Oracle OCM Online for Intermediate trainees by SPECK Institute of Learning

1. Using Globalization Support
Datetimes with Timezones
Specifying Language-Dependent Behavior
Locale Variants
Linguistic Sorting
Case and Accent Insensitive Sorts
Linguistic Comparisons
Obtaining Information about the Current NLS Configuration

2. Securing the Oracle Listener
Listener Password Authentication
Controlling Database Access
Securing the EXTPROC Service Entry

3. Configuring Recovery Manager
Using a Flash Recovery Area with RMAN
Setting Parameters for RMAN
Starting RMAN
Configuring Persistent Settings for RMAN
Control File Autobackups
Retention Policies

4. Using Recovery Manager
Issuing Recovery Manager Commands
Parallelization of Backup Sets
Compressed Backups
Copying the Whole Database
Making Incremental Backups
Block Change Tracking
Incrementally Updating Backups
Monitoring RMAN Backups

5. Diagnostic Sources
The Alert Log
Viewing Alerts with EM
Alerts Notification
Editing Thresholds
Trace Files

6. Recovering from non-critical losses
Creating New Temporary Tablespace
Recreating Redo Log Files
Recovering an Index Tablespace
Read-Only Tablespace Recovery
Loss of Password Authentication File

7. Database Recovery
Recovery Steps
User-Managed Recovery Procedures: RECOVER Command
Types of incomplete recovery
Incomplete Recovery Best Practices
Recovery Using EM
Simple Recovery Through RESETLOGS
Point-in-time recovery using RMAN

8. Flashback database
When to Use Flashback Technology
Configuring Flashback Database
Monitoring Flashback Database
Best Practices for the Database and Flash Recovery Area
Flash Recovery Area Space Usage
Flashback Database Examples

9. Recovering from User Errors
Recycle Bin
Flashback Dropped Tables Using EM
Querying Dropped Tables
Flashback Versions Query
Flashback Transaction Query
Using Flashback Versions Query and Flashback Transaction Query
Flashback Table
Using EM To Flashback Tables

10. Dealing with Database Corruption
What is block corruption?
Interpreting DBVERIFY
The ANALYZE command
How to Handle Corruptions
The DBMS_REPAIR Package
Block Media Recovery (BMR)
Detecting Database Corruptions Using DBVERIFY
Using RMAN to Repair Corrupt Blocks

11. Automatic Database Management
Automatic Optimizer Statistics Collection
Workload Repository
Database Control and Advisors
Using the SQL Tuning Advisor
Using the SQL Access Advisor
Automatic Undo Retention Tuning

12. Monitoring and Managing Storage
Redo Logfile Size Advisor
Resumable Statements
Tablespace Space Usage Monitoring
Accessing the Segment Advisor
Shrinking Segments Using SQL
Segment Resource Estimation
Monitoring Index Space
Identifying Unused Indexes

13. Automatic Storage Management
ASM Concepts
ASM General Architecture
Creating an ASM instance
Creating tablespaces that use ASM storage
Viewing ASM information
Migrating a tablespace to use ASM storage

14. Monitoring and Managing Memory
Oracle Memory Structures
Automatic PGA Memory Management
Using the Memory Advisor
Using Automatic Shared Memory Management to avoid long running query issues

15. Managing Resources
Creating a New Resource Plan
Creating Resource Consumer Groups
Assigning Users to Resource Consumer Groups
Adaptive Consumer Group Mapping
Using Sub-Plans to limit CPU Utilization
Administering the Resource Manager
Resource Plan Directives

16. Automating Tasks with the Scheduler
Creating a Scheduler Job
Using Scheduler Programs
Creating and Using Schedules
Creating a Job Class
Prioritizing Jobs within a Window
Viewing Job Execution Details
Creating a job that runs a program outside of the database