Oracle9i Database Fundamentals II 1Z0-032
This study guide will prepare you to take one of the two required Oracle9i tests to be certified as an Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle9i Database Administrator. Practice exams are also included, which will allow you to answer questions in the same format that the test will use on exam day, and will provide in-depth instructional feedback on each question to thoroughly cover every subject you'll need to master.
This series is for anyone who wants to achieve Oracle9i 1Z0-032 certification. This online course contains 19 lessons and 5 practice exams and should take approximately 24 hours to complete.
Networking Overview
This course provides an overview of network configurations and the solutions provided by Oracle to manage networks and teaches you how to describe networking challenges in the business environment, describe typical network configurations in the business environment, and identify and describe Oracle's solutions to networking issues.
Basic Oracle Net Architecture
This course provides an overview of the Oracle Net technology and its architecture and structure atop basic industry standard protocols and teaches you how to describe the Open System Interconnection (OSI) architecture, describe Oracle Net services, describe Oracle Net layered architecture, and describe Web client services.
Basic Oracle Net Server-Side Configuration
This course provides an introduction to the purpose and functionality of the listener in the Oracle Net environment, and how to configure and control the listener and teaches you how to describe the components of the listener, describe how to configure and control the listener, describe dynamic service registration, and describe how to configure the listener for IIOP.
Basic Oracle Net Services Client-Side Configuration
This course provides an introduction to Oracle Net's different naming methods and their respective advantages and disadvantages and teaches you how to describe Oracle Net naming methods, configure host naming and local naming methods, configure net service names, and perform simple net troubleshooting.
Usage and Configuration of the Oracle Shared Server
This course describes how Oracle's shared server architecture allows a small number of shared servers to perform the same amount of processing as several dedicated servers and teaches you how to identify components of the Oracle Shared Server, define Oracle Shared Server architecture, define how to configure Oracle Shared Server, and define how to query related dictionary views.
Backup and Recovery Overview
This course provides a foundation of Oracle backup and recovery fundamentals It also covers how to classify and design backup and recovery strategies, create and implement disaster recovery plans, and describe and utilize Oracle's high availability features and teaches you how to define the basics of Oracle database backup, restoration and recovery, describe Oracle backup and recovery strategies, create and implement disaster recovery plans, and implement Oracle's high availability features.
Instance and Media Recovery Structures
This course provides information on Oracle's memory structures, background processes and datafiles It also highlights the importance of checkpoints during instance recovery and the use of fast-start checkpoints and parallel recovery in tuning the recovery process and teaches you how to describe Oracle memory structures, define Oracle background processes, define Oracle database files, and describe the importance of checkpoints during instance recovery.
Configuring the Database Archiving Mode
This course covers how to configure a database in ARCHIVELOG mode, perform manual or automatic archiving, and multiplex archived redo logs It also covers the modes in which a database can operate and the ramifications of operating the database in a given mode and teaches you how to describe the differences between ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG mode, configure a database for ARCHIVELOG mode, configure multiple ARCHIVELOG processes, configure multiple destinations, including remote destinations, and query useful dynamic views.
Oracle Recovery Manager Overview and Configuration
This course describes how to use Oracle's Recovery Manager (RMAN) utility to perform backup and recovery and teaches you how to describe the RMAN repository, describe RMAN channel allocation, describe the Media Management Library interface, connect to RMAN without a recovery catalog, and configure the RMAN environment.
User-Managed Backups
This course describes how to perform user-managed backup and recovery It also covers how to perform closed and open database backups, manage backup and recovery of control files and archived log files, recover from backup failures, and use the DBVERIFY utility and teaches you how to demonstrate how to perform user-managed closed and open database backups, describe how to perform user-managed backups of read-only tablespaces, control files and archived redo logs, show how to clean up after failed online backups, describe the implications of LOGGING and NOLOGGING operations, and explain how to use the DBVERIFY utility.
RMAN Backups
This course describes RMAN's image copy and backup set structures It also covers how to perform backups of Oracle databases, control files and archived redo log files using RMAN and teaches you how to describe how to perform server-managed backup and recovery, demonstrate how to create and use RMAN image copies and backup sets, explain how to create and use tags in backup sets and image copies, describe how to back up control files and archived redo log files using RMAN, and explain how to query and interpret RMAN-related dynamic performance views.
