Oracle RAC Administration

Module 1: RAC Architecture Fundamentals

• Oracle RAC vs single instance architecture differences.
• Cluster components: public/private interconnect, voting disks, OCR.
• Global Cache and Enqueue Services (GCES) operation.
• RAC scalability benefits and limitations.

Module 2: Grid Infrastructure Installation

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure pre-installation requirements.
• Cluster verification utility (CVU) and runcluvfy checks.
• Root scripts execution and silent installation.
• Post-installation cluster validation procedures.

Module 3: ASM in RAC Environment

• Shared storage configuration with ASM disk groups.
• ASM instances vs database instances management.
• Failure groups and quorum disk configurations.
• ASM disk discovery and dynamic volume management.

Module 4: Database Creation in RAC

• Using DBCA for RAC database creation.
• Parameter file management across cluster nodes.
• Redo thread management and activation.
• TNS configuration for cluster connectivity.

Module 5: Cluster Resource Management

• Cluster Resource Agent (CRA) operations.
• Policy-managed vs admin-managed databases.
• Server pools and resource allocation policies.
• Clusterware resource monitoring and relocation.

Module 6: Services and Load Balancing

• RAC services creation and management.
• Connection Load Balancing (CLB) and server-side LB.
• Fast Application Notification (FAN) integration.
• Transparent Application Failover (TAF) configuration.

Module 7: Performance Tuning in RAC

• Global cache performance metrics analysis.
• AWR/ADDM reports for cluster-wide performance.
• Interconnect latency and bandwidth optimization.
• Global Cache Fusion troubleshooting.

Module 8: Backup and Recovery in RAC

• RMAN configurations for RAC environments.
• Cluster-wide backup strategies and scheduling.
• Block recovery across multiple instances.
• Archivelog management and purging policies.

Module 9: Patching and Upgrades

• Rolling patch application procedures.
• Out-of-place patching strategies.
• Cluster upgrade paths and downtime minimization.
• Patch plan verification and rollback procedures.

Module 10: High Availability Features

• Clusterware HA policies and resource protection.
• Fast Start Failover with observer configuration.
• Application Continuity (AC) implementation.
• Transparent Data Encryption in RAC.

Module 11: Storage and Network Administration

• Shared storage multipathing configuration.
• Private interconnect bonding and redundancy.
• SCAN listener management and extension.
• VIP and public network failover testing.

Module 12: Monitoring and Diagnostics

• Cluster Health Monitor (CHM) analysis.
• Cluster Logging Services and diagnostic collections.
• ORAchk/CLUVFY health checks scheduling.
• OEM Cloud Control 13c RAC provisioning.

Module 13: Workload Management

• Instance caging and CPU management.
• Quality of Service (QoS) policies configuration.
• Resource Manager for cluster consolidation.
• Automated Storage Management performance tuning.

Module 14: Disaster Recovery Solutions

• Oracle Data Guard with RAC primary/standby.
• Active Data Guard and snapshot standby databases.
• RMAN block change tracking across clusters.
• Zero Data Loss protection strategies.

Module 15: Advanced RAC Features

• Global Temporary Tables and result cache.
• Edition-Based Redefinition in RAC.
• Exadata RAC specific optimizations.
• Multitenant RAC with PDB relocations.

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