Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators

What you will learn

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.

Learn 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


Audience
 Data Warehouse Administrator
Database Administrators
Support Engineer
Technical Consultant

Prerequisites
 Strong Oracle Database 10g concepts
Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators Release 2
Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop II Release 2

Course Objectives
 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

Course Topics
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 Column–Based 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: “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

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