INTRODUCTION
Identify the Oracle product line
Know core database administrator tasks
INSTALLING ORACLE DATABASE 10G SOFTWARE
Identify system requirements
Use optimal flexible architecture
Install software with the Oracle Universal Installer
CREATE AN ORACLE DATABASE
Oracle Database Architecture
Use the management framework & the Database Creation Assistant
DATABASE INTERFACES
Use SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI)
CONTROLLING THE DATABASE
Start and stop the agent, the enterprise manager database console, & the listener
Startup and shutdown the database
STORAGE STRUCTURES
Create & manage tablespaces
Obtain tablespace information
Create and manage tablespaces using OMF
ADMINISTERING USERS
Create and manage database user accounts
Create and manage roles
Grant and revoke privileges
Control resource usage by users
MANAGING SCHEMA OBJECTS
Create and modify tables
Define constraints
View the attributes of a table
Create indexes and views
MANAGING DATA
Manipulating data through SQL
Using Import, Export & SQL Loader
PL/SQL
Identify PL/SQL objects
Understand triggers & triggering events
Identify configuration options that affect PL/SQL performance
ORACLE DATABASE SECURITY
Apply the principal of least privilege
Manage default user accounts
Implement standard password security features
Audit database activity
ORACLE NET SERVICES
Use Oracle Net Manager to create and configure listeners
Use TNSPING to test Oracle Net connectivity
ORACLE SHARED SERVER
Configure Oracle Shared Servers
Monitoring Shared Servers
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
Troubleshoot invalid and unusable objects
Gather optimizer statistics
View performance metrics
React to performance issues
PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE: OBJECTIVES
Set warning and critical alert thresholds
Collect and use baseline metrics
Use tuning and diagnostic advisors
Use ADDM
Manage the Automatic Workload Repository
UNDO MANAGEMENT
Monitor and administer undo
Configure undo retention
Guarantee undo retention
Use the undo advisor
MONITORING AND RESOLVING LOCK CONFLICTS
Detect and resolve lock conflicts
Manage deadlocks
BACKUP AND RECOVERY CONCEPTS
List the types of failure that may occur in an Oracle Database
Identify the importance of checkpoints, redo log files, and archived log file
Configure ARCHIVELOG mode
DATABASE BACKUPS
Create consistent database backups
Online backup
Monitor the flash recovery area
DATABASE RECOVERY
Recover from loss of a control file
Recover from loss of a redo log file
Recover from loss of a data file