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Tips and Techniques

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Paperback | 1 December 2001

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Windows as a platform for databases continues to grow and Oracle on Windows continues to become more important. Written by the team at Oracle, this book provides undocumented tips and techniques and covers issues central to database administration, features of 9i and highlights issues specific to Windows 2000. The core of the book is aimed at providing undocumented tips and techniques for maximizing the utility of the RDBMS. Coverage in this book includes: tuning, and backup and recovery; clustering and standby databases focusing on high availability; features in 9i-highlighting differences between 9i and 8i; centralizing and simplifying database administration using Enterprise Manager; and developing an upgrade and migration strategy.

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Foreword	p. xxi
Acknowledgements	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxvii
Overview
Windows 2000	p. 3
Oracle and Microsoft	p. 4
Windows 2000	p. 5
A Brief Look Inside Windows 2000	p. 7
Security	p. 18
The Windows 2000 Interface	p. 21
The Registry and the Environment	p. 23
Summary	p. 27
Overview of Oracle9i RDBMS	p. 29
Process Architecture	p. 30
The Oracle Instance	p. 34
The Database Files	p. 39
Internal Database Management	p. 44
Database Integrity Checks	p. 53
Summary	p. 56
Implementing the Oracle RDBMS on Windows 2000
Configuring Windows 2000	p. 61
Tuning Windows for Oracle	p. 63
Microsoft Management Console	p. 70
Command-Line Management	p. 79
System Administration	p. 92
The Operating System Environment	p. 101
Remote Administration	p. 106
Resources	p. 109
Looking Ahead	p. 111
Summary	p. 113
Installing and Configuring the Oracle RDBMS	p. 115
History of Oracle on Windows NT	p. 117
The Oracle Universal Installer	p. 120
Beginning the Installation	p. 123
Creating the Database	p. 130
The Database Storage Page	p. 143
Deinstalling Oracle Products	p. 153
Summary	p. 155
Advanced Database Administration for Windows 2000	p. 157
Advanced Database Creation and Management	p. 159
Oracle Memory Usage on Windows 2000	p. 168
Using the Performance Monitor	p. 183
Using the Oracle Administration Assistant	p. 194
Additional 9i Features	p. 199
Summary	p. 208
Backup and Recovery Considerations	p. 209
Base Your Backup Strategy on Your Business Needs	p. 211
Align Backup Strategies with Business Needs Before Agreeing to a Service Level Agreement	p. 213
Cold Backups Make Your Life Easier	p. 214
Using Windows 2000 Backup Utility	p. 216
Third-Party Backup Products	p. 217
Understanding and Implementing Hot Backups	p. 217
Leveraging Server Managed Recovery	p. 220
Understanding the Oracle9i Recovery Manager Architecture	p. 221
RMAN Configuration: A Primer	p. 223
RMAN Integration with Media Management Software	p. 226
Understanding the Benefits of an RMAN Implementation	p. 227
RMAN Backups: Syntax and Usage	p. 231
Establishing Persistent Backup Parameters	p. 241
RMAN Restore and Recovery: A Primer	p. 242
RMAN Recovery: Syntax and Usage	p. 245
Understanding and Using Incomplete Recovery	p. 248
Using RMAN Backups to Create Clone Copies of Production Databases	p. 257
Test All Backups for Recoverability	p. 262
Summary	p. 262
Windows 2000: The Premiere Enterprise Management Platform
Oracle Connectivity	p. 265
The Oracle Net Architecture	p. 267
Connectivity Configuration	p. 295
General Network Tuning and Configuration	p. 316
Resources	p. 318
Summary	p. 321
Oracle Enterprise Manager	p. 323
EM Functionality	p. 324
EM Framework	p. 329
The Agent	p. 342
Events	p. 346
Jobs	p. 355
Database Administration	p. 358
The Oracle Management Server	p. 363
EM Web Reporting	p. 368
EM 3-Tier Infrastructure and Firewalls	p. 375
EM Reference and Help	p. 376
Summary	p. 378
Advanced Management, Tools, and Analysis	p. 379
Techniques with Tools	p. 380
Tools for Holistic Database Management	p. 398
Summary	p. 412
Change Management	p. 413
Upgrading the Operating System	p. 414
Migrating or Upgrading the Oracle Database	p. 419
Upgrading in a Clustered or Standby Environment	p. 434
Summary	p. 438
Clustering and High Availability
Oracle Failsafe	p. 441
Oracle Failsafe Concepts	p. 443
Designing an Oracle Failsafe Solution	p. 447
Preparing to Install MSCS	p. 450
Installing Microsoft Cluster Server	p. 453
Installing Oracle Failsafe	p. 458
Making the Database Failsafe	p. 462
Troubleshooting in a Failsafe/MSCS Environment	p. 472
Summary	p. 476
Oracle Real Application Clusters	p. 477
The RAC Environment	p. 479
Preparing for the Cluster Installation	p. 481
Installing the Cluster Software and Oracle9i RDBMS	p. 493
Maintaining a RAC Instance	p. 502
Summary	p. 507
The Standby Database	p. 509
Standby Database Architecture	p. 510
Traditional Standby Configuration: A Test Case	p. 518
Utilizing Oracle9i Log Transport Services	p. 523
Using Oracle9i Data Guard for Standby Database Management	p. 525
Use RMAN to Configure the Standby Database	p. 528
Use the Standby Database for RMAN Backups of the Production Database	p. 529
Summary	p. 531
Oracle9i Advance Replication	p. 533
Replication: Load Balancing, Disaster Recovery, and Distributed Offline Transaction Processing	p. 535
The Advanced Replication Architecture	p. 536
Replication and Database Performance	p. 539
Replication Manager vs. Replication API	p. 539
N-Way Setup and Configuration	p. 540
Conflict Resolution Techniques	p. 553
Offline Instantiation	p. 554
Administration of the Replication Environment	p. 556
Conclusions and Advice for the Replication DBA	p. 558
Summary	p. 559
Maximizing Availability	p. 561
Transparent Application Failover	p. 562
Real Application Clusters Guard	p. 564
Backing Up a RAC Database Using RMAN	p. 581
Creating a Single Instance Standby Database from a Cluster Database	p. 587
Summary	p. 590
Appendices
Media Management Configuration for RMAN Backups to Tape	p. 593
VERITAS NetBackup	p. 594
NetBackup Configuration for RMAN Backups	p. 594
Monitoring Backups from the NetBackup Server	p. 596
Generating and Finding Diagnostic Information for Oracle 9i	p. 599
Oradebug	p. 600
Dumping Information to Trace Files	p. 602
Tracing SQL	p. 605
More to Explore	p. 611
Index	p. 613
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