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New OCP Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator certification

January 5th, 2012

Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator

The OCP, Solaris 11 System Administrator certification is designed for individuals who have expanded their mastery of the administration of the Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System from the base-level of skills and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities. This certification covers system administration skills such as configuring network interfaces, managing swap configurations, crash dumps, and core files.

Successfully completing the requirements of this certification track earns the designation of Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator. This certification differentiates candidates in the marketplace by providing a competitive edge through proven expertise. Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended.

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Appreciate a DBA’s role

September 8th, 2009

Who is a DBA?

A Database Administrator (DBA) is a technical person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database. In general, these include the following database aspects:

Recoverability
Integrity
Security
Availibilty
Performance
Development and testing support

In other words, a DBA is a person who is responsible for designing, developing and implementing programs, as required, to support the technical capabilities in a database environment.

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How to prepare for 1Z0-007 certification exam

August 25th, 2009

The 1Z0-007 test focuses on your ability to use SQL statements to interact with Oracle databases. This test requires you to have a very good command over SQL. For this purpose, along with studying books and taking various practice tests, you should also practice with Oracle. While practicing with Oracle, you can learn a lot of things that are of great importance from the test point of view. Practicing the following things with Oracle will make you confident of scoring well in the test:

Install Oracle and create a database.
Create tables, views, synonyms, indexes, and sequences.
Insert, update, delete, and query data using SQL statements.
Sort rows in ascending and descending orders by using the ORDER BY clause.
Restrict the display of rows using the WHERE clause.

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Certification article for OCA DBA 9i

August 18th, 2009

What is OCA DBA 9i?

OCA DBA 9i is an entrance level certification that builds the foundation of a Database Administrator or a Database Application Developer. The foundational concepts include the basics of RDBMS, basics of writing a SQL Query, and using Oracle tools. Its objectives are intended to validate a candidate’s skill of implementing and managing complex Oracle database functions. It is an essential certification for the advanced certification level (OCP DBA 9i).

Core tests of OCA DBA 9i

To gain OCA DBA 9i, any one of the following tests can be taken:

What is the 1z0-001 test?

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Things to practice for Oracle test O1Z0-033

August 17th, 2009

This test requires a thorough knowledge of administrative tasks for managing the database for optimal performance. The candidate appearing in this test should have a sound knowledge of various tools available in Oracle9i for managing different issues in the database. This includes identifying contentions and resolving them through the tools. For this purpose, one should practice the following to a good extent:

Identifying tuning areas through querying the available views.
Gathering statistics through available tools, such as STATSPACK.
Using the available GUI tools, such as Instance Manager to resolve contentions.
Changing the values of various initialization parameters to monitor the subsequent affect on the system performance.
Changing the size of various database objects, such as buffers, pools, tablespace, and rollback segments to monitor its affect on the performance of the system.

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