OCP: Oracle 10g new features for administrators: study guide

Bob Bryla, Biju Thomas9780782143553, 0-7821-4355-5

If you currently hold an OCP certification for Oracle9i and want to update your certification for Oracle 10g, this practical handbook from Sybex–leading publisher of Oracle Certification Study Guides–can help you prepare thoroughly for the upgrade exam (“New Features for Administrator”). Scheduled to be released at the same time as the exam, this comprehensive resource is loaded with the learning tools that have earned Sybex the title of “Best Study Guides” in the CertCities.com 2003 and 2002 Readers’ Choice Awards. The CD includes advanced testing engine with hundreds of sample exam questions, electronic flashcards, along with the entire book in PDF.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Frontmatter……Page 5
Acknowledgments……Page 9
Contents at a Glance……Page 10
Contents……Page 11
Introduction……Page 16
Assessment Test……Page 25
Answers to Assessment Test……Page 30
1: Installing and Upgrading to Oracle 10g……Page 34
Installing Oracle 10g……Page 35
Using the Oracle Universal Installer……Page 36
Examining the OUI Support for New Features……Page 39
Introducing Installation Enhancements……Page 43
Configuring Oracle 10g……Page 46
Using the DBCA to Clone a Database……Page 47
Simplifying Instance Configuration……Page 50
Using the Enterprise Manager……Page 51
Viewing Database Usage……Page 56
Upgrading the Database……Page 59
Introducing Upgrade-Supported Releases……Page 60
Validating the Database Before Upgrade……Page 61
Performing the Upgrade……Page 68
Summary……Page 79
Exam Essentials……Page 80
Review Questions……Page 82
Answers to Review Questions……Page 86
2: Moving Data and Managing the Scheduler……Page 88
Introducing Data Pump……Page 89
Introducing the Architecture of Data Pump……Page 90
Introducing Data Access Methods……Page 92
Exploring the Advantages of Data Pump……Page 93
Using Data Pump Clients……Page 94
Using the Data Pump Wizard……Page 116
Making Data Movement Enhancements……Page 119
Using Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespaces……Page 120
Writing and Projecting External Tables……Page 123
Managing the Scheduler……Page 128
Understanding Scheduler Concepts……Page 129
Creating Basic Scheduler Components……Page 130
Using the Scheduler……Page 140
Managing Advanced Scheduler Components……Page 147
Querying the Data Dictionary……Page 154
Summary……Page 156
Exam Essentials……Page 158
Review Questions……Page 159
Answers to Review Questions……Page 163
3: Automating Management……Page 166
Collecting Performance Statistics……Page 167
Using the Automatic Workload Repository……Page 168
Working with Automatic Workload Repository……Page 171
Base Statistics and Metrics……Page 178
Diagnosing Performance Statistics……Page 179
Using the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor……Page 180
Using Server-Generated Alerts……Page 184
Building Your Own Alert Mechanism……Page 189
Using Automatic Shared Memory Management (ASMM)……Page 190
Tuning Automatic Undo Retention……Page 193
Tuning the Automatic Checkpoint……Page 196
Collecting Automatic Optimizer Statistics……Page 197
Identifying the Advisory Framework……Page 204
Resource Manager Enhancements……Page 212
Automatic Session Switchback……Page 213
Creating a Mapping……Page 214
Summary……Page 218
Exam Essentials……Page 219
Review Questions……Page 221
Answers to Review Questions……Page 225
4: General Storage Management……Page 228
Managing Tablespaces……Page 229
The SYSAUX Tablespace……Page 230
Bigfile Tablespaces……Page 237
Temporary Tablespace Groups……Page 243
Other Tablespace Enhancements……Page 246
Partition Maintenance Using EM Database Control……Page 252
Partitioned Index Organized Tables (IOTs)……Page 253
Local-Partitioned Index Enhancements……Page 255
