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This lesson introduces you to Oracle 11g Edition and the tasks of a Database Administrator.
Oracle Database software enables grid computing with the following characteristics:
· Performance and scalability: Implemented through low cost hardware clusters, like Itanium and
Linux.
· Reliability: Continuous availability of data and applications through Oracle Data Guard.
· Security and privacy: security features to share enterprise grid resources while maintaining
privacy and security.
· Self-management:
o Oracle infrastructure automates many functions.
o A single DBA can manage hundreds of servers through Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)
Cloud Control.
· Distributed computing: Oracle has advanced integration features that allow applications and data
to run anywhere in the network.
This query of the data dictionary view PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION will display release
information for the current installation of the DBORCL database – note that this is an Oracle Version 10g
database.
SYSTEM – this account is used to create additional tables/views used for database administration.
DBA Role:
· A predefined DBA role is automatically created with every Oracle Database installation.
· This role contains most database system privileges.
· Only allocate this role to a DBA.
These accounts, roles, and privileges will be covered in more detail in later note sets.
Course Focus
This course focuses on basic database administrator tasks and teaches the Oracle architecture in detail.
Database backup, recovery, network administration, and database tuning are only briefly covered. These
topics are covered in detail in courses offered through Oracle Corporation as follows:
Oracle Certification
The certification links change constantly. The current certification link is the Oracle University Certification
Program:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=39&p_org_id=1001
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