Course Topics

Installation of Clusterware and RAC

• Concepts related to RAC
• Features and functions of RAC
• Requirements and installation of Oracle Clusterware
• Install Automatic Storage Management
• Install Oracle database software and Enterprise Manager
• Create a cluster database and perform the tasks needed after creating a cluster database
• Install Automatic Storage Management and Oracle database software

2. RAC Database and Oracle Clusterware Administration

• Use Enterprise Manager cluster database pages
• Start and stop RAC databases and instances and back up settings
• Modify initialization parameters in a RAC environment
• Manage instances in a RAC environment, Oracle Clusterware, and resources
• Functions of the voting disk and important CSS parameters
• Steps you take to configure voting disks
• Manage OCR files and locations
• Procedure for changing VIP addresses
• Use the CRS framework to register an application
• Use RMAN in a RAC environment
• Configure backup and recovery in RAC, and perform RAC backup and recovery using Enterprise Manager

3. RAC Performance Tuning

• Instance recovery works in a RAC environment
• Typical wait events and latencies for RAC
• Most common RAC tuning tips
• Factors that affect tuning in a RAC environment
• Cluster Database Performance pages to monitor RAC database and cluster performance
• RAC performance problems using ADDM and Enterprise Manager
• Fix performance problems in RAC
• RAC performance problems using Enterprise Manager

4. Configure, Manage, and Use Services in RAC

• Role of services in a RAC environment and how to use distributed transactions with RAC
• Create, manage, and modify services in a RAC environment
• Use services with RAC client applications, Resource Manager, and the Scheduler
• Set alert thresholds for a RAC service
• Service aggregation and tracing in a RAC environment
• Use Enterprise Manager and SRVCTL to manage services in a RAC environment

5. Diagnosing Oracle Clusterware and Node Management

• Carry out diagnostics-related activities on Oracle Clusterware components
• Enable debugging in RAC
• Add a node to a RAC cluster
• Add and delete nodes and instances in a RAC database

6. High Availability in RAC

• Configure workload distribution features
• Characteristics and benefits of Fast Application Notification
• Configure server-side callouts
• Use the Load Balancing Advisory and configure TAF
• Download patch updates and set ASM preferred disks
• How RAC and Data Guard provide protection during downtime
• Function of the Oracle Data Guard Broker
• How to perform rolling upgrades
• Mirroring vs. striping configurations: which provides the best availability
• Use extended RAC connectivity
• Configure preferred mirror reads

What You'll Learn

• Install Oracle Clusterware and RAC
• Administer a RAC Database and Oracle Clusterware
• RAC Performance Tuning
• Configure, Manage, and Use Database Services in a RAC environment
• Administer Oracle Clusterware
• Diagnose Oracle Clusterware and Node Management
• High Availability in RAC
• Add/Remove a node to/from a cluster
• Patch Oracle Clusterware and RAC software

Target Audience

Inclusions

With CCS Learning Academy, you’ll receive:

• Certified Instructor-led training
• Official Training Seminar Student Handbook
• Pre and Post assessments/evaluations
• Collaboration with classmates (not currently available for self-paced course)
• Real-world learning activities and scenarios
• Exam scheduling support*
• Enjoy job placement assistance for the first 12 months after course completion.
• This course is eligible for CCS Learning Academy’s Learn and Earn Program: get a tuition fee refund of up to 50% if you are placed in a job through CCS Global Tech’s Placement Division*
• Government and Private pricing available.*

*For more details call: 858-208-4141 or email: training@ccslearningacademy.com; sales@ccslearningacademy.com