11g R2: 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. This course counts toward the Hands-on course requirement for the following certifications
Oracle Database 9i Administrator Certification
Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certification
Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certification

Only instructor-led inclass or instructor-led online formats of this course will meet the Certification Hands-on Requirement. Self Study CD-Rom and Knowledge Center courses DO NOT meet the Hands-on Requirement.

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

Sales Consultants

Support Engineer

Technical Consultant

Prerequisites: 10g: New Features for Admin; 10g: Administration Workshop I; 10g: Administration Workshop II

Next Course: 11g Performance Tuning

Relevant Certification: Oracle Certified Professional 11g

Course Objectives:

• Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure

• Install Oracle Database 11g Release 2

• Use Oracle Restart to manage components

• Use Automatic Storage Management (ASM) enhancements

• Implement table compression and hybrid columnar compression

• Implement data warehousing and partitioning enhancements

• Use the SQL Performance Analyzer

• Use SQL Plan Management and load SQL plan baselines

• Use Database Replay to record and replay workloads

• Set and manage Automatic SQL Tuning

• Use Resource Manager enhancements

• Use Enterprise Manager to monitor SQL commands

• Use the new and enhanced RMAN features

• Use Total Recall to create, protect, and use history data

• Use Data Pump in legacy mode

• Use Data Recovery Advisor

   

   

Course Topics: Oracle Grid Infrastructure
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
Creating an ASM Disk Group
ASM Cluster File System
ASM Dynamic Volume Manager
ASM File System Snapshot

Installation and Upgrade Enhancements
Installing Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Oracle Database Upgrade Enhancements
Online Patching
Upgrading Your Time Zone File and Timestamp with Time Zone Data

Oracle Restart
Controlling Oracle Restart
Using the srvctl Utility
Manually Adding Components to the Oracle Restart Configuration

ASM Enhancements
Seting up ASM fast mirror resync
Using ASM Scalability and Performance Enhancements
ASM Disk Group Compatibility
Using ASMCMD Extensions
ASM File Access Control
ASM Optimal Disk Placement

Storage Enhancements
Using 4 KB-Sector Disks
Using Table Compression
Hybrid Columnar Compression
SQL Access Advisor
Segment Creation on Demand

Data Warehouse and Partitioning Enhancements
Preprocessing Data for ORACLE_LOADER Access Driver in External Tables
Degree of Parallelism Enhancements
In-Memory Parallel Query
Partitioning Enhancements
System-Managed Indexes for List Partitioning

Oracle SecureFiles
Enabling SecureFiles Storage
Creating SecureFiles
Using SecureFile Compression
Accessing SecureFiles Metadata
Migrating to SecureFiles

Security and Networking Enhancements
Secure Password Support
Automatic Secure Configuration
Managing Default Audits
Setting Database Administrator Authentication
Transparent Data Encryption
Hardware Security Module
Tablespace Master Key Re-Key
Supporting IPv6 Address Notification

SQL Performance Analyzer
SQL Performance Analyzer: Overview
Using SQL Performance Analyzer
Using Enterprise Manager to Access SQL Performance Analyzer
SQL Performance Analyzer: PL/SQL Example
SQL Performance Analyzer: Data Dictionary Views

SQL Plan Management
SQL Plan Management: Overview
Loading SQL Plan Baselines
Using the MIGRATE_STORED_OUTLINE Functions
Viewing Important Baseline SQL Plan Attributes
Loading a SQL Plan Baseline Automatically
Purging SQL Management Base Policy

Database Replay
Using Database Replay
Database Replay System Architecture
Supported Workloads
Database Replay Workflow in Enterprise Manager
Database Replay PL/SQL Procedures
Database Replay Data Dictionary Views

Automatic SQL Tuning
Automatic SQL Tuning in Oracle Database 11g
Selecting Potential SQL Statements for Tuning
Controlling the Automatic SQL Tuning Task
Configuring Automatic SQL Tuning
Using the PL/SQL Interface to Generate Reports

Intelligent Infrastructure Enhancements
Using New Automatic Workload Repository Views
Creating AWR Baselines
Defining Alert Thresholds Using Static Baseline
Controlling Automatic Maintenance Tasks
Fixed Policy CPU Resource Management
Scheduler Enhancements

Diagnosability Enhancements
Setting Up Automatic Diagnostic Repository
ADRCI: The ADR Command-Line Tool
Incident Packaging Service (IPS)
Using the Enterprise Manager Support Workbench
Invoking IPS Using ADRCI
Running Health Checks Manually
Using the SQL Repair Advisor

SQL Monitoring
SQL Monitoring in Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Viewing Session Details
Viewing the SQL Monitoring Report

Performance Enhancements
Using the DBMS_ADDM Package
New and Modified Views
Enabling Automatic Memory Management
Using New Statistic Preferences Features
Locking Enhancements
Adaptive Cursor Sharing
Using Table Annotation to Control Result Caching

Application Maintenance and Upgrade Enhancements
Online Redefinition Enhancements
Creating and Using Invisible Indexes

Backup and Recovery Enhancements
Using New SET NEWNAME Clauses
Optimized Backups
Using New Settings for Binary Compression
Enhancements to Database Duplication
Creating Archival Backups
TSPITR Enhancements and Modifications
Creating and Using Virtual Private Catalogs
Introduction to Oracle Secure Backup Cloud Module

Flashback Technology, LogMiner, and Data Pump
Oracle Total Recall
Flashback Transaction Backout
Enterprise Manager LogMiner Interface
Data Pump Legacy Mode

Data Recovery Advisor
Assessing Data Failures
Data Recovery Advisor RMAN Command-Line Interface
Data Recovery Advisor Views
Setting Parameters to Detect Corruption