Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop II Release 2

Backing Up and Recovering The Oracle Database

Know how to Backup and Recover an Oracle Database
Learn to use the RMAN (Recovery Manager)
Understand the FLASHBACK technique
Manage Database Memory and other Databases Resources

The skills the delegates learn by obtaining the Oracle Database 11g Certification helps them in various ways. They help decrease the company’s IT costs, deliver a higher level of service and develop their database skills. The course helps them to by offering a fast, reliable, secure and easy-to-manage tool for all database workloads. This course focuses on Backup and Recovery of the Oracle Database using various tools and techniques that are provided by Oracle.

Who should take this course

Database Administrators
Support Engineer
Technical Consultant
Technical Administrator

Prerequisites

The candidates need to be familiar with Oracle SQL or equivalent and PL/SQL packages. Also, the candidate should hold a certification in Oracle Database 11g Administration Workshop I Release 2.

What Will You Learn

After completing the course, the delegates will be in a position to do the following:

Backup and Recover A Database Using RMAN (Command Line Interface and Enterprise Manager)
Use Flashback to the View Past States of Data and Revert the Database Or Objects To That State
Use An Adaptable Memory Configuration For The Database
Isolate Sessions With Heavy Traffic and Poorly Performing SQL Statements
Configure The Oracle Database For Optimal Recovery
Set Up The Database Instance To Allocate Resources Appropriately Among Sessions and Tasks
Schedule Jobs
Optimise Database Storage
Diagnose and repair data failures with Flashback technology
Manage space to optimise database storage so you can respond to growing space requirements
Monitor and control major database components, including memory, performance and resources
Secure the availability of your database through proper backup and recovery strategies
Automate DBA Tasks with the Scheduler

Key Learning Points

Courseware

Tutor Support

Course Overview

This training takes the database administrator beyond the what was covered in Workshop I Release 2. The delegates start this course by performing backup and recovery – an essential job of an administrator. Thereafter the delegates move on to learning new ways of performing back-ups such as Flashback and RMAN.

Course Content

1. Database Architecture and ASM

Describe Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Set up initialization parameter files for ASM and database instances
Start up and shut down ASM instances
Administer ASM disk groups

2. Configuring for Recoverability

Set multiple archive log file destinations to increase availability
Define, apply and use a retention policy
Set Up Flash Recovery Area
Use Flash Recovery Area

3. Using the RMAN Recovery Catalog

Identify situations that require RMAN recovery catalogue
Create and configure a recovery catalogue
Synchronise the recovery catalogue
Set up and use RMAN stored scripts
Back up the recovery catalogue
Set up and use a virtual private catalogue

4. Configuring Backup Specifications

Configure backup settings
Allocate channels to use in backing up
Set backup optimisation

5. RMAN Backups

Create image file backups
Create a whole database backup
Enable fast incremental backup
Create duplex backup and back up backup sets
Create an archival backup for long-term retention
Create a multisection, compressed and encrypted backup
Report on and maintain backups

6. Performing User-Managed Backup and Recovery

Recover from a lost TEMP file
Recover from a lost redo log group
Recover from the loss of password file
Perform user-managed complete database recovery
Perform user-managed incomplete database recovery
Implement user-managed and server managed backups
Identify the need for backup mode
Backing Up A Control File
Recovering Control Files

7. Recovery with RMAN

Perform complete recovery using RMAN
Perform incomplete recovery using RMAN
Use incrementally updated backups
Switch to image copies for fast recovery
Restore a database onto a new host
Use a backup control file for recovery
Perform Disaster recovery

8. Using RMAN to Duplicate a Database

Creating a duplicate database
Using a duplicate database

9. Performing Tablespace Point-in-Time Recovery

Identify the situations that require TSPITR
Perform automated TSPITR

10. Monitoring and Tuning RMAN

Monitoring RMAN sessions and jobs
Tuning RMAN
Configure RMAN for Asynchronous I/O

11. Using Flashback Technology

Restore dropped tables from the recycle bin
Perform Flashback Query
Use Flashback Transaction

