author - gavin powell

total time - 8 hours

welcome
welcome
prerequisites for this course
about this course
technet database administration manuals

database administration
oracle database administration? pt. 1
oracle database administration? pt. 2
the basic architecture of oracle

oracle database administration tools

what are the tools?
sql*plus
sql*plus worksheet
isql*plus
all the other oracle tools
database configuration assistant pt. 1
database configuration assistant pt. 2
oracle enterprise manager console pt. 1
oracle enterprise manager console pt. 2
the management server and the agent
net configuration assistant and net manager
oracle enterprise manager console pt. 3
oracle enterprise manager console pt. 4

the architecture of oracle

oracle database architecture
memory structures
processes
datafiles/tablespaces/objects
control files/logging/archiving/recovery
commit vs rollback
rollback and undo
temporary sort space
how it all fits together
oracle managed files
partitioning

installing oracle and creating a database

the oracle installer pt. 1
the oracle installer pt. 2
the oracle installer pt. 3
configuration parameter files pt. 1
configuration parameter files pt. 2
sql*net configuration files
oracle optimal flexible architecture
windows specifics pt. 1
windows specifics pt. 2
creating a database with a script pt. 1
 creating a database with a script pt. 2

starting up and shutting down a database

connecting to a database
startup command pt. 1
startup command pt. 2
shutdown command pt. 1
shutdown command pt. 2
combining startup and alter database
the oracle enterprise manager console

configuration parameters
what is the parameter file?
looking at parameters
the parameters and what they do pt. 1
the parameters and what they do pt. 2
the parameters and what they do pt. 3

ddl and the physical database

ddl and the physical database?
the alter database command
looking at the database
changing datafiles
sizing of datafiles
datafiles and tempfiles
control files
logfiles and archives pt. 1
logfiles and archives pt. 2
the alter system command pt. 1
the alter system command pt. 2
automated undo/manual rollback pt. 1
automated undo/manual rollback pt. 2
metadata views

ddl and the logical database

what is the logical database?
tablespace management pt. 1
tablespace management pt. 2
tablespace management pt. 3
metadata views

expanding database objects

tables pt. 1
tables pt. 2
tables pt. 3
indexes pt. 1
indexes pt. 2
clusters
index organized tables
sequences
undrop, purge and the recycle bin
partitioning
metadata views pt. 1
 metadata views pt. 2

expanding security for database administration

types of users
grants and revokes
create and alter user syntax
administration users
database auditing

scheduling
the dbms_job package
job scheduling in oracle
scheduling/executing jobs in windows and unix

utilities
export
import
sql*loader
orapwd and oradim

built-in packages
supplied packages

scripting for automation

some example scripts