Oracle Snapshot Replication & Streams Training Class

This course is taught at your Company site with up to 20 students.

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* Learn the internal mechanisms of Oracle snapshot refreshing.

* Understand how to leverage Oracle multimaster replication.

* See the underlying Oracle views for monitoring replication and streams.

* Learn the architecture of Oracle multimaster replication and Oracle Streams in simple terms with illustrative examples.

* Create working examples of snapshot creation, refresh, and error detection scripts.

* Understand details real-world techniques for implement conflict resolution in multi-master replication.

* Understand the successful installation and configuration techniques, reliable failover database, and subscribed destinations.

Unlike some mediocre Oracle replication training, this course examines all Oracle distributed database and replication features with an eye on those features that are the most important to you.

This Oracle replication training is special because this course is taught by a veteran Oracle Certified DBA with more than 20 years of full-time experience. This Oracle replication class can also be customized according to your specific needs.

		Oracle Streams High Speed Replication and Data Sharing Madhu Tumma ISBN 0-9745993-5-2

		Oracle Replication Snapshot, Multi-master & Materialized Views Scripts John Garmany & Robert Freeman ISBN 0-9727513-3-5

This course is designed for practicing Oracle professionals who have basic experience with Oracle. Prior experience with Oracle is not required, but experience using Oracle database is highly desirable.

This course was designed by Donald K. Burleson, an acknowledged leader in Oracle database administration. Author of more than 30 database books, Burleson was chosen by Oracle Press to write five authorized editions, including Oracle High-Performance SQL tuning. Burleson Consulting instructors offer decades of real world DBA experience in Oracle features, and they will share their secrets in this intense Oracle training. Burleson also served as the Editor for the premier book Oracle10g New Features for the DBA by Rampant TechPress.

Oracle Snapshot Replication & Streams Training
3-Day Syllabus

DAY 1

Introduction to the Oracle Replication Architecture
The Oracle Replication Architecture
Database links
Basics of distributed updates
Inside the two-phase commit
Basics of Snapshot and Multi-master Replication
Manual Replication techniques

Installing Oracle Advanced Replication

Overview of the replication packages
Checklist for installing advanced replication

Creating the users
Setting Oracle parameters
Creating database links
Managing replication security
Testing replication

Basic read-only Replication with snapshots

Read-Only Snapshot architecture
Restrictions of read-only snapshots
Snapshot Creation Basics

Setting the refresh interval
Complex Snapshot creation
Creating and managing snapshot logs
Subquery Sub-setting in snapshots
Refresh Groups for snapshots

Using Oracle Updateable Snapshots

Background in updateable snapshots
Defining Updateable Snapshots
Defining refresh intervals

DAY 2

Using Updateable Materialized Views

Defining updatable materialized views

Monitoring Oracle Replication with Scripts

Goals of monitoring replication
Scripts to measure pending updates
Auto-correct script for broken snapshots

Using Oracle Procedural Replication

Introduction to procedural replication
Installing the replication packages
Restrictions on Procedural Replication

Oracle Multi-Master Replication

Background on multi-master replication
Restriction & limitations of multi-master replication
Using the Oracle-supplied packages
Defining Replication Groups
Defining the master site
Defining propagation rules
Using the dbms_repcat package
Replication of data definitions (DDL)

Conflict Avoidance in multi-master replication

The causes of data conflicts
The options for conflict resolution
Using Referential Integrity with multi-master replication
Techniques to avoid data conflicts
Implementing an automated conflict avoidance mechanism
Manual intervention and conflict detection

DAY 3

Introduction to Oracle Streams

Data Sharing

• Growing Need
• Global Operations
• Heterogeneous Systems

Data Synchronization

• Data Movement
• Data Transformation
• Data Migration
• Data Replication

What is Oracle Streams?

Why Oracle Streams?

Where to use Streams Mechanism
• Replication
• AQ – Advanced Queuing
• Event Management
• Data Loading
• Summarization of Data
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery

Streams Historical Growth
• Advanced Replication
• Advanced Queuing

Related Oracle Technologies
• Log Miner
• Standby – Data Guard

Peer Products
• Sybase Replication
• Quest Shareplex
• GoldenGate
• Data Mirror

Streams Components and Processes

Producer and Consumer
LCR Object

• Row LCR
• DDL LCR
• Additional Attributes

Hot Mining and Cold Mining
Log based Changes
Capture Process
Propagation of Changes
Apply Process
Queuing and Dequeuing

Rules and Rules Engine
• Application of Rules
• Transformation
• Contexts

Streams Tags

Directed Network
DownStreams Capture
Change Data Capture
LogMiner
Supplemental Logging
Sys.Anydata Object
DML Handlers

Streams Replication

• Database Changes
• User Application Message

Destination Database
Data Types for Replication
Rules

• Rule Set
• Capture Rules
• Propagation Rules
• Apply Rules
• Contexts
• Transformations

Instantiation

• Capture process for Instantiation
• Oracle Data Pump for Instantiation
• Export and Import for Instantiation

The Role of Streams Tags

• How to create
• Utility of Tags
• Tags for Apply Process

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