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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Preparing the Environment, Installation, and Configuration (with a focus on SE2)

  • Reviewing prerequisites and identifying supported platforms.
  • Installing Oracle Database 19c SE2 and establishing the initial database.
  • Completing post-installation setups, including listeners, services, and EM Express.

Oracle Database Architecture and Core Infrastructure

  • Distinguishing between instance and database concepts.
  • Understanding the SGA, PGA, Shared Pool, Database Buffer Cache, Redo Logs, and background processes.
  • Managing parameter files, diagnostic destinations, and alert/trace files.

Administration Tools and Connectivity

  • Exploring the basics and common tasks within Enterprise Manager Express.
  • Leveraging SQL Developer for both administration and development workflows.
  • Configuring Oracle Net Services and listeners, including dedicated and shared basics.

Database Creation and Instance Management

  • Creating databases using DBCA and direct SQL commands.
  • Understanding startup/shutdown modes, services, and basic PDB awareness relevant to SE2.
  • Working with initialization parameters and dynamic performance views (V$).

Best Practices for Storage Management

  • Managing tablespaces and datafiles, including local extent management, temp, and undo areas.
  • Monitoring segments, extents, blocks, and overall space usage.
  • Handling growth, moving datafiles, and considering OMF requirements.

Security and Auditing

  • Designing least-privilege access through users, roles, system/object privileges, and security models.
  • Enforcing password policies, profiles, and resource limits.
  • Implementing auditing concepts and strategies appropriate for SE2 environments.

Backup and Recovery Strategies with RMAN

  • Defining backup types, retention policies, and recovery objectives.
  • Configuring RMAN, managing catalogs where applicable, and validating backups.
  • Executing media recovery, point-in-time recovery, and handling failure scenarios.

Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting (SE2-Safe Approaches)

  • Interpreting execution plans using EXPLAIN PLAN and AUTOTRACE.
  • Analysing SQL tracing and understanding wait events.
  • Proactively monitoring performance via the data dictionary and dynamic views.

Migration from 11g to 19c

  • Evaluating upgrade paths, prerequisites, and compatibility considerations.
  • Utilising pre/auto-upgrade utilities and performing validation steps.
  • Completing post-upgrade tasks, addressing deprecated features, and conducting tests.

Conclusion and Recommended Next Steps

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of SQL.
  • Experience with operating system administration, specifically on Linux or Windows platforms.
  • Solid grasp of core networking concepts, including ports, services, and hostnames.

Target Audience

  • System administrators.
  • Technical consultants.
  • Database administrators.

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