INFO361 Lab Assessment

Due: March 31 2025

Instructions:
• This assessment is designed to test your knowledge of
Oracle Database Administration using SQL.

• Ensure you have access to an Oracle 19c database.

• Use SQL*Plus or any SQL client of your choice to execute

queries.

• Answer ALL questions.

• You will be required to take screenshots of your work and

place in a separate Microsoft Word document, named
<Your_UWI_ID>.docx. Number the document and place your
respective screenshot for the associated question. The
screenshot MUST have your UWI ID as a comment. If your ID
is not present for a question you will receive a mark of 0
(zero) for that question.

• For each question place the relevant screenshot or

screenshots indicating that you completed the steps of the
task. If after all your tries there is still an error
message or the step did not work you are still required to
take a screenshot. This is part of identifying invalid SQL
statements. Place the screenshot in your answer document.

• Marks are allocated for correctness and clarity of the

queries.

• Upload your answer document (<Your_UWI_ID>.docx) to

myElearning.
1. You are a database administrator (DBA) tasked with managing
an Oracle database for a large e-commerce platform. One morning,
you receive an urgent request from the IT operations team
regarding the Oracle instance and current database sessions.

a. The IT operations team suspects that the Oracle instance

might be experiencing performance issues due to high resource
utilization. To investigate this, you need to query the Oracle
instance information to gather details such as database version,
instance name, host name, and current status.
(5 marks)

b. After querying the Oracle instance information, you need to

examine the current database session information to identify any
long-running or blocked sessions that could be contributing to
the performance issues reported by the IT operations team. Your
query should retrieve details such as session ID, serial number,
username, client machine, session status, and SQL identifier for
all active sessions connected to the database.
(5 marks)
[10 marks]

2. You are a senior database administrator (DBA) responsible for

managing a critical Oracle database used by a financial services
company. One day, during routine maintenance, you encounter the
following scenarios requiring your attention. Provide the SQL
statements to perform the following tasks.

a. You receive a notification that the Oracle Database instance

is currently down due to a server restart. As the DBA, your
first task is to start the Oracle Database instance to ensure
uninterrupted service for the company's applications and users.
(2 marks)

b. To test the resilience of the Oracle Database instance, you

decide to simulate a crash scenario by abruptly shutting down
the database instance. This will trigger an instance recovery
process to restore the database to a consistent state.
(5 marks)

c. After successfully recovering the Oracle Database instance,

you decide to review and modify some initialization parameters
to optimize database performance based on recent workload
patterns and system resources. Based on your analysis, you
decide to modify the sga_target parameter to adjust the size of
the System Global Area (SGA) for better memory management.
(5 marks)
[12 marks]

3. You are a database administrator (DBA) responsible for

managing an Oracle database system for a large retail company.
As part of your daily tasks, you need to query information about
existing tablespaces, create a new tablespace, extend its size
as needed, and monitor the space usage of specific data files
to ensure optimal database performance and storage management.

a. You start by querying information about the existing

tablespaces in the Oracle database to understand their current
status and resource utilization. Your query should retrieve
details such as tablespace name, data file name, size in bytes,
autoextensible status, and current status for all tablespaces
in the database. (3 marks)

b. You receive a request from the application development team

to create a new tablespace for storing large volumes of
transaction data. You decide to create a new tablespace named
TRANSACTION_DATA and allocate an initial size of 1 GB, with
autoextension enabled to allow for dynamic space allocation as
needed. (5 marks)

c. After creating the new tablespace and allocating space for

transaction data, you need to monitor the space usage of the
associated data file to ensure that it does not run out of
available space and cause disruptions to database operations.
Your query should retrieve details such as data file name,
current size in bytes, maximum size, and autoextensible status
for the data file associated with the TRANSACTION_DATA
tablespace.
(2 marks)
[10 marks]

4. You are a seasoned database administrator (DBA) managing an

Oracle database for a large educational institution. Your
responsibilities include ensuring the optimal performance and
maintenance of the database system. Recently, you noticed
increased activity and growth within the SYSAUX tablespace,
impacting database performance.

a. You decide to query the space usage for a specific tablespace

and explore space usage of associated indexes. Your queries
should provide insights into the total, used, and free space
within the SYSAUX tablespace, as well as the space usage of
associated indexes.
(4 marks)

b. Upon analyzing the space usage, you observe fragmentation

within the SYSAUX tablespace, which can lead to performance
degradation over time. To address this issue and optimize space
allocation, you decide to manage free space by coalescing
fragments within the SYSAUX tablespace.
(2 marks)
[6 marks]

5. You are a senior database administrator (DBA) responsible for

managing an Oracle database for a financial institution.
Recently, you've noticed increased activity within the undo
tablespaces, which are critical for managing transactions and
maintaining data consistency. To address this issue perform the
following tasks.

a. You decide to query information about undo tablespaces and

explore details about ongoing transactions. Your queries provide
insights into the undo tablespaces present in the database and
their current status, as well as details about ongoing
transactions, including the username, session ID, start time,
transaction name, and associated undo tablespace.
(5 marks)

b. To address the increased activity within the existing undo

tablespaces, you decide to create a new undo tablespace and set
it as the default undo tablespace. You then monitor its status
and usage to ensure effective transaction management: Create a
new undo tablespace named "new_undo_ts" with a specified data
file size (1G), set it as the default undo tablespace for the
database, and then monitor its status and usage.
(5 marks)

c. While monitoring the database, you notice an increase in

undo-related wait events, indicating potential issues with undo
management. Your query retrieves information about wait events
related to undo management and orders them by the total time waited.

(4 marks)
[14 marks]

Total: 52 marks

End of Assessment