In this session, learn how to harvest your OEM metric values for later use outside of Enterprise Manager.  We will go into detail about our approach, required setup, and how we use the harvested information.   The primary use cases that will be covered are capacity planning and utilizing a custom built “Desired Metric Settings…

There are over 1200 wait events in Oracle 12c, but in my experience there are only 10  that DBAs should be very familiar with.. If you can master these 10 wait events, what causes them and their solutions, you will be ahead of the performance analysis game. In this session, Janis Griffin, Database Performance Evangelist,…

Security configuration and features are available at many levels in Oracle Exadata Database Machine. This session will focus on the storage and OS layers with an overview of the database-layer security options and best practices. We’ll outline necessary requirements for system maintenance so the system will remain stable while offering suggestions on how security can…

Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c security framework can be quite overwhelming for the EM administrator.  It's often hard to understand how the components interact and how to best leverage them for your organization.  Learn how to take advantage of Enterprise Manager roles, groups and named credentials to properly grant permissions and privileges to users.  Utilizing EM…

Data is one of the most important assets of any business. As gatekeeper of this asset, the DBA is right in the middle of business processes, end users and technology, and has an often under-appreciated potential as enabler and information hub - all of which we see as an opportunity to lead beyond the defined…

Oracle Audit Vault consolidates audit data from Oracle databases, operating systems and directories into a centralized secure repository.  Audit Vault has built in compliance reports to improve a DBAs life and configurable alerting to enhance security across a large environment. This session will cover the initial deployment of Audit Vault as an Administrator and the…

Many DBA's want to be better DBA's, and many non-DBA's want to become DBA's.  Often the primary training for this is in technical topics, memorizing tons of details, or being able to be the first to solve a technical issue.  Yet some of the best DBA's I've known over the past 25 years start with…

Are you directly or indirectly involved with the management of an Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) environment? Have you perhaps asked yourself what role Oracle RAC will play in the market going forward considering the latest development in virtualization and Cloud-technologies? Based on a brief overview of the latest version of Oracle RAC and its…

Most organizations have third party software solutions, they range from small solutions to ones that provide a large portion of the company’s day to day operations.  When performance issues arise, the solution isn't always as simple as getting the developer in the cube down the hall to change the code.  You need to have effective…

Learn about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle, a managed database service platform that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Oracle databases in the cloud. Learn how customers leverage Amazon RDS for Oracle for operating production and development workloads in Amazon Web Services.