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Oracle Database 12c: RAC Administration

This Oracle Database 12c: Real Application Cluster (RAC) Administration training teaches you about Oracle RAC database architecture.

Updated 2026-03-17
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Description

This Oracle Database 12c: Real Application Cluster (RAC) Administration training teaches you about Oracle RAC database architecture. Explore Global Resources and Cache Fusion and more. In this course, you will be introduced to Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service.

Benefits to You

Ensure fast, reliable, secure and easy to manage performance. Optimize database workloads, lower IT costs and deliver a higher quality of service by enabling consolidation onto database clouds.

What You'll Learn

  • Install Oracle RAC software.
  • Create cluster databases.
  • Administer both administrator and policy-managed Oracle RAC databases.
  • Monitor and address performance issues.
  • Learn about services in a RAC environment as well as highly available connection features including Application Continuity and Transaction Guard.
  • Create and administer a RAC One Node Database.
  • Create and manage multitennant RAC databases.
  • Gain an understanding of the Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service.

Prerequisites

  • Oracle Database 12c: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administration
  • Oracle Database 12c: Grid Infrastructure Administration
  • Working knowledge of Oracle Database 11g: Release 2, including Clusterware, ASM and RAC.
  • Oracle Database 12c: ASM Administration

Outline

15 modules 4 Days total
  • What is a Cluster?
  • What is a Flex Cluster
  • Clusterware Characteristics
  • Oracle Clusterware
  • Hardware and Software Concepts (High level)
  • Overview of Oracle RAC
  • RAC One Node
  • Cluster-Aware Storage Solutions
  • Benefits of Using RAC
  • Scaleup and Speedup
  • I/O Throughput Balanced
  • Global Resources
  • RAC and Flex ASM
  • Installing the Oracle Database Software
  • Installation options
  • Creating the Cluster Database
  • Post-installation Tasks
  • Single Instance to RAC Conversion
  • Cleaning Up Unsuccessful Installs
  • Parameters and RAC - SPFILE, Identical and Unique Parameters
  • Instance Startup, Shutdown and Quiesce
  • Undo Tablespaces
  • Redo Threads
  • Use Enterprise Manager Cluster Database Pages
  • RAC Alerts
  • RAC Metrics
  • Overview of Upgrades and Patching
  • Release and Patch Set Upgrades
  • PSU, CPU and Interim Patches
  • Merge Patches
  • Performing Out Of Place Database Upgrades
  • Planning and Preparing for Upgrade
  • Performing Out of Place Release Install or Upgrade
  • Post Upgrade Tasks
  • Instance Failure And Recovery In RAC - LMON and SMON
  • Redo Threads and Archive Log Configurations and Admin
  • Parameter Settings Affecting Parallel Recovery and MTTR
  • Instance Failure And Recovery In RAC - LMON and SMON
  • RAC and the Fast Recovery Area
  • RMAN Configuration
  • RMAN Admin For RAC: Channels, Instances, Backup Distribution
  • RMAN Restore And Recovery RAC Considerations
  • Globally Managed Resources and Management
  • Library Cache Management
  • Row cache management
  • Buffer cache fusion
  • Buffer Cache Management Requirements
  • Accessing single blocks in RAC
  • Multi-block read considerations in RAC
  • Undo and read consistency considerations in RAC
  • OCPU and Wait Time Latencies
  • Wait Events for RAC
  • Common RAC Tuning
  • Session and System Statistics
  • RAC specific V$ Views
  • Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor for RAC
  • Oracle Services
  • Services for Policy - and Administrator-Managed Databases
  • Creating Services
  • Managing Services
  • Use Services with Client Applications
  • Services and Connection Load Balancing
  • Services and Transparent Application Failover
  • Services and the Resource Manager
  • Types of Workload Distribution
  • Client-Side Load Balancing
  • Server-Side Load Balancing
  • Runtime Connection Load Balancing and Connection Pools
  • Fast Application Notification
  • The Load Balancing Advisory FAN Event
  • Server-Side Callouts
  • Configuring the Server-Side ONS
  • What is AC?
  • What problem does it solve?
  • Benefits of AC
  • How AC works
  • AC Architecture
  • Side Effects
  • Restrictions
  • Application requirements
  • RAC One Node Concepts
  • Online database migration
  • Adding Oracle RAC One Node Database to an Existing Cluster
  • Convert an Oracle RAC One Node database to a RAC database
  • Convert an Oracle RAC database to a RAC One Node database Use DBCA to convert a single instance database to a RAC One Node database
  • Non-CDB Architecture
  • Multitenant Architecture: Benefits
  • CDB in a Non-RAC Environment
  • Containers
  • Terminology and Data Dictionary Views
  • Connection to a Non-RAC CDB
  • Oracle RAC and Multitenant Configuration
  • Oracle RAC and Multitenant Architecture
  • QOS Management concepts
  • Describe the benefits of using QoS Management
  • QoS Management components
  • QoS Management functionality
  • Introducing Exadata Cloud Service
  • Service Configuration Options & Service Connection Options
  • Service Architecture & Availability
  • Management Responsibilities
  • Storage Configuration & Management Details
  • Simple Web-Based Provisioning & Management
  • REST APIs
  • Migrating to Exadata Cloud Service