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Introduction To CMIS 565 - Module 0
Introduction To CMIS 565 - Module 0
Course Objectives – In this course you learn to:
Identify various components of the Oracle architecture.
Start up and shut down an Oracle database .
Create an operational database.
Manage Oracle control files, redo log files, datafiles, tablespaces, segments, extents, and blocks.
Manage users, privileges, and resources.
Perform basic backup and recovery operations.
Implement network connectivity.
This lesson introduces you to Oracle 11g Edition and the tasks of a Database Administrator.
The Oracle11g Enterprise Edition
The Oracle11g Enterprise Edition is an Object-Relational Database Management System designed for Grid
Computing.
A Grid architecture is composed of pools of servers, storage, and networks
Goal: a flexible architecture to meet on-demand computing needs.
Example: Different applications can run on a grid of linked database servers – when demand increases, a
DBA can provision more servers to an application that demands more resources.
Grid computing focuses on high performance and scalability.
Oracle Database software enables grid computing with the following characteristics:
Performance and scalability: Implemented through low cost hardware clusters, like Itanium and Linux.
Reliability: Continuous availability of data and applications through Oracle Data Guard.
Security and privacy: security features to share enterprise grid resources while maintaining privacy and
security.
Self-management:
o Oracle infrastructure automates many functions.
o A single DBA can manage hundreds of servers through Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Cloud
Control.
Distributed computing: Oracle has advanced integration features that allow applications and data to run
anywhere in the network.
How does Grid Differ from Cluster?
Cluster – a technology used to create a grid infrastructure.
Clusters have static resources for specific applications for specific owners.
Grids can consist of multiple clusters.
Grids have dynamic resource pools shareable among applications and users.
Grid does not require all severs in a grid to run the same set of applications.
Oracle Software Components used to build a Grid include:
Oracle Real Application Clusters
o RAC is a cluster database with shared cache architecture that runs on multiple servers.
o Servers are attached through a cluster interconnect and shared storage subsystem.
o A RAC database appears like a single database to system users.
o All standard backup and recovery tools work transparently with RAC.
o All SQL operations are identical for RAC versus a standard Oracle database.
Automatic Storage Management
o Simplifies management of Oracle database files.
o ASM requires the management of disk groups as opposed to individual files.
Oracle Scheduler – enables scheduling business and IT tasks (jobs).
Oracle Streams
o Enables streaming data between databases, nodes, or blade farms in a grid so it can be shared easily.
o Can keep two or more copies of data in sync as updates are applied.
Oracle Transportable Tablespaces
o Allows Oracle datafiles to be unplugged from a database, moved/copied to a new location and plugged
into another database.
o Supports simultaneous mounting of read-only tablespaces by two or more databases.
Oracle Data Guard
o Allows a primary database to automatically failover to a standby database.
o Allows multiple standby databases.
o Failover can be to servers running different operating systems, e.g., LINUX and Windows.
Course Focus
This course focuses on basic database administrator tasks and teaches the Oracle architecture in detail. Database
backup, recovery, network administration, and database tuning are only briefly covered. These topics are covered in
detail in courses offered through Oracle Corporation as follows:
Backup and recovery in Oracle11g Database Administration Fundamentals II
Network administration in Oracle11g Database Administration Fundamentals II
Database tuning in Oracle11g Database Performance Tuning
Oracle Certification
The certification links change constantly. The current certification link is the Oracle University Certification Program:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=39&p_org_id=1001
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