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Getting Started With The Oracle Server

This document provides an overview of tools for administering Oracle databases, including the Oracle Universal Installer, Oracle Database Configuration Assistant, SQL*Plus, and Oracle Enterprise Manager. It describes how to use the Oracle Universal Installer to install database components, how SQL*Plus allows interacting with and manipulating databases, and how Oracle Enterprise Manager provides centralized administration of multiple databases.

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Getting Started With The Oracle Server

This document provides an overview of tools for administering Oracle databases, including the Oracle Universal Installer, Oracle Database Configuration Assistant, SQL*Plus, and Oracle Enterprise Manager. It describes how to use the Oracle Universal Installer to install database components, how SQL*Plus allows interacting with and manipulating databases, and how Oracle Enterprise Manager provides centralized administration of multiple databases.

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GETTING STARTED WITH

THE ORACLE SERVER


OBJECTIVES
•After completing this lesson, you should be able to
do the following:
• Identify common database administration tools
available to a DBA
• Identify the features of the Oracle Universal Installer
• Use SQL*Plus to interact and manipulate an Oracle
database
• List the main components of Oracle Enterprise
Manager
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
TOOLS

Tool Description
Oracle Universal Used to install, upgrade, or remove software
Installer (OUI) components
Oracle Database A graphical user interface tool that interacts with
Configuration the OUI, or can be used independently, to create,
Assistant delete, or modify a database
SQL*Plus A utility to access data in an Oracle database

Oracle Enterprise A graphical interface used to administer, monitor,


Manager and tune one or more databases
ORACLE UNIVERSAL INSTALLER

• Used to install, upgrade, or remove software


components, and create a database
• Based on a Java engine
• Features include:
• Automatic dependency resolution
• Allows for Web-based installations
• Tracking inventory of component and suite installations
• Deinstallation of installed components
• Support for multiple Oracle homes
• Support for globalization technology
STARTING THE UNIVERSAL
INSTALLER

• To start Oracle Universal Installer on UNIX:

$ ./runInstaller

• To start Oracle Universal Installer on NT:

D:\> setup
NON-INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
USING RESPONSE FILES

• Allows for no user interaction


• Response files:
• Templates that must be edited
• Text files containing variables and values
• Parameters are customized
• To start Universal Installer in non-interactive
mode:
./runInstaller -responsefile myrespfile -silent
ORACLE DATABASE
CONFIGURATION ASSISTANT

•The Oracle Database Configuration Assistant allows you to:

 Create a database
 Configure database options
 Delete a database
 Manage templates
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
USERS
• Users SYS and SYSTEM are created automatically
• During database creation
• Granted the DBA role
•SYS
• Password: change_on_install
• Owner of the database data dictionary
•SYSTEM
• Password: manager
• Owner of additional internal tables and views used by
Oracle tools
SQL*PLUS
• An Oracle tool providing:
• Capability to interact with and manipulate the database
• Ability to start up and shutdown the database, create and
run queries, add rows, modify data, and write customized
reports
• Subset of the standard SQL language with specific add ons
• Connecting to SQL*Plus

sqlplus /nolog
connect / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
ORACLE ENTERPRISE
MANAGER

• Serves as a centralized systems management for DBAs


• A tool to administer, diagnose, and tune multiple databases
• A tool to administer multiple network nodes and services
from many locations
• Use to share tasks with other administrators
• Provides tools for administering parallel servers and
replicated databases
ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER
- ARCHITECTURE

Oracle Management Agent Oracle


Server server
Console

Agent Oracle
Repository server

Oracle Management
Server Agent
Oracle
server
CONSOLE

 Central
launching point
 Can be run in
thin or fat client
 Can be
launched
standalone or
via an OMS
SUMMARY

•In this lesson, you should have learned to:


• Identify database administration tools
• Identify the features of the Oracle Universal Installer
• Use SQL*Plus to interact and manipulate the database
• Identify the main components of Oracle Enterprise Manager
PRACTICE 2 OVERVIEW
•This practice covers the following topics:
• Connecting to SQL*Plus
• Connecting to Enterprise Manager Console

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