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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

By : Hector R. Madrid
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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

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By: Hector R. Madrid
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Overview of this book

Does your database look complicated? Are you finding it difficult to interact with it? Database interaction is a part of the daily routine for all database professionals. Using Oracle Utilities the user can benefit from improved maintenance windows, optimized backups, faster data transfers, and more reliable security and in general can do more with the same time and resources.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities
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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewer
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About the Reviewer
Preface
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Preface
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Data Pump
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Data Pump
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Data Pump features
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Data Pump architecture
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Setting up the practical scenarios
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Data Pump export
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Data Pump restart capability
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Getting information about the export job
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Data Pump import
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Improving performance with Data Pump
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Working with the Data Pump API
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Data Pump 11g new features
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Summary
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SQL*Loader
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SQL*Loader
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SQL*Loader basics
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Preparing the demo environment
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Specifying a particular character set
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Load on the fly
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Direct path versus Conventional path load
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Loading Large Objects (LOBs)
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Loading multimedia files
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Resumable load
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Parallel load
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General performance booster tips
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Summary
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External Tables
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External Tables
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The External Table basics
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Let's setup the environment
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Inter-version compatibility
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Data transformation with External Tables
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Mapping XML files as External Tables
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Dynamically changing the external reference
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Oracle 11g External Table enhancements
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Summary
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Recovery Manager Advanced Techniques
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Recovery Manager Advanced Techniques
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Recovery Manager basics
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Backup compression
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Faster backups through intra-file parallel backup and restore operations (11g only)
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Block media recovery
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Backup duration and throttling
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Database cloning
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Inter-platform database migration
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Migrate to and from an ASM environment
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General backup advices
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Summary
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Recovery Manager Restore and Recovery Techniques
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Recovery Manager Restore and Recovery Techniques
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Oracle database recovery
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Loss of data files
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Loss of redo log files
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Test restore
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Crosscheck command
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Nologging considerations
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Summary
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Session Management
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Session Management
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User sessions in a dedicated server architecture
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Blocking sessions
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Services
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Resource Manager
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Active Session History (ASH)
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Session monitoring, the traditional way
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Summary
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Oracle Scheduler
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Oracle Scheduler
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Oracle Scheduler concepts
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Getting started with the Oracle Scheduler
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Time expression syntax
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Programs
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Schedules
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Jobs and Job Classes
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Managing the Scheduler
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Data dictionary related views
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Summary
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Oracle Wallet Manager
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Oracle Wallet Manager
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The Oracle Wallet Manager
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Oracle Wallet Manager CSR generation
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Storing the Oracle Wallet in the Windows registry
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Storing the Wallet in an LDAP server
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Using certificates for authentication
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Using the Oracle Wallet to store database credentials
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Summary
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Security Management
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Security Management
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Using the Oracle Wallet to encrypt backups
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The enterprise user
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Summary
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Database Configuration Assistant
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Database Configuration Assistant
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DBCA
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Database creation
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Database edition
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Database template management
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Automatic Storage Management configuration
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DBCA, Batch mode
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Summary
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Oracle Universal Installer
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Oracle Universal Installer
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OUI basics
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OUI basic and advanced installation modes
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Modes of installation
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OUI command line parameters
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Silent installation mode
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The oraparam.ini file
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OUI return codes
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Installing Oracle from the Web
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Recovering a lost Inventory
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Cloning Oracle Home using OUI
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Summary
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Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant
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Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant
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Enterprise Manager Components
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Enterprise Manager configuration
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EMCA Command Line Interface
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EMCA 10g Release 1
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EM directory structure
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Environment changes
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Securing Enterprise Manager
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Summary
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OPatch
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OPatch
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OPatch
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Downloading the latest OPatch version
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OPatch requirements
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OPatch syntax
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Oracle maintenance using OPatch
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Applying a single patch using OPatch
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Querying the Oracle inventory
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Rolling back a failed OPatch session
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Considerations after applying a patch
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OPatch in Oracle 11g
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Oracle Configuration Manager Registration
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Critical Patch Updates
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Hot patching (11g only)
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Troubleshooting OPatch
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Using Enterprise Manager for software maintenance
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Managing Patches in EM 11g
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Summary

The External Table basics

An External Table is basically a file that resides on the server side, as a regular flat file or as a data pump formatted file. The External Table is not a table itself; it is an external file with an Oracle format and its physical location. This feature first appeared back in Oracle 9i Release 1 and it was intended as a way of enhancing the ETL process by reading an external flat file as if it was a regular Oracle table. On its initial release it was only possible to create read-only External Tables, but, starting with 10g—it is possible to unload data to External Tables too.

In previous 10g Releases there was only the SQL*Loader driver could be used to read the External Table, but from 10g onwards it is now possible to load the table by means of the data pump driver. The kind of driver that will be used to read the External Table is defined at creation time. In the case of ORACLE_LOADER it is the same driver used by SQL*Loader. The flat files are loaded in the...

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