Oracle Advanced Database Administration for Experts

Mastering High Availability, Performance Tuning, and Advanced Recovery Techniques

Created by: Arun Kumar
Oracle Certified Expert and Entrepreneur living in India

What Will I Learn?

• Understand and manage physical and logical storage structures in Oracle, including data blocks, extents, segments, and tablespaces
• Learn about Oracle database instances, their startup and shutdown processes, and instance recovery techniques
• Gain knowledge on partitioning strategies for tables and indexes to improve database performance and manageability
• Explore advanced topics such as manual database creation, tablespace administration, and best practices for database storage and utilization
• Get introduced to Oracle networking components like the Oracle Listener and learn to troubleshoot networking issues effectively
• Master the use of RMAN for database backup and recovery, including full and incremental backups, recovery catalogs, and RMAN scripting
• Understand high availability concepts, Data Guard components, and how to configure and manage physical standby databases for disaster recovery
• Utilize Oracle Flashback technology for data recovery, including flashback queries, flashback table, and flashback database
• Gain practical knowledge on upgrading Oracle databases from version 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.4 and from 11.2.0.4 to 12.1.0.1, including upgrade preparation

Requirements

• Familiarity with database concepts, terminology, and basic operations
• Experience with Oracle Database, including installation, configuration, and basic administration tasks
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries, and understanding of SQL syntax and functions
• Basic Unix/Linux Commands
• Familiarity with Oracle Tools

Target audience

• Database administrators who are already familiar with basic Oracle DBA tasks and want to advance their skills
• IT professionals who manage database infrastructure and want to gain deeper knowledge in Oracle 11g database administration
• System administrators who work with Oracle databases and need to understand advanced DBA tasks
• Developers who work closely with Oracle databases and want to understand advanced database management
• IT managers who oversee database administration teams and want to understand advanced Oracle DBA concepts