Course Overview
This course is designed to provide a strong foundation in Oracle Database Administration. You will gain hands-on experience in installation, configuration, database management, and performance tuning, along with essential Linux administration skills.
Main Topics Covered
📘 Oracle Database Overview – Understanding key features and components
🏗️ Oracle Database Architecture – Core structures and processes
💻 Linux Basics for DBAs – Install & configure Linux OS on VirtualBox, and learn essential Linux administration commands
🛠️ Oracle Installation – Downloading, installing, and configuring Oracle Database
🗄️ Database Creation & Configuration – Building and managing a new Oracle database
👥 Database Access & Management – User accounts, privileges, and connectivity
📂 Tablespace Management – Creating and maintaining tablespaces
💾 Backup & Recovery – Strategies and tools for securing data
⚡ Performance Tuning – Monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting database performance
👥 Who Should Attend
👨💻 IT Professionals starting their DBA career
🗄️ SQL Server / MySQL DBAs expanding into Oracle
☁️ System Administrators looking to manage databases
💻 Developers seeking knowledge in Oracle database administration
🍀 Course Format
🖥️ Mode: Live Online / Onsite / Self-paced
Includes:
🎥 Lecture videos
📂 Real-world case studies
🎤 Mock interviews
🏆 Final project
✨ By the End of This Course
You will gain not just theoretical knowledge, but also hands-on practical skills to install, configure, secure, and manage Oracle databases effectively. You will be prepared to step confidently into the role of an Oracle Database Administrator, ready for advanced DBA responsibilities and real-world challenges.
Curriculum
🗂️ What is a Database & Why Oracle?
🧑💻 Role & responsibilities of a DBA
🏷️ Oracle Database editions & features
🌐 Understanding client-server architecture
📊 Real-world use cases of Oracle
🧱 Instance components: SGA, PGA, background processes
🗄️ Physical structures: Datafiles, control files, redo logs
📂 Logical structures: Tablespaces, segments, extents, blocks
🔄 How Oracle handles transactions & concurrency
⚖️ Difference between logical & physical storage & many more
🖥️ Install Linux OS on VirtualBox
📁 File system navigation & directory structure
🔑 User management & permissions
📜 Essential Linux commands (ls, cp, mv, grep, vi, etc.)
⚙️ Process & service management basics & many more.
📥 Downloading Oracle software
🛠️ Pre-installation requirements & environment setup
🖥️ GUI & silent mode installation methods
🔧 Post-installation verification & checks
🔐 Setting up Oracle environment variables
🏗️ Creating a database using DBCA
📝 Manual database creation steps
🔄 Database startup & shutdown modes
⚙️ Managing initialization parameters
🧩 Configuring listener & networking
👥 Creating & managing users
🔑 Granting/revoking roles & privileges
🛡️ Authentication methods (password, OS, external)
🗝️ Implementing password policies
🚫 Account locking & auditing basics
📂 Creating & managing tablespaces
📑 Understanding datafiles & storage allocation
🔄 Redo logs & archive log configuration
📊 Undo & temporary tablespace management
🧮 Space monitoring & resizing strategies
💾 Types of backups: Cold, hot, RMAN
🛠️ Configuring RMAN for backups
🔁 Recovery techniques: complete & incomplete
🕒 Flashback database & point-in-time recovery
🔍 Validating & testing backups
📊 Using AWR, ADDM, and ASH reports
🔧 Tools for monitoring performance (OEM, SQL*Plus)
⚡ Identifying & resolving bottlenecks
📈 SQL tuning basics & execution plans
🔍 Indexing strategies for performance
📝 Resume building tips for Oracle DBAs
🎤 Common interview questions & answers
🤝 Soft skills & communication for DBAs
🧑🏫 Real-time scenario discussions
🗣️ Mock interviews & feedback sessions
Duration
📅 Total: 10 Weeks, 8 Weeks of core training, 2 Weeks of interview preparation & mock interviews