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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

Overview of this book

Oracle Database Server is the most widely used relational database in the world today. This book gives you the essential skills to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration and prepares you for Oracle DBA certification."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" prepares you to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration using an example driven method that is easy to understand. The real world examples will prepare you to face the daily challenges of being a database administrator.Starting with the essentials of why databases are important in today's information technology world and how they work, you are then guided through a full, customized installation of the Oracle software and creating your own personal database. We then examine fundamental concepts of Oracle, including architecture, storage structures, security, performance tuning, networking, and instance management. Finally, we take an in-depth look at some of the most important concepts in the daily life of an Oracle DBA - backup, recovery, and data migration."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" provides you with the skills you need in order to become a successful Oracle DBA, both for certification and real life tasks.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Index

Test your knowledge


Q 1. Fill in the blanks in order. Multiplexing refers to the act of creating multiple redo log _______ for each redo log ________.

a. archives, group

b. groups, member

c. members, group

d. groups, group

Q 2. Which of the following data dictionary views allow us to look at redo logs from a group perspective?

a. v$log

b. v$logfile

c. v$logfile_group

d. v$log_group

Q 3. Which of the following commands allows the DBA to manually switch from the current redo log group to the next redo log group in the sequence?

a. alter system switch archivelog;

b. alter system switch logfile sequence;

c. alter system switch to next log sequence;

d. alter system switch logfile;

Q 4. Following are the steps needed to enable ARCHIVELOG mode. Place them in their proper sequence.

  1. Open the database

  2. Enable archiving using the alter database archivelog command

  3. Shutdown the database

  4. Start the database into the MOUNT state

    4, 2, 3, 1

    1, 4, 2, 3

    3, 4, 2, 1

    1, 2, 4, 3

Q 5. We want to configure our Companylink database...