The Oracle Database 23ai Administration Training Course is a comprehensive, instructor-led program designed to equip IT professionals and database administrators with the essential knowledge and practical skills required to install, configure, manage, secure, monitor, and maintain Oracle Database 23ai environments.
This course covers Oracle Database architecture, database installation and configuration, instance management, storage administration, Oracle Multitenant architecture, user and security management, backup and recovery, performance monitoring, and database maintenance.
Participants will gain practical experience through hands-on exercises using Oracle Database 23ai administration tools and technologies. The course emphasizes real-world database administration tasks, troubleshooting techniques, security best practices, and operational efficiency.
The program also provides foundational preparation for the Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate Certification (Exam Code: 1Z0-182). Certification-specific coverage should be validated against Oracle’s latest published exam objectives.
Duration 5 day – 35 hrs.
Objectives
- Understand Oracle Database 23ai architecture, components, and database administration concepts.
- Install, configure, and manage Oracle Database 23ai environments.
- Perform database startup, shutdown, and instance management operations.
- Understand and administer Oracle Multitenant architecture, including Container Databases (CDBs) and Pluggable Databases (PDBs).
- Configure and manage database storage structures, tablespaces, and data files.
- Create and manage database users, roles, privileges, and security policies.
- Configure Oracle Net Services and manage database connectivity.
- Perform database backup and recovery operations using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN).
- Monitor database health, resource utilization, and performance.
- Perform routine database maintenance, troubleshooting, and administrative tasks.
- Apply Oracle Database security, performance, and administration best practices.
- Build foundational knowledge relevant to the Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate certification examination.
Target Audience
- Database Administrators (DBAs)
- Junior and Associate Database Administrators
- Database Support Engineers
- System Administrators
- IT Infrastructure and Operations Professionals
- Application Support Specialists
- Database Developers transitioning into administration roles
- IT Professionals preparing for Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate Certification (1Z0-182)
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of relational database concepts and database management systems (RDBMS).
- Fundamental knowledge of SQL statements and database operations.
- Basic familiarity with Windows or Linux operating systems.
- General understanding of IT infrastructure, storage, and networking concepts.
- Basic computer and command-line navigation skills.
Course Outline
Day 1 – Oracle Database 23ai Fundamentals, Architecture, and Installation
Module 1: Introduction to Oracle Database 23ai
- Overview of Oracle Database 23ai and its key features
- Oracle Database editions and deployment options
- Understanding relational database management systems
- Introduction to Oracle Database administration responsibilities
- Overview of Oracle Database 23ai AI-related capabilities
Module 2: Oracle Database Architecture
- Oracle Database instance and database structure
- Understanding physical and logical database components
- Memory structures: SGA and PGA
- Oracle background processes
- Database files: data files, control files, and redo log files
- Server processes and database connections
Module 3: Oracle Database Installation and Configuration
- Planning Oracle Database installation
- Hardware and software requirements
- Oracle Database installation fundamentals
- Using Oracle Universal Installer
- Creating databases using Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
- Understanding Oracle Database initialization parameters
Module 4: Managing Oracle Database Instances
- Database startup and shutdown procedures
- Understanding NOMOUNT, MOUNT, and OPEN states
- Managing initialization parameter files (PFILE and SPFILE)
- Using SQL*Plus for database administration
- Viewing database status and alert logs
Hands-on Laboratory:
- Explore Oracle Database 23ai architecture
- Connect to the database using SQL*Plus
- Create a database using DBCA
- Perform database startup and shutdown operations
Day 2 – Oracle Multitenant Architecture and Storage Management
Module 5: Oracle Multitenant Architecture
- Introduction to Container Databases (CDBs)
- Understanding Pluggable Databases (PDBs)
- CDB and PDB architecture and components
- Creating and configuring Pluggable Databases
- Opening, closing, and managing PDBs
- Managing common and local users
- Cloning, unplugging, and plugging PDBs
Module 6: Managing Database Storage Structures
- Understanding logical and physical storage
- Tablespaces, segments, extents, and data blocks
