Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters for Administrators Training Course- ORA513
This hands-on course teaches students all aspects of Oracle 10g RAC administration. Students will begin with a solid foundation in Oracle Clusterware and RAC architecture. Students will then install and configure both Clusterware and the database software, as well as cover the administration of both pieces of software using command line utilities. Important topics such as failover, flashback, and backup and recovery are all covered in detail. Students will get hands-on experience with Automatic Storage Management. The Oracle training course ends with troubleshooting and tuning a RAC system.
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This hands-on course teaches students all aspects of Oracle 10g RAC administration. Students will begin with a solid foundation in Oracle Clusterware and RAC architecture. Students will then install and configure both Clusterware and the database software, as well as cover the administration of both pieces of software using command line utilities.
Course ID: ORA513
Duration: 5 days
Audience: Database administrators new to the RAC environment
Topics Covered in Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters for Administrators Course:
Cluster Architecture
- Cluster Architecture
- Shared Storage
- Nodes and Interconnects
- Virtual IP Addresses
- Oracle Software
- Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR)
- The RAC Voting Disk
Oracle Clusterware
- What is Oracle Clusterware?
- Oracle Clusterware Components
- Oracle Clusterware Processes
- Oracle Clusterware and Shared Storage
- Oracle Clusterware Preinstallation Steps
- Node Preparation
- Configuring SSH User Equivalency
- Installing Oracle Clusterware
- cluvfy – The Cluster Verification Utility
- Oracle Clusterware Postinstallation Steps
Installing DB Software and Creating a RAC Database
- Installation Overview
- Configuring the OS Environment
- Verifying System Readiness with the CVU
- Installing the Database Software
- Troubleshooting Installation Setup
- Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
- Running the VIPCA
- Creating a Cluster Database Using DBCA
- Database Pre-Creation Tasks
- Initialization Parameters
RAC Database Architecture
- Oracle Single-Instance Architecture
- Overview of RAC
- RAC Architecture
- RAC Instances and Parameter Files
- RAC Database Components
- RAC Instance Background Processes
- Global Resource Directory
- Overview of Cache Fusion
- Cache Fusion Components – GES and GCS
- Cache Fusion Components – Resource Master and GRD
- Cache Fusion Background Processes
- Application Connection to RAC
Managing Oracle Clusterware
- About Oracle Clusterware
- Backing Up and Recovering Voting Disks
- Adding and Removing Voting Disks
- The OCR
- Changing the OCR Configuration
- Adding and Removing an OCR Location
- Backing Up and Recovering the OCR
- Restoring from Automatic OCR Backups
- Moving or Replacing the OCR
- Repairing the OCR Configuration
- Troubleshooting the OCR
RAC Instance Management
- Overview of RAC Instance Management
- Starting and Stopping a RAC Database
- Starting and Stopping a RAC Instance
- RAC Database Identical Parameters
- RAC Database Unique Parameters
- Changing Parameter Values
- Administering Undo Tablespaces in RAC
- Administering Redo Logs in RAC
RAC Utilities
- The ocrcheck Utility
- The ocrdump Utility
- The crs_stat Utility
- The crsctl Utility
- The Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility
- SRVCTL ADD
- SRVCTL CONFIG
- SRVCTL ENABLE and DISABLE
- SRVCTL GETENV
- SRVCTL MODIFY
- SRVCTL RELOCATE
- SRVCTL STATUS
- SRVCTL REMOVE
- SRVCTL START
- SRVCTL STOP
Services
- Overview of Services
- Types of Services
- Creating Services with DBCA
- Creating Services with SRVCTL
- Preferred and Available Instances for Services
- Using Services
- Managing Services
- Service Views
- Tracing with Services
Failover
- Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
- Client-Side vs. Server-Side TAF
- Configuring TAF on the Client
- Configuring TAF on the Server
- Using OEM to Configure TAF
- Using SRVCTL to Configure TAF
- Using DBCA to Configure TAF
- The DMBS_SERVICE Package
- Connecting to the Database with TAF
- Monitoring TAF Connections
RAC Backup and Recovery
- Overview of RAC Backup and Recovery
- Log Archiving in RAC
- Undo Tablespaces in RAC
- Using Flash