Oracle OCP Certification Course Content

Exam #1Z0-042 Oracle Database 10g: Administration I

Introduction to Oracle 10g Database Architecture
Describe course objectives
Explore the Oracle 10g database architecture

Installing the Oracle Database 10g Software
Explain core DBA tasks and tools
Plan an Oracle installation
Use optimal flexible architecture
Install software with the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)

Creating an Oracle 10g Database
Create a database with the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
Create a database design template with the DBCA
Generate database creation scripts with the DBCA

Managing the Oracle Instance
Start and stop the Oracle database and components
Use Enterprise Manager (EM)
Access a database with SQL*Plus and iSQL*Plus
Modify database initialization parameters
Understand the stages of database startup
View the Alert log
Use the Data Dictionary

Managing Database Storage Structures
Describe table data storage (in blocks)
Define the purpose of tablespaces and data files
Understand and utilize Oracle Managed Files (OMF)
Create and manage tablespaces
Obtain tablespace information
Describe the main concepts and functionality of Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Administering User Security
Create and manage database user accounts
Authenticate users
Assign default storage areas (tablespaces)
Grant and revoke privileges
Create and manage roles
Create and manage profiles
Implement standard password security features
Control resource usage by users

Managing Schema Objects in Oracle 10g Database
Define schema objects and data types
Create and modify tables
Define constraints
View the columns and contents of a table
Create indexes, views and sequences
Explain the use of temporary tables
Use the Data Dictionary

Managing Data and Concurrency Using PL/SQL
Manage data through SQL
Identify and administer PL/SQL Objects
Describe triggers and triggering events
Monitor and resolve locking conflicts

Managing Undo Data
Explain DML and undo data generation
Monitor and administer undo
Describe the difference between undo and redo data
Configure undo retention
Guarantee undo retention
Use the undo advisor

Implementing Oracle Database Security
Describe DBA responsibilities for security
Apply the principal of least privilege
Enable standard database auditing
Specify audit options
Review audit information
Maintain the audit trail

Configuring the Oracle Network Environment
Use Enterprise Manager for configuring the Oracle network environment
Create additional listeners
Create Net Service aliases
Configure connect-time failover
Control the Oracle Net Listener
Test Oracle Net connectivity
Identify when to use shared versus dedicated servers

Proactive Maintenance
Use statistics
Manage the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
Use the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
Describe advisory framework
Set alert thresholds
Use server-generated alerts
Use automated tasks

Performance Management
Use Enterprise Manager pages to monitor performance
Use the SQL Tuning Advisor
Use the SQL Access Advisor
Use Automatic Shared Memory Management
Use the Memory Advisor to size memory buffers
Use performance related dynamic views
Troubleshoot invalid or unusable objects

Oracle 10g Database Backup and Recovery Concepts
Identify the types of failure that may occur in an Oracle Database
Describe ways to tune instance recovery
Identify the importance of checkpoints, redo log files, and archived log files
Configure ARCHIVELOG mode

Performing Database Backups
Create consistent database backups
Back your database up without shutting it down
Create incremental backups
Automate database backups
Monitor the flash recovery area

Performing Database Recovery
Recover from loss of a control file
Recover from loss of a redo log file
Perform complete recovery following the loss of a data file

Performing Flashback
Describe Flashback database
Restore the table content to a specific point in the past with Flashback Table
Recover from a dropped table
View the contents of the database as of any single point in time with Flashback Query
See versions of a row over time with Flashback Versions Query
View the transaction history of a row with Flashback Transaction Query

Moving Data
Describe available ways for moving data
Create and use directory objects
Use SQL*Loader to load data from a non-Oracle database (or user files)
Explain the general architecture of Data Pump
Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases
Use external tables to move data via platform-independent files

Exam #1Z0-043 Oracle Database 10g: Administration II

Introduction to Oracle Grid Computing
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Product Controls
Database Architecture Review

Configuring Recovery Manager in Oracle 10g Database
Recovery Manager Features and Components
Using a Flash Recovery Area with RMAN
Configuring RMAN
Control File Autobackups
Retention Policies and Channel Allocation
Using Recovery Manager to connect to a target database in default NOCATALOG mode
Displaying the current RMAN configuration settings
Altering the backup retention policy for a database

Using Recovery Manager(RMAN)
RMAN Command Overview
Parallelization of Backup Sets
Compressed Backups
Image Copy
Whole Database and Incremental Backups
LIST and REPORT commands
Enable ARCHIVELOG mode for the database
Use Recovery Manager

