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Introduction to Oracle Database and Amazon RDS
• Overview of Oracle Database
o Key features and benefits of Oracle Database
o Oracle Database editions and versions
• Overview of Amazon RDS
o Benefits of using Amazon RDS
o Supported Oracle versions and features in RDS
o Comparison of on-premises Oracle and Amazon RDS
2. Oracle Database Architecture on Amazon RDS
• Memory structures
o System Global Area (SGA)
o Program Global Area (PGA)
o Memory parameters and configurations in RDS
• Storage structures
o Tablespaces and data files
o Configuration and management of tablespaces on RDS
o Block size and storage allocation in RDS
• Processes
o Background processes in Oracle
o User processes in RDS
3. Memory Management on Amazon RDS
• Automatic memory management (AMM) on RDS
• Manual memory management
• Configuring and tuning SGA and PGA in RDS
• Memory advisors in Oracle and their equivalents in RDS
4. Storage Management on Amazon RDS
• Managing tablespaces on RDS
o Creating and altering tablespaces
o Monitoring tablespace usage in RDS
• Data files
o Adding, resizing, and moving data files in RDS
• Redo logs and archive logs
o Configuring and managing redo logs on RDS
o Archiving and managing archive logs in RDS
5. Backup and Recovery on Amazon RDS
• Backup strategies in AWS
o Automated backups
o Manual snapshots
o Retention periods and backup windows
• Using RMAN with Amazon RDS
o RMAN backup and recovery procedures
o Configuring RMAN for RDS
o Scenarios where RMAN is required/not required
• Point-in-time recovery (PITR) in RDS
• Restoring from snapshots in RDS
6. Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) on Amazon RDS
• Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Configuring OEM for Amazon RDS
• Monitoring and managing RDS instances with OEM
• Alerts and notifications in OEM and RDS
7. Control Files and Redo Logs on Amazon RDS
• Understanding control files in Oracle
o Structure and purpose of control files
o Backup and recovery of control files on RDS
• Managing redo logs in RDS
o Configuring redo log groups and members
o Monitoring redo log performance in RDS
o Resolving redo log issues
8. Performance Monitoring and Tuning on Amazon RDS
• Monitoring tools and techniques in RDS
o CloudWatch metrics for RDS
o Enhanced Monitoring
o Performance Insights
• Oracle performance tuning
o Using Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
o SQL tuning and optimization
o Managing and optimizing memory usage in RDS
9. System Tasks and Maintenance on Amazon RDS
• Regular maintenance tasks in RDS
o Database health checks
o Statistics gathering
o Index maintenance
• Patching and updates in RDS
o Applying patches in RDS
o Database upgrades in RDS
10. Oracle 19c New Features for Administrators
• Overview of Oracle 19c
• Key new features in Oracle 19c
o Automatic indexing
o Real-time statistics
o Memoptimized Rowstore
o Quarantine of runaway queries
• Implementing and utilizing new features in RDS