Oracle DBA Concise Handbook - 3 -
ContentsINTRODUCTION...............................................................................................6
1
ORACLE SERVER – AN OVERVIEW...................................................7
1.1
L
OGICAL STRUCTURE
.............................................................................7
1.2
O
RACLE MEMORY STRUCTURE
...............................................................7
1.3
B
ACKGROUND PROCESSES
......................................................................9
1.4
I
NSTALLING AND MANAGING
O
RACLE DATABASE
................................12
1.5
O
RACLE
M
ANAGED
F
ILES
(OMF)........................................................12
1.6
C
REATING A NEW DATABASE
...............................................................12
1.7
S
TARTING UP DATABASE INSTANCE
......................................................15
1.8
S
HUTTING DOWN DATABASE INSTANCE
................................................15
1.9
C
ONTROL FILE
......................................................................................15
1.10
R
EDO LOG FILES
...................................................................................17
1.11
T
ABLE SPACES
......................................................................................20
1.12
S
EGMENT AND STORAGE STRUCTURES
.................................................23
1.13
T
ABLES
................................................................................................24
1.14
I
NDEXES
...............................................................................................26
1.15
C
ONSTRAINTS
......................................................................................27
1.16
U
SERS AND SECURITY
..........................................................................29
2
BACKUP AND RECOVERY..................................................................32
2.1
I
NTRODUCTION
.....................................................................................32
2.2
B
ACKUP AND RECOVERY IN NO ARCHIVE LOG MODE
............................32
2.3
B
ACKUP IN ARCHIVE LOG MODE
...........................................................32
2.4
U
SER MANAGED COMPLETE RECOVERY
................................................33
2.5
U
SER MANAGED INCOMPLETE RECOVERY
............................................34
2.6
L
OGICAL BACKUP
–
EXPORT
/
IMPORT AND
D
ATA
P
UMP
........................34
2.7
SQL
L
OADER
.......................................................................................36
2.8
N
ETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS
............................................................37
2.9
L
OG
M
INER
..........................................................................................39
2.10
R
EAL
A
PPLICATION
C
LUSTERS
(RAC).................................................42
2.11
S
TANDBY DATABASE
(
ALSO
O
RACLE
D
ATA
G
UARD
)...........................44
2.12
R
EPLICATION
.......................................................................................44
3
PERFORMANCE TUNING....................................................................45
3.1
T
UNING DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
............................45
3.2
S
OURCES OF TUNING INFORMATION
.....................................................45
3.3
C
OLLECTING STATISTICS
......................................................................46
3.4
O
RACLE SUPPLIED
GUI
TUNING TOOLS
................................................47
3.5
SQL
APPLICATION TUNING AND DESIGN
...............................................47
3.6
O
PTIMIZER
...........................................................................................49