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Oracle Database11g DBA Handbook
About the AuthorsBob Bryla is an Oracle 9i and 10g Certified Professional with more than 20 years of experience indatabase design, database application development, training, and Oracle database administration.He is the primary Internet database designer and an Oracle DBA at Lands’ End in Dodgeville,Wisconsin.In his spare time, he is a technical editor for a number of Oracle Press and Apress books, inaddition to authoring several certification study guides for Oracle 10g and Oracle 11g. He hasalso been known to watch science fiction movies and read science fiction novels in his spare time.Kevin Loney, Director of Data Management for a major financial institution, is an internationallyrecognized expert in the design, development, administration, and tuning of Oracle databases.An Oracle developer and DBA since 1987, he has implemented large-scale transaction processingsystems and data warehouses.He is the author of numerous technical articles and the lead author or coauthor of suchbest-selling books as Oracle: The Complete Reference. He regularly presents at Oracle userconferences in North America and Europe, and in 2002 was named Consultant of the Yearby ORACLE Magazine.About the Technical EditorScott Gossett is a Technical Director for Oracle Corporation’s Advanced Technology Solutionsorganization specializing in RAC, performance tuning and high availability databases. Prior tobecoming a technical director, Scott was a Senior Principal Instructor for Oracle Education forover twelve years, primarily teaching Oracle Internals, performance tuning, RAC and databaseadministration classes. In addition, Scott is one of the architects and primary authors of the OracleCertified Masters exam.
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Contents at a GlancePART IDatabase Architecture1Getting Started with the Oracle Architecture.32Upgrading to Oracle Database 11g.493Planning and Managing Tablespaces.614Physical Database Layouts and Storage Management.75PART IIDatabase Management5Developing and Implementing Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1236Monitoring Space Usage7Managing Transactions with Undo Tablespaces8Database Tuning9Database Security and Auditing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277PART IIIHigh Availability10Real Application Clusters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34911Backup and Recovery Options12Using Recovery Manager (RMAN)13Oracle Data Guard14Miscellaneous High Availability Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495vii
viiiOracle Database 11g DBA HandbookPART IVNetworked Oracle15Oracle Net.16Managing Large Databases17Managing Distributed Databases.Appendix: Installation and ConfigurationIndex511543599.635.653
For more information about this title, click hereContentsAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xixxxiPART IDatabase Architecture1Getting Started with the Oracle Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .An Overview of Databases and Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Instances.Oracle Logical Storage Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tablespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blocks.Extents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Logical Database Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Users and Schemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PL/SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .External File Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Database Links and Remote Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Physical Storage Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Datafiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Redo Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Control Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Archived Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Initialization Parameter Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix3445667778815171921212222222324242526262727
xOracle Database 11g DBA HandbookAlert and Trace Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Managed Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Password Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Multiplexing Database Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Automatic Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manual Multiplexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Memory Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .System Global Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Program Global Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Software Code Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Background Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Backup/Recovery Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Export/Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Offline Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Online Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Security Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Privileges and Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fine-grained Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virtual Private Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Label Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Real Application Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Enterprise Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oracle Initialization Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Basic Initialization Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Advanced Initialization Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2424343472U
Bob Bryla is an Oracle 9i and 10g Certified Professional with more than 20 years of experience in database design, database application development, training, and Oracle database administration. He is the primary Internet database designer and an Oracle DBA at Lands’ End in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
