June 2015 archive

For this topic, we are focusing in flashback database technology. So here, you need to be able how to: Enable / Disable flashback database; Enable / Disable flashback for a tablespace; Alter all the flashback database parameter "db_flashback_retention_target"; One thing that I would strong recommend during the exam is: every time you plan to do some …

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Backup is an art. It's very important to check the SLA and create a total failure recover plan whenever you setup a new DB instance. If you are a OCP, you must already know that. So, in this topic, practice creating backups: Backup full / incremental If Incremental, diferential / cumulative Compressed in different levels Setup …

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Funny to see this as one of the last topics of this skillset as everything depend on this. As I've already talked in the other topics, deploying the whole infrastructure is the same as: Installing the Grid Control Software Configuring the Repository Deploying the agent on Management Targets So just check if you did everything correct before and …

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This topic is another one that is a little bit generic. What does "configure for business requirements" means? Business requirements can be anything you can ever imagine. In my understandings, your objective in this topic is to be ready if you face something that could be useful in a daily work like like: Alert the …

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The place to take the exam is one of the most difficult things to decide if you do not live near a test center. The OCM exam is very expensive. You need also to add to this cost hotel + flight + anything else during your exam trip. So, first of all, the most important …

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