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For the DBA Manager – Understanding Oracle and DBAs Michelle Malcher PepsiCo Session # Speaker Qualifications • Michelle Malcher, Senior Database Administrator • Enterprise Best Practices SIG • Contributing author for IOUG Best Practices Tip Guide and Select Journal • Over 10 years experience in database administration, architecture and development. Agenda Managers of DBAs • New DBAs Roles • New Database Features • Performance Issues • Oracle Software including patches and CPUs Experience Technical Background? New to Oracle? New features? Coming from other platforms? New DBA Roles Why is the DBA role changing? • SOX and Governance • More complex business process • Demand for highly available systems • “Easier” to manage databases • Sensitive data and data classification New DBA Roles What access is needed for DBAs to do their jobs? • Access to sensitive data • Logging in as SYS or SYSTEM • Other available roles • Need to audit this type of access • Migrations from development to production New DBA Role • How to separate roles? • Defining roles – – – – Production Support Systems Application Auditing • Advantages • Disadvantages New Features • • New features are not just a new cool toy for DBAs Solutions for new business needs – – – High Availabilty Security Performance New Features • High Availability – Real Application Cluster (RAC) • • • – Data Guard • • – Workload balance Manageability Rolling patches Active Standby Failover / DR Automatic Storage Management (ASM) • • Manage Oracle files Rolling patches New Features • High Availability – Flashback • • • Flashback queries Flashback database HA solutions include Business Continutity – – – Failover options Provides DR solutions Different options for backups New Features • Security – Secure configuration of database • • – Database auditing • – Default more secure Least privileges 11g turned on by default Tools • • • Database Vault Database Audit Vault Secure Backup New Features • Performance – – Still no run fast button Reports • • – Statspack now AWR and ADDM Automatically collecting information Tools • • OEM – Enterprise Manager Grid Computing – – • Repeatable configurations View across systems Add-ons – From tuning to compliance Working with Oracle • Software Support – Cases with Oracle • • – Need to gather several pieces of information Need to be on recent releases and patches Patch information • Critical Patch Update (CPU) – – – • Just security patches Released quarterly Important for compliance One off patches – Bug fixes Working with Oracle • Software Ownership and Maintenance – – What pieces are owned? What add-ons are available? • • – Ensure the correct pieces are installed Ensure that tools are being used that are available When is maintenance paid? • • Review environment New requirements Working with Oracle • Basic software – – – Easier? Easier to manage? More complex because of the different available components Database parameters and dictionary views • • – Increase with each release Options available Tools becoming more valuable • • Standardizing processes Automate basic task DBA • Roles changing – – • With easier to manage software, basic tasks can be automated Database still getting more complex Business needs changing – – Need to develop HA environments Compliance and security DBA Manager • Manage solutions with business needs – – – • Understand some of the new features Security and compliance High availability and support Manage DBA roles – – Provide opportunities Communication of business needs Summary • • • • Overview of new features New DBA roles Performance Oracle software Questions? Thank You • Please fill out evaluation forms • Michelle Malcher – For the DBA Manager – Understanding Oracle and DBAs, # – [email protected]