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New Features of Oracle Database 12c
Enterprise Manager and Other Tools
- Use EM Express
- Use OUI, DBCA for installation and configuration
Basics of Multitenant Container Database (CDB)
- Identify the benefits of the multitenant container database
- Explain root and multitenant architecture
Configuring and Creating CDBs and PDBs
- Create and configure a CDB
- Create and configure a PDB
- Migrate a non-CDB to a PDB database
Managing CDBs and PDBs
- Establish connection to a CDB/PDB
- Start up and shut down a CDB/PDB
- Change instance parameters for a CDB/PDB
Managing Tablespaces, Common and Local Users, Privileges and Roles
- Manage tablespaces in a CDB/PDB
- Manage users and privileges for CDB/PDB
Backup, Recovery and Flashback for a CDB/PDB
- Perform backup of CDB and PDB
- Perform recovery of CDB and PDB
- Perform Flashback for a CDB
Information Lifecycle Management and Storage Enhancements
- Use ILM features
- Perform tracking and automated data placement
- Use Online Move Datafile
In-Database Archiving and Valid-Time Temporal
- Differentiate between IL and Valid-Time Temporal
- Set and use Valid Time Temporal
- Use In-Database archiving
Auditing
- Enable and configure Unified Audit Data Trail
- Create and enable audit policies
Privileges
- Use administrative privileges
- Create, enable and use privilege analysis
Oracle Data Redaction
- Use and manage Oracle Data Redaction policies
RMAN and Flashback Data Archive
- Use RMAN enhancements
- Implement the new features in Flashback Data Archive
Real-Time Database Operation Monitoring
- Implement real-time database operation monitoring
SQL Tuning
- Use Adaptive Execution Plans
- Use enhanced features of statistics gathering
- Use Automatic SQL Plan Management
Emergency Monitoring, Real-Time ADDM, Compare Period ADDM, and Active Session History (ASH) Analytics
- Perform emergency monitoring and real-time ADDM
- Generate ADDM Compare Period
- Diagnose performance issues using ASH enhancements
Resource Manager and Other Performance Enhancements
- Use Resource Manager for a CDB and PDB
- Explain Multi-process Multi-threaded Oracle architecture
- Use Flash Cache
Index and Table Enhancements
- Use Index enhancements
- Use Table enhancements
- Use Online operation enhancements
ADR and Network Enhancements
- Explain ADR enhancements
Oracle Data Pump, SQL*Loader, External Tables and Online Operations Enhancements
- Use Oracle Data Pump enhancements
- Use SQL*Loader and External table enhancements
Partitioning Enhancements
- Explain Partitioning enhancements
- Explain Index enhancements for partitioned tables
SQL Enhancements
- Use Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode
- Use Row limiting clause, and secure file LOBs enhancements
- Configure extended datatypes
Key DBA Skills
Core Administration
- Explain the fundamentals of DB architecture
- Install and configure a database
- Configure server and client network for a database
- Monitor database alerts
- Perform daily administration tasks
- Apply and review patches
- Back up and recover the database
- Troubleshoot network and database issues
- Detect and repair data failures with Data Recovery Advisor
- Implement Flashback Technology
- Load and Unload Data
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Miscellaneous
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Relocate SYSAUX occupants
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Create a default permanent tablespace
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Use the Redo Logfile Size Advisor
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Use Secure File LOBs
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Use Direct NFS
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Performance Management
- Design the database layout for optimal performance
- Monitor performace
- Manage memory
- Analyze and identify performance issues
- Perform real application testing
- Use Resource Manager to manage resources
- Implement Application Tuning
Storage
- Manage database structures
- Administer ASM
- Manage ASM disks and diskgroups
- Manage ASM instance
- Manage VLDB
- Implement Space Management
Security
- Develop and implement a security policy
- Configure and manage auditing
- Create the password file
- Implement column and tablespace encryption