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Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration – Exam Study Guide The Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration Exam Study Guide is designed to provide students with the information that can help them learn more to pass the Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration Exam. The exam audience is represented by professionals who are skilled in Oracle Grid Infrastructure and RAC Administration. The successful candidate must be able to install and configure Grid Infrastructure. They will have proven skills in administering Oracle Clusterware, making applications highly available, using Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and ASM Cluster File System (ACFS). They will also be skilled in Real Application Cluster database installation, configuration, performance management, backup and recovery, and database services configuration. For each exam topic there have been identified alternative training options that are available at Oracle. Please note that some of the training recommended can cover multiple exam topics. The exam covers 17 topics. The exam consists of two Sections: Grid Infrastructure: Clusterware and ASM and Real Application Clusters. “Grid Infrastructure: Clusterware and ASM” covers 10 topics and “Real Application Clusters” covers 7 topics.

Grid Infrastructure: Clusterware and ASM Topic 1: Oracle Grid Infrastructure Objectives Explain the principles and purposes of clusters Describe Cluster hardware best practices Understand Oracle Clusterware Architecture Describe how Grid Plug and Play affects Clusterware Describe ASM architecture and components Training Options o

Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University)  Oracle 11g: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administration Accelerated Release 2 OR Oracle Database 11g: RAC Administration AND Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g: Manage Clusterware and ASM Release 2

Topic 2: Grid Infrastructure Installation Objectives Perform pre-install tasks for Grid Infrastructure

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Install Grid Infrastructure Verify the installation Configure ASM disk groups Configure ASM volumes Make ASM cluster file system Mount ACFS volumes Training Options o


Topic 3: Administering Oracle Clusterware Objectives Display Clusterware management proficiency Demonstrate OCR backup and recovery techniques Managing Network Settings Training Options o


Topic 4: Managing Clusterware Objectives Perform prerequisite steps for extending a cluster Use Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) to add a node to an Oracle Clusterware home Use OUI to remove a node from an Oracle Clusterware home Training Options o


Topic 5: Making Applications Highly Available With Oracle Clusterware Objectives Describe the High Availability components of Oracle Clusterware Contrast Policy-Managed and Administration Managed databases

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Describe the functionality of server pools Describe application placement policies Create an application Virtual IP (VIP) Manage application resources Training Options o


Topic 6: Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware Objectives Locate Oracle Clusterware log files Gather all log files using diagcollection.pl Enable resource debugging Enable component-level debugging Enable tracing for Java-based tools Troubleshoot the Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) file Training Options o


Topic 7: Administering ASM Instances Objectives Understand and apply ASM initialization parameters Manage ASM instances and associated processes Monitor ASM using the V$ASM dynamic performance views Training Options o


Topic 8: Administering ASM Disk Groups Objectives Create and delete ASM disk groups

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Set the attributes of an existing ASM disk group Perform ongoing maintenance tasks on ASM disk groups Explain key performance and scalability considerations for ASM disk groups Training Options o


Topic 9: Administering ASM Files, Directories, and Templates Objectives Use different client tools to access ASM files Describe the format of a fully qualified ASM file name Explain how ASM files, directories and aliases are created and managed Understand and manage disk group templates Training Options o


Topic 10: Administering ASM Cluster File Systems Objectives Administer ASM Dynamic Volume Manager Manage ASM volumes Implement ASM Cluster File System Manage ASM Cluster File System (ACFS) Use ACFS Snapshots Using command line tools to Manage ACFS Training Options o


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Real Application Clusters Topic 1: Real Application Clusters Database Installation Objectives Install the Oracle database software Create a cluster database Perform post-database creation tasks Perform a single instance to RAC conversion Training Options o


Topic 2: RAC Database Administration Objectives Use Enterprise Manager cluster database pages Define redo log files in a RAC environment Define undo tablespaces in a RAC environment Start and stop RAC databases and instances Modify initialization parameters in a RAC environment Training Options o


Topic 3: Managing Backup and Recovery for RAC Objectives Configure the RAC database to use ARCHIVELOG mode and the flash recovery area Recover from media failure and instance failures Tune instance recovery in RAC Configure RMAN for the RAC environment Training Options o

Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University)

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Oracle 11g: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administration Accelerated Release 2 OR Oracle Database 11g: RAC Administration AND Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g: Manage Clusterware and ASM Release 2

Topic 4: RAC DB Monitoring and Tuning Objectives Determine RAC-specific tuning components Determine RAC-specific wait events, global enqueues, and system statistics Implement the most common RAC tuning tips Use the Cluster Database Performance pages Use the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in RAC Use Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in RAC Training Options o


Topic 5: Services Objectives Configure and manage services in a RAC environment Use services with client applications Use services with the Database Resource Manager and scheduler Configure services aggregation and tracing Training Options o


Topic 6: High Availability Connections (Appendix-D) Objectives Configure client-side, connect-time load balancing and connect-time failover Configure server-side, connect-time load balancing Use the Load Balancing Advisory (LBA) Describe the benefits of Fast Application Notification (FAN) Configure server-side callouts Configure Transparent Application Failover (TAF) Training Options

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Topic 7: Design for High Availability Objectives Design a Maximum Availability Architecture in your environment Determine the best RAC and Data Guard topologies for your environment Configure the Data Guard Broker configuration files in a RAC environment Patch your RAC system in a rolling fashion Training Options o


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