Now that I have the 11G DBA OCP, I am pursuing the Oracle Certified Expert, Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g and Grid Infrastructure Administrator certification. I need to pass the 1Z0-058 Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration Exam.
NOTE: I am not intending to complete the topics below. These topics are left incomplete.
Describe how Grid Plug and Play affects Clusterware
Describe ASM architecture and components
Configure ASM disk groups
Configure ASM volumes
Make ASM cluster file system
Mount ACFS volumes
Describe the High Availability components of Oracle Clusterware
Contrast Policy-Managed and Administration Managed databases
Describe the functionality of server pools
Describe application placement policies
Create an application Virtual IP (VIP)
Manage application resources
Understand and apply ASM initialization parameters
Manage ASM instances and associated processes
Monitor ASM using the V$ASM dynamic performance views
Create and delete ASM disk groups
Set the attributes of an existing ASM disk group
Perform ongoing maintenance tasks on ASM disk groups
Explain key performance and scalability considerations for ASM disk groups
Use different client tools to access ASM files
Describe the format of a fully qualified ASM file name
Explain how ASM files, directories and aliases are created and managed
Understand and manage disk group templates
Administer ASM Dynamic Volume Manager
Manage ASM volumes
Implement ASM Cluster File System
Manage ASM Cluster File System (ACFS)
Use ACFS Snapshots
Using command line tools to Manage ACFS
Install the Oracle database software
Create a cluster database
Perform post-database creation tasks
Perform a single instance to RAC conversion
Use Enterprise Manager cluster database pages
Define redo log files in a RAC environment
Define undo tablespaces in a RAC environment
Start and stop RAC databases and instances
Modify initialization parameters in a RAC environment
Configure the RAC database to use ARCHIVELOG mode and the flash recovery area
Recover from media failure and instance failures
Tune instance recovery in RAC
Configure RMAN for the RAC environment
Determine RAC-specific tuning components
Determine RAC-specific wait events, global enqueues, and system statistics
Implement the most common RAC tuning tips
Use the Cluster Database Performance pages
Use the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) in RAC
Use Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in RAC
Configure and manage services in a RAC environment
Use services with client applications
Use services with the Database Resource Manager and scheduler
Configure services aggregation and tracing
Configure client-side, connect-time load balancing and connect-time failover
Configure server-side, connect-time load balancing
Use the Load Balancing Advisory (LBA)
Describe the benefits of Fast Application Notification (FAN)
Configure server-side callouts
Configure Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
Design a Maximum Availability Architecture in your environment
Determine the best RAC and Data Guard topologies for your environment
Configure the Data Guard Broker configuration files in a RAC environment
Patch your RAC system in a rolling fashion