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ISBN
0-9740716-0-9 
ISBN 13
978-0974071602
Library of Congress Number: 2003097635
527 Pages - Perfect bind 9x7 Publication date: November 2003
Shelving: Databases/Oracle Oracle In-Focus Series # 12

  Oracle Database 10g New Features 
Oracle10g Reference for Advanced Tuning & Administration

Mike Ault, Daniel Liu, Madhu Tumma

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Written by the world's most widely-read authors of best-selling Oracle books, Mike Ault, Daniel Liu and Madhu Tumma target their substantial knowledge of evaluating Oracle new features in this important book. With decades of experience evaluating new Oracle features, this book focuses on the most important new DBA features of Oracle 10g as they relate to database administration and Oracle tuning.

This book provides honest feedback about those Oracle 10g features that you should use, and those you should not use. The text takes an in-depth look at those Oracle10g features that are the most important to system performance and Oracle10g database administration.

Best of all, the authors have created dozens of working samples in the Oracle10g online code depot. Examples from all areas of Oracle10g are covered with working scripts and code snippets. Your time savings from a single script is worth the price of this great book.
 

 
Key Features

* Receive an online code depot to get you started fast with Oracle10g.

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* Learn about important changes to the Oracle10g SQL optimizer.

* Examine the automated SQLAccess Advisor for SQL tuning.

* Automate your Oracle10g storage with Automated Storage Management (ASM).

* See how to use the 20 new Oracle10g initialization parameters.

* Load your Oracle10g database fast with the new Oracle10g data pump utility.

* Understand important enhancements to Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g.

 

About the Authors:

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.

 

Daniel Liu

 

Daniel Liu is a senior Oracle Database Administrator at First American Real Estate Solutions in Anaheim, CA. He has many years of industry experience in database administration and software development.  He has worked with large-scale databases in multi-platform environments.  His expertise includes Oracle database administration, performance tuning, Oracle networking, and Oracle Application Server. 

As an Oracle Certified Professional, he taught Oracle certified DBA classes at Elite Consulting Group in Chicago. Daniel also taught IOUG University Seminar in Orlando.  Daniel has published articles with DBAzine, Oracle Internals, and SELECT Journal.  Daniel has received SELECT Editorial Award for Best Article in 2001.  He has also given presentations at IOUG-A Live, LAOUG, OCOUG, NoCOUG, Oracle Open World and Oracle World.   Daniel has served as panelist on Oracles of Oracle at Oracle World and IOUG-Live.  Daniel holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Northern Illinois University.
 


Madhu Tumma
 

Madhu Tumma has been working as Software Developer, IT Manager, Database Administrator, and Technical Consultant for about 18 years. He has worked on a wide variety of projects and environments ranging from mainframe, client-server, eBusiness to managed services. He has provided consultancy to variety of clients on database clusters, business continuity and high availability solutions.

His experience ranges across multiple relational database systems. Madhu is frequent speaker at Oracle World and IOUG where he presented many technical papers. Madhu has Master Degree in science and attended Business Management graduate program. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Hema and two children Sandi and Sudeep.

 

Table of Contents:

 

 

Chapter 1: New Features for Database Creation and Deletion
 
SYSAUX Tablespace
Automated Storage Management Configuration
Automated RAC Services Configuration
Simplified Upgrade for RAC and OPS Databases
Drop Database
 
Chapter 2: Database Tuning and Performance Improvements
 
Database Resource Manager Improvements
 
  • Database Resource Manager Overview
  • Adaptive Consumer Group Mapping
  • Fixed CPU Quota
  • Integration of Resource Manager and Profiles
 
Tuning Improvements
 
  • Buffer Cache Flushing - User Initiated
  • Automated Checkpoint Tuning
  • CPU Costing
  • Dynamic Sampling
 
Tuning Transaction Recovery
 
  • Easy Transaction Recovery Monitoring
 
Oracle Enterprise Manager Changes
 
  • Overview of the changes
  • SQL Reporting
  • New Performance Overview Charts
 
Single-Set Aggregates in DML Returning Clause
 
New and Updated Optimizer Hints
 
Wait Model Improvements
 
  • Overview of enhancements
  • Changes and updates
 
Application Tuning
 
  • Overview of improvements
  • SQL Access Advisor
  • Materialized View Tuning API - The new TUNE_MVIEW API
 
New Static Data Dictionary Views
 
  • Overview
  • List of Views and Explanation
 
New Dynamic Performance Views
 
  • Overview
  • List of Views
 
Static data dictionary views have new columns
 
Dynamic performance views have new columns
 
 
CHAPTER 3 - New Features for Tablespace Management
 
Temporary Tablespace
 
·        Temporary Tablespace Group Overview
·        Temporary Tablespace Group Benefits
·        Examples
 
Rename Tablespace
 
·        Tablespace Rename Overview
·        Tablespace Rename Benefits
·        Examples
 
Bigfile Tablespace
 
·        Bigfile Tablespace Overview
·        Bigfile Tablespace Benefits
·        Extended ROWID Format
·        Examples
 
Automated Storage Management (ASM)
 
·        Automated Storage Management Overview
·        Automated Storage Management Benefits
·        ASM Disk Group
·        ASM Disk
·        ASM Files
·        ASM Instance
 
 
 
Chapter 4: New Table and Index Features
 
Creating a Sorted Hash Cluster
 
  • Benefits
  • Examples
 
Partitioning Improvement
 
  • Overview of Improvements in Partitioning
  • Global Partitioned Indexes - Hash Partitioning
  • Enhancements for Partitioned Index-Organized Tables
   - List Partitioning
   - LOB Support
   - Global Index Maintenance
  • Local Partitioned Indexes Manageability Improvements
  • Enhanced Partition Management in Enterprise Manager
 
