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Oracle Database 11g: New Features for 9i

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Exam Number: 1Z0-055

Associated Oracle Database 11g Administrator Duration: 120 minutes
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Recommended Training and Preparation

Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators Release 2
AND
Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators
OR
Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Oracle 9i DBAs
Training Opportunities for Oracle Partner Network Members

The exam has been validated against Oracle® Database 11g Release 2 version 11.2.0.1.0

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Practice Exams
Oracle authorized practice exam from Kaplan SelfTest: 1Z0-055 Oracle Database 11g: New Features for 9i OCPs
Oracle authorized practice exam from Transcender: Cert-1Z0-055 DBCert: Oracle Database 11g: New Features for 9i OCPs

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Exam Topics
Installation and Upgrade SQL Tuning Backup and Recovery
Enhancements [] Use the SQL Tuning Advisor Enhancements
[] Install Oracle Database 11g [] SQL Access Advisor [] Simplify file management for
[] Upgrade your database to Overview all recovery-related file
Oracle Database 11g [] Create SQL Access Advisor [] Reduce restore time by
[] Use online patching analysis session using applying incremental
PL/SQL backups to data file image
Storage Enhancements [] Setup and modify Automatic copies
[] Create and maintain bigfile SQL Tuning [] Simplify recovery after
tablespaces [] Interpret reports generated opening the database with
[] Rename tablespaces by Automatic SQL Tuning the RESETLOGS option
[] Create a default permanent [] Use SQL Repair Advisor [] Speed backup times by
tablespace creating faster incremental

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[] Describe Automatic Storage
Management (ASM)
[] Set up initialization
parameter files for ASM and
database instances
[] Execute SQL commands
with ASM file names
[] Use ASMCMD Command-
Line Interface
[] Start up and shut down ASM
instances
[] Administer ASM disk groups
[] Setup ASM fast mirror
resynch
[] Understand scalability and
performance enhancements
SQL Performance Analyzer
[] Using SQL Performance
Analyzer
SQL Plan Management
[] SQL Plan Baseline
Architecture
[] Set up SQL Plan Baseline
[] Using SQL Plan Baseline
Database Replay
[] Overview of Workload
Capture and Replay
[] Using Workload capture and
replay
Miscellaneous New Features
[] Describe and use the
enhanced online table
redefinition
[] Use fine-grained auditing for
DML statements
[] Use Enhanced DDL - Apply
the improved table lock
mechanism, Create invisible
indexes
[] Use Query Result Cache
and PL/SQL Result Cache
[] Create temporary
tablespace groups
[] Assign temporary
tablespace groups to users
[] Temporary Tablespace
Enhancements
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[] Use Secure File LOBS to
store documents with
Compression, Encryption,
De-duplication, Caching
[] Use SQL and PL/SQL APIs
to access Secure File LOBS
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Intelligent Infrastructure
Enhancements
[] Monitor and maintain the
AWR
[] Creating and using AWR
baselines
[] Control Automated
Maintenance Tasks
[] Using Database Resource
Manager New Features
[] Simplify management tasks
by using the Scheduler
[] Create a job, program,
schedule and window
[] View information about job
executions and job instances
[] Monitor and manage server-
generated alerts
Performance Enhancements
[] Use Automatic Database
Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
[] ADDM Enhancments in 11g
[] Use Automatic Shared
Memory Management
[] Setup Automatic Memory
Management
[] Enhancements in statistics
collection
Space Management and
Partitioning
[] Reduce space related error
conditions through
proactively managing
tablespace usage
[] Reclaim wasted space from
tables and indexes using the
segment shrink functionality
[] Use the Segment Advisor
[] Use the Undo Advisor
[] Use Automatic Undo
Retention Tuning
[] Implement the new
partitioning methods
[] Employ Data Compression
Load and Unload Data
[] Transport tablespaces
across different platforms
[] Explain Data Pump
architecture
[] Monitor a Data Pump job
[] Use Data Pump export and
import
[] Create external tables for
data population
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backups
[] Minimize load requirements
by specifying limits in
backup time windows
[] Save storage space through
writing compressed backup
sets
[] Managing Archive logs
Using Flashback and Logminer
[] Configure and use
Flashback Database
[] Recover dropped tables with
the Flashback Drop feature
[] Retrieve row history
information with the
Flashback Versions Query
feature
[] Audit or recover FROM
transactions with the
Flashback Transaction
Query feature
[] Recover tables to a point in
time with the Flashback
Table feature
[] Back-out transactions using
Flashback Transaction
Diagnosability Enhancements
[] Setup Automatic Diagnostic
Repository
[] Use Support Workbench
[] Run health checks
Using the Data Recovery
Advisor
[] Overview of Data Recovery
Advisor
[] Repairing data failures using
Data Recovery Advisor
[] Perform proactive health
check of the database
Security: New Features
[] Configure the password file
to use case sensitive
passwords
[] Encrypt a tablespace
[] Configure fined grained
access to network services
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