Course Topics
1.Grid Infrastructure Overview and Review
- What is a Cluster?
- What is a Flex Cluster
- Clusterware Characteristics
- Oracle Clusterware
- Hardware and Software Concepts (High level)
2. RAC Databases Overview & Architecture
- Overview of Oracle RAC
- RAC One Node
- Cluster-Aware Storage Solutions
- Benefits of Using RAC
- Scaleup and Speedup
- I/O Throughput Balanced
- Global Resources
- RAC and Flex ASM
3. Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC
- Installing the Oracle Database Software
- Installation options
- Creating the Cluster Database
- Post-installation Tasks
- Single Instance to RAC Conversion
- Cleaning Up Unsuccessful Installs
4. Oracle RAC Administration
- Parameters and RAC – SPFILE, Identical and Unique Parameters
- Instance Startup, Shutdown and Quiesce
- Undo Tablespaces
- Redo Threads
- Use Enterprise Manager Cluster Database Pages
- RAC Alerts
- RAC Metrics
5. Managing Backup and Recovery for RAC
- Overview of Upgrades and Patching
- Release and Patch Set Upgrades
- PSU, CPU and Interim Patches
- Merge Patches
- Performing Out Of Place Database Upgrades
- Planning and Preparing for Upgrade
- Performing Out of Place Release Install or Upgrade
- Post Upgrade Tasks
6 .RAC Backup and Recovery
- Instance Failure And Recovery In RAC – LMON and SMON
- Redo Threads and Archive Log Configurations and Admin
- Parameter Settings Affecting Parallel Recovery and MTTR
- Instance Failure And Recovery In RAC – LMON and SMON
- RAC and the Fast Recovery Area
- RMAN Configuration
- RMAN Admin For RAC: Channels, Instances, Backup Distribution
- RMAN Restore And Recovery RAC Considerations
7. RAC Global Resource Management and Cache Fusion
- Globally Managed Resources and Management
- Library Cache Management
- Row cache management
- Buffer cache fusion
- Buffer Cache Management Requirements
- Accessing single blocks in RAC
- Multi-block read considerations in RAC
- Undo and read consistency considerations in RAC
8. RAC Database Monitoring and Tuning
- OCPU and Wait Time Latencies
- Wait Events for RAC
- Common RAC Tuning
- Session and System Statistics
- RAC specific V$ Views
- Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor for RAC
9. Managing High Availability of Services in a RAC Environment
- Oracle Services
- Services for Policy – and Administrator-Managed Databases
- Creating Services
- Managing Services
- Use Services with Client Applications
- Services and Connection Load Balancing
- Services and Transparent Application Failover
- Services and the Resource Manager
10. Managing High Availability of Connections
- Types of Workload Distribution
- Client-Side Load Balancing
- Server-Side Load Balancing
- Runtime Connection Load Balancing and Connection Pools
- Fast Application Notification
- The Load Balancing Advisory FAN Event
- Server-Side Callouts
- Configuring the Server-Side ONS
11. Application Continuity
- What is AC?
- What problem does it solve?
- Benefits of AC
- How AC works
- AC Architecture
- Side Effects
- Restrictions
- Application requirements
12. RAC One Node
- RAC One Node Concepts
- Online database migration
- Adding Oracle RAC One Node Database to an Existing Cluster
- Convert an Oracle RAC One Node database to a RAC database
- Convert an Oracle RAC database to a RAC One Node database
- Use DBCA to convert a single instance database to a RAC One Node database
13. Multitenant Architecture and RAC
- Non-CDB Architecture
- Multitenant Architecture: Benefits
- CDB in a Non-RAC Environment
- Containers
- Terminology and Data Dictionary Views
- Connection to a Non-RAC CDB
- Oracle RAC and Multitenant Configuration
- Oracle RAC and Multitenant Architecture
14. Quality of Service Management
- QOS Management concepts
- Describe the benefits of using QoS Management
- QoS Management components
- QoS Management functionality
15. Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service Overview
- Introducing Exadata Cloud Service
- Service Configuration Options & Service Connection Options
- Service Architecture & Availability
- Management Responsibilities
- Storage Configuration & Management Details
- Simple Web-Based Provisioning & Management
- REST APIs
- Migrating to Exadata Cloud Service
