Clusterware Administration

• Administrator
• Database Administrators

• Configure ASM disk groups
•   Perform the prerequisite steps for extending a cluster
•  Delete a node from a cluster
• Explain the principles and purposes of clusters
• Understand the scope and capabilities of what-if command evaluation
• Perform the different types of what-if command evaluation
• Install Grid Infrastructure for Standard and Flex clusters
• Add a Leaf node and a Hub node to a Flex cluster
• Understand Flex Clusters architecture and components
• Understand effect of node failure in Flex Clusters
• Verify the installation Describe Cluster hardware best practices
• Describe the Oracle Clusterware architecture
• Describe Clusterware architecture
• Install and configure Flex Clusters
• Gain an understanding of the Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service

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
• 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

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service Overview

• Introducing Exadata Cloud Service
• Service Configuration Options & Service Connection Options
• Service Architecture & Availability
• Management Responsibilities
• Storage Configuration & Management Details
• Simple Web-Based Provisioning & Management
• REST APIs
• Migrating to Exadata Cloud Service

Required Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Oracle Database 11g: Release 2 on Linux Operating System

Suggested Prerequisites

Oracle Database 11g: RAC Administration Release 2 Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g: Manage Clusterware and ASM - Release 2 Working knowledge of Oracle Clusterware, ASM & RAC on Linux