Oracle Database 12c RAC and Grid Infrastructure exam 1Z0-068 Training - OEM Certkit

Prepare for success with the official Oracle certification training for exam 1Z0-068.
This training provides full access to a premium Oracle 12c RAC and Grid Infrastructure CertKit, tailored to help you pass the 1Z0-068 certification exam with confidence.

You’ll receive 1-year access to a cutting-edge e-learning platform featuring:

• Certified instructor-led training
• A secure and user-friendly Learning Management System (LMS)
• 24/7 online mentor support
• Practice exams and challenging assessments
• Insider tips & tricks
• Official Oracle practice exam included
• Certificate of participation upon completion
• Optional LiveLabs (additional fee)

Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) is a powerful clustering solution that ensures high availability, scalability, and flexibility for enterprise-level Oracle Databases. This training covers key topics such as:

• RAC architecture
• Installation and configuration
• Maintenance and performance tuning
• Grid Infrastructure fundamentals

Ideal for DBAs and IT professionals aiming to support high-availability Oracle environments and looking to master critical exam objectives for Oracle 12c RAC.

Course content

Overview of Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Course: 28 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Clusters and Clusterware
• Oracle Clusterware
• Clusterware Architecture and Cluster Services
• Overview of Grid Plug and Play Architecture
• Grid Plug and Play and Cluster Node Startup
• Grid Naming Service
• Single-client Access Name

Oracle Automatic Storage Management

Course: 28 Minutes

• Oracle ASM
• ASM CloudFS and ACFS
• ASM Features and Benefits
• Grid Infrastructure Software Installation – Part 1
• Grid Infrastructure Software Installation – Part 2

Oracle RAC Database Architecture

Course: 38 Minutes

• Oracle RAC Overview
• Typical Oracle RAC Architecture
• Oracle RAC One Node
• Cluster-aware Storage
• Oracle RAC and Network Connectivity
• Benefits of Using Oracle RAC
• Clusters and Scalability
• RAC Hardware Requirements
• Necessity of Global Resources
• Parallel Execution with RAC

Practice: Grid Infrastructure Installation

Course: 8 Minutes

• Exercise: Install and Configure a New Cluster

Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC

Course: 34 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Installing the Oracle Database Software
• Creating the Cluster Database Step 1 to
• Creating the Cluster Database Step 4 to
• Creating the Cluster Database Step 9 to
• Background Processes Specific to Oracle RAC
• Single Instance-to-RAC Conversion
• Single-instance Conversion Steps

Upgrading and Patching Oracle RAC

Course: 33 Minutes

• Overview of Patching
• Finding and Downloading Patches
• Rolling Patches
• Out-of-Place Upgrades
• OPatch Overview
• OPatch: General Usage
• OPatch Automation
• OPatch Debugging

Oracle RAC One Node

Course: 25 Minutes

• Oracle RAC One Node Overview
• Creating an Oracle RAC One Node Database
• Oracle RAC One Node Online Relocation
• Performing an Online Relocation
• Converting a RAC One Node Database to RAC
• Converting to RAC One Node

Practice: Converting Single-instance to RAC

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Convert a Single-instance Database to RAC

Administering RAC with Enterprise Manager

Course: 19 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Enterprise Manager Cluster Database Home Page
• EM Cluster Database Instance Home Page
• Enterprise Manager Cluster Home Page
• Monitoring RAC with Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• Enterprise Manager Database Express

General RAC Administration

Course: 42 Minutes

• Redo Log Files and RAC
• Automatic Undo Management
• Starting and Stopping RAC Instances
• Starting and Stopping Pluggable Databases in RAC
• Switching Between Automatic and Manual Policies
• Quiescing RAC Databases
• Managing Sessions in RAC
• How SQL*Plus Commands Affect Instances
• Transparent Data Encryption and Keystores in RAC

Initialization Parameters in Oracle RAC

Course: 21 Minutes

• RAC Initialization Parameter Files
• SPFILE Parameter Values and RAC
• Enterprise Manager and SPFILE Parameter Values
• RAC Initialization Parameters
• Parameters That Require Identical Settings

Practice: RAC Administration Tasks

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Change a Static Parameter Value

Instance Recovery in Oracle RAC

Course: 13 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• RAC and Instance Recovery Overview
• Instance Recovery and Database Availability
• Faster Instance Recovery

Backup and Recovery for RAC

Course: 20 Minutes

• Protecting Against Media Failure
• Media Recovery in Oracle RAC
• Parallel Recovery in RAC
• RAC and the Fast Recovery Area
• RAC Backup and Recovery Using Enterprise Manager
• Configuring RAC Backup Settings with EM

