The Oracle test 1z0-053 is designed to measure an individual’s ability to administer Oracle Database 11g. Before taking the 1z0-053 test, you should practice the following:
- Describe Automatic Storage Management (ASM).
- Set up initialization parameter files for ASM and database instances.
- Start up and shut down ASM instances.
- Administer ASM disk groups.
- Configure multiple archive log file destinations to increase availability.
- Define, apply, and use a retention policy.
- Configure the Flash Recovery Area.
- Use Flash Recovery Area.
- Identify situations that require RMAN recovery catalog.
- Create and configure a recovery catalog.
- Synchronize the recovery catalog.
- Create and use RMAN stored scripts.
- Back up the recovery catalog.
- Create and use a virtual private catalog.
- Configure backup settings.
- Allocate channels to use in backing up.
- Configure backup optimization.
- Create image file backups.
- Create a whole database backup.
- Enable fast incremental backup.
- Create duplex backup and back up backup sets.
- Create an archival backup for long-term retention.
- Create a multi-section, compressed and encrypted backup.
- Report on and maintain backups.
- Recover from a lost TEMP file.
- Recover from a lost redo log group.
- Recover from the loss of a password file.
- Perform user-managed complete database recovery.
- Perform user-managed incomplete database recovery.
- Perform user-managed and server managed backups.
- Identify the need of backup mode.
- Back up and recover a control file.
- Perform complete recovery from a critical or non-critical data file loss using RMAN.
- Perform incomplete recovery using RMAN.
- Recover using incrementally updated backups.
- Switch to image copies for fast recovery.
- Restore a database onto a new host.
- Recover using a backup control file.
- Perform Disaster recovery.
- Create a duplicate database.
- Use a duplicate database.
- Identify the situations that require TSPITR.
- Perform automated TSPITR.
- Monitor RMAN sessions and jobs.
- Tune RMAN.
- Configure RMAN for Asynchronous I/O.
- Restore dropped tables from the recycle bin.
- Perform Flashback Query.
- Use Flashback Transaction.
- Perform Flashback Table operations.
- Configure and Monitor Flashback Database, and Perform Flashback Database operations.
- Set up and use a Flashback Data Archive.
- Set up Automatic Diagnostic Repository.
- Use Support Workbench.
- Perform Block Media Recovery.
- Implement Automatic Memory Management.
- Manually configure SGA parameters.
- Configure automatic PGA memory management.
- Use the SQL Tune Advisor.
- Use the SQL Access Advisor to tune a workload.
- Understand Database Replay.
- Manage resumable space allocation.
- Describe the concepts of transportable tablespaces and databases.
- Reclaim wasted space from tables and indexes by using the segment shrink functionality.
- Understand the database resource manager.
- Create and use Database Resource Manager Components.
- Create a job, program, and schedule.
- Use a time-based or event-based schedule for executing Scheduler jobs.
- Create lightweight jobs.
- Use job chains to perform a series of related tasks.
- Create Windows and Job Classes.
- Use advanced Scheduler concepts to prioritize jobs.
- Customize language-dependent behavior for the database and individual sessions.
- Work with database and NLS character sets.