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ISBN:
0-9727513-8-6
ISBN 13
978-0972751384
Library of Congress Number: 2003112378
358 Pages:
Perfect Bind 9x7
PD 1003
Shelving: Databases/Oracle Oracle In-Focus Series # 9

 

Mike Ault’s Oracle Internals Monitoring
& Tuning Scripts

Advanced Internals & OCP Certification Insights for the Master DBA


By Mike Ault           

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Written by the world's most widely-read DBA and author of over 20 Oracle books, Mike Ault shares his secrets for Oracle DBA management scripts. This handy reference is indispensable for all Oracle professionals who must quickly automate and manage their Oracle databases with scripts.

This stellar book comes complete with an online code depot full of over 200 pre-tested Oracle DBA scripts, and covers all areas of Oracle database administration including data files, tablespace, table and index management scripts. Based on more than 20 years full-time experience, Mike Ault brings his expertise to the public with this fantastic book. Your time savings from a single script is worth the price of this great book.
 

 
Key Features

* Presents a complete guide to using Oracle internal tricks for database administration activities.

* Describes secret scripts for monitoring and tuning Oracle databases.

* Presents a framework for automatic database administration without buying expensive tools.

* Provides expert insights into the internal working of the Oracle database.

* Reviews mechanisms for automating Oracle database administration tasks.

* Comes with a complete code depot of working Oracle scripts.

About the Author:

Mike Ault

Mike Ault has five Oracle Masters Certificates.  Ault was the first popular Oracle author with his book "Oracle7 Administration and Management" and he also wrote several of the "Exam Cram" books.

 

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Instance Internals Scripts
Monitoring Control Files and Initialization Parameters
              Monitoring Control Files
              Monitoring Database Initialization Parameters
              Monitoring Undocumented Initialization Parameters
Monitoring Locks and Latches
              Monitoring Sessions Causing Blocked Locks
              Monitoring DDL and DML Locks
              Monitoring Internal Locks
Monitoring Waits
Monitoring Events
Workspaces in Oracle9i
 
Chapter 2 - Inside the Shared Pool
Monitoring and Tuning the Shared Pool    
Conclusions about the Shared Pool
            Guideline 1
            Guideline 2
            Guideline 3
Pinning the PL/SQL Packages in the Shared Pool
The Shared Pool and the MTS
            Large Pool Sizing
Disk IO and the Shared Pool
Monitoring Library and Data Dictionary Caches
            Guideline 7
Shared Pool Summary
 
Chapter 3 - Data Buffer Internals Scripts
 Classic DB Block Buffer Tuning
 Tuning the Multi-part Oracle8 Buffer Cache
             Use of the Default Pool                   
             Use of the KEEP Pool
             Use of the RECYCLE Pool
             Sizing the Default Pool
             Sizing the Keep Pool
             Sizing the Recycle Pool
 Tuning the Three Pools
 
Chapter 4 - The Undocumented Oracle Parameters
Inside the Undocumented Parameters
            Tuning the Database Writer with Undocumented Parameters
Hidden Parameters with Inappropriate Default Values
Immutable Hidden Parameters
Oracle Recovery with _ALLOW_RESETLOGS_CORRUPTION
            Procedure
 
Chapter 5 - Oracle Event Internals
Event Classes
The Initialization File Event Settings
Example Uses of the EVENT Initialization Parameter
            Events at the Session Level
Example Uses of the ALTER SESSION Command to Set EVENT Codes
Seeing which Events are Set in a Session
            Using DBMS_SYSTEM.SET_EV and  
            DBMS_SYSTEM.READ_EV
 
Chapter 6 - Tablespace and File Internals Scripts
 Monitoring Tablespace Free space and Fragmentation
             Monitoring Tablespace Autoextend Settings
             Monitoring Tablespace Data Files
             Monitoring Tablespace Extent Mapping
Monitoring Rollback Segments
             Monitoring Rollback Usage and Statistics
             Monitoring Rollback Current Usage
             Monitoring Rollback Transaction Size
             Monitoring Deferred Rollback Segments
 Monitoring Redo Log Activity
             Monitoring Redo Log Status
             Monitoring Redo Log Switches
             Monitoring Redo Statistics
 Directory and Library Internals
 Monitoring Directories
 Monitoring Libraries

