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Oracle's new 10g database leverages the power of grid computing to spread tasks across multiple low-cost machines. Learners will be able to install and maintain an Oracle 10g database in an effective, efficient manner. Topics such as the interaction among Oracle components, an understanding of Oracle's architecture, performance monitoring, database security, user management, and backup and recovery techniques are covered.

Oracle Architectural Components
Time: 32.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides an overview of the physical, memory, process, and logical structures that make up the Oracle 10g Database Server.
Objectives:
* Describe the stages that the Oracle 10g Database Server goes through in processing an SQL statement.
* Differentiate among a database, an instance and a server.
* Define the underlying physical, memory, process and logical structures of the Oracle 10g Database Server.

Oracle Server Introduction
Time: 10.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle''s installation and configuration tools.
Objectives:
* Define the functions of the Oracle Universal Installer.
* Explain Oracle's administration tools.
* Describe Oracle's configuration assistants.

Database Architecture, Creation, and Interfaces
Time: 39.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides an overview of programmatic interfaces within Oracle and different database architectures (shared server vs. dedicated server).
Objectives:
* Differentiate between shared server and dedicated server.
* Define and explain Automatic Storage Management (ASM).
* Describe the different interfaces to the Oracle kernel.

Database Control and Storage Structures
Time: 91.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle 10g's multithreaded agent technology, as well as Oracle's new Recycle Bin and Flashback technologies.
Objectives:
* Describe Oracle's multithreaded agent technology.
* Explain Oracle's listener technology.
* Define Oracle's Recycle Bin and Flashback technology.
Topics:
* Database control: multithreaded agents
* Database control: startup and shutdown
* Database control: listener
* Database control: database storage structures

Managing Users and Schemas
Time: 115.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides the information you need to create, delete, and manage users, roles, and privileges within Oracle 10g.
Objectives:
* Define the roles of creating, deleting, and managing users.
* Define the creating, deleting, and managing roles.
* Define the create, delete, and manage privileges.
Topics:
* Managing users
* Modifying tables
* Constraints
* Indexes
* Views

Data Management
Time: 57.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information pertaining to Oracle SQL*Loader and Data Pump technologies.
Objectives:
* Describe Oracle's SQL*Loader technology.
* Describe the process used with large-scale data imports and exports using the Data Pump technology.

PL/SQL
Time: 81.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides an overview of PL/SQL, information on how to declare PL/SQL variables, understand PL/SQL syntax, and write PL/SQL exception handlers.
Objectives:
* Explain the method used to declare PL/SQL variables.
* Define the PL/SQL syntax.
* Describe PL/SQL exception handlers.

Database Security Management
Time: 59.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle 10g's password file, profile, and auditing technologies.
Objectives:
* Explain how Oracle uses profiles to manage and secure passwords.
* Describe how Oracle uses a password file to secure DBA access.
* Define how Oracle uses auditing and audit trails to track access to the database.

Oracle Net Services
Time: 27.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle's listener and Net Manager technologies.

Oracle Shared Server
Time: 28.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle's Shared Server technology.

Database Performance Monitoring
Time: 44.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on how Oracle gathers and uses statistics to tune and improve its performance.

Database Maintenance
Time: 52.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on how Oracle 10g establishes alert thresholds and gathers baseline metrics. It also explains how to use tuning and diagnostic advisors, as well as the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM).
Objectives:
* Explain how Oracle establishes alert thresholds.
* Describe how Oracle gathers baseline metrics.
* Define how to use Oracle tuning and diagnostic advisors.
* Describe Oracle's automatic workload repository.
Topics:
* Database maintenance: alerts and thresholds
* Database maintenance: advisors

Database Undo Management
Time: 54.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course explains how to enable and configure Oracle's undo management and flashback technology.
Objectives:
* Explain Oracle's undo management technology.
* Describe Oracle's flashback technology.

Database Locking Conflicts
Time: 19.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on Oracle's row and table locking technology, as well as Oracle's deadlock management technology.
Objectives:
* Explain Oracle's row and table locking technology.
* Describe Oracle's deadlock management technology.

Database Backup and Recovery Concepts
Time: 85.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on how Oracle performs crash and instance recovery, as well as how Oracle works with redo log files and archived log files.
Objectives:
* Describe Oracle's crash and instance recovery technology.
* Define how Oracle works with online and archived redo log files.
Topics:
* Database backup and recovery: overview and fundamentals
* Database backup and recovery: redo log files

Database Backups
Time: 58.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on configuring and using Oracle's Flash Recovery area to assist in performing server-managed (RMAN) database backups.
Objectives:
* Explain how to perform server-managed (RMAN) backups.
* Define how to configure and use Oracle's Flash Recovery area.

Database Recovery
Time: 40.0 minute(s)
Summary:
This course provides information on how to recover information from your databases and how to use Flashback Drop and Flashback Database as alternatives to point-in-time (incomplete) recovery.