Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
- Introduction to Oracle RAC and its architecture
 - Benefits of RAC in high availability and scalability
 - Key components of RAC: Cluster nodes, Clusterware, and ASM
 
Grid Infrastructure Fundamentals
- Understanding Oracle Grid Infrastructure
 - Role of Oracle Clusterware in RAC
 - Overview of Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
 
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Hardware and software prerequisites for Grid Infrastructure
 - Installation and configuration of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
 - Configuring network and storage for RAC
 
Preparing the Environment for RAC
- Preparing shared storage with ASM
 - Configuring the network environment for RAC
 - Setting up SSH equivalency and user environments
 
Installing Oracle RAC
- Step-by-step RAC installation process
 - Post-installation tasks for Oracle RAC
 - Verifying RAC installation and troubleshooting common issues
 
Administering RAC Databases
- Creating and managing RAC databases
 - RAC-specific administration tasks
 - Understanding RAC database instances and services
 
Oracle Clusterware Administration
- Managing Clusterware components: Voting disks and OCR
 - Configuring and managing High Availability Services (HAS)
 - Monitoring and troubleshooting Clusterware
 
RAC Backup and Recovery
- Backup strategies for RAC environments
 - Performing backup and recovery in RAC
 - Using RMAN for RAC databases
 
Introduction to ASM
- Understanding the architecture and benefits of ASM
 - ASM components: Disk groups, disks, and ASM instances
 - Installing and configuring ASM
 
Administering ASM Disk Groups
- Creating and managing ASM disk groups
 - ASM disk group redundancy and performance
 - Monitoring and maintaining ASM disk groups
 
ASM Instance Management
- Starting and stopping ASM instances
 - ASM instance parameters and tuning
 - ASM and Clusterware integration
 
ASM Backup and Recovery
- Backup and recovery strategies for ASM
 - Using RMAN with ASM
 - Best practices for ASM management
 
RAC Performance Tuning
- Tuning RAC database performance
 - Monitoring and optimizing RAC workloads
 - Using Oracle Enterprise Manager for RAC performance tuning
 
High Availability and Disaster Recovery in RAC
- Implementing Oracle Data Guard with RAC
 - Configuring RAC for disaster recovery
 - RAC failover and switchover scenarios
 
RAC Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- Diagnosing and resolving RAC issues
 - Using Clusterware diagnostics and logs
 - Best practices for RAC troubleshooting
 
Patching and Upgrading RAC and Grid Infrastructure
- Patching RAC databases and Grid Infrastructure
 - Performing rolling upgrades in RAC environments
 - Downtime minimization techniques during upgrades
 
Advanced ASM Features
- Implementing ASM Flex and Flex Clusters
 - ASM cluster file system (ACFS) overview and configuration
 - ASM monitoring and alerting mechanisms
 
Advanced Grid Infrastructure Administration
- Configuring and managing Oracle Flex Clusters
 - Managing Clusterware resources and services
 - Using Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and voting disk management
 
Securing RAC and Grid Infrastructure
- Implementing security best practices in RAC environments
 - Configuring ASM security features
 - Managing user roles and privileges in Grid Infrastructure
 
Best Practices for RAC, ASM, and Grid Infrastructure
- High availability and scalability best practices
 - Performance optimization strategies
 - Implementing automation for RAC and ASM management
 
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Basic understanding of Oracle database administration
 - Familiarity with SQL and PL/SQL
 
Audience
- Database administrators
 - IT professionals