1. Database Administration ISQA 436
Winter 2004
Mark Freeman

2. Database Administration ISQA 436
Syllabus
Books
Attendance
Grading
WebCT
Website

3. DATABASE Applications
Oracle 9i (v )
Database server: SBALABS
You will be assigned a user account which you will create
SQL*Plus and SQL*Plus Worksheet
Enterprise Manager
Net configuration/management

4. DATABASE Remote connection Oracle 9i client Service Host SBALABS
IP Address (See install/config lab for details)

5. What you should know Basic SQL Basic DDL INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE
SELECT
WHERE
ORDER BY
GROUP BY/HAVING
Joins (2 or 3 tables)
Basic DDL
CREATE, ALTER, DROP TABLE, etc

6. What you should know Referential Integrity NULL Know about:
Primary and Foreign Keys
NULL
Know about:
Views
Functions, procedures, triggers
Indexes
Transactions

7. WHAT WE WILL LEARN Oracle Database Architecture Administration
Backup and recovery
Storage management
Network management
Security management
PL/SQL programming
Internet database technology*
*As time allows

8. ORACLE TIMELINE* IBM employee E.F. Codd publishes theory of relational
databases
Oracle is founded
by Larry Ellison,
Bob Miner and Ed Oates
Originally named SDL
First commercial
relational database
is shipped!
1970
1974
1977
1978
1979
1980
Name changed
to RSI
Name changed
to Oracle
IBM develops System R UC Berkeley develops Ingres Neither becomes commercial before Oracle
* Sources:

9. ORACLE TIMELINE Oracle begins development of Oracle Financials
software
Version 6.0
PL/SQL
Oracle Financials
released
Version 3.0
on minicomputers
written in C
Version 6.2
Parallel Server
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
IBM releases DB2
Version 4.0
PC version
Read consistency
Version 5.0
Distributed database
Client/server

10. ORACLE TIMELINE Oracle becomes #1 database company for internet and
ERP
Oralce Applications
ERP, Supply Chain,
Manufacturing, etc..
Version 7.0 on Unix
Very Large Databases
(VLDB)
Linux
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
$1 billion
in sales
Network PC
Version 8.0,
named Oracle8,
Released
64-bit
Oracle 8i
Java
OAS

11. ORACLE TIMELINE Oracle 9i Release 2 Oracle 10g 2000 2001 2002 2003
2004
Oracle 9i Release 1
Internet Application
Server (IAS)

12. Important Oracle Resources
Online documentation
All of Oracle documentation is available online
Internet:
Requires a one-time registration, which is free
SBA labs:
Run N:\MapOracle.bat
O:\Documentation

13. Important Oracle Resources
Online documentation
All of Oracle documentation is available online
Internet:
Requires a one-time registration, which is free
SBA labs: O:\Documentation
Useful documents for this class*
Oracle Database Concepts
Database Administrator’s Guide
SQL Reference
PL/SQL User Guide an Reference
* There are more than 200 Oracle documentation manuals

14. DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
What is a DBA?
Database Administrator
Default Blame Accepter?
What does a DBA do?

15. DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DBA tasks:
Database Design and Planning
Database Installation and Upgrade
Backup and Recovery
Storage Management
Security Management
Network Administration
Performance Tuning
On-call Emergency Crisis Management

16. DATABASE DESIGN AND PLANNING
Capacity planning
Number and speed of CPU
Memory
Disk space
Size and distribution of data files
Network
Firewall
Concurrancy
Distributed databases
Database parameters
Sizing and resource allocation
Standby and test databases

17. DATABASE INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE
What products to install
Configuring the operating system
memory parameters
Oracle acccount
filesystem
Installing/configuring database and web servers
Installing client software
Planning and performing upgrades

18. BACKUP AND RECOVERY Develop backup and recovery plan
Implement backup procedures
Test recovery plans
Schedule exports and other special-needs backups

19. STORAGE MANAGEMENT Ensure enough disk space and data files for growth
Monitor growth
Schedule database reorganizations

20. SECURITY MANAGEMENT Create database user accounts and roles
Grant and revoke privileges
Maintain operating system security
Network security
firewall
Web server security
Encryption

21. NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
Server network configuration
Client network configuration
Distributed database configuration
Managing connection capacity

22. PERFORMANCE TUNING Monitor performance
response time
resource contention
CPU
Memory
Disk
Network
Adjust database parameters accordingly
Assist in SQL statement tuning

23. ON-CALL CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Anticipate emergencies and take preventative measures
Respond to pager at 3am
Keep a cool head
Call Oracle for support
Minimize damage
Minimize downtime