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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

  • Introduction to Oracle RAC architecture and structural components
  • Advantages of RAC for ensuring high availability and operational scalability
  • Essential RAC elements: Cluster nodes, Clusterware, and ASM

Fundamentals of Grid Infrastructure

  • Fundamental concepts of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Functionality of Oracle Clusterware within RAC architectures
  • Summary of Automatic Storage Management (ASM) capabilities

Deployment of Oracle Grid Infrastructure

  • Hardware and software requirements for Grid Infrastructure deployment
  • Installation and setup procedures for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Network and storage configuration for RAC environments

Environment Preparation for RAC

  • Configuration of shared storage using ASM
  • Setup of network infrastructure for RAC compatibility
  • Establishment of SSH equivalency and user account environments

Deployment of Oracle RAC

  • Detailed RAC installation workflow
  • Post-deployment configuration tasks for Oracle RAC
  • Verification of RAC deployment and resolution of common faults

Administration of RAC Databases

  • Creation and lifecycle management of RAC databases
  • Specific administrative duties for RAC systems
  • Analysis of RAC database instances and service structures

Administration of Oracle Clusterware

  • Oversight of Clusterware elements: Voting disks and OCR
  • Setup and management of High Availability Services (HAS)
  • Surveillance and fault diagnosis for Clusterware

RAC Backup and Recovery Protocols

  • Backup methodologies for RAC operational environments
  • Execution of backup and recovery procedures in RAC
  • Application of RMAN to RAC databases

Introduction to ASM

  • Analysis of ASM architecture and operational advantages
  • ASM constituents: Disk groups, physical disks, and ASM instances
  • Installation and configuration of ASM components

Management of ASM Disk Groups

  • Creation and administration of ASM disk groups
  • Redundancy and performance characteristics of ASM disk groups
  • Monitoring and maintenance of ASM disk groups

ASM Instance Administration

  • Control of ASM instance start and stop operations
  • Configuration of ASM instance parameters and performance tuning
  • Integration of ASM with Clusterware systems

ASM Backup and Recovery Procedures

  • Backup and recovery strategies for ASM systems
  • Utilization of RMAN in conjunction with ASM
  • Recommended practices for ASM administration

RAC Performance Optimization

  • Adjustment of RAC database performance metrics
  • Monitoring and refinement of RAC workloads
  • Application of Oracle Enterprise Manager for RAC performance management

High Availability and Disaster Recovery in RAC

  • Deployment of Oracle Data Guard with RAC
  • Configuration of RAC for disaster recovery objectives
  • Scenarios for RAC failover and switchover

RAC Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Analysis

  • Identification and resolution of RAC operational issues
  • Utilization of Clusterware diagnostic tools and log analysis
  • Best practices for RAC troubleshooting processes

Patching and Upgrading RAC and Grid Infrastructure

  • Application of patches to RAC databases and Grid Infrastructure
  • Execution of rolling upgrades in RAC contexts
  • Techniques for minimizing downtime during upgrade cycles

Advanced ASM Features

  • Implementation of ASM Flex and Flex Cluster capabilities
  • Overview and configuration of ASM Cluster File System (ACFS)
  • Monitoring and alerting frameworks for ASM

Advanced Grid Infrastructure Administration

  • Setup and administration of Oracle Flex Clusters
  • Management of Clusterware resources and associated services
  • Administration of Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and voting disks

Security Hardening for RAC and Grid Infrastructure

  • Adoption of security best practices in RAC environments
  • Configuration of ASM security mechanisms
  • Management of user roles and privileges within Grid Infrastructure

Best Practices for RAC, ASM, and Grid Infrastructure

  • Best practices for high availability and scalability
  • Strategies for performance optimization
  • Implementation of automation for RAC and ASM management

Summary and Recommended Next Steps

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of Oracle database administration
  • Proficiency with SQL and PL/SQL

Target Audience

  • Database administrators
  • IT professionals

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