User-Managed Complete Recovery
This course provides a foundation for recovering from a crash without losing any information through the explicit use of the RESTORE and RECOVER commands and teaches you how to demonstrate how to perform user-managed complete recovery, describe how to perform user-managed complete recovery in NOARCHIVELOG mode, describe how to perform user-managed complete recovery in ARCHIVELOG mode, explain how to restore data files to different locations, describe how to relocate and restore a tablespace using archived redo log files, and describe how to recover from the loss of an online inactive redo log group.
RMAN Complete Recovery
This course describes the fundamentals of using Oracle's Recovery Manager to perform complete recovery without loss of data and teaches you how to demonstrate how to perform complete recovery using the Recovery Manager, explain how to perform complete recovery in NOARCHIVELOG mode, describe how to perform complete recovery in ARCHIVELOG mode, explain how to restore data files to different locations using the Recovery Manager, describe how to relocate and recover a tablespace using archived redo log files, and describe how to perform block media recovery.
User-Managed Incomplete Recovery
This course describes how to recover without necessarily applying all available redo — a process called incomplete recovery It also covers how and when to perform incomplete recovery, the implications of incomplete recovery, and techniques for improving the performance of incomplete recovery and teaches you how to demonstrate how to perform incomplete recovery, explain how to recover from a crash without applying all available redo using RESTORE and RECOVER commands, describe how to identify and recover from the loss of an online redo log file, explain how to perform media recovery in parallel, and describe dynamic performance views.
RMAN Incomplete Recovery
This course introduces the fundamentals of incomplete recovery using Oracle's Recovery Manager (RMAN) utility It also covers how and when to perform incomplete recovery, and the consequences of performing incomplete recovery and teaches you how to demonstrate how to perform incomplete recovery using the Recovery Manager, describe how to perform incomplete database recovery using UNTIL TIME, explain how to perform incomplete database recovery using UNTIL SEQUENCE, and describe how the Recovery Manager performs restore optimization.
RMAN Maintenance
This course covers the use of the RMAN CROSSCHECK command It also covers how to catalog backups made with operating system commands and maintaining the RMAN repository and teaches you how to demonstrate how to use the RMAN CROSSCHECK command to maintain the RMAN repository, explain how to perform crosscheck of backup sets and image copies, describe how to update the repository when backups have been deleted, explain how to change the availability status of backup sets and image copies, demonstrate how to exempt a backup set or an image copy from the retention policy, and describe how to catalogue backups made with operating system commands.
Recovery Catalog Creation and Maintenance
This course explains the use and efficiency of the Recovery Manager It also covers the use of a recovery catalog to store RMAN information and how to use it to extend and improve the behavior of RMAN and teaches you how to explain the benefits of creating and using a recovery catalog database, describe how to create and use a recovery catalog, demonstrate how to use the Recovery Manager to register, resynchronize and reset a database, describe how to query the recovery catalog to generate reports and lists, demonstrate how to create, store and run scripts, and explain how to back up and recover the recovery catalog.
Transporting Data Between Databases
This course provides an overview on how to use Oracle's export and import utilities to perform logical copies of information in databases and transport information between databases and teaches you how to describe export and import concepts and structures, describe methods to invoke export and import, and define guidelines for using export and import.
Loading Data into a Database
This course provides information on how to use SQL*Loader to perform conventional and direct-path loads of data into the database It also describes how to perform direct data loads from fat files and other formatted files into an Oracle database and teaches you how to describe SQL*Loader usage and how to perform basic SQL*Loader operations, describe different loading methods in SQL*Loader, describe the format of SQL*Loader files, explain the guidelines for using SQL*Loader and direct load insert, and demonstrate how to perform direct path insert operations.
Practice Exams
This course presents questions that will help you prepare for the Oracle9i Database Fundamentals II 1Z0-032 exam. The feedback for each question provides in-depth background on the topic, including why each incorrect option was wrong and what to look for in correct answers.