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Introduction

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 Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to do the

following:
• Utilize database advisors to proactively tune an Oracle
Database
• Use the tools based on Automatic Workload Repository
(AWR) to tune an Oracle Database
• Diagnose and tune common SQL-related performance
problems
• Diagnose and tune common instance-related performance
problems
• Use the Enterprise Manager performance-related pages to
monitor an Oracle Database

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 Organization

• Monitoring and Diagnostics

– Monitoring using available tools
– Identifying the problem
– Using AWR-based tools
• SQL Tuning
– Identifying and tuning SQL statements by influencing the
optimizer
– Managing change
—
SQL Performance Management
—
Real Application Testing
• Instance Tuning
– Tuning memory components
– Tuning space usage and I/O

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 Agenda

Day Lesson Topic

1 1 Introduction

1 2 Basic Tuning Tools

1 3 Using Automatic Workload Repository

1 4 Defining Problems

1 5 Using Metrics and Alerts

2 6 Baselines

2 7 Using AWR-Based Tools

2 8 Monitoring an Application

2 9 Identifying Problem SQL Statements

3 10 Influencing the Optimizer

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 Agenda
Day Lesson Topic
3 11 Using SQL Performance Analyzer

3 12 SQL Performance Management

4 13 Using Database Replay

4 14 Tuning the Shared Pool

4 15 Tuning the Buffer Cache

5 16 Tuning PGA and Temporary Space

5 17 Automatic Memory Management

5 18 Tuning Segment Space Usage

5 19 Tuning I/O

5 20 Performance Tuning Summary

(opt) Appd B Using Statspack (optional)

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 What Is Not Included

• 7x24 availability
• Online operations
• Backup performance
• Parallel operations
• Streams and Data Guard performance issues
• Real Application Clusters
• Operating system–specific issues

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 Who Tunes?

The people who are involved with tuning:

• Database administrators
• Application architects
• Application designers
• Application developers
• System administrators
• Storage administrators

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 What Does the DBA Tune?

Performance tuning areas:

• Application:
– SQL statement performance Shared with developers
– Change management
• Instance tuning:
– Memory
– Database structure
– Instance configuration
• Operating system interactions:
– I/O
– Swap Shared with SA

– Parameters

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 How to Tune

The procedures used to tune depend on the tool.

• Basic tools:
– Dynamic performance views
– Statistics
– Metrics
– Enterprise Manager pages
• AWR or Statspack
• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
• DBA scripts

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 Tuning Methodology

Tuning steps:
• Tune the following from the top down:
– The design before tuning the application code
– The code before tuning the instance
• Tune the area with the greatest potential benefit—identify:
– The longest waits
– The largest service times
• Stop tuning when the goal is met.

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 Effective Tuning Goals

Effective tuning goals are:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable

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 General Tuning Session

Tuning sessions have the same procedure:

1. Define the problem and state the goal.
2. Collect current performance statistics.
3. Consider some common performance errors.
4. Build a trial solution.
5. Implement and measure the change.
6. Decide: “Did the solution meet the goal?”
– No? Then go to step 3 and repeat.
– Yes? Then create a new baseline.

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• Identify tuning tools
• Utilize a tuning methodology

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