Oracle Database 11g: High Availability in RAC

Overview/Description
In Oracle Database 11g, RAC and Data Guard together provide the benefits of system-level, site-level, and data-level protection, resulting in high levels of availability and disaster recovery without loss of data. This course explains how to configure connections for high availability using various types of workload distribution and load balancing, including Fast Application Notification (FAN), Fast Connection Failover (FCF), and Transparent Application Failover (TAF). It also discusses designing for high availability by minimizing downtime using Data Guard, Data Guard Broker, rolling upgrades, ASM, various forms of RAID, and Extended RAC.

Target Audience
Database administrators, consultants, and IT professionals who are personally interested in updating their Oracle skills.

Prerequisites
Before taking this course, it is recommended that the student have a general understanding of database administration, as well as the skills and knowledge commensurate with Oracle’s Database 11g: Administration Workshop I and Workshop II, or equivalent experience.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Oracle Database 11g: High Availability in RAC

recognize how to configure workload distribution features

identify the characteristics and benefits of Fast Application Notification

recognize how to configure server-side callouts

recognize how to use the Load Balancing Advisory

recognize how to configure TAF

download patch updates and set ASM preferred disks

identify how RAC and Data Guard provide protection during downtime

recognize the function of the Oracle Data Guard Broker

recognize how to perform rolling upgrades

recognize which mirroring and striping configurations provide the best availability

identify how to use extended RAC connectivity

recognize how to configure preferred mirror reads