Oracle 10g Secure Backup
Installation and Configuration
Implement the Oracle suggested strategy
RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup
Database and File-system files backup/restore to tape
Using obtool and web interface to configure Oracle Secure Backup devices (CLI/GUI)
Configuring EM for Oracle Secure Backup and test backup to tape (EM)
Using RMAN to backup your database to tape (CLI)
Using the OB Web tool to backup file system files

Recovering from Non-critical Losses
Recovery of Non-Critical Files
Creating New Temporary Tablespace
Recreating Redo Log Files, Index Tablespaces, and Indexes
Read-Only Tablespace Recovery
Authentication Methods for Database Administrators
Loss of Password Authentication File
Creating a new temporary tablespace
Altering the default temporary tablespace for a database

Incomplete Recovery
Recovery Steps
Server and User Managed Recovery commands
Recovering a Control File Autobackup
Creating a New Control File
Incomplete Recovery Overview
Incomplete Recovery Best Practices
Simplified Recovery Through RESETLOGS
Point-in-time recovery using RMAN

Flashback
Flashback Database Architecture
Configuring and Monitoring Flashback Database
Backing Up the Flash Recovery Area
Using V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE
Flashback Database Considerations
Using the Flashback Database RMAN interface
Using Flashback Database EM Interface
Managing and monitoring Flashback Database operations

Dealing with Database Corruption
Block Corruption Symptoms: ORA-1578
DBVERIFY Utility and the ANALYZE command
Initialization parameter DB_BLOCK_CHECKING
Segment Metadata Dump and Verification
Using Flashback for Logical Corruption and using DBMS_REPAIR
Block Media Recovery
RMAN BMR Interface
Dumping and Verifying Segment Metadata

Monitoring and Managing Memory in Oracle 10g Database
Oracle Memory Structures
Automatic Shared Memory Management
SGA Tuning Principles
Database Control and Automatic Shared Memory Management
Behavior of Auto-Tuned and Manual SGA Parameters
Resizing SGA_TARGET
PGA Management Resources
Using the Memory Advisor

Automatic Performance Management
Identifying Tunable Components
Oracle Wait Events and System Statistics
Troubleshooting and Tuning Views
Direct Attach to SGA for Statistic Collection
Workload Repository
Advisory Framework
ADDM Scenarios and Usage Tips
Using the SQL Tuning and SQL Access Advisor

Monitoring and Managing Storage I
Database Storage Structures
Space Management Overview
Oracle-Managed Files (OMF)
Row Chaining and Migrating
Proactive Tablespace Monitoring
Managing Resumable Space Allocation
SYSAUX Tablespace
Monitoring table and index space usage

Monitoring and Managing Storage II
Automatic Undo Management
Redo Log Files
Table Types
Partitioned Tables
Index-Organized Tables (IOT)
Managing index space with SQL
Configure optimal redo log file size
View “Automatic Tuning of Undo Retention”

Automatic Storage Management
ASM General Architecture and Functionalities
Dynamic Performance View Additions
Managing an ASM Instance
ASM Disk Groups
Using asmcmd Command Line
Migrating Your Database to ASM Storage
Creating an ASM instance in a separate Oracle Home
Migrating a tablespace to use ASM storage

VLDB Support
Creating Bigfile Tablespaces
Packages and data dictionary changes to support VLDB
Creating and maintaining temporary tablespace groups (TTG)
Partitioning and Partitioned Indexes
Skipping unusable indexes
Creating and using hash-partitioned global indexes
DML Error Logging
Interpreting Bigfile ROWIDs

Managing Resources
Database Resource Manager Concepts and Configuration
Creating a New Resource Plan
Active Session Pool Mechanism
Maximum Estimated Execution Time
Creating a Complex Plan
Administering and Monitoring Resource Manager
Resource Plan Directives
Creating Resource Consumer Groups

Automating Tasks with the Scheduler
Scheduler Concepts
Creating a Job Class and a Window
Managing Jobs, Programs, Chains, Events, Schedules, priority
Viewing and Purging Job Logs
Creating a program and a schedule
Creating a job that uses a program and a schedule
Altering the program and schedule for the job and observing the behavior change of the job
Monitoring job runs

Database Security
Virtual Private Database: Overview
Creating a Column-Level Policy
Writing a Policy Function
Policy Types
Column level VPD with column masking
Transparent Data Encryption
Setting the listener password
Implement VPD

Data Movement
External Tables Concepts
Creating a Directory object and External Table
Data Pump
Transport Database
RMAN CONVERT DATABASE Command
Transport Tablespace
Create a Directory Object
Create a Temporary Table

Using Globalization Support
Globalization Support Features
Encoding Schemes
Database Character Sets and National Character Sets
Specifying Language-Dependent Behavior
Locale Variants
Using Linguistic Comparison and Sorting
Data Conversion Between Client and Server Character Sets
Determining the Default NLS Settings