Chapter 7 - Storage and Object Internal Scripting
Monitoring Ownership, Placement, and Clustering
Monitoring Size of Tables
Table Statistics Scripts
Table Type Internals
Table Columns Internals
Table Column Statistics Internals
Table Key Internals
Finding Tables with Chained Rows
            Using the ANALYZE Command
Partitioned Table Internals
Monitoring Partition Statistics
Table Sub-partition Internals
Monitoring Sub-partition Statistics
Nested Table Internals
External Table Internals
            Cluster Table Internals
Monitoring Table Cluster Storage Statistics
Monitoring Cluster Statistics
Monitoring Cluster Hash Expressions
Monitoring Oracle8 Types, Collections, Methods, and Operators
            Monitoring Types
Monitoring Type Collections
Monitoring Type Methods
Monitoring Type REFs
            Monitoring Operators
            Monitoring Dimensions
            Monitoring Stored Outlines
Monitoring Outline Hints
            Monitoring of Materialized Views and Materialized View Logs
          Using DBA_ and V$ type Views
 
Chapter 8 - Index Internals Scripting
Monitoring Index Statistics
Monitoring Partitioned Indexes
            Function-based Index (FBI) Internals
            Domain Index Internals
Bitmap Join Index Internals
 
Chapter 9 - Security Internals Scripts
Table Security Internals
Using the V$ and DBA_ Views for Monitoring Users
           Monitoring User Setup
           Monitoring User Roles
           Monitoring User Table and Column Grants
           Monitoring Currently Logged-in User Processes
Monitoring Profiles
Audit Table Monitoring

 

Index:

_
_affinity
_allow_error_simulation
_allow_read_only_corruption
_allow_resetlogs_corruption
_always_star_transformation
_compatible_no_recovery
_corrupt_blocks_on_stuck_ recovery
_corrupted_rollback_segments
_cpu_count
_cpu_to_io
_cursor_db_buffers_pinned
_db_always_check_system_ts
_db_block_cache_protect
_db_block_hash_buckets
_db_block_hash_latches
_db_block_hi_priority_batch_size
_db_block_max_scan_cnt  _db_block_max_scan_count
_db_block_med_priority_ batch_size
_db_block_no_idle_writes
_db_block_write_batch _db_cache_advice
_db_handles
_db_handles_cached
_db_large_dirty_queue
_db_no_mount_lock
_db_writer_chunk_writes
_db_writer_scan_depth
_db_writer_scan_depth_ decrement
_db_writer_scan_depth_ ncrement 
_debug_sga
_disable_logging
_distributed_lock_timeout
_dss_cache_flush 
_eliminate_common_subexpr
_enqueue_hash_chains
_enqueue_locks
_fast_full_scan_enabled
_ignore_desc_in_index
_init_sql_file
_io_slaves_disabled
_ipc_fail_network
_ipc_test_failover
_ipc_test_mult_nets
_kgl_latch_count
_latch_spin_count
_log_blocks_during_backup
_log_buffers_corrupt
_log_buffers_debug 
_log_entry_prebuild_threshold 
_mts_load_constants
_mv_refresh_selections _new_initial_join_orders 
_no_objects
_offline_rollback_segments
_ogms_home
_optimizer_undo_changes
_pmon_load_constants
_reuse_index_loops
_row_cache_cursors
_save_escalates 
_single_process 
_small_table_threshold
_spin_count
_sqlexec_progression_cost
_trace_files_public 
_undo_optimizer_changes
_unnest_subquery
_use_ism 
_wait_for_sync  

