OD-AI-BR: Oracle AI Database Backup and Recovery

Module 1: Course Overview

• Target Audience
• Prerequisites
• Learning Outcomes
• Course Outline
• What’s next?

Module 2: Backup and Recovery: Overview

• Objectives
• DBA Responsibilities
• Separation of DBA Duties
• Assessing Your Recovery Requirements
• Categories of Failure
• Statement Failure
• User Process Failure
• Network Failure
• User Error
• Instance Failure
• Media Failure
• Data Failures
• Instance Recovery
• The Checkpoint (CKPT) Process
• The Redo Log Files and the Log Writer (LGWR) Process
• Database Log Mode
• Automatic Instance Recovery or Crash Recovery
• Phases of Instance Recovery
• Tuning Instance Recovery
• Using the MTTR Advisor
• Restoring and Recovering
• Comparing Complete and Incomplete Recovery
• The Complete Recovery Process
• The Point-in-Time Recovery Process
• Oracle Data Protection Solutions
• Flashback Technology
• Summary

Module 3: Backup and Recovery Configuration

• Objectives
• Configuring for Recoverability
• Configuring the Fast Recovery Area
• Monitoring the Fast Recovery Area
• Multiplexing Controlfiles
• Redo Log Files
• Multiplexing the Redo Log
• Creating Archived Redo Log Files
• Archiver (ARCn) Process
• Archived Redo Log Files: Naming and Destinations
• Configuring ARCHIVELOG Mode
• Summary

Module 4: Using Recovery Manager (RMAN)

• Objectives
• Integrated Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
• Connecting to RMAN and a Target Database
• Using SQL in RMAN
• Types of RMAN Commands
• Job Commands: Example
• Configuring Persistent Settings for RMAN
• Viewing Persistent Settings
• Managing Persistent Settings
• Specifying a Retention Policy
• Recovery Window Retention Policy: Example
• Summary

Module 5: Backup Strategies

• Objectives
• Understanding Types of Backups
• Backup Terminology
• RMAN Backup Types
• Backup Solutions: Overview
• Balancing Backup and Restore Requirements
• Comparing Backup Strategies
• Option 1: Full and Incremental Backups
• Option 2: Incrementally Updated Disk Backups
• Option 3: Offloading Backups to Physical Standby Database in Data Guard Environment
• Backing Up Read-Only Tablespaces: Considerations
• Data Warehouse Backup and Recovery: Best Practices
• Summary

Module 6: Creating Database Backups

• Objectives
• Understanding Types of Backups
• Backup Terminology
• RMAN Backup Types
• Backup Solutions: Overview
• Balancing Backup and Restore Requirements
• Comparing Backup Strategies
• Option 1: Full and Incremental Backups
• Option 2: Incrementally Updated Disk Backups
• Option 3: Offloading Backups to Physical Standby Database in Data Guard Environment
• Backing Up Read-Only Tablespaces: Considerations
• Data Warehouse Backup and Recovery: Best Practices
• Summary

Module 7: Using Optional Backup Features

• Objectives
• Saving Backup Space with Unused Block Compression
• Compressing Backups
• Using RMAN Backup Compression
• Using a Media Manager
• Configuring Backup and Restore for Very Large Files
• Backing Up and Restoring Very Large Files
• Creating RMAN Multisection Backups
• Creating Proxy Copies
• Creating Duplexed Backup Sets Using BACKUP COPIES
• Creating Backups of Backup Sets
• Archival Backups: Concepts
• Creating Archival Backups with RMAN
• Managing Archival Database Backups
• Backing Up Recovery Files
• Summary

Module 8: Tuning RMAN Backup Performance

• Objectives
• Is there a problem?
• Diagnosing Performance Bottlenecks
• Diagnosing Performance Bottlenecks: Read Phase
• Is there a “write” problem?
• Diagnosing Performance Bottlenecks: Write or Copy Phase
• Using Dynamic Views to Diagnose RMAN Performance
• Monitoring RMAN Job Progress
• Identifying Backup and Restore Bottlenecks
• Asynchronous I/O Bottlenecks
• Synchronous I/O Bottlenecks
• Tuning RMAN Backup Performance
• Parallelization of Backup Sets
• RMAN Multiplexing
• Summary

Module 9: Recovery Catalog Overview

• Objectives
• RMAN Repository Data Storage: Comparison of Options
• Storing Information in the Recovery Catalog
• Reasons to Use a Recovery Catalog
• Summary

Module 10: Creating a Recovery Catalog

• Objectives
• Creating a Recovery Catalog: Three Steps
• Configuring the Recovery Catalog Database
• Creating the Recovery Catalog Owner
• Creating the Recovery Catalog
• Summary

