Oracle Database 12c: Clusterware Administration (D81246) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introduction to Grid Infrastructure
  • What is a Cluster?
  • What is a Flex Cluster?
  • Clusterware Characteristics
  • Oracle Clusterware
  • Hardware and Software Concepts (High level)
  • Shared Storage Overview
Oracle Clusterware Architecture
  • Cluster Storage Requirements
  • Clusterware Initialization and OHASD
  • Clusterware Process Architecture
  • Location Independent Names, Addresses and Name Resolution (GNS, SCAN, VIP..)
  • Shared GNS Background and Architecture
  • Configuring shared GNS
  • Migrating to shared GNS
  • Moving GNS to Another Cluster
Flex Cluster Architecture
  • Flex Cluster Architecture
  • Configuring Flex Cluster
  • Flex Clusters and Node Failure
Grid Infrastructure Pre-Installation Tasks
  • Shared Storage for Oracle Clusterware
  • Checking System Requirements
  • Single Client Access Name for the Cluster
  • Redundant Interconnect Usage
  • Kernel Requirements
  • Groups and Users
  • Shell Settings
  • Oracle Validated Configuration
Installing Grid Infrastructure
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Installing Flex Cluster
  • Verifying the Oracle Clusterware Installation
Managing Cluster Nodes
  • Adding Oracle Clusterware Homes
  • Prerequisites for Running addNode.sh
  • Adding a Node with addNode.sh
  • Configuring the node role
  • Removing a Node from the Cluster
Traditional Clusterware Management
  • Oracle Clusterware startup and shutdown
  • Administering the Voting Disk file
  • Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry Disk file
  • Network Administration
  • What-If Command Evaluation
  • Clusterware Admin Tools Review
Policy-Based Cluster Management
  • Policy-Based Cluster Management Overview
  • Server Categorization
  • Policy Set
Patching Grid Infrastructure
  • Out-of-Place Oracle Clusterware Upgrade
  • Types of Patches
  • Obtaining Oracle Clusterware Patches
  • Rolling Patches
  • Installing a Rolling Patchset with OUI
  • OPatch Overview
  • Installing a Rolling Patch with OPatch
  • OPatch Automation
Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware
  • Diagnostic Framework Support for CRS
  • Cluster Health Monitor Enhancements Overview
  • Component level checks - cluvfy with -comp
  • Resource Debugging - Java Tools and Dynamic Debugging
  • Troubleshooting Node Evictions
  • Log files and Diagnostic Collection
  • The oclumon Utility
Making Applications Highly Available
  • Overview of Using Oracle Clusterware to Enable HA
  • Oracle Clusterware HA Components
  • Resource Management Options
  • Server Pools
  • Overall flow diagram of HA lifecycle (crs_profile, crs_register, crs_start….)
  • Clusterware Resource Modeling
  • Creating an Application VIP
  • ONS and FAN overviews