Maintaining Index Partition Storage Characteristics……Page 257
Summary……Page 263
Exam Essentials……Page 265
Review Questions……Page 267
Answers to Review Questions……Page 273
5: Automated Storage Management……Page 276
Proactive Tablespace Monitoring……Page 278
Segment Management……Page 290
Miscellaneous Space Management Features……Page 312
ASM Architecture……Page 317
Creating an ASM Instance……Page 319
ASM Instance Characteristics……Page 321
ASM Dynamic Performance Views……Page 323
ASM Filenames……Page 324
ASM File Types and Templates……Page 326
Administering ASM Disk Groups……Page 329
Summary……Page 339
Exam Essentials……Page 340
Review Questions……Page 341
Answers to Review Questions……Page 348
6: Performance adn Application Tuning……Page 350
Managing Optimizer Statistics……Page 351
Gathering Automatic Statistics……Page 352
Leveraging Enhanced Query Optimization……Page 353
Gathering Data Dictionary Statistics……Page 355
Monitoring DML Tables……Page 356
Understanding the SQL Tuning Advisor……Page 357
Introducing the SQL Tuning Advisor……Page 358
Using SQL Tuning Advisor……Page 361
Introducing the SQL Access Advisor……Page 367
Using the SQL Access Advisor……Page 368
Accessing the Database Control Performance Pages……Page 372
Exam Essentials……Page 375
Review Questions……Page 377
Answers to Review Questions……Page 382
7: Backup, Recovery, and High Availability……Page 384
Flash Recovery Area Occupants……Page 386
Flash Recovery Area and SQL Commands……Page 387
Flash Recovery Area and the EM Database Control……Page 388
Flash Recovery Directory Structure……Page 389
Flash Recovery Area Data Dictionary Views……Page 391
Recovery with Incrementally Updated Backups……Page 394
Fast Incremental Backups……Page 396
RMAN Command Changes……Page 399
Online Backup Mode……Page 401
Backing Up Different Object Types with RMAN……Page 402
Compressed Backups……Page 406
Introducing Miscellaneous Recovery Features……Page 408
Flashing Back Any Logical Error……Page 409
Flashback Database……Page 410
Flashback Drop……Page 416
Flashback Query……Page 423
Flashback Table……Page 428
SCN and Time Mapping Enhancements……Page 430
Summary……Page 431
Exam Essentials……Page 432
Review Questions……Page 433
Answers to Review Questions……Page 439
8: Security and SQL Enhancements……Page 442
Leveraging Virtual Private Database……Page 444
Auditing Enhancements……Page 451
MERGE Improvements……Page 459
Partitioned Outer Join……Page 466
Spreadsheet Computations Using the MODEL Clause……Page 471
Regular Expressions……Page 481
Data Type Enhancements……Page 486
Case- and Accent-Insensitive Queries……Page 489
Quote Operator……Page 490
MAXTRANS Ignored……Page 491
Resumable Space Allocation……Page 492
Materialized View Enhancements……Page 493
Database Connectivity Improvements……Page 497
Transaction Rollback Monitoring……Page 499
Tracing Enhancements……Page 500
Summary……Page 507
Exam Essentials……Page 509
Review Questions……Page 510
Answers to Review Questions……Page 515
Appendix A: SQL*Plus Enhancements……Page 518
Enhancements to the DESCRIBE Command……Page 519
Changes to the SPOOL Command……Page 520
Introducing New Predefined Variables……Page 521
Invoking SQL*Plus……Page 522
Appendix B: New and Obsolete Initialization Parameters……Page 524
New Parameters……Page 525
Obsolete Parameters……Page 526
Deprecated Parameters……Page 528
Appendix C: PL/SQL Enhancements and New Packages……Page 530
Enhancements to the PL/SQL Compiler……Page 531
Enhancements to PL/SQL……Page 532
New Packages in PL/SQL……Page 533
Glossary……Page 536
B……Page 537
D……Page 538
E……Page 539
F……Page 540
I……Page 541
N……Page 542
R……Page 543
S……Page 544
T……Page 545
W……Page 546
A……Page 548
C……Page 550
D……Page 552
E……Page 556
F……Page 557
I……Page 559
J……Page 560
M……Page 561
N……Page 562
O……Page 563
P……Page 564
Q……Page 565
R……Page 566
S……Page 567
T……Page 571
U……Page 572
V……Page 573
X……Page 574