1. Grid Infrastructure: Overview

• What is a Cluster?
• What is a Flex Cluster?
• Clusterware Characteristics
• Oracle Clusterware
• Hardware and Software Concepts (High level)
• RAC and Flex ASM

2. RAC Databases Overview & Architecture

• Overview of Oracle RAC
• Oracle RAC One Node (High level)
• Cluster-Aware Storage Solutions
• Benefits of Using RAC
• Scaleup and Speedup
• I/O Throughput Balanced
• Global Resources

3. Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC

• Installing the Oracle Database Software
• Installation options
• Creating the Cluster Database
• Configuring Oracle RAC Reader Nodes
• Post-installation Tasks
• Single Instance to RAC Conversion using DBCA and configure

4. Oracle RAC Administration

• Separation of Duty for Administering Oracle RAC
• Use Enterprise Manager Cluster Database Pages
• RAC Alerts
• RAC Metrics
• Undo Tablespaces
• Local Temporary Tablespaces
• Redo Threads
• Parameters and RAC - SPFILE, Identical and Unique Parameters

5. Upgrading and Patching Oracle RAC

• Ovierview of Upgrades and Patching
• Release and Patch Set Upgrades
• PSU, CPU and Interim Patches
• Merge Patches
• Performing Out of Place Database Upgrades
• Planning and Preparing for Upgrade
• Post Upgrade Tasks

6. Managing Backup and Recovery for RAC

• Instance Failure And Recovery In RAC - LMON and SMON
• Redo Threads and Archive Logs Configurations and Admin
• Parameter Settings Affecting Parallel Recovery and MTTR
• RAC and the Fast Recovery Area
• RMAN Configuration
• RMAN Admin for RAC: Channels, Instances, Backup Considerations

7. RAC Global Resource Management and Cache Fusion

• Globally Managed Resources and Management
• Library Cache Management
• Row cache management
• Buffer cache fusion
• Buffer Cache Management Requirements
• Accessing single blocks in RAC
• Multi-block read considerations in RAC
• Undo and read consistency considerations in RAC

8. RAC Database Monitoring and Tuning

• OCPU and Wait Time Latencies
• Wait Events for RAC
• Common RAC Tuning
• Session and System Statistics
• RAC specific V$ Views
• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor for RAC
• Monitoring RAC with Cluster Health Advisor (CHA)

9. Managing High Availability of Services in a RAC Environment

• Oracle Services
• Services for Policy - and Administrator-Managed Databases
• Service-Oriented Buffer Cache Access
• Creating Services
• Managing Services
• Use Services with Client Applications
• Services and Connection Load Balancing
• Services and Transparent Application Failover

10. Managing High Availability of Connections

• Types of Workload Distribution
• Client-Side Load Balancing
• Server-Side Load Balancing
• Runtime Connection Load Balancing and Connection Pools
• Fast Application Notification
• The Load Balancing Advisory FAN Event
• Server-Side Callouts
• Configuring the Server-Side ONS

11. Application Continuity

• What is AC?
• What problem does it solve?
• Benefits of AC
• How AC works
• AC Architecture
• Side Effects
• Restrictions
• Application requirements​

12. RAC One Node

• RAC One Node Concepts
• Online database migration
• Adding Oracle RAC One Node Database to an Existing Cluster
• Convert an Oracle RAC One Node database to a RAC database
• Convert an Oracle RAC database to a RAC One Node database
• Use DBCA to convert a single instance database to a RAC One Node database

13. Oracle Database In-Memory in RAC

• Architecture of In-Memory Column Store
• Implementing In-Memory Column Store in RAC
• Implementing In-Memory FastStart

14. Multitenant Architecture and RAC

• Non-CDB Architecture
• Multitenant Architecture: Benefits
• CDB in a Non-RAC Environment
• Containers
• Terminology and Data Dictionary Views
• Connection to a Non-RAC CDB
• Oracle RAC and Multitenant Configuration
• Oracle RAC and Multitenant Architecture

15. Quality of Service Management

• QOS Management concepts
• Describe the benefits of using QoS Management
• QoS Management components
• QoS Management functionality

16. 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