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RAC, 11, 13

additional background processes in instances, 143-146

archiving, 151-156

ASM disk groups, 171

cache fusion, 145

cluster nodes, 158-170

configuring a Linux/RAC cluster, 107-110

Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA), 165, 166

diagnosability daemon (DIAG), 144

dynamic resource mastering, 145

enabling archiving and flashback, 153-156

flash recovery area for, 321-322

global cache service, 146

global enqueue service, 146-147

and Grid Control, 171-176

GV$ views, 147

instance naming, 138

lock manager daemon process (LMD), 144

lock manager server process (LMS), 144

lock monitor process (LMON), 144

lock process (LCK), 144

managing ASM environments, 170-171

monitoring RAC metrics using AWR, 147-148

networking requirements for, 105

parameters, 140-143

patching, 171

reconfiguration, 145-146

redo logs and instance recovery, 148-149

redo logs and media recovery, 149-153

RMAN and, 316-322

sid option, 140

and single points of failure, 15

spfile, 138-140

undo, 157

Virtual IP Address Configuration Assistant, 162-163

RAC statistics, 65

range partitioning, 36

range-list partitioning, 39-40

See also partitioning

rapid connect-time failover, 102

RAW devices

archiving with, 151

straight, 104

using for Cluster-Ready Services, 115-116, 117

using for database files, 133-136

RDBMS

Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA), 132-133

database creation, 130-136

installation, 127-136

ORACLE_HOME, 127-129

Prerequisite Checks, 129

pushing to remote nodes, 130-131

using RAW devices for database files, 133-136

Virtual IP Address Configuration Assistant, 131-132

read-only mode, 235-236

real application clusters. See RAC

reconfiguration, 145-146

recovery, 316

block media, 306

from complete loss (no controlfile), 304-306

datafile or tablespace, 304

Flashback Table, 16

full, 303-304

limited to a few tables, 15-16

slow, 12-13

thinking forward to, 320-321

using incrementally updated datafile, 306

windows, 300-301

See also backups; restoring

Recovery Manager. See RMAN

Recycle Bin, 343

exploring (workshop), 345-347

life of objects in, 344

purging, 343

undropping objects in, 344-345

redo logs

and instance recovery, 148-149

and media recovery, 149-153

standby, 225-226

redundancy, 300-301

REOPEN attribute, 223

reorganization, online, 46-48

replication, 362-388

configuring, 365-372

configuring Streams replication, 374-385

configuring the network, 367

conflict resolution, 371

creating a capture process, 368-369

creating a propagation, 369-370

creating substitute key columns, 371

determining replication set, 363-364

determining replication sites, 364

enabling supplemental logging, 367-368

init.ora parameters, 365-366

instantiating the replica database, 369

local vs. downstream capture, 364

putting databases in archivelog mode, 367

setting up replication administrator users, 366

See also Streams

Resource Manager, 49-50

and service mappings, 189

and services, 181

restoring

long tape restores, 14

See also backups; recovery

retention policy, 300-302

RMAN, 14, 277-278

architecture, 280

archivelog backup, 318-320

auxiliary database, 278

backups from split mirror, 323-325

backupsets, 294

block change tracking, 298-299

catalog database, 278

command-line usage, 281

configuration for the cluster, 316-321

controlfile, 278-279, 291-293

and the data block, 280-281

and the Data Guard, 309-316

datafile backup, 317-318

datafile copies to disk, 295

from Enterprise Manager, 282

executable, 278

flash recovery area, 14, 286-289

incremental backups, 295-298

network topography of a RMAN operation, 279

parallelization and multiplexing for backups, 294-295

permanent configuration parameters, 289-291

preparing a backup strategy, 286-293

and RAC, 316-322

recovery catalog, 278

scheduling a backup job from EM Database Control, 283-285

snapshot controlfile, 292, 317

target database, 278

using to build standby databases, 309-313

whole datafile backups, 293-295

See also backups

role transition

performing using failover, 252-256

performing using switchover, 247-250

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