Oracle Database 11g: Installation and Upgrade Enhancements

Overview/Description
Recognize the enhancements to Oracle Database 11g's installation and upgrade processes, as well as its various post-upgrade steps, and recognize how to create a new database.

Target Audience
Oracle Database certified professionals who wish to upgrade to Oracle Database 11g certification; developers interested in the technical aspects of Oracle Database 11g; DBA's considering upgrading their systems to 11g

Prerequisites
The learner should have knowledge of Oracle Database 10g at least commensurate with that required to perform an administrator role

Expected Duration (hours)
2.3

Lesson Objectives

Oracle Database 11g: Installation and Upgrade Enhancements

recognize the benefits of Oracle's Infrastructure grid and self-tuning capabilities.

identify the changes to the Oracle database installation process and recognize the steps for installing Oracle Database 11g.

recognize Oracle Database 11g's upgrade enhancements and identify the steps for performing an upgrade.

recognize the steps for running the Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant as part of an upgrade.

recognize the common post-upgrade steps and adjustments to initialization parameters, and identify the steps for creating a database.

identify the steps for enabling Direct Network File System and installing a hot patch.

identify the best practices and recommendations for testing and analyzing an Oracle Database 11g installation.

create a new Oracle Database 11g database.