Foreword | p. xxi |
Acknowledgements | p. xxiii |
Introduction | p. xxvii |
Overview | |
Windows 2000 | p. 3 |
Oracle and Microsoft | p. 4 |
Windows 2000 | p. 5 |
A Brief Look Inside Windows 2000 | p. 7 |
Security | p. 18 |
The Windows 2000 Interface | p. 21 |
The Registry and the Environment | p. 23 |
Summary | p. 27 |
Overview of Oracle9i RDBMS | p. 29 |
Process Architecture | p. 30 |
The Oracle Instance | p. 34 |
The Database Files | p. 39 |
Internal Database Management | p. 44 |
Database Integrity Checks | p. 53 |
Summary | p. 56 |
Implementing the Oracle RDBMS on Windows 2000 | |
Configuring Windows 2000 | p. 61 |
Tuning Windows for Oracle | p. 63 |
Microsoft Management Console | p. 70 |
Command-Line Management | p. 79 |
System Administration | p. 92 |
The Operating System Environment | p. 101 |
Remote Administration | p. 106 |
Resources | p. 109 |
Looking Ahead | p. 111 |
Summary | p. 113 |
Installing and Configuring the Oracle RDBMS | p. 115 |
History of Oracle on Windows NT | p. 117 |
The Oracle Universal Installer | p. 120 |
Beginning the Installation | p. 123 |
Creating the Database | p. 130 |
The Database Storage Page | p. 143 |
Deinstalling Oracle Products | p. 153 |
Summary | p. 155 |
Advanced Database Administration for Windows 2000 | p. 157 |
Advanced Database Creation and Management | p. 159 |
Oracle Memory Usage on Windows 2000 | p. 168 |
Using the Performance Monitor | p. 183 |
Using the Oracle Administration Assistant | p. 194 |
Additional 9i Features | p. 199 |
Summary | p. 208 |
Backup and Recovery Considerations | p. 209 |
Base Your Backup Strategy on Your Business Needs | p. 211 |
Align Backup Strategies with Business Needs Before Agreeing to a Service Level Agreement | p. 213 |
Cold Backups Make Your Life Easier | p. 214 |
Using Windows 2000 Backup Utility | p. 216 |
Third-Party Backup Products | p. 217 |
Understanding and Implementing Hot Backups | p. 217 |
Leveraging Server Managed Recovery | p. 220 |
Understanding the Oracle9i Recovery Manager Architecture | p. 221 |
RMAN Configuration: A Primer | p. 223 |
RMAN Integration with Media Management Software | p. 226 |
Understanding the Benefits of an RMAN Implementation | p. 227 |
RMAN Backups: Syntax and Usage | p. 231 |
Establishing Persistent Backup Parameters | p. 241 |
RMAN Restore and Recovery: A Primer | p. 242 |
RMAN Recovery: Syntax and Usage | p. 245 |
Understanding and Using Incomplete Recovery | p. 248 |
Using RMAN Backups to Create Clone Copies of Production Databases | p. 257 |
Test All Backups for Recoverability | p. 262 |
Summary | p. 262 |
Windows 2000: The Premiere Enterprise Management Platform | |
Oracle Connectivity | p. 265 |
The Oracle Net Architecture | p. 267 |
Connectivity Configuration | p. 295 |
General Network Tuning and Configuration | p. 316 |
Resources | p. 318 |
Summary | p. 321 |
Oracle Enterprise Manager | p. 323 |
EM Functionality | p. 324 |
EM Framework | p. 329 |
The Agent | p. 342 |
Events | p. 346 |
Jobs | p. 355 |
Database Administration | p. 358 |
The Oracle Management Server | p. 363 |
EM Web Reporting | p. 368 |
EM 3-Tier Infrastructure and Firewalls | p. 375 |
EM Reference and Help | p. 376 |
Summary | p. 378 |
Advanced Management, Tools, and Analysis | p. 379 |
Techniques with Tools | p. 380 |
Tools for Holistic Database Management | p. 398 |
Summary | p. 412 |
Change Management | p. 413 |
Upgrading the Operating System | p. 414 |
Migrating or Upgrading the Oracle Database | p. 419 |
Upgrading in a Clustered or Standby Environment | p. 434 |
Summary | p. 438 |
Clustering and High Availability | |
Oracle Failsafe | p. 441 |
Oracle Failsafe Concepts | p. 443 |
Designing an Oracle Failsafe Solution | p. 447 |
Preparing to Install MSCS | p. 450 |
Installing Microsoft Cluster Server | p. 453 |
Installing Oracle Failsafe | p. 458 |
Making the Database Failsafe | p. 462 |
Troubleshooting in a Failsafe/MSCS Environment | p. 472 |
Summary | p. 476 |
Oracle Real Application Clusters | p. 477 |
The RAC Environment | p. 479 |
Preparing for the Cluster Installation | p. 481 |
Installing the Cluster Software and Oracle9i RDBMS | p. 493 |
Maintaining a RAC Instance | p. 502 |
Summary | p. 507 |
The Standby Database | p. 509 |
Standby Database Architecture | p. 510 |
Traditional Standby Configuration: A Test Case | p. 518 |
Utilizing Oracle9i Log Transport Services | p. 523 |
Using Oracle9i Data Guard for Standby Database Management | p. 525 |
Use RMAN to Configure the Standby Database | p. 528 |
Use the Standby Database for RMAN Backups of the Production Database | p. 529 |
Summary | p. 531 |
Oracle9i Advance Replication | p. 533 |
Replication: Load Balancing, Disaster Recovery, and Distributed Offline Transaction Processing | p. 535 |
The Advanced Replication Architecture | p. 536 |
Replication and Database Performance | p. 539 |
Replication Manager vs. Replication API | p. 539 |
N-Way Setup and Configuration | p. 540 |
Conflict Resolution Techniques | p. 553 |
Offline Instantiation | p. 554 |
Administration of the Replication Environment | p. 556 |
Conclusions and Advice for the Replication DBA | p. 558 |
Summary | p. 559 |
Maximizing Availability | p. 561 |
Transparent Application Failover | p. 562 |
Real Application Clusters Guard | p. 564 |
Backing Up a RAC Database Using RMAN | p. 581 |
Creating a Single Instance Standby Database from a Cluster Database | p. 587 |
Summary | p. 590 |
Appendices | |
Media Management Configuration for RMAN Backups to Tape | p. 593 |
VERITAS NetBackup | p. 594 |
NetBackup Configuration for RMAN Backups | p. 594 |
Monitoring Backups from the NetBackup Server | p. 596 |
Generating and Finding Diagnostic Information for Oracle 9i | p. 599 |
Oradebug | p. 600 |
Dumping Information to Trace Files | p. 602 |
Tracing SQL | p. 605 |
More to Explore | p. 611 |
Index | p. 613 |
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