Oracle Recovery Manager

Course: 22 Minutes

• Oracle Recovery Manager Overview
• Configuring RMAN for RAC
• Cross-checking on Multiple RAC Clusters Nodes
• Channel Connections to Cluster Instances
• Distribution of Backups and RMAN Autolocation

Managing Archived Redo Log Files

Course: 18 Minutes

• Archived Redo Log Configuration in Oracle RAC
• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN
• Non-cluster File System Local Archiving Scheme
• ASM and Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
• Restoring and Recovering Archived Log Files

Practice: Using RMAN

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Configure RMAN

Global Resource Management Concepts

Course: 16 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Global Resource Directory
• Global Resource Management
• Global Resource Remastering and Recovery

Global Enqueue Management

Course: 12 Minutes

• Global Enqueue Management Overview
• Global Enqueues
• Instance Locks

Global Cache Management

Course: 41 Minutes

• Global Cache Management Overview
• Global Cache Buffer States
• Global Cache Management Single Block Reads
• Read-from-Disk Cache Fusion Scenario
• Read-write Cache Fusion Scenario
• Write-write Cache Fusion Scenario
• Write-read Cache Fusion Scenario
• Global Cache Management Multi-block Reads

Practice: Cache Fusion

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Explore Cache Fusion Using Views

RAC Database Monitoring and Tuning

Course: 46 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• RAC Tuning Overview
• Analyzing Cache Fusion Impact in RAC
• Wait Events for RAC
• Global Cache Wait Events
• Global Enqueue Waits
• Common RAC Tuning Tips
• Index Block Contention Considerations
• High-water Mark Considerations
• Other RAC Tuning Considerations

Monitoring with Enterprise Manager

Course: 25 Minutes

• Enterprise Manager Monitoring Overview
• Cluster Database Performance Page
• Cluster Database Performance Page Throughput
• Accessing the Cluster Cache Coherency Page
• Additional Monitoring Links
• EM Database Express Performance Hub

Built In Database Tuning Tools

Course: 23 Minutes

• AWR Snapshots and RAC
• AWR Reports and RAC
• Active Session History Reports for RAC
• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor for RAC
• ADDM-specific RAC Diagnostics

Practice: Monitoring with Enterprise Manager

Course: 6 Minutes

• Exercise: Diagnose Database Performance with EM

High Availability for Client Connections

Course: 48 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Types of Workload Distribution
• Fast Application Notification Overview
• Implementing FAN Events
• FAN Events
• Server-side Callouts Implementation
• Oracle Notification Services
• Fast Connection Failover
• Load Balancing Advisory
• Connection Load Balancing in RAC

Transparent Application Failover

Course: 17 Minutes

• Transparent Application Failover Overview
• Transparent Application Failover Basic Configuration
• Transparent Application Failover Preconnect

Ensuring Application Continuity

Course: 19 Minutes

• Transaction Guard Overview
• Using Transaction Guard
• Application Continuity Overview
• Using Application Continuity

Quality of Service Overview

Course: 14 Minutes

• QoS Management Overview
• QoS Management Focus and Benefits
• QoS Management Functional Overview and Architecture

Quality of Service Management

Course: 38 Minutes

• Overview of Policy Sets
• Server Pools
• Performance Classes
• Performance Policies
• Performance Objectives
• Other Performance Policy Components
• Overview of Metrics
• QoS Management Recommendations

Practice: Configuring Load Balancing and TAF

Course: 7 Minutes

• Exercise: Configure and Test Load Balancing and TAF

Overview of Services in RAC

Course: 16 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Oracle Services Overview
• Service Characteristics
• Default Services and Restricted Service Registration

Managing Services

Course: 34 Minutes

• Creating and Managing Services in Enterprise Manager
• Creating and Managing Services with SRVCTL
• Services and Client Connections
• Services and Transparent Application Failover
• Using Services with the Resource Manager
• Using Services with the Scheduler
• Using Distributed Transactions with RAC

Service Monitoring

Course: 23 Minutes

• Service Thresholds and Alerts
• Service Aggregation and Tracing
• Enterprise Manager Top Services Performance Page
• Service Aggregation Configuration
• Service Performance Views

Multitenant Architecture and RAC

Course: 44 Minutes

• Multitenant Architecture Overview
• Container Database in a Non-RAC Environment
• CDB Terminology and Data Dictionary Views
• Connection to a Non-RAC CDB
• Oracle RAC and Multitenant Configuration
• Creating a RAC Container Database (CDB)
• Managing a Container Database (CDB)
• Managing Services
• Adding and Dropping a PDB

Practice: Managing Services

Course: 4 Minutes

• Exercise: Create a New Service

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