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03 Managing Database Storage

This document discusses managing database storage in Oracle. It describes how table data is stored in blocks within tablespaces. The key points covered include creating and managing tablespaces, obtaining tablespace information, exploring the storage structure, altering and dropping tablespaces, and viewing tablespace contents and information. The document also discusses enlarging the database by creating new tablespaces or adding/increasing data files.

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03 Managing Database Storage

This document discusses managing database storage in Oracle. It describes how table data is stored in blocks within tablespaces. The key points covered include creating and managing tablespaces, obtaining tablespace information, exploring the storage structure, altering and dropping tablespaces, and viewing tablespace contents and information. The document also discusses enlarging the database by creating new tablespaces or adding/increasing data files.

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Using Accounting Setup Manager

Chapter 3
Managing Database Storage

1
Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:


• Describe the storage of table row data in blocks
• Create and manage tablespaces
• Obtain tablespace information

2
How Table Data Is Stored

Columns Blocks

Table A Table B

Rows

Segment Segment
Table
Tablespace

Row piece Extent

3
Database Block: Contents

Block header
Growth
Free space

Row data

4
Exploring the Storage Structure

Click the links to view


detailed information.

5
Creating a New Tablespace

6
Creating a New Tablespace

Choose the appropriate


Storage Type

7
Storage for Tablespaces

8
Tablespaces in the Preconfigured Database

• SYSTEM • UNDOTBS1
• SYSAUX • USERS
• TEMP • EXAMPLE (optional)

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Altering a Tablespace

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Actions with Tablespaces

14
Dropping Tablespaces

16
Viewing Tablespace Information

17
Viewing Tablespace Contents

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Enlarging the Database

You can enlarge the database in the following ways:


• Creating a new tablespace
• Adding a data file to an existing smallfile tablespace
• Increasing the size of a data file
• Providing for the dynamic growth of a data file
Database

SYSTEM INVENTORY
tablespace tablespace

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Quiz

Bigfile Tablespaces must have 1 file of at least 100


MB.
1. True
2. False

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Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:


• Describe the storage of table row data in blocks
• Create and manage tablespaces
• Obtain tablespace information

21
Practice 3 Overview:
Managing Database Storage Structures

This practice covers the following topics:


• Creating tablespaces
• Gathering information about tablespaces

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