General Administration


Oracle Architecture

Memory Management

Tablespace Utilization

Temporary tablespace

Locks

Tracing

Expdp / Impdp

Undo and rollback segments

Log locations

Diagnostics alert : /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/test2/<instanceid>/trace

Listener static and dynamic service registration

Table size

Scheduler,Program and Jobs

12c


Encryption :
Allows sensitive data to be encrypted within the datafiles to prevent access to it from the operating system.

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION=
  (SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)(METHOD_DATA=
    (DIRECTORY=/u01/app/oracle/admin/DB10G/encryption_wallet/)))


ALTER SYSTEM SET ENCRYPTION KEY         IDENTIFIED BY "myPassword";


ALTER SYSTEM SET ENCRYPTION WALLET OPEN IDENTIFIED BY "myPassword";

CREATE TABLE tde_test (
  id    NUMBER(10),
  data  VARCHAR2(50) ENCRYPT
)
TABLESPACE tde_test;


SELECT * FROM dba_encrypted_columns;


CREATE TABLESPACE OBE DATAFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/obe' SIZE 100M
   ENCRYPTION DEFAULT STORAGE (ENCRYPT);

18c New features:

Read-Only Oracle Home : orabasehome command
Password File : Password file in ORACLE_BASE

PDB Snapshot : ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE SNAPSHOT MODE EVERY 24 HOURS;
PDB Switchover : Planed switchover and Unplanned switchover
PDB Lockdown Profile : PRIVATE_DBAAS, SAAS, PUBLIC_DBAAS
PDB copy in STDBY : STANDBY_PDB_SOURCE_FILE_DIRECTORY(no manual file copy for pdb nsertion in stdby)   and
  STANDBY_PDB_SOURCE_FILE_DBLINK(remote clone doesn't requires manual copying).
CDB Migartion : non-CDB migration as a PDB to existing CDB
Shadow tablespaces : for data protection

Bulk Load :  Delay commit on Primary until data applied to all standby or continue then catch up
       ALTER DATABASE SET STANDBY NOLOGGING FOR [ DATA AVAILABILITY| LOAD PERFORMANCE; ]



Partitions online Merging :
Mem optimize pool : MEMOPTIMIZE_POOL_SIZE  ;  Create table ...MEMOPTIMIZE For Read ; Speed up high-frequency query based on PK
Kill SQL : ALTER SYSTEM CANCEL SQL ; ALTER SYSTEM CANCEL SQL ‘SID, SERIAL, @INST_ID, SQL_ID’;

Sharding : PDBs as Shards and Catalogs

Disk Conversion : Converting disks to Flex Disk Groups without Restricted Mount

Parameters :

OPTIMIZER_IGNORE_HINTS
OPTIMIZER_IGNORE_PARALLEL_HINTS
PRIVATE_TEMP_TABLE_PREFIX
STANDBY_PDB_SOURCE_FILE_DBLINK
STANDBY_PDB_SOURCE_FILE_DIRECTORY