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This Oracle Database 12c: Clusterware Administration training will explore general cluster concepts and Oracle Clusterware architecture. Work with expert Oracle University instructors through interactive instruction and hands-on exercises to reinforce your learning. In this course, you will be introduced to Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service.
Audience profile
- Administrator
- Database Administrator
What you will learn
This Oracle Database 12c R2: Clusterware Administration training will explore general cluster concepts and Oracle Clusterware architecture. Work with expert Oracle University instructors through interactive instruction and hands-on exercises to reinforce your learning. In this course, you will be introduced to Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service.
Learn To:
- Perform Grid Infrastructure pre-installation tasks.
- Describe available cluster configuration options.
- Install Standalone Flex Clusters.
- Add and remove nodes from a cluster in addition to upgrading and patching existing Grid Homes.
- Manage and administer both Traditional Clusters and Policy-Managed Clusters.
- Monitor and Troubleshoot Oracle Clusterware.
- Use Oracle Clusterware to make applications highly available.
Benefits to You
Learn how to make applications highly available using Oracle Clusterware. You’ll walk away with the ability to install, configure, manage, monitor and troubleshoot standalone flex clusters. Furthermore, you will have developed the skills to upgrade and patch Clusterware environments.
Related Training: Required Prerequisites
Working knowledge of Oracle Database 11g: Release 2 on Linux Operating System
Suggested Prerequisites
Oracle Database 12c R2: Administration Workshop
Oracle Database 12c R2: Administration Workshop Ed 3
Oracle Database 12c R2: Install and Upgrade Workshop
Oracle Database 12c R2: Install and Upgrade Workshop
Oracle Database 12c R2: Managing Multitenant Architecture
Working knowledge of Oracle Clusterware, ASM & RAC on Linux
Course Objectives
- Configure ASM disk groups
- Perform the prerequisite steps for extending a cluster
- Delete a node from a cluster
- Explain the principles and purposes of clusters
- Understand the scope and capabilities of what-if command evaluation
- Perform the different types of what-if command evaluation
- Install Grid Infrastructure for Standard and Flex clusters
- Add a Leaf node and a Hub node to a Flex cluster
- Understand Flex Clusters architecture and components
- Understand effect of node failure in Flex Clusters
- Verify the installation
- Describe Cluster hardware best practices
- Describe the Oracle Clusterware architecture
- Describe Clusterware architecture
- Install and configure Flex Clusters
- Gain an understanding of the Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service
Course Topics
Introduction to Clusterware
Cluster in general
Oracle Clusterware Characteristics
Oracle Clusterware Architecture and Cluster Services Overview
Oracle Clusterware Requirements: OS, Public/Private Networks, and IP addresses
Grid Naming Service (GNS), Shared GNS, and Highly Available GNS
GNS Configuration Options
Single Client Access Name (SCAN)
Cluster Configuration Options
Oracle Standalone Clusters
Oracle Domain Services Cluster
Oracle Member Cluster for Oracle Databases
Oracle Member Cluster for Applications
Oracle Extended Clusters
Grid Infrastructure Pre-Installation Tasks
Shared Storage for Oracle Clusterware
Sizing Storage for Oracle Standalone Cluster
Grid Infrastructure Management Repository Details
Checking System Requirements
Single Client Access Name for the Cluster
Redundant Interconnect Usage
Kernel Requirements
Groups and Users
Grid Infrastructure Installation
Performing an image-based Grid Infrastructure Installation
Choosing a Cluster Configuration Option
Grid Plug and Play Support for Flex Cluster Configuration
Configuring Shared GNS
Verifying the Oracle Clusterware Installation
Managing Cluster Nodes
Adding Oracle Clusterware Homes
Prerequisites for running addnode.sh
Adding a Node with addNode.sh
Configuring the node role
Removing a Node from the Cluster
Traditional Clusterware Management
Clusterware Admin Tools Review
Oracle Clusterware startup and shutdown
Administering the Voting Disk file
Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry Disk file
Network Administration
Reasoned What-If Command Evaluation
Policy-Based Cluster and Capacity Management
Policy-Based Cluster Management Overview
Server Categorization
Policy Set
Load-Aware Resource Placement
Server Weight-Based Node Eviction
Patching Grid Infrastructure
Out-of-Place Oracle Clusterware Upgrade
Types of Patches
Obtaining Oracle Clusterware Patches
Rolling Patches
Installing a Rolling Patchset with OUI
OPatch Overview
Installing a Rolling Patch with OPatch
OPatch Automation
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware
Using Oracle Autonomous Health Framework Overview
Cluster Verify Utility (CVU)
Cluster Health Monitor (CHM)
Cluster Health Advisor (CHA)
Trace File Analyzer (TFA) Collector
Using the Cluster Resource Activity Log (CALOG)
Using Oracle Clusterware Diagnostic and Alert Log Data
Node Eviction
Making Applications Highly Available
Overview of Using Oracle Clusterware to Enable HA
Oracle Clusterware HA Components
Resource Management Options
Server Pools
Overall flow diagram of HA lifecycle
Clusterware Resource Modeling
Creating an Application VIP
Clusterware Resource Group

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