Data base administrator DBA course for Novice by Satori Technologies and Solutions Private Limited

Oracle DBA
Introduction (Database Architecture)
Describe course objectives
Explore the Oracle 10g database architecture
Installing the Oracle Database 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 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
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
Manage data through SQL
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
Part 2
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
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.
Configuring Recovery Manager
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 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
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 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
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
DML Error Logging
Interpreting Bigfile ROWIDs