Enhanced Bitmap Index Performance and Space Management
 
Chapter 5: New DML Features: Insert, Update and Delete
 
Single-Set Aggregates in DML Returning Clause
Upsert through SQL Interrow Calculations
 
Chapter 6: New SELECT features
 
SQLAccess Advisor
Materialized View Tuning API
Grouped Table Outer Join
Increased Number of Aggregates per Query
SQL Interrow Calculations
Remote Stored Functions in SELECT Statements
Native Net Over Fast Interconnects
Native Net Over TCP/IP
Case-Insensitive and Accent-Insensitive Query and Sort
Enhanced Collections
Enhanced CONNECT BY Support
Oracle Expression Filter
SQL Regular
Row Timestamp
 
 
Chapter 7: Improved Features: MERGE, EXTERNAL TABLES, MINSERT
 
Asynchronous Change Data
Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespaces
Enhanced Table Functions
External Tables Unload
Enhanced MERGE Functionality
 
 
CHAPTER 8 – New Initialization Parameters
 
Type of Initialization Parameters
Twenty New Parameters
            CREATE_STORED_OUTLINES
            DB_ALLOWED_LOGIN_VERSION
            DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET
            DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
            DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE
            DDL_WAIT_FOR_LICKS
            INSTANCE_TYPE
            LDAP_DIRECTORY_ACCESS
            LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG
            OSM_DISK_REPARIR_TIME
            OSM_DISKGROUPS
            OSM_DISKSTRING
            OSM_POWER_LIMIT
            PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL
            PLSQL_WARNINGS
            RESUMABLE_TIMEOUT
            SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDESES
            SMTP_OUT_SERVER
            SP_NAME
            STREAMS_POOL_SIZE
 
 
Chapter 9 - New Management Features
 
Database Startup and Shutdown
 
  • Overview of enhancements
  • Database Automated Startup and Shutdown Configuration
 
Database Install
 
  • Simplified Database Install
 
Improvements in Auditing
 
  • Uniform Audit Trail
  • Extended SQL Support in FGA
 
Easier Database Registration
 
Unified User Model
 
 
Chapter 10 – Utilities Improvements
 
Data Pump Utilities
 
·        Data Pump Overview
·        Data Pump Benefits
·        Data Pump Export
·        Data Pump Export Examples
·        Data Pump Import
·        Data Pump Import Examples
 
SQL*Loader Improvements
 
·        Direct Path Support for ROWID Datatype
·        Direct Path Support for VARRAY Datatype
·        Direct Path Support for XML Type Tables
 
SQL*Plus Enhancements
 
·        Session Configuration
·        SQL Prompt Runtime Variable Substitution
·        DESCRIBE Command Improvements
·        SPOOL Command Improvements
·        Show Recycle Bin
·        SQL*Plus Compatibility
 
iSQL*Plus Enhancements        
 
·        Input Prompting
·        Command Changes     
 
New Scheduler Utilities
 
·        Introduction to Scheduler
·        Scheduler Architecture
·        Program and Job Concepts
·        Managing Jobs and Programs
·        Data Dictionary View for Scheduler                 
·        Examples
 
 
Chapter 11: New Network Features
 
Back Up Directory Naming Entries to Local Naming File
Dynamic Connection Manager Configuration
Easy Connect Naming Method
Easy OCI/JDBC Install
Improved Network Outage Detection
Simplified Directory Usage Configuration
Improved Connection Manager Access Rules
Automated Shared Server Configuration
Simplified Shared Server Configuration Parameters
Certificate Validation with Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)
Centralized CRL Management
Centralized User Management for Kerberos Users
Kerberos-Enabled Database Links
Operating System Credential Cache
Access to Single Sign On Wallet
Key Store Interface
End-to-End Identity Propagation
Database Authentication with Standard LDAP Password Verifiers
Single Station Administration for Password Authentication to Oracle Database
Smart Card Support for X509v3 Certificates
.Transport Layer Security (TLS) Support
SSL Session Renegotiation
Performance Improvements
4096-Bit Key Size Support

 

 
 
 
Chapter 12 – Backup and Recovery New Features
 
Extended Flashback Functions
 
·        Flashback Database
·        Flashback Standby Database
·        Flashback Re-instantiation
·        Flashback Drop
·        Flashback Table
·        Flashback Row History
·        Flashback Transaction History
 
RMAN Enhancements
 
·        Automated Channel Failover for Backup and Restore
·        Automated File Creation During Recovery
·        Simplified Backups to Disk
·        Proxy Copy Backup of Archivelogs
·        Incrementally Updated Backups
·        Simplified Recovery Through Resetlogs
·        Restore Tolerates Corrupt or Missing Backups
·        Full Database Begin Backup Command
·        Change-Aware Incremental Backups
·        Automated Disk-Based Backup and Recovery
·        RMAN Database Deregistration
·        Backup of Standby Control File
·        Automated TSPITR Instantiation
·        Simplified Recovery Manager Cataloging of Backup Files
 
 
 
Chapter 13 - High Availability Improvements
 
Log Miner
 
  • Overview of the improvements
  • Automated LogMiner Configuration
  • Support for Index-Organized Tables
  • Support for Additional Types
  • LONG, Multibyte CLOB and NCLOB
 
Real Application Clusters
 
  • Overview of the Improvements
  • Data guard broker support
  • CRS (Cluster Ready Services)
  • workl