Oracle Database 10g R2: Real Application Clusters for Administrators
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| Duration: |
120 minutes
Total for both sections |
| Number of Questions: |
63
for both sections combined. |
| Passing Score: |
RAC Administration Section: 60%
Cluster Management Section: 60%
There are two sections to this exam. Both sections of the exam MUST be passed in order the pass the exam. |
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Passing score subject to change. View Details
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Recommended Training and Preparation
Additional Information & Resources
Exam Topics
Fraudulent Activity Policy
Recommended Training and Preparation
Additional Information & Resources
Exam Topics
| Section I : RAC Administration
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| RAC Installation
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Install and configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM) |
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Install the Oracle database software |
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Perform pre�database creation tasks |
| Database Creation |
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Install the Enterprise Manager agent on each cluster node |
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Create a cluster database |
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Perform post�database creation tasks |
| RAC DB Administration |
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Use Enterprise Manager cluster database pages |
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Define and manage redo log files in a RAC environment |
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Define and manage undo tablespaces in a RAC environment |
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Start and stop RAC databases and instances |
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Modify initialization parameters in a RAC environment |
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Create and manage ASM instances in a RAC environment |
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Create and manage ASM Disk Groups and ASM Files |
| Backup and Recover a RAC DB |
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Configure the RAC database to use ARCHIVELOG mode and the flash recovery area |
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Configure RMAN for the RAC environment |
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Explain the implications of OracleNet for connecting RMAN for parallel backups |
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| RAC DB Monitoring and Tuning |
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Explain RAC-specific tuning considerations and techniques in an environment involving mixed workloads |
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Tune instance recovery in RAC |
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Determine RAC-specific wait events, global enqueues, and system statistics |
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Diagnose and improve common RAC-specific performance problems involving indexes, sequences and undo |
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Use the Cluster Database Performance pages |
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Use the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in RAC |
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Use Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in RAC |
| Services |
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Configure and manage services in a RAC environment |
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Connect your client to a RAC database using services |
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Use services with the Database Resource Manager |
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Use services with the Scheduler |
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Set performance-metric thresholds on services |
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Configure services aggregation and tracing |
| High Availability of Connections |
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Configure client-side connect-time load balancing |
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Configure client-side connect-time failover |
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Configure server-side connect-time load balancing |
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Use the Load Balancing Advisory (LBA) |
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Describe the uses of Fast Application Notification |
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Describe the uses of server-side callouts |
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Describe the purposes of server- and client-side ONS |
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Configure Transparent Application Failover (TAF) |
| Design for HA |
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Design a Maximum Availability Architecture in your environment |
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Determine the best RAC and Data Guard topologies for your environment |
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Explain Data Guard Broker configuration files in a RAC environment |
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Decide on the best ASM configuration to use |
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Patch your RAC system in a rolling fashion |
| 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 |
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| Section II : Cluster Management
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| Oracle Clusterware Installation |
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Describe the capabilities and features of Oracle Clusterware |
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Perform preinstallation and cluster setup tasks |
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Install Oracle Clusterware |
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Describe the different storage options and their implications (OCFS, raw disks, ASM) |
| Oracle Clusterware Administration |
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Manually control the Oracle Clusterware stack |
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Change voting disk configuration |
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Back up and recover your voting disks |
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Manually back up and recover the OCR, and repair the OCR configuration |
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Explain application VIPs and change VIP addresses |
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Use Clusterware to protect non-Oracle applications |
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Prevent automatic instance restarts |
| Diagnosing the Oracle Clusterware components |
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Enable and collect diagnostics for Oracle Clusterware |
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Set debugging flags for OCR-related tools |
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Enable Oracle Clusterware debugging |
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Enable tracing for Java-based tools |
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Use Cluster Verify |
| Node Addition and Removal |
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Add a new node to your cluster database |
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Remove a node from your cluster database |
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