Module 11: Managing Target Database Records

• Objectives
• Managing Target Database Records in the Recovery Catalog
• Registering a Database in the Recovery Catalog
• Unregistering a Target Database from the Recovery Catalog
• Recovery Catalog Resynchronization: Concepts
• Manually Resynchronizing the Recovery Catalog
• Summary

Module 12: Using Stored Scripts

• Objectives
• Using RMAN Stored Scripts
• Executing RMAN Stored Scripts
• Maintaining RMAN Stored Scripts
• Summary

Module 13: Creating and Using Virtual Private Catalogs

• Objectives
• Creating and Using Virtual Private Catalogs
• Creating a Virtual Private Catalog
• Managing Virtual Private Catalogs
• Upgrading Catalog
• Upgrading Virtual Private Catalogs
• Upgrading Catalog Example
• Upgrading Catalog
• Summary

Module 14: Restore and Recovery Concepts

• Objectives
• File Loss
• Data Repair Techniques
• Restoring and Recovering
• Using RMAN RESTORE and RECOVER Commands
• Instance Failure
• Instance Recovery
• Phases of Instance Recovery
• Media Failure
• Comparing Complete and Incomplete Recovery
• Complete Recovery Process
• Point-in-Time Recovery Process
• Recovery with the RESETLOGS Option
• Restore and Recovery Performance: Best Practices
• Summary

Module 15: Diagnosing Failures

• Objectives
• Reducing Problem Diagnosis Time
• Automatic Diagnostic Workflow
• Automatic Diagnostic Repository
• ADR Command-Line Tool (ADRCI)
• V$DIAG_INFO View
• Data Failure: Examples
• Summary

Module 16: Performing Complete Recovery

• Objectives
• Ensuring Backups Are Available
• Restoring in NOARCHIVELOG Mode
• Recovery with Incremental Backups in NOARCHIVELOG Mode
• Performing Complete Recovery
• Review: Recovering Image Copies
• Recovering Image Copies: Example
• Performing a Fast Switch to Image Copies
• Using SET NEWNAME for Switching Files
• Using Restore Points
• PDB Temp File Recovery
• PDB SYSTEM or UNDO Tablespace Recovery
• PDB Non-SYSTEM Tablespace Recovery
• Summary

Module 17: Performing Point-in-Time Reco

• Objectives
• Point-in-Time Recovery
• PITR Terminology
• Performing Point-in-Time Recovery
• When to Use TSPITR
• Tablespace Point-in-Time Recovery: Architecture
• Preparing for TSPITR
• Determining the Correct Target Time
• Determining the Tablespaces for the Recovery Set
• Identifying Objects That Will Be Lost
• Performing RMAN TSPITR
• Performing Fully Automated TSPITR
• Improving TSPITR Performance
• Performing RMAN TSPITR with an RMAN-Managed Auxiliary Instance
• Performing RMAN TSPITR Using Your Own Auxiliary Instance
• Troubleshooting RMAN TSPITR
• PITR of PDBs
• Recovering Tables from Backups
• Table Recovery: Graphical Overview
• Prerequisites and Limitations
• Specifying the Recovery Point in Time
• Process Steps of Table Recovery
• Summary

Module 18: Performing Block Media Recovery

• Objectives
• What is block corruption?
• Block Corruption Symptoms: ORA-01578
• How to Handle Corruption
• Setting Parameters to Detect Corruption
• Block Media Recovery
• Prerequisites for Block Media Recovery
• Recovering Individual Blocks
• Best Practice: Proactive Checks
• Checking for Block Corruption
• Summary

Module 19: Performing Additional Recovery Operations

• Objectives
• Recovery from the Loss of the Server Parameter File
• Restoring the Server Parameter File from the controlfile Autobackup
• Loss of a controlfile
• Recovering from the Loss of All controlfile Copies: Overview
• Restoring the controlfile from Autobackup
• Restoring the SPFILE and the controlfile
• Recovering NOLOGGING Database Objects
• Loss of a Redo Log File
• Log Group Status: Review
• Recovering from the Loss of a Redo Log Group
• Clearing a Log File
• Re-creating a Password Authentication File
• Summary

Module 20: Oracle Flashback Technology: Overview

• Objectives
• Configuring Database Flashback Technologies
• Flashback Technologies: Error Detection and Correction
• Review: Transactions and Undo
• Flashback Technology
• Summary

Module 21: Using Logical Flashback Features

• Objectives
• Using Flashback Technologies to Query Data
• Flashback Query
• Flashback Version Query
• Flashback Table: Overview
• Flashback Table
• Flashback Table: Considerations
• Flashback Transaction Query
• Flashback Transaction Query: Considerations
• Flashback Transaction Backout
• Flashback Transaction Backout Options
• Flashing Back a Transaction
• Best Practices: Undo-Based Flashback Query, Flashback Table
• Flashback Drop and the Recycle Bin
• Recycle Bin
• Bypassing the Recycle Bin
• Using Flashback Time Travel
• Creating and Enabling Flashback Time Travel
• How the Flashback Data Archive Works
• Transparent Schema Evolution
• Full Schema Evolution
• Summary