12. Additional Flashback Operations

How to Perform Flashback Table operations
Learning to Configure and Observe Flashback Database
The Next Step - Perform Flashback Database operations
Set up and use a Flashback Data Archive

13. Diagnosing the Database

Set up Automatic Diagnostic Repository
Using Support Workbench
Perform Block Media Recovery

14. Managing Memory

Implement Automatic Memory Management
Manually configure SGA parameters
Set automatic PGA memory management

15. Managing Database Performance

Using the SQL Tuning Advisor
Use the SQL Access Advisor to tune a workload
Understand Database Replay

16. Space Management

Achieve resumable space allocation
Describe the concepts of transportable tablespaces and databases
Reclaim wasted space from tables and indexes by using the segment shrink functionality

17. Managing Resources

Understand the database resource manager
Create and use Database Resource Manager Components

18. Automating Tasks with the Scheduler

Create jobs, programs, and schedules
Make use of time-based or event-based plans for executing Scheduler jobs
Create lightweight jobs
Use task chains to perform a series of related tasks

19. Administering the Scheduler

Create Windows and Job Classes
Use advanced Scheduler concepts to prioritise jobs

Oracle Database 11g Administration Workshop 2 Release 2

The Oracle Database Administration Workshop II Release 2 ensures fast, reliable, secure and easy solutions to manage performance. It helps to optimise database workloads, lower IT costs and deliver a higher quality of service by enabling smooth and rapid consolidation within your Datacenter. This course counts towards the Hands-on course requirement for the Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certification.

About Watford

Watford is a town located in Hertfordshire, England, located 17 miles to the northwest of central London .

The town developed on the River Colne on land that belonged until the 16th century to St Albans Abbey . During the 12th century a charter was granted allowing a market and building St Mary's Church began. The town grew modestly. It was assisted by travellers passing through to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A big house was built at Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in the 17th century and another substantial house was built nearby at The Grove. Connections with the Grand Junction Canal and the London and Birmingham Railway allowed the town to grow more rapidly. The paper-making mills, such as John Dickinson and Co. at Croxley, influencing the development of printing in the town which continues today. Two brewers Benskins and Sedgwicks flourished in the suburb until their closure in the late 20th century. Both the 2006 World Golf Championship and the 2013 Bilderberg Conference took place at The Grove.

Watford is first cited in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 1007 as one of the places marking the boundary of "Oxanhaege".

The Industrial revolution

For many centuries, Watford relied on agriculture. The Industrial Revolution brought the Grand Junction in 1798 and the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. The land-owning interests permitted the canal to follow closely by the river Gade. Although the road and canal follow the easier valley route, the railway company was forced to build an expensive tunnel.

Parks

There are 43 public parks, gardens, recreation grounds and allotments in Watford. Of these, eight have been awarded a Green Flag, in recognition of their quality.

· Cassiobury Park

· Cheslyn House and Gardens

· Woodside Park

Theatres

· Watford Colosseum

· Watford Palace Theatre

· The Pump House

Sports

Watford is home to professional football team Watford F.C., who reached the 1984 FA Cup Final. They won the Nationwide Division Two championship in 1998. In the following season (1998–99) they reached the Premier League. The club was relegated the next season. After five years of uncertainty, Watford won the Football League Championship Play-Off Final. This helped them achieve promotion to the Premier League in 2006, this time beating Leeds United A.F.C. by three goals to nil. The club was relegated to the Football League Championship after a single season (2006–2007) in the Premier League. They were promoted to the Premier League in 2015, after finishing 2nd in the Championship. Singer-songwriter Sir Elton John is a keen, long-term supporter of Watford F.C. and a former club chairman. He still maintains his links with Watford as Honorary Life President. Between 1997 and 2013 the club shared its ground, Vicarage Road, with Saracens Rugby Football Club.

Watford has a Non-League football team Sun Sports F.C. who play at The Sun Postal Sports & Social Club. Watford were home to the Watford Cheetahs American Football team. The team played their home games at Fullerians R.F.C. between 2008 and 2012. Glen Rovers, are another team who play both Hurling and Gaelic Football in Watford. The town also has a cricket team, Watford Town, and several Sunday League football clubs.