Master the Fundamentals of Oracle Database 12c Filled with easy-to-follow tutorials, this Oracle Press guide provides detailed coverage of core database concepts, the role of the administrator, and enterprise database capabilities. Oracle Database 12c: Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional walks you through database configuration, administration, programming, backup and recovery, and high availability. You'll get in-depth introductions to SQL and PL/SQL as well as important information on managing large databases and using Oracle's engineered systems. This essential beginner's resource features: Critical Skills--Lists of specific skills covered in each chapter Projects--Practical exercises that show how to apply the critical skills learned in each chapter Progress Checks--Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with helpful tips Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered Mastery Checks--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge

Transform Big Data into Insight "In this book, some of Oracle's best engineers and architects explain how you can make use of big data. They'll tell you how you can integrate your existing Oracle solutions with big data systems, using each where appropriate and moving data between them as needed." -- Doug Cutting, co-creator of Apache Hadoop Cowritten by members of Oracle's big data team, Oracle Big Data Handbook provides complete coverage of Oracle's comprehensive, integrated set of products for acquiring, organizing, analyzing, and leveraging unstructured data. The book discusses the strategies and technologies essential for a successful big data implementation, including Apache Hadoop, Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Big Data Connectors, Oracle NoSQL Database, Oracle Endeca, Oracle Advanced Analytics, and Oracle's open source R offerings. Best practices for migrating from legacy systems and integrating existing data warehousing and analytics solutions into an enterprise big data infrastructure are also included in this Oracle Press guide. Understand the value of a comprehensive big data strategy Maximize the distributed processing power of the Apache Hadoop platform Discover the advantages of using Oracle Big Data Appliance as an engineered system for Hadoop and Oracle NoSQL Database Configure, deploy, and monitor Hadoop and Oracle NoSQL Database using Oracle Big Data Appliance Integrate your existing data warehousing and analytics infrastructure into a big data architecture Share data among Hadoop and relational databases using Oracle Big Data Connectors Understand how Oracle NoSQL Database integrates into the Oracle Big Data architecture Deliver faster time to value using in-database analytics Analyze data with Oracle Advanced Analytics (Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Data Mining), Oracle R Distribution, ROracle, and Oracle R Connector for Hadoop Analyze disparate data with Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Plan and implement a big data governance strategy and develop an architecture and roadmap

Master Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Performance Tuning and Optimization Deliver on the promise of lower TCO and achieve operational excellence by implementing a comprehensive enterprise application management process. Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Tuning Tips & Techniques offers detailed coverage of the versatile tools, features, and services available for managing application reliability, availability, performance, optimization, and governance. Best practices for maintaining overall application health and supporting evolving priorities, technologies, and systems are also included in this Oracle Press guide. Get a comprehensive technical and functional overview of Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Plan, develop, and implement a management lifecycle strategy Execute an effective reliability management solution Monitor and maintain availability Improve application speed and performance Optimize Oracle E-Business Suite for short-term flexibility and long-term strategic goals Implement strong application governance processes Measure the success and performance of your management plan Maintain an agile, future-ready Oracle E-Business Suite platform

Oracle Goldengate 11g Complete Cookbook is a detailed practical guide for mastering the setup and administration of Oracle Goldengate 11g. This book will walk you through Oracle Goldengate's features, from installation basics to advanced operations like cross-platform replication, enabling you to effectively manage database replication environments. What this Book will help me do Learn to configure DML and DDL replications using Oracle Goldengate effectively. Acquire skills to troubleshoot, monitor, and optimize Oracle Goldengate replication processes. Understand cross-platform replication setups and solutions for high availability environments. Master the use of OEM 12c for monitoring and managing Oracle Goldengate replication. Develop expertise in resolving replication conflicts and reverse-engineering changes applied through Goldengate