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DB 23ai Administrator
Participants learn the core concepts of Oracle Database 23ai, including architecture, storage, security, backup, recovery, and performance tuning, enabling them to manage and optimize enterprise data environments efficiently.
90
Minutes
50
Questions
65
Passing Score
$245
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
Database administrators, system engineers, or IT professionals with at least one year of experience in Oracle environments will benefit. They seek to validate their expertise, advance to an associate‑level credential, and apply best practices for secure, high‑performance database operations. The certification prepares them for real‑world challenges, such as designing resilient storage, enforcing audit policies, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks.
What's Covered
1
23ai Architecture
2
Storage and Memory
3
Security and Auditing
4
Backup and Recovery
5
Performance Tuning
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Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
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Exam Tips & Strategy
20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
62 learning goals
1
23ai Architecture
2 topics
Multitenant Architecture
- Describe CDB and PDB architecture with root container, seed PDB, and application containers.
- Configure PDB creation, cloning, unplugging, and plugging operations for multitenant database management.
- Implement PDB resource management with CPU, memory, and I/O limits using resource manager profiles.
- Analyze multitenant configurations to optimize PDB placement, resource allocation, and consolidation ratios.
- Identify the key components and features of Multitenant Architecture and describe their primary functions within Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate.
- Deploy Multitenant Architecture with integration to monitoring, logging, and alerting services for operational visibility.
- Analyze Multitenant Architecture configurations to identify security vulnerabilities, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
23ai New Features
- Identify Oracle 23ai key features including JSON Relational Duality, AI Vector Search, and True Cache.
- Implement JSON Relational Duality views for simultaneous relational and JSON access to the same data.
- Configure AI Vector Search with VECTOR data type, HNSW indexes, and similarity search operations.
- Evaluate 23ai features to determine which new capabilities address specific application and performance requirements.
- Configure 23ai New Features with appropriate settings and parameters for a production deployment scenario in Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate.
- Assess 23ai New Features implementations against best practices to identify gaps and recommend improvements.
- Name the prerequisites, dependencies, and supporting services required for implementing 23ai New Features.
2
Storage and Memory
2 topics
Storage Management
- Describe ASM disk groups, redundancy levels, and rebalancing operations for database storage management.
- Configure tablespaces including bigfile, temporary, undo, and read-only tablespaces for workload optimization.
- Implement automatic storage management with ASM for simplified storage provisioning and data protection.
- Analyze storage performance to identify I/O bottlenecks and recommend ASM, tablespace, or file placement changes.
- Evaluate Storage Management alternatives and tradeoffs to recommend the optimal approach for given constraints.
- Recognize common terminology, acronyms, and best practices associated with Storage Management.
Memory Management
- Identify Oracle memory components: SGA (shared pool, buffer cache, redo buffer) and PGA structures.
- Configure automatic memory management with MEMORY_TARGET or SGA_TARGET/PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET parameters.
- Implement memory advisors to analyze SGA and PGA sizing for optimal database performance.
- Evaluate memory utilization to recommend parameter adjustments for workload-specific performance optimization.
- List the configuration options and parameters available for Memory Management and describe when each is appropriate.
- Apply Memory Management configuration patterns to meet specific business requirements including compliance needs.
3
Security and Auditing
2 topics
Database Security
- Describe Oracle authentication methods including password, external, global, and proxy authentication.
- Implement privilege management with system privileges, object privileges, roles, and Oracle Database Vault.
- Configure Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for tablespace and column-level encryption with wallet management.
- Analyze security requirements to design appropriate authentication, authorization, and encryption strategies.
- Implement Database Security following best practices for security, performance, and reliability.
- Diagnose Database Security issues by analyzing metrics, logs, and configuration to determine root causes.
Auditing
- Identify unified auditing components including audit policies, audit trail, and fine-grained auditing.
- Configure unified audit policies for tracking privileged operations, schema changes, and data access patterns.
- Implement Oracle Data Safe for security assessment, user risk analysis, and activity auditing across databases.
- Evaluate audit configurations to ensure compliance coverage while managing audit trail storage and performance impact.
- Analyze Auditing configurations to identify security vulnerabilities, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Identify the key components and features of Auditing and describe their primary functions within Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate.
4
Backup and Recovery
2 topics
RMAN Operations
- Describe RMAN backup types: full, incremental (level 0, 1), and image copies for data protection.
- Configure RMAN backup strategies with retention policies, backup sets, and automated backup scheduling.
- Implement point-in-time recovery, tablespace recovery, and block recovery using RMAN for data restoration.
- Analyze recovery scenarios to select the appropriate RMAN recovery technique for minimum data loss and downtime.
- Name the prerequisites, dependencies, and supporting services required for implementing RMAN Operations.
- Configure RMAN Operations with appropriate settings and parameters for a production deployment scenario in Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate.
Data Guard
- Describe Oracle Data Guard architecture with primary, physical standby, and logical standby databases.
- Configure Data Guard broker for automated switchover, failover, and monitoring of standby databases.
- Implement Active Data Guard for read-only access to standby databases with real-time apply for offloading queries.
- Evaluate Data Guard configurations to design HA and DR architectures meeting RPO and RTO requirements.
- Explain how to troubleshoot common issues with Data Guard including error messages and diagnostic procedures.
- Evaluate Data Guard alternatives and tradeoffs to recommend the optimal approach for given constraints.
5
Performance Tuning
2 topics
SQL Tuning
- Identify Oracle optimizer components: cost-based optimizer, statistics, execution plans, and SQL profiles.
- Implement EXPLAIN PLAN and SQL Trace (tkprof) analysis for diagnosing and resolving SQL performance issues.
- Configure SQL Plan Management with SQL plan baselines and SQL tuning advisor for stable execution plans.
- Analyze AWR and ASH reports to identify top SQL, wait events, and resource bottlenecks for performance improvement.
- Compare SQL Tuning deployment patterns to determine the best architecture for availability and scalability needs.
- List the configuration options and parameters available for SQL Tuning and describe when each is appropriate.
Instance Tuning
- Describe Oracle wait event model and common wait events (db file sequential read, log file sync, latch free).
- Implement Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) and Active Session History (ASH) for performance diagnostics.
- Configure automatic maintenance tasks including statistics gathering, advisor runs, and space management.
- Evaluate instance performance metrics to identify systemic bottlenecks and recommend tuning parameter changes.
- Describe the architecture and workflow of Instance Tuning including integration points with related services.
- Implement Instance Tuning following best practices for security, performance, and reliability.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains in the Oracle Database 23ai Administration Associate certification exam guide.
- Core topics: 23ai Features, CDB/PDB, Storage, Security, Backup, Performance, Data Guard.
- Oracle services, tools, and best practices relevant to this certification.
- Scenario-based problem solving at the associate level.
Not Covered
- Topics outside the official exam guide scope.
- Programming language specifics beyond the exam requirements.
- Specific pricing values that change over time.
- Third-party products beyond basic integration awareness.
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