Introduction to Oracle 1Z0-068 : Oracle Database 12c: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administrator Exam

Oracle Database 12c: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administration Exam assesses the abilities of the Database Administrators and System Administrators who have at least 1 year of experience in RAC and Grid Infrastructure. The candidates should have the abilities of installing, managing, tracking, tuning and restoring RAC databases, clustering and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM). They should have good understanding of the architectures of the ASM, Clusterware and Oracle RAC databases. They should also know how to install, setup, backup and recoverym monitoring and tuning of these components.

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in database computing is a choice for Oracle Database software developed by Oracle Corporation, it provides clustering software and high availability in Oracle database environments. With the Enterprise Version, Oracle Corporation includes RAC, provided the nodes are clustered using Oracle Clusterware. Oracle RAC allows several machines, when accessing a single database, to run Oracle RDBMS software simultaneously, offering clustering.

The Oracle Grid Infrastructure for an independent server is the Oracle software that offers system support for database including file system, volume management and automation of the restart process. If you want to utilize the Oracle restart or Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) services you have to install Oracle grid infrstructure before installing Oracel Database.

Topics of Oracle 1Z0-068: Oracle Database 12c: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administrator Exam

The Oracle 1Z0-068 Exam tests the abilities and knowledge of the candidates by checking the following objectives:

• Oracle Database 12c: RAC Administration Grid Infrastructure: The candidates should have the understanding of the Oracle Clusterware architecture, principles and purpose of clustering, and how Grid Plug and Play affects Clusterware.

• RAC Database Monitoring and Tuning: The cadndidates should be able to identify RAC-specific tuning components, use the Cluster Database Performance pages, how to determing RAC specific wait events, global enqueues and system staistics, how to use the Automatic Workload Repository in RAC, implementation of the RAC tuning practices and usage of the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor in RAC.

• Managing Backup and Recovery for RAC: The candidates should be able to configure the RMAN for the RAC environment and RAC database to use ARCHIVELOG mode and the fast recovery area.

• Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC: Candidates should be able to install Oracle database software, create a cluster database, perform post database creation tasks, conversion of single instance Oracle database to Real Application Clusters (RAC).

• Oracle Clusterware Architecture: The candidates should have a good understanding of Oracle's Clusterware architectuer and its startup details.

• Using Multitenant Architecture in a RAC Environment: The candidates should have a good understanding of the multitenant architecture in RAC and non RAC environments. They should know how to create a RAC multitenant container database (CDB), create a pluggable database in RAC CDB, use the default CDB and PDB services, create PDB services to associate PDB services with server pools and drop a PDB from CDB.

• Managing High Availability for Connections and Applications: The candidates should know the configuration of client side connect time load balancing failover, server side callouts, server side connect time load balancing, server and client side ONS, Transparent Application Failover, usage of Load Balancing Advisory and should be able to explain the benifits of Fast Application Notification.

• Managing Oracle RAC One Node: The candidates should know how to perform an online migration of database, RAC one Node to a RAC database, add an RAC One Node database to an existing cluster and how to use DBCA to convert a single instance database to a RAC One Node database.

Following are some more topics included in the exam:

• FLEX ASM
• Upgrading and Patching Oracle RAC
• Policy-Based Cluster Management
• Administering ASM Disk Groups
• Making Applications Highly Available with Oracle Clusterware
• Administering Oracle RAC
• Grid Infrastructure Installation
• Managing High Availability of Services
• Administering Oracle CloudFS
• Using Oracle Database Quality of Service Management (QoS)
• Oracle Database 12c: Grid Infrastructure Administration Introduction to Clusterware
• Grid Infrastructure Installation Planning and Pre-Tasks
• Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Administration Overview of ASM
• Administering ASM Files, Directories and Templates
• Upgrading and Patching Grid Infrastructure
• Administering ASM Instances
• Flex Clusters
• Managing Cluster Nodes
• Oracle CloudFS Advance Topics
• RAC Databases and Architecture
• Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware
• Managing Global Resources
• Traditional Clusterware Management

More details about the Topics of Oracle 1Z0-068 Exam can be found in the Oracle website.

How to book the Oracle 1Z0-068: Oracle Database 12c: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administrator Exam

If you are looking to appear in the Oracle 1Z0-068: Oracle Database 12c: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administrator Exam, you can do so by either redeeming a voucher that you have to but from Oracle or paying directly with a credit card. After payment you can schedule the test via Oracle's external testing provider, PearsonVue.

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