Overview

  • Use the Oracle tuning methodology
  • Use Oracle-supplied tools for monitoring and diagnosing SQL and instance tuning issues
  • Use database advisors to proactively correct performance problems
  • Identify problem SQL statements
  • Tune SQL performance problems
  • Monitor instance performance by using Enterprise Manager
  • Tune instance components by primarily using instance parameter

Audience

  • Administrator
  • Database Administrator
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Prerequisites

Suggested Prerequisite

  • Oracle Database: Install and Upgrade Workshop
  • Familiarity with Oracle Database installation
  • Familiarity with Oracle Database configuration concepts

Required Prerequisite

  • Oracle Database: Administration Workshop
  • Basic knowledge of Linux operating system
  • A working knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL packages
  • Basic understanding of Oracle Database architecture
  • Familiarity with basic database monitoring procedures

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Delegates will learn how to

  • Describe Performance Management
  • Use AWR Performance Statistics
  • Use AWR Based Tools
  • Improve SQL Statement Performance
  • Influence the Optimizer
  • Use Tuning Analyzers and Advisors
  • Monitor Operations and applications
  • Manage Database Memory
  • Use In-Memory Column Store Feature
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Outline

Overview & Preparing the Databases

  • Defining the Scope of Performance Issues, Tuning Life Cycle Phases and Using Enterprise Manager to Identify OS Issues
  • Using the Time Model to Diagnose Performance Issues
  • Using Statistics and Wait Events to Diagnose Performance Issues
  • Using Log and Trace Files to Monitor Performance
  • Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and SQL Developer to Monitor Performance
  • Using Statspack to View Performance Data: Installing Statspack, Creating Snapshots and Generating Statspack Reports
  • Using Automatic Workload Repository
  • Setting Up and Viewing Server-Generated Alerts
  • Using Baselines
  • Configuring and Managing Automated Maintenance Tasks
  • Using ADDM to Analyze Performance and AWR-Based Tools to Identify Performance Issues
  • Using Active Session History Data for First Fault System Analysis and Generating and Reviewing an ASH Report to Identify Performance Issues
  • Using Emergency Monitoring and Real-Time ADDM to Analyze Performance Issues

Overview of SQL Statement Processing

  • Maintaining Indexes
  • Maintaining Tables: Block Space Management, Shrinking Segments, Advanced Index Compression, Analyzing the Impact of Excess Blocks
  • Introduction to Query Optimizer and Using Initialization Parameters to Control Optimizer Behavior
  • Understanding Execution Plans, Using AUTOTRACE and EXPLAIN PLAN
  • Viewing Execution Plans by Using SQL Trace and the TKPROF Utility
  • Managing Optimizer Statistics
  • Using Automatic SQL Tuning
  • Using the SQL Plan Management Feature

Overview of the SQL Advisors

  • Using the SQL Tuning Advisor and SQL Access Advisor to Improve SQL Performance

Overview of Real Application Testing Components

  • Using SQL Performance Analyzer to Determine the Impact of Changes
  • Using Database Replay to Test System Performance
  • Implementing Real-Time Database Operation Monitoring
  • Using Services to Monitor Applications

Overview of Memory Structures

  • Managing Shared Pool Performance
  • Managing Buffer Cache Performance
  • Managing PGA and Temporary Space Performance
  • Configuring the Large Pool
  • Using Automatic Shared Memory Management
  • Introduction to In-Memory Column Store
  • Configuring the In-Memory Column Store Feature
  • Using the In-Memory Column Store Feature to Improve SQL Performance
  • Using In-Memory Column Store with Oracle Database Features
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