- Creating and managing tablespaces
- Managing data files and temporary files
- Monitoring tablespace utilization
- Understanding Oracle Managed Files (OMF)
Module 7: Managing Undo Data and Redo Logs
- Understanding undo data management
- Configuring undo tablespaces
- Managing undo retention
- Understanding redo log files
- Managing online redo log groups
- Introduction to archived redo logs
Hands-on Laboratory:
- Create and manage Pluggable Databases
- Configure PDB startup and shutdown
- Create and resize tablespaces
- Monitor database storage utilization
- Manage undo tablespaces and redo log files
Day 3 – Oracle Database Security, User Administration, and Networking
Module 8: Managing Database Users and Security
- Understanding Oracle Database security architecture
- Creating and managing database users
- User authentication methods
- Managing system and object privileges
- Creating and assigning roles
- Configuring profiles and password policies
- Understanding common and local user security
- Introduction to Oracle Unified Auditing
Module 9: Managing Database Objects
- Introduction to schemas and database objects
- Creating and managing tables and indexes
- Understanding views, sequences, and synonyms
- Managing object privileges and dependencies
- Understanding data dictionary views
- Managing database objects using SQL
Module 10: Oracle Net Services and Database Connectivity
- Introduction to Oracle Net Services
- Understanding database listeners
- Configuring Oracle Net Listener
- Using Oracle Net Configuration Assistant
- Configuring database service names
- Managing client-to-database connectivity
- Troubleshooting database connection issues
- Using TNSPING and other connectivity tools
Hands-on Laboratory:
- Create users and assign roles
- Configure password policies and user profiles
- Grant and revoke system and object privileges
- Create and manage database objects
- Configure database connectivity and test listener connections
Day 4 – Oracle Database Backup, Recovery, and Maintenance
Module 11: Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Fundamentals
- Introduction to database backup and recovery concepts
- Understanding database failures and recovery scenarios
- Physical and logical backup concepts
- ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG modes
- Understanding database checkpoints
- Overview of Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
Module 12: Backup and Recovery Using RMAN
- Configuring the RMAN environment
- Connecting RMAN to a target database
- Performing full and incremental backups
- Backing up control files and archived redo logs
- Managing RMAN backup retention policies
- Restoring and recovering database files
- Validating backups and recovery readiness
- Introduction to point-in-time recovery
Module 13: Routine Database Maintenance
- Monitoring database operational status
- Managing database diagnostic files and logs
- Understanding Oracle Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR)
- Managing database alerts and incidents
- Introduction to Automatic Maintenance Tasks
- Database patching and update concepts
- Routine database administration checklists
Hands-on Laboratory:
- Configure RMAN backup settings
- Perform and validate database backups
- Simulate basic backup and recovery scenarios
- Review database diagnostic logs
- Perform routine database maintenance operations
Day 5 – Database Performance Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Certification Preparation
Module 14: Monitoring Oracle Database Performance
- Introduction to database performance monitoring
- Understanding database performance indicators
- Monitoring CPU, memory, storage, and sessions
- Using dynamic performance views (V$ views)
- Understanding database wait events
- Introduction to Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) and Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
- Monitoring SQL execution and database activity
Module 15: Database Troubleshooting and Optimization
- Identifying common database administration issues
- Troubleshooting database startup and shutdown errors
- Resolving database connectivity problems
- Identifying storage and tablespace-related issues
- Monitoring blocking sessions and database locks
- Understanding basic SQL performance optimization
- Applying database administration best practices
Module 16: Oracle Database 23ai Administration Review and Certification Preparation
- Review of Oracle Database 23ai architecture
- Review of instance and storage administration
- Review of Multitenant Database management
- Review of database security and user administration
- Review of database backup and recovery
- Review of performance monitoring and maintenance
- Practice knowledge assessment
- Certification preparation guidance for Oracle Exam 1Z0-182
Hands-on Laboratory and Final Assessment:
- Perform database administration tasks
- Troubleshoot common database scenarios
- Configure users, storage, and database services
- Execute RMAN backup and recovery exercises
- Complete a final practical assessment and knowledge review
