Cloud Computing and Virtualization have been a top priority for IT and Business in recent years. Besides analyst and media focus with very large forecasts, it is also seen as a disruptive way to do business with technologies. Part 1 of this presentation, focuses on Cloud Computing Core Concepts and introduces concepts in an easy-to-understand…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Database Replay, Online patching, Automatic memory management, SPA, ADR just to mention few of them have been associated more with Oracle11g new features. Oracle 11g has more to offer than the usual top 10 features. Most of us tired of the usual,…

The Automatic Workload Repository is a powerful feature that was introduced in Oracle 10g and improved in Oracle 11g. Learn how you can utilize that power at an Enterprise level by bringing your Automatic Workload Repository data together into a central repository to compare reports across databases in your Enterprise; keeping snapshot data for longer…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Database shrinking can be overwhelming. Don’t let this feature intimidate you; let it become a powerful friend! This session describes why shrinking is needed and just how to go about using it. Being forewarned and forearmed will decrease the learning curve and…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Database shrinking can be overwhelming. Don’t let this feature intimidate you; let it become a powerful friend! This session describes why shrinking is needed and just how to go about using it. Being forewarned and forearmed will decrease the learning curve and…

In special situations, the Oracle Database generates too many child cursors for particular SQL-IDs. This results in high CPU load on the DB server, coming from heavy mutex access. This is visible as mutex wait events. The lecture will show how this situation arises, how the DBA can try to quick-fix it and how long-term…

In special situations, the Oracle Database generates too many child cursors for particular SQL-IDs. This results in high CPU load on the DB server, coming from heavy mutex access. This is visible as mutex wait events. The lecture will show how this situation arises, how the DBA can try to quick-fix it and how long-term…

RAC and Clusterware are complex environments to administer and even more so when there are problems. Learn about various tools and utilities which can be used to troubleshoot, instrument and diagnose these problems.

IBM has had many successful implementations of Oracle database on Linux on z and this presentation will present the best practices learned from those prior successful engagements. The presentation will focus on: 1. Architecture of the virtualized environment including sizing 2. Discussion of guest layout including disk access 3. Currency of Oracle products on Linux…

The Automatic Workload Repository is a powerful feature that was introduced in Oracle 10g and improved in Oracle 11g. Learn how you can utilize that power at an Enterprise level by bringing your Automatic Workload Repository data together into a central repository to compare reports across databases in your Enterprise; keeping snapshot data for longer…