• Oracle 10g Database Structure
• Introduction to Oracle 10g DBA course.
• Discuss the contents and topics,
• Identify the student knowledge levels.
• Introduction to databases,
• explain the database terminology.
• Introduction to SQL Language,
• explain simple SQL statements
• practice using iSQL*Plus.

• (Table joins, sub query, outer joins, set operations, etc.
• Explore the Oracle 10g database architecture,
• Explain core DBA tasks and tools,
• Plan an Oracle installation,
• Install software with the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI),
• Create a database with the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) .

• Access a database with SQL*Plus and iSQL*Plus,
• explain the use of SPFILE and PFILE,
• Modify database initialization parameters,
• Understand the stages of database startup,
• Use DDL statements to create, alter, drop tables
• practice DML statements (insert, update, delete),
• describe table constraints, views, sequences, synonyms and indexes.

• Define the purpose of tablespaces and data files,
• Understand and utilize Oracle Managed Files (OMF),
• Create and manage tablespaces,
• Obtain tablespace information,
• understand different types of tablespaces and create them.
• Understand temporary tablespaces,
• undo tablespace,
• default tablesspaces in the database.

• Authenticate users in 3 different methods (password, externally, globally),
• Grant and revoke privileges,
• Create and manage roles,
• Create and manage profiles,
• Implement standard password security features,
• Control resource usage by users using profiles.

• Create and modify tables,
• Define constraints,
• Use the Data Dictionary to find object information.
• Explain DML and undo data generation,
• Configure undo retention,
• Guarantee undo retention,
• Describe table locks and different types of locks.
• Understand the data dictionary tables related to the locks.
• Discuss the general concurrency issues and explain the deadlocks.

• Specify audit options, Review audit information,
• Understand Oracle’s Network Architecture,
• Create additional listeners,
• Create Net Service aliases,
• Configure connect-time failover,
• Identify when to use shared versus dedicated servers.
• Set up shared server and monitor shared connections to the database.
• Manage the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR),
• Use the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM).
• Describe advisory framework.

• Identify the importance of checkpoints,
• redo log files, and archived log files.
• Describe Flashback database,
• Recover from a dropped table,
• See versions of a row over time with Flashback Versions Query,
• View the transaction history of a row with Flashback Transaction Query
• Describe available ways for moving data,
• Create and use directory objects,
• Use SQL*Loader to load data from a non-Oracle database (or user files),
• Explain the general architecture of Data Pump,
• Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases.

• Create and use directory objects,
• Use SQL*Loader to load data from a non-Oracle database (or user files),
• Explain the general architecture of Data Pump,
• Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases.

• Database Architecture Review,
• Recovery Manager Features and Components,
• Using a Flash Recovery Area with RMAN, Configuring RMAN,
• Control File Autobackups,
• Retention Policies and Channel Allocation.
• Displaying the current RMAN configuration settings,
• Altering the backup retention policy for a database.
• RMAN Command Overview,
• Parallelization of Backup Sets,
• Compressed Backups, Image Copy,
• Whole Database and Incremental Backups,
• LIST and REPORT commands.

• Creating New Temporary Tablespace Recreating Redo Log Files,
• Index Tablespaces, and Indexes,
• Read-Only Tablespace Recovery,
• Authentication Methods for Database Administrators,
• Loss of Password Authentication File,

• Altering the default temporary tablespace for a database.
• Describe Incomplete recovery,
• Server and User Managed Recovery commands,
• Recovering a Control File Autobackup,
• Creating a New Control File,
• Simplified,
• Point-in-time recovery using RMAN.

• Configuring and Monitoring Flashback Database,
• Backing Up the Flash Recovery Area,
• Using V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE,
• Flashback Database Considerations,
• Using the Flashback Database RMAN interface,
• Using Flashback Database EM Interface
• Managing and monitoring Flashback Database operations.
• How to deal with block corruptions.
• Block Corruption Symptoms: ORA-1578,
• DBVERIFY Utility and the ANALYZE command,
• Initialization parameter DB_BLOCK_CHECKING,
• Segment Metadata Dump and Verification,
• Flashback for Logical Corruption and using DBMS_REPAIR,
• Lock Media Recovery
• RMAN BMR Interface,
• dumping and Verifying Segment Metadata

• Automatic Shared Memory Management,
• SGA Tuning Principles, Resizing SGA_TARGET,
• PGA Management Resources,
• Using the Memory Advisor,
• Identifying Tunable Components,
• Oracle Wait Events and System Statistics,
• Troubleshooting and Tuning Views,
• Direct Attach to SGA for Statistic Collection,
• Workload Repository,
• Advisory Framework
• ADDM Scenarios and Usage Tips,
• Using the SQL Tuning and SQL Access Advisor
• Monitor and manage Database Storage Structures,
• Space Management Overview,
• Oracle-Managed Files (OMF),
• Row Chaining and Migrating,
• Proactive Tablespace Monitoring,
• Monitoring table and index space usage

• Partitioned Tables,
• Index-Organized Tables (IOT),
• Managing index space with SQL,
• Configure optimal redo log file size,
• View “Automatic Tuning of Undo Retention”
• Discuss ASM General Architecture and Functionalities,
• Create, Manage an ASM Instance.
• Database Resource Manager Concepts and Configuration,
• Creating a New Resource Plan,
• Creating a Simple Plan,
• Administering and Monitoring Resource Manager,
• Resource Plan Directives,
• Creating Resource Consumer Groups.

• Creating a Job Class and a Windows,
• Managing Jobs, Programs,
• Chains, Events,
• Schedules, priority,
• Viewing and Purging Job Logs,
• Creating a program and a schedule,
• Creating a job that uses a program and a schedule.
• Understand Globalization Support Features,
• Database Character Sets and National Character Sets,
• Specifying Language-Dependent Behavior,
• Determining the Default NLS Settings.