Introduction to Oracle Database Real Application Clusters

• Oracle Cluster ware and Oracle Real Application Clusters,
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management
• Tools for Installing, Configuring and Managing Oracle RAC

Preparing Your Cluster

• Verifying Hardware Network, Operating and Software Requirements
• Prepare Users and Groups
• Secure Shell (with RSA, DSA Keys)
• User Equivalence
• Configuring the Operating System Environment
• Configuring the Network
• Configuring Installation Directories
• Shared Storage Setup
• Choosing Oracle Base, Clusterware Home Directories

Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC

• Downloading RAC Installation Files – Where and How?
• Installing Oracle Clusterware 10g
• Configure Operating System Environment
• Verify Configuration Using the Cluster Verification Utility
• Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
• Completing the Oracle Clusterware Configuration
• Installing the Oracle Database Software and Creating a Cluster Database
• Verifying your Oracle RAC Database Installation
• Performing Post installation Tasks
• Verifying the Clusterware Installation

Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

• Overview of Oracle RAC DB Mgmt
• Starting and Stopping Oracle RAC Databases and Database Instances
• Viewing and Modifying Oracle RAC Initialization Parameters
• Administering Redo Log Groups and Redo Threads in Oracle RAC
• Creating SPFILE, Shared SPFILES Network Files, Listeners
• Administering Automatic Undo Management in Oracle RAC

Administering Oracle Clusterware Components

• About Oracle Clusterware
• Backing Up & Recovering VD, OCR
• Adding & Removing VD, OCR
• Changing the Oracle Cluster Registry Configuration
• Troubleshooting the Oracle Cluster Registry
• Using the OCRCHECK Utility
• Resolving Common Oracle Cluster Registry Problems

Managing Database Workload Using Services

• About Oracle Services
• Configuring Services for HA
• Enabling the Load Balancing Advisory
• About Connection Load Balancing
• Client & Server-Side Load Balancing
• Runtime Connection Load Balancing
• Fast Application Notification (FAN)
• Creating Services
• Administering Services

Node Addition & Removal

• Preparing Access to the New Node
• Add Oracle Clusterware
• Add ASM home
• Add RAC home
• Add a listener
• Add a database instance Delete the instance Clean up the ASM instance
• Remove the listener
• Remove the node from the database
• Remove the node from ASM
• Remove the node from the Cluster ware

Oracle RAC Upgrades

• Upgrade Paths
• Base Installation (10.2.0.1)
• Patch set Upgrade (10.2.0.1—> 10.2.0.4)
• Oracle RAC 11g Version Upgrade (10.2.0.4 —> 11.1.0.6)
• Patch set Upgrade (11.1.0.6—>11.1.0.7)
• Bundle Patch (11.1.0.7 —>11.1.0.7.7(+))
• Orace11g R2 GRID (11.1.0.7.7(+) —> 11.2.0.2/3)
• New RAC 11g R2 Grid Install (11.2.0.2)

Oracle 11g R2 Grid Infrastructure Administration

• Oracle Clusterware Architecture
• Oracle Clusterware Software and Storage
• Describe ASM Architecture
• Creating and Managing ASM Disk Groups
• Creating and Managing ACFS File systems

Grid Infrastructure Installation and Configuration

• Hardware Requirements
• Network Requirements
• Grid Plug and Play Considerations
• Single Client Access Names (SCAN)
• Post installation tasks
• Determining the Location of the OCR Files
• Backing Up and Recovering the VD
• Adding, Deleting, or Migrating VD
• Locating the OCR Automatic Backups
• Oracle Local Registry
• Migrating OCR Locations to ASM
• Managing Network Settings

Design for High Availability

• Maximum Availability Architecture
• Dataguard Architecture
• Modes of Dataguard
• Physical standby DB
• Logical Standby DB
• Configuring DATAGUARD with RAC
• Failover & Switch over mechanisms
• Roll Forward mechanism

Database Performance Tuning

• RAC related PT

Oracle Weblogic 10g Administration

• Weblogic Overview
• Installation, Configuration
• Domain Creation
• Node Manager, Admin Server, Managed Server
• Creating Weblogic Cluster
• User Management
• Deployment of Applications Extending Domains