Oracle Database 11g Certified Master Exam (OCM) NEW

Course Description

The Oracle Database 11g Certified Master Exam (OCM) credential is the industry's most advanced Database Administrator certification.The exam is based on Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (64-bit) and includes the use of Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). The operating system is Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 5.2 (64-bit)Obtaining the Oracle Certified Master credential requires passing an onsite practical exam—conducted in an Oracle University classroom—that tests candidates on their ability to perform database administration tasks in a live database environment. Skillsets are timed and require a high degree of Oracle database knowledge to successfully complete.The OCM exam is conducted at designated Oracle University facilities in each global region. PREREQUISITES FOR REGISTRATION:It is highly recommended that participants have a minimum of 3 – 4 years of Oracle database administrator experience. More typical of the qualified candidate would be 5 years or more.Before registering for the 11g OCM, candidates must: Complete PRIOR CERTIFICATION -Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional (OCP).Complete 2 of the Advanced or Specialty courses to meet the Hands On Course Requirements.Gain considerable hands-on expertise with all the exam objectives. Get comfortable with the basic Linux command language. Visit the Oracle Certification Program website to view all the details about the OCM exam, including the minimum recommended skills. http://www.oracle.com/education/certification Oracle Testing IDEvery candidate must provide their 9-character Oracle Testing ID to initiate the OCM exam. The Oracle Testing ID is the unique identifier associated with candidate's Oracle exam history at Prometric and Pearson Vue. It is strongly recommended that OCM candidates locate their Oracle Testing ID at least one week prior to their exam date. To set up a web account with Pearson Vue and confirm an Oracle Testing ID, visit http://www.pearsonvue.com/oracleFollow these instructions to obtain your Oracle ID.

Who Can Benefit

• Database Administrators
• Support Engineer
• Technical Consultant

Prerequisites

• Every candidate must have their 9-character Oracle Testing ID to initiate the OCM exam.
• Familiarity navigating through online Oracle documentation
• Candidates should have a minimum of 3 – 4 years of Oracle database administrator experience.
• Proficient with using Mozilla 1.6 browser software
• Complete PRIOR CERTIFICATION -Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional (OCP)
• Proficient with SQL
• Complete 2 of the Advanced or Specialty courses to meet the Hands On Course Requirements.
• Advanced knowledge and use of Oracle Enterprise Server techn

Syllabus

Server Configuration

• Create the database
• Determine and set sizing parameters for database structures
• Create and manage temporary, permanent, and undo tablespaces
• Stripe data files across multiple physical devices and locations
• Configure the database environment to support optimal data access performance
• Create and manage database configuration files
• Create and manage bigfile tablespaces
• Create and Manage a tablespace that uses NFS mounted file system file

Enterprise Manager Grid Control

• Install and Patch Enterprise Manager Grid Control software
• Configure the Enterprise Manager repository
• Create Enterprise Manager Grid Control users
• Use Enterprise Manager to modify a database configuration
• Configure Enterprise Manager to modify a database availability
• Create and manage jobs
• Create and monitor alerts
• Implement Grid Control and Database Control

Managing Database Availability

• Configure Recovery Manager
• Use Recovery Manager to perform database backups
• Use Recover Manager to perform complete database restore and recovery operations
• Configure RMAN
• Create different types of RMAN backups to cater for different performance and retention requirements
• Set Flashback Database parameters
• Configure a Fast Recovery Area
• Perform various recovery operations using Flashback technology

Data Management

• Manage Materialized Views to improve rewrite and refresh performance
• Configure and manage distributed materialized views
• Create and Manage encrypted tablespaces
• Manage Transport of tablespaces across platforms
• Configure a schema to support a star transformation query
• Administer external tables
• Implement Data Pump export and import jobs for data transfer
• Implement Data Pump to and from remote databases

Data Warehouse Management

• Administer partitioned tables and indexes using appropriate methods and keys
• Perform partition maintenance operations
• Maintain indexes on a partitioned table
• Implement securefile LOB
• Create and manage LOB segments
• Implement fine-grained access control
• Create and manage contexts
• Administer flashback data archive and schema evolution

Performance Management

• Administer Resource Manager
• Use Result Cache
• Use multi column statistics
• Gather statistics on a specific table without invalidating cursors
• Use partitioned indexes
• Administer and tune schema object to support various access methods
• Interpret execution plan
• Implement instance caging

Grid Infrastructure and ASM

• Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• Create ASM Disk Groups
• Create and manage as ASM instance
• Implement ASM failure groups
• Creating ACFS File System
• Start,Stop, Configure and Administer Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Real Application Clusters

• Install the Oracle Database 11gR2 software
• Configure ASM for the shared disks and create a clustered database
• Configure archiving
• Configure Services using both Manual and Policy Managed Methods

Data Guard

• Create Physical Standby Database with real-time apply
• Configure the data guard environment to reduce overheads of fast incremental backups on the primary database
• Configure the Observer
• Switchover and switch back
• Configure connect time failover
• Convert the standby to a snapshot standby
• Configure archivelog deletion policy for the dataguard configuration