May 26

OCM 11g Preparation – Create Scheduler jobs

So, “Create Scheduler jobs” is another topic related to database, not Grid Control. But it is not placed in another skillset. Why? I hope you remember that if asked to create a job with class, program, scheduler and so on. The manual approach via DBMS_SCHEDULER would probably take the whole exam time, but you must be able …

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May 26

OCM 11g Preparation – Choose the appropriate tablespace type for the intended use

It’s interesting to see this topic inside the “Enterprise Manager Grid Control” skillset. As the topic “Create and manage temporary, permanent, and undo tablespaces“, you must know all the options while creating a tablespace, but the keyword here is “for intended use”. What does that mean? That not always the classic LMT with ASSM is …

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May 25

OCM 11g Preparation – Implement Grid Control and Database Control

Grid Control and Database Control can and must run in the same time in your simulation environment. Why? Because they may be used in different times during the exam, and EM can help you a lot saving time! If you only know how to configure the Grid Control and you are asked to do that …

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May 25

OCM 11g Preparation – Create notifications

This topic is a complement for the last one. There is no reason of creating alert without notifications. Nobody keep looking the EM Panel fulltime. So, if you create an alert but does not notify anyone, it will be probably too late when you realise the problem is there. For this topic, you must know how …

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May 25

OCM 11g Preparation – Create and monitor alerts

In this chapter you must know how to configure Metric Thresholds. Each target has a screen to configure all of them in one place. It’s a menu item called “Metric and Policy Settings“. However, you can also define in metrics in other places. E.g: If you need to define the Used% for tablespace USERS, you …

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