A
analyze table
aud$
audit_actions
avg_space_freelist_blocks  

B
buffer_busy_waits   
buffer_pool_keep  
buffer_pool_recycle

C
catblock.sql 
cpu_count 
create_stored_outlines  

D
db_allowed_logon_version
db_block_buffers
db_block_lru_latches
db_block_size
db_flashback_retention_target
db_recovery_file_dest 
db_recovery_file_dest_size 
dba_blockers 
dba_clu_columns 
dba_cluster_hash_expression 
dba_cluster_hash_functions 
dba_clusters
dba_coll_types
dba_ddl_locks
dba_directories
dba_dml_locks
dba_extents
dba_external_locations
dba_external_tables
dba_ind_expressions
dba_ind_partitions 
dba_ind_subpartitions
dba_indexes
dba_internal_locks
dba_join_ind_columns
dba_kgllock
dba_libraries
dba_lock 
dba_lock_internal  
dba_method_params  
dba_method_results
dba_nested_tables  
dba_object_tables
dba_opancillary 
dba_oparguments
dba_opbindings  
dba_operators
dba_outline_hints  
dba_outlines
dba_profiles
dba_refs 
dba_rollback_segs
dba_tab_columns 
dba_tab_partitions 
dba_tab_sub-partitions
dba_table 
dba_tables     
dba_tablespaces
dba_type_attrs
dba_type_methods
dba_users
dba_waiters
dbms_context
dbms_rls
dbms_shared_pool
dbms_stats 
dbms_utility
dbmspool.sql 
ddl_wait_for_locks
dirty_buffers_inspected

E
enqueue_hash_chains
enqueue_locks
enqueue_resources 

F
fet$
free_buffer_inspected  

I
index_stats
instance_type 

J
job_queue_interval 
job_queue_processes  

K
k$kqdpg   

L
large_pool_size
ldap_directory_access
lock_name_space
log_archive_config
log_buffer
log_checkpoint_interval
log_simultaneous_copies
log_small_entry_max_size           

N
num_freelist_blocks  

O
obj$ 
optimizer_mode
Oracle Process ID
osm_disk_repair_time  
osm_diskgroups  
osm_diskstring  
osm_power_limit    
outln_utl   

P
parallel_automatic_tuning    
parallel_max_servers  
pctincrease  
plan_table 
plsql_optimize_level   
plsql_warnings 
props$   
prvtpool.plb 

R
redo blocks written 
redo buffer allocation retries 
redo entries linearized 
redo log space wait 
redo size
redo small copies 
redo writes 
redo_allocation
redo_copy
resumable_timeout   

S
shared_pool_pct
shared_pool_size   
skip_unusable_indexes
smtp_out_server
sp_name  
sql_summary 
streams_pool_size 
System Process ID     

T
timed_statistics   

U
uet$ 
undo_retention 
user_dump_dest     

V
v$archived_log 
v$bh
v$buffer_pool
v$buffer_pool_statistics
v$controlfile
v$controlfile_record 
v$controlfile_record_section 
v$database
v$datafile 
v$db_object_cache  
v$dbwr_write_histogram 
v$dbwr_write_log    
v$latch   
v$latch_children  
v$latchname  
v$librarycache
v$lock_dpt 
v$log_history 
v$logfile 
v$parameter 
v$parameter2
v$process
v$resource_limit 
v$rollname
v$rollstat  
v$session
v$session_event
v$sesstat 
v$sgastat 
v$sqlarea
v$sqltext 
v$statname
v$sysstat 
v$system_parameter
v$system_parameter2
v$tablespace
v$transportable_platform
v$waitstat     

W
word_wrapped
Workspace Manager

X
x$bh
x$kcbfwait 
x$kqdpg     
x$kvit               

Reader Comments

Marlene from Philadelphia, PA says:
I have all of Mr. Ault's books, and this one is one of his best works. It contains loads of working scripts and an Internet code download to get the working code. It also has excellent explainations of the concepts and internals from the output of the scripts.

This is definitely not a beginner book, and it is as complex as any of the other advanced Oracle books. If you want super-deep details, this book is for you!


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