This course combines engaging instructor-led presentations and useful demonstrations with valuable hands-on labs and engaging group activities. Throughout the course you'll learn how to:  

• Develop a solid understanding of Oracle 19c Database Architecture: By the end of this course, you'll be comfortable with the components of Oracle's database system, from Instance Definitions to Datafile Definitions. 
• Master the Query Optimizer: You'll gain a firm grasp of SQL Parsing, Optimizing Terms, and Query Plan Generation. You'll learn how to build efficient queries that provide the data you need without unnecessary strain on your systems. 
• Get comfortable with Tuning Container and Pluggable Databases: You'll learn how to optimize and manage pluggable databases, enhancing the performance of your data operations. 
• Explore Oracle Tuning Features: We'll get you familiar with Oracle's Heat Map and delve into the 19c Compression Levels and Types, boosting your database's efficiency. 
• Learn to Evaluate Execution Plans: You'll become proficient in defining SQL execution plans and using the Automatic Workload Repository, allowing you to monitor and improve the performance of your queries. 
• Gain hands-on experience with Oracle Tuning Tools: You'll practice with tools like the Enterprise Manager and Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor, equipping you to handle real-world tuning tasks with confidence. 

If your team requires different topics, additional skills or a custom approach, our team will collaborate with you to adjust the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals. 

This course is geared for professionals seeking a solid foundation in database management and optimization. The training is perfect for experiences database administrators / DBAs, data analysts, and software developers who are involved in data-intensive operations or wish to enhance their skills in database tuning.  

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We'll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Topics, agenda and labs are subject to change, and may adjust during live delivery based on audience interests, skill-level and participation. 

Overview Oracle Database Architecture 

• Instance Definition 
• Define SGA 
• Define Background Processes 
• Datafile Definition 

Query Optimizer 

• SQL Parsing 
• Optimizing Terms 
• Optimizing Methods 
• Query Plan Generation 
• Query Plan Control 

Tuning Container Databases and Pluggable Databases 

• Pluggable tuning parameters 
• Define Container tuning structure 
• Using PDB$SEED 
• Create a new PDB 
• Plug and unplug a PDB 

Oracle Tuning features 

• Identifying and Using Oracle's Heat Map 
• 19c Compression Levels and Types 

Evaluating Execution Plans 

• Defining SQL execution plans 
• Automatic Workload Repository 
• Reading execution plans 

Oracle Tuning Tools 

• Monitoring tools overview 
• Enterprise Manager 
• Dynamic Performance Views 
• Automatic Workload Repository 
• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor 
• Sql Tuning Advisor 
• SQL Access Advisor 
• Sql Access Advisor 
• DB operation Tuning 
• DB operation Active Reporting 

Using Automatic Workload Repository 

• Defining AWR 
• AWR Settings 
• Creating AWR Baselines 

Metrics, Alerts, and Thresholds 

• Defining Metrics 
• Setting Alerts 
• Setting Corrective Actions 
• User Defined Metrics 
• Metric Dynamic Views 

Join Types 

• Nested Loops Join 
• Sort Merge join 
• Hash Join and Cartesian Join 
• Equijoins and Nonequijoins 
• Outer Joins 
• Semijoins 

AWR Using Baselines 

• Creating AWR baselines 
• Creating AWR Repeating baselines 
• Moving Window Baseline 

Additional AWR performance tools 

• Automatic Maintenance Tasks 
• Segment Advisor 
• Statistics Gathering 
• Automatic Tuning Optimizer 
• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor 
• Active Session History (ASH) 

Optimizer Statistics 

• Optimizer Statistics Overview 
• Table and Index Statistics 
• Statistic Preferences 
• Statistics Gathering 
• e) Locking Statistics, Export/Import Statistics 
• Pending and published statistics 
• Optimizer Hints 
• Optimizer Paths 
• Cost Base Optimization 

Monitoring a Service 

• Overview of what is an Oracle Service 
• Creating an Oracle Service for Single instance and RAC 
• Monitoring a Service 
• Resource Management and a Service 
• Enterprise Manager and a Service 

Bind Variables and database parameters 

• Bind variable definition 
• Cursor_sharing parameter 
• Adaptive Cursor Sharing 

Oracle's Real Application Testing (RAT) 

• Sql Performance Analyzer overview 
• Sql Performance Analyzer Options 
• Database Parameter changes 
• Database version changes 
• Creating SQL Tuning Sets 
• Database Replay Overview 
• Database Replay Configuration 
• Database Replay Options 

SQL Tuning Advisor 

• SQL Tuning Advisor: Overview 
• SQL Tuning Advisor Limited Mode 
• Sql Tuning Advisor Comprehensive mode 
• Sql Tuning Profiles 

SQL Access Advisor 

• SQL Access Advisor: Overview 
• Sql Access Advisor options 
• SQL Access Advisor and Sql Tuning Sets 
• Sql Access Advisor and AWR 
• Results and Implementation 

Automatic Sql Tuning 

• Automatic Sql Tuning Maintenance Task 
• Automatic Tuning Optimization implementation(ATO) 
• Automatic Tuning Optimization Results 
• Enable/Disable Automatic Tuning Optimization 

Sql Plan Management 

• Sql plan Management and baseline overview 
• Enable sql plan management 
• Loading Sql Plan baselines into the SGA 
• Adaptive plan management 

Shared Pool Tuning 

• Shared pool architecture 
• Shared pool parameters 
• Library Cache 
• Dictionary cache 
• Large pool considerations and contents 

Tuning the database buffer cache 

• Database buffer cache overview 
• Database buffer cache parameters 
• Oracle and Dirty reads and writes 
• Automatic Shared Memory Management (ASMM) 
• Buffer Cache goals and responsibility 
• Buffer Cache pools 

Tuning the PGA (Program Global Area) 

• PGA Overview 
• PGA Database Parameters 
• Temporary Segments 
• Temporary Tablespace 
• Sizing the PGA 

Automatic Memory Management (AMM) 

• Oracle's Automatic Memory Management Overview 
• Database Auto-tuned Parameters 
• Database Non Auto-tuned Parameters 
• Automatic Memory Management Hints and Sizing suggestions 
• AMM versus ASMM 

Tuning Segment Space Utilization (ASSM) 

• Overview of Automatic Segment Space Management 
• Defining the DB_BLOCK_SIZE 
• Defining DB_nk_CACHE_SIZE parameter 
• The DB_BLOCK_SIZE Parameter 
• Overview of table compression, block chaining, and block migration 

Automatic Storage Management 

• Overview of ASM 
• Definition of Grid Infrastructure 
• ASM Instance 
• ASM Diskgroups 
• ASM Diskgroup parameters and templates 
• ASMCMD