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Backup and Recovery

Oracle Data Protection Solutions

1. Explain Oracle backup and recovery solutions

Describe types of database failures

Describe the tools available for backup and recovery tasks

Describe RMAN and maximum availability architecture

Use the SYSBACK privilege

Use RMAN stand-alone and job commands

Performing Basic Backup and Recovery

1. Back up and recover a NOARCHIVELOG database
Perform backup and recovery in NOARCHIVELOG mode Use SQL in RMAN

Configuring for Recoverability

1. Configure and manage RMAN settings

Configure database parameters that affect RMAN operations

Configure persistent settings for RMAN

View persistent settings

Specify a retention policy

2. Configure the Fast Recovery Area

Explain the Fast Recovery Area

Configure the Fast Recovery Area

3. Configure control files and redo log files for recoverability

Multiplex control files

Multiplex redo log files

Using the RMAN Recovery Catalog

1. Create and use an RMAN recovery catalog

Configure a recovery catalog

Register target databases in a recovery catalog

Catalog additional backup files

Resynchronize a recovery catalog

Use and maintain RMAN stored scripts

Upgrade and drop a recovery catalog

2. Protect the RMAN recovery catalog

Back up the recovery catalog

Re-create an unrecoverable recovery catalog

Export and import the recovery catalog

Create and use Virtual Private Catalogs

Implementing Backup Strategies

1. Use various RMAN backup types and strategies

Enable ARCHIVELOG mode

Create tape and disk based backups

Create whole database backups

Create consistent and inconsistent backups

Create backup sets and image copies

Create backups of read-only tablespaces

Employ best practices for data warehouse backups

Performing Backups

1. Perform full and incremental backups

Create full and incremental backups

Use the Oracle-suggested backup strategy

2. Manage backups

Configure and monitor block change tracking

Report on backups using LIST, REPORT commands

Manage backups using CROSSCHECK, DELETE commands

Configuring RMAN Backup Options and Creating Backup of Non-Database Files

1. Use techniques to improve backups

Create compressed backups

Create multi-section backups of very large files

Create proxy copies

Create duplexed backup sets

Create backups of backup sets

Create archival backups

2. Perform backup of non-database files

Back up a control file to trace

Back up archived redo log files

Back up ASM diskgroup metadata

Using RMAN-Encrypted Backups

1. Create RMAN-encrypted backups

2. Use transparent-mode encryption

3. Use password-mode encryption

4. Use dual-mode encryption

5. Restore encrypted backups

Diagnosing Failures

1. Describe the Automatic Diagnostic Workflow

Use the Automatic Diagnostic Repository

Use ADRCI

Find and interpret message output and error stacks

Use the Data Recovery Advisor

2. Handle block corruption

Detect block corruption using RMAN

Perform block recovery using RMAN

Detect database corruptions using the ANALYZE and DBVERIFY utility

Detect database corruptions using the DBMS_REPAIR package

Implement the DB_BLOCK_CHECKING parameter to detect corruptions

Performing Restore and Recovery Operations

1. Describe and tune instance recovery

2. Perform complete and incomplete recovery

Use RMAN RESTORE and RECOVER commands

Restore ASM disk groups

Recover from media failures

Perform complete and incomplete or “point-in-time” recoveries using RMAN

Perform automated TSPITR

Recovering Files Using RMAN

1. Perform recovery for spfile, control file, redo log files

2. Perform table recovery from backups

3. Perform recovery of index and read-only tablespaces, temp file

4. Restore a database to a new host

5. Recover using incrementally updated backups

6. Switch to image copies for fast recovery

7. Perform disaster recovery

Using Oracle Secure Backup

1. Configure and use Oracle Secure Backup

Using Flashback Technologies

1. Describe the Flashback technologies

Configure a database to use Flashback technologies

Guarantee undo retention

2. Use Flashback to query data

Use Flashback Query

Use Flashback Version Query

Use Flashback Transaction Query

Flash back a transaction

3. Perform Flashback Table operations

Perform Flashback Table

Restore tables from the recycle bin

4. Describe and use Flashback Data Archive

Use Flashback Data Archive

Use DBMS_FLASHBACK_ARCHIVE package

Using Flashback Database

1. Perform Flashback Database
Configure Flashback Database
Perform Flashback Database

Transporting Data

1. Describe and use transportable tablespaces and databases

Transport tablespaces between databases using image copies or backup sets

Transport databases using data files or backup sets

Transport data across platforms

Duplicating a Database

1. Choose a technique for duplicating a database

From an active database, connected to the target and auxiliary instances

From backup, connected to the target and auxiliary instances

From backup, connected to the auxiliary instance, not connected to the target, but with recovery catalog connection

From backup, connected to the auxiliary instance, not connected to the target and the recovery catalog

Duplicate a database with RMAN

2. Create a backup-up based duplicate database

3. Duplicate a database based on a running instance

Monitoring and Tuning of RMAN Operations

1. Tune RMAN performance

Interpret RMAN error stacks

Diagnose performance bottlenecks

Tune RMAN backup performance

Using Automatic Storage Management

1. Use Automatic Storage Management

Explain Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Set up initialization parameter files for ASM and database instances

