Contents

Unit 1: Database Overview....................................1

Database Architecture .......................................................................3
Connecting to the database ............................................................... 31
Database Administration Tools............................................................ 52
Administration of Oracle Instances....................................................... 83
Unit 2: Backup, Restore & Recovery........................................107
Backup Strategy ...........................................................................109
Backup Tools ...............................................................................126
Appendix: Tape Management with
BR*Tools ..........................................153
Performing Backups ......................................................................171
Restore and Recovery ....................................................................192
Advanced Backup Techniques...........................................................220
Unit 3: Monitors and Tools ......................................................237
Introduction to Oracle Data..............................................238
Database System Check .................................................................260
CCMS Alert Monitor .......................................................................288
Unit 4: Storage Management ..............................295
Tablespace Administration................................................................296
Reorganization of Tables .................................................................320
Housekeeping and Troubleshooting ....................................................343
Unit 5: Introduction to Oracle cache management...363
Oracle System Global Area ..............................................................364
Oracle Program Global Area .............................................................386
Unit 6: Monitoring of the database instance ..................................403
Monitoring Performance Using the DBA Cockpit ....................................404
Unit 7: Appendix: Monitoring of the database instance.................435
Oracle Wait Interface......................................................................436
Automatic Workload Repository and Histories........................................462
Unit 8: Analyzing application design .............................................481
Consequences of Expensive SQL Statements ........................................483
Using SM50/SM66 to Find Expensive SQL Statements...........................487
Using ST03/STAD to Find Expensive SQL Statements ............................490
Using ST04 to Find Expensive SQL Statements .....................................494
Using the SQL Trace to Find Expensive SQL Statements ........................508
Exclusive Lock Waits......................................................................516
Unit 9: Index management and optimization.................................533
Index Utilization ............................................................................534
Creating an Index..........................................................................551
Unit 10: Cost Based Optimizer .......................................................575
Update Statistics ...........................................................................576
Appendix: Cost Evaluation ...............................................................596
Unit 11: Analyzing physical and logical layout ...............................615
Fragmented Indexes ......................................................................616
I/O Contention..............................................................................637
Unit 12: Analyzing memory
configuration.............................................645
Data Buffer Utilization .....................................................................646
Unit 13: Appendix: Analyzing memory configuration .....................663
Efficiency of the Shared Pool ............................................................664
Monitoring the Automatic Program Global Area ....................................672
Index............................................................................................689