Module 22: Using Flashback Database

• Objectives
• Preparing Your Database for Flashback
• Guaranteeing Undo Retention
• Undo Retention
• Flashback Database: Continuous Data Protection
• Flashback Database
• Flashback Database Architecture
• Configuring Flashback Database
• Configuring Flashback Database Overview
• Configuring Flashback Database Parameters
• Configuring Flashback Database Log Management
• Flashback Database: Examples
• CDB and PDB Flashback
• Flashback Database Considerations
• Monitoring Flashback Database Information
• Flashback Database and Guaranteed Restore Points
• Guaranteed Restore Points
• PDB Flashback and Clean Restore Point
• Summary

Module 23: Transport Using Recovery Catalog

• Objectives
• Overview
• Methods of Transporting with Recovery Catalog
• Prerequisites: Generic
• Prerequisites: Specific
• Recovery Catalog Methods for PDBs
• Quickly Transport a PDB with Recovery Catalog
• Transport a PDB Using a Preexisting Backup with Recovery Catalog
• Transport a PDB Using Multiple Incremental Backups with Recovery Catalog
• Recovery Catalog Methods for Tablespaces
• Quickly Transport a Tablespace with Recovery Catalog
• Transport a Tablespace Using a Preexisting Backup with Recovery Catalog
• Transport a Tablespace Using Multiple Incremental Backups with Recovery Catalog
• Transport a PDB Using Multiple Incremental Backups with Recovery Catalog
• Summary

Module 24: Transport Using NOCATALOG

• Objectives
• Methods of Transporting in NOCATALOG Mode
• Prerequisites: Generic
• Prerequisites: Specific
• NOCATALOG Mode for PDBs
• Quickly Transport a PDB in NOCATALOG Mode
• Transport a PDB Using a Preexisting Backup in NOCATALOG Mode
• Transport a PDB Using Multiple Incremental Backups in NOCATALOG Mode
• NOCATALOG Mode for Tablespaces
• Quickly Transport a Tablespace in NOCATALOG Mode
• Transport a Tablespace Using a Preexisting Backup in NOCATALOG Mode
• Transport a Tablespace Using Multiple Incremental Backups in NOCATALOG Mode
• Summary

Module 25: Transport Using Network Link

• Objectives
• Methods of Transporting Over Network Link
• Prerequisites: Generic
• Methods of Transporting PDBs Over Network Link
• Transporting PDBs Over Network Link
• Quickly Transport a PDB Over Network Link
• Transport PDBs by Restoring Backups Incrementally Over the Network
• Methods of Transporting Tablespaces Over Network Link
• Transport Tablespaces Over Network Link
• Quickly Transport a Tablespace Over Network Link
• Transport Tablespaces by Restoring Backups Incrementally Over the Network
• Summary

Module 26: Using PDB Snapshots

• Objectives
• PDB Snapshot Carousel
• Creating PDB Snapshots
• Creating PDBs Using PDB Snapshots
• PDB Snapshots Basics
• PDB Snapshots Views
• Dropping PDB Snapshots
• Flashing Back PDBs Using PDB Snapshots
• Summary

Module 27: Database Duplication Overview

• Objectives
• Using a Duplicate Database
• Choosing Database Duplication Techniques
• Duplicating an Active Database with “Push”
• Comparing the “Push” and “Pull” Methods of Duplication
• Duplicating a Database with a Target Connection
• Duplicating a Database with a Recovery Catalog
• Duplicating a Database Without a Recovery Catalog or Target Connection
• Summary

Module 28: Creating a Backup-Based Duplicate Database

• Objectives
• Creating a Backup-Based Duplicate Database
• Creating an Initialization Parameter File for the Auxiliary Instance
• Specifying New Names for Your Destination
• Using the SET NEWNAME Clauses
• Substitution Variables for SET NEWNAME
• Specifying Parameters for File Naming
• Starting the Instance in NOMOUNT Mode
• Ensuring Backups and Archived Redo Log Files Are Available
• Allocating Auxiliary Channels
• Understanding the RMAN Duplication Operation
• Specifying Options for the DUPLICATE Command
• Using Additional DUPLICATE Command Options
• Duplicating Selected PDBs in a CDB
• Cloning an Active PDB into an Existing CDB
• Example: Duplicating PDB1 from CDB1 to CDB2 as PDB1
• Example: Duplicating PDB1 from CDB1 to CDB2 as PDB2
• Summary