This Oracle Database 12c: High Availability New Features introduces the Oracle Database 12c high availability new features contained in Oracle Grid Infrastructure. This includes Clusterware, Automatic Storage Management [ASM] and Cloud FS), Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Data Guard and Oracle Global Data Services.

Learn To:

•     Configure and administer the Oracle Database 12c high availability new features contained in Oracle Clusterware Infrastructure (including Automatic Storage Management [ASM] and Cloud FS.
•     Describe the new features contained in Oracle Data Guard.
•     Describe Oracle Global Data Services (GDS).

Benefits to You

By enrolling in this course, you'll be the first to practice using Oracle's new clustering technologies. Gain valuable experience through hands-on demos and labs.

Product Areas Covered:

    Oracle Grid Infrastructure (including Clusterware, Automatic Storage Management [ASM] and Cloud FS)
    Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
    Oracle Data Guard
    Oracle Global Data Services (GDS)

Explore these New and Enhanced Features:

    Flex Clusters
    Flex ASM
    Policy-based Cluster Management
    What-If Command Evaluation
    Cloud Filesystem New Features and Enhancements
    Application Continuity
    Data Guard Far Sync
    Global Data Services

Introduction

•     Course Overview
•     Course Objectives

Flex Clusters

•     Flex Cluster Architecture
•     Configuring Flex Clusters
•     Installing Flex Clusters with OUI
•     Flex Clusters and Node Failure

Policy-Based Cluster Management

•     Policy-Based Cluster Management Overview
•     Server Categorization
•     Policy Set

What-If Command Evaluation

•     Overview
•     Supported Events
•     Performing What-If Command Evaluation on Application Resources with CRSCTL
•     Performing What-If Command Evaluation on Oracle Clusterware Resources with CRSCTL
•     Formatting the Output for What-If Command Evaluation on Oracle Clusterware Resources
•     Performing What-If Command Evaluation with SRVCTL
•     Evaluating Failure Consequences with SRVCTL

Other Clusterware New Features

•     Shared GNS Background and Architecture
•     Configuring shared GNS
•     Migrating to shared GNS
•     Moving GNS to Another Cluster
•     Cluster Health Monitor Enhancements Overview
•     Cluster Health Monitor Services
•     Grid Infrastructure Management Repository Overview
•     Managing Cluster Health Monitor

Flex ASM

•     Flex ASM Architecture
•     ASM Deployment Alternatives
•     Configuring Flex ASM
•     Managing Flex ASM
•     Monitoring Flex ASM Connections
•     Relocating an ASM Client

Other ASM New Features

•     Fast Mirror Resync Enhancements
•     Rebalance Enhancements
•     Proactively Validating Data Integrity
•     ASM-Based Password Files
•     Bulk File Ownership Changes
•     Changing ASM Privileges on Open Files
•     ASM File Access Control Available on Windows

Cloud FS New Features

•     Introducing Oracle Cloud File System
•     High Availability NFS: Overview
•     Cloud FS Snapshot Enhancements
•     Cloud FS Support for All Oracle Database Files
•     Cloud FS Auditing: Overview
•     Cloud FS Plug-in Infrastructure: Overview
•     Using Cloud FS Replication in Conjunction with Cloud FS Security and Encryption
•     Generic API for Cloud FS Tagging

Application Continuity

•     What is AC?
•     What problem does it solve?
•     Benefits of AC
•     How AC works
•     AC Architecture
•     Side Effects
•     Restrictions
•     Application requirements

RAC New Features

•     RAC and Flex ASM
•     RAC and Pluggable Database
•     RAC and Policy-Based Cluster Management
•     RAC and What-If Command Evaluation
•     RAC and Application Continuity
•     Valid node checking for listener registration on RAC deployments
•     Oracle home user support for RAC on Windows

Data Guard New Features

•     Far Sync Standby and Data Guard Transport Enhancements
•     Active Data Guard Enhancements
•     Database Rolling Upgrades
•     Other Data Guard Enhancements
•     Data Guard Broker Enhancements

Global Data Services

•     Introduction
•     Logical components
•     Physical components
•     Global Service Overview
•     Global Service Attributes
•     Global Services and RAC
•     Global Services and Data Guard Broker
•     Global Connection Load Balancing

•     Learn how To perform essential administration tasks for each new feature.
•     Learn how to perform essential installation and configuration tasks for each new feature.
•     Describe Oracle Global Data Services (GDS).
•     Describe the Oracle Database 12c high availability new features contained in Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Required Prerequisites:

•     Working knowledge of Oracle Database 11g: Release 2, including Clusterware, ASM and RAC

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