• Invisible Index: Overview
• SQL Query Result Cache: Overview
• Adaptive Cursor Sharing: Overview
• Temporary Tablespace Shrink