Oracle Exadata 11g Essentials – Exam Study Guide

The Oracle Exadata 11g Essentials Exam Study Guide is designed to provide students with the
information that can help them learn more to pass the Oracle Exadata 11g Essentials Exam (1Z0-536).

The exam audience is represented by professionals that are skilled in implementing solutions using
Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the Sun Oracle Database Machine. The exam targets the advanced-
level implementation team member. Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended.
The exam objectives are defined by learner or practitioner level of knowledge.
Learner-level: questions require the candidate to recall information to derive the correct answer
Practitioner-level: questions require the candidate to derive the correct answer from an
application of their knowledge
For each exam topic there have been identified alternative training options that are available at Oracle.
Please note that some of the training recommended can cover multiple exam topics.

The exam covers 6 topics.

Topic 1: Oracle Database 11g software

Objectives Level
Use common database features Practitioner
Leverage performance features Practitioner
Monitor with Enterprise Manager Learner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon
o Online Training
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Overview

Topic 2: Oracle Exadata software

Objectives Level
Describe specific uses of offloading processing Practitioner
Implement I/O resource management Practitioner
Explain the architecture of I/O Resource Manager Practitioner
Describe the software architecture used by Oracle Exadata software Learner
Use Smart Flash Cache Practitioner
Compress data in a variety of ways Practitioner
Use ASM Practitioner
Understand how storage indexes operate Learner
Use intelligent data placement for optimal performance Practitioner

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 Configure data structures to insure caching Learner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon
o Online Training
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Smart features
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Compression
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Storage indexes
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Resource Manager
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - I/O Resource Manager
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Flash Cache

Topic 3: Sun Oracle Database Machine hardware

Objectives Level
Administer disks on the Sun Oracle Database Machine Practitioner
Use network configuration options Learner
Manage storage on different disk configurations Practitioner
Understand memory capabilities of the different models Learner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon

Topic 4: Configuration

Objectives Level
Configure Sun Oracle Database Machines Practitioner
Manage users and permissions Learner
Recommend the appropriate size Sun Oracle Database Machine Practitioner
Test Sun Oracle Database Machine after installation to verify success Practitioner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon
o Online Training
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - CellCLI, DCLI and ADRCI
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Sizing for the Database Machine

Topic 5: Administration

Objectives Level
Load and backup data Practitioner
Implement failure and recovery procedures Practitioner

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 Install software onto Sun Oracle Database Machine Practitioner
Monitor operation of Sun Oracle Database Machine Practitioner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon
o Online Training
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Exadata and availability
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Backup and recovery

Topic 6: Best practices

Objectives Level
Implement best practices for performance Practitioner
Implement best practices for consolidation Practitioner
Implement best practices for storage Practitioner
Implement best practices for migration Practitioner

Training Options

o Boot Camp
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp – Coming Soon
o Online Training
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Database Machine Performance
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Best practices for data loading
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Consolidation of mixed workloads
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Migrating to the Database Machine
 Oracle Exadata 11g Technical Boot Camp - Why you don’t need an Exadata
Database Machine

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