Administer ASM diskgroups

Execute SQL commands with ASM file names

Perform startup and shutdown for ASM instances

Use the ASMCMD command-line interface

Set up ASM fast mirror resynch

Use RMAN to migrate your database to ASM

Performing User-Managed Backup and Recovery

1. Perform user-managed backup and recovery

Describe the backup mode

Back up and recover a control file

Recover from a lost temp file

Recover from a lost redo log group

Recover from the loss of a password file

Perform user-managed complete database recovery

Perform user-managed incomplete database recovery

Multitenant Environment

Multitenant Container and Pluggable Database Architecture

1. Describe multitenant architecture

2. Explain pluggable database provisioning

Creating Multitenant Container Databases and Pluggable Databases

1. Create and configure a CDB

2. Create a PDB using different methods

3. Unplug and drop a PDB

4. Migrate a non-CDB to a PDB database

Managing CDBs and PDBs

1. Establish connections to a CDB/PDB

2. Start up and shut down a CDB and open and close PDBs

3. Evaluate the impact of parameter value changes

Managing Storage in a CDB and PDBs

1.Manage permanent and temporary tablespaces in CDB and PDBs

Managing Security in a CDB and PDBs

1. Manage common and local users

2. Manage common and local privileges

3. Manage common and local roles

4. Enable common users to access data in specific PDBs

Managing Availability

1. Perform backups of a CDB and PDBs

2. Recover PDB from PDB datafiles loss

3. Use Data Recovery Advisor

4. Duplicate PDBs using RMAN

5. Perform Flashback for a CDB

Managing Performance

1. Monitor operations and performance in a CDB and PDBs

2. Manage allocation of resources between PDBs and within a PDB

3. Perform Database Replay

Moving Data, Performing Security Operations, and Interacting with Other Oracle Products

1. Use Data Pump

2. Use SQL*Loader

3. Audit operations

4. Use other products with a CDB and PDBs: Database Vault, Data Guard, LogMiner

Database Administration

Installing and Upgrading to Oracle Database 12c

1. Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a stand-alone server

2. Install Oracle Database software

3. Use Oracle Restart

4. Upgrade to Oracle Database 12c

Using Enterprise Manager and Other Tools

1. Use EM Express

2. Use DBCA to create and manage databases

3. Use Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode

Monitoring and Managing Memory

1. Implement Automatic Shared Memory Management

2. Manually configure SGA parameters for various memory components in the SGA

3. Use Automatic PGA Memory Management

4. Implement Automatic Memory Management

Storage Management

1. Create and maintain bigfile tablespaces

2. Rename tablespaces

3. Create a default permanent tablespace

Space Management

1. Manage resumable space allocation

2. Reclaim wasted space from tables and indexes by using the segment shrink functionality

3. Rebuild indexes online

4. Reduce space-related error conditions by proactively managing tablespace usage

5. Use different storage options to improve the performance of querie

6. Use automatic undo retention tuning and temporary undo

7. Implement partitioning methods

Security

1. Configure the password file to use case-sensitive passwords

2. Encrypt a tablespace

3. Use Secure File LOBS to store documents with compression, encryption, de-duplication

4. Configure fined-grained access to network services

5. Use and manage Oracle Data Redaction policies

Auditing

1. Enable and configure standard and Unified Audit Data Trail

2. Create and enable audit policies

Privileges

1. Use administrative privileges

Using Globalization Support

1. Customize language-dependent behavior for the database and individual sessions

2. Specify different linguistic sorts for queries

3. Use datetime datatypes

4. Query data using non-case-sensitive and accent-insensitive searches

5. Obtain globalization support configuration information

Automating Tasks with the Scheduler

1. Create a job, program, and schedule

2. Use a time-based or event-based schedule for executing Scheduler jobs

3. Create lightweight jobs

4. Use job chains to perform a series of related tasks

5. Create Windows and Job Classes

6. Use advanced Scheduler concepts to prioritize jobs

Loading and Unloading Data

1. Explain Data Pump architecture

2. Monitor a Data Pump job

3. Use Data Pump export and import

4. Create external tables for data population

Managing Resources

1. Configure the Resource Manager

2. Assign users to Resource Manager groups

3. Create resource plans within groups

4. Specify directives for allocating resources to consumer groups

Managing Database Performance

1. Use the SQL Tuning Advisor

2. Use the SQL Access Advisor to tune a workload

3. Use Database Replay

4. Implement real-time database operation monitoring

5. Use Adaptive Execution Plans

6. Use enhanced features of statistics gathering

7. Use Adaptive SQL Plan Management

8. Perform emergency monitoring and real-time ADDM

9. Generate ADDM Compare Period (Use AWR and ADDM)

10. Diagnose performance issues using ASH enhancements

11. Explain Multiprocess and Multithreaded Oracle architecture

12. Use Flash Cache

Information Lifecycle Management and Storage Enhancements

1. Use ILM features

2. Perform tracking and automated data placement

3. Move a data file online

In-Database Archiving and Valid-Time Temporal

1. Differentiate between ILM and Valid-Time Temporal

2. Set and use Valid-Time Temporal

3. Use in-database archiving