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Oracle Database 10g R2: Administering RAC Exam Study Guide

The Oracle Database 10g R2: Administering RAC Exam Study Guide is designed to provide students with the information that can help them learn more to pass the Oracle Database 10g R2: Administering RAC (1Z0-048) Exam.

The exam audience is represented by implementation consultants that have the training and knowledge

to efficiently configure and administer a database for use with Real Application Clusters.

For each exam topic there have been identified alternative training options that are available at Oracle.

Please note that some of the training recommended can cover multiple exam topics.

The exam covers 13 topics. The exam consists of two Sections: RAC Administration and Cluster Management. RAC Administration covers 9 topics and Cluster Management covers 4 topics.

RAC Administration

Topic 1: RAC Installation

Objectives Install and configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Install the Oracle database software Perform pre-database creation tasks

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 2: Database Creation

Objectives Install the Enterprise Manager agent on each cluster node Create a cluster database Perform post-database creation tasks

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 3: RAC DB Administration

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Objectives Use Enterprise Manager cluster database pages Define and manage redo log files in a RAC environment Define and manage undo tablespaces in a RAC environment Start and stop RAC databases and instances Modify initialization parameters in a RAC environment Create and manage ASM instances in a RAC environment Create and manage ASM Disk Groups and ASM Files

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 4: Backup and Recover a RAC DB

Objectives Configure the RAC database to use ARCHIVELOG mode and the flash recovery

area Configure RMAN for the RAC environment Explain the implications of OracleNet for connecting RMAN for parallel backups

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 5: RAC DB Monitoring and Tuning

Objectives Explain RAC-specific tuning considerations and techniques in an environment

involving mixed workloads Tune instance recovery in RAC Determine RAC-specific wait events, global enqueues, and system statistics Diagnose and improve common RAC-specific performance problems involving

indexes, sequences and undo Use the Cluster Database Performance pages Use the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in RAC Use Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in RAC

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 6: Services

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Objectives Configure and manage services in a RAC environment Connect your client to a RAC database using services Use services with the Database Resource Manager Use services with the Scheduler Set performance-metric thresholds on services Configure services aggregation and tracing

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 7: High Availability of Connections

Objectives Configure client-side connect-time load balancing Configure client-side connect-time failover Configure server-side connect-time load balancing Use the Load Balancing Advisory (LBA) Describe the uses of Fast Application Notification Describe the uses of server-side callouts Describe the purposes of server- and client-side ONS Configure Transparent Application Failover (TAF)

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 8: Design for HA

Objectives Design a Maximum Availability Architecture in your environment Determine the best RAC and Data Guard topologies for your environment Explain Data Guard Broker configuration files in a RAC environment Decide on the best ASM configuration to use Patch your RAC system in a rolling fashion

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 9: RAC Technology Overview

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Recommend appropriate use and possible application of RAC technology to address scalability, high availability and grid provisioning requirements

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Cluster Management

Topic 1: Oracle Clusterware Installation

Objectives Describe the capabilities and features of Oracle Clusterware Perform preinstallation and cluster setup tasks Install Oracle Clusterware Describe the different storage options and their implications (OCFS, raw disks,

ASM)

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 2: Oracle Clusterware Administration

Objectives Manually control the Oracle Clusterware stack Change voting disk configuration Back up and recover your voting disks Manually back up and recover the OCR, and repair the OCR configuration Explain application VIPs and change VIP addresses Use Clusterware to protect non-Oracle applications Prevent automatic instance restarts

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 3: Diagnosing the Oracle Clusterware components

Objectives Enable and collect diagnostics for Oracle Clusterware Set debugging flags for OCR-related tools Enable Oracle Clusterware debugging Enable tracing for Java-based tools

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Use Cluster Verify

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

Topic 4: Node Addition and Removal

Objectives Add a new node to your cluster database Remove a node from your cluster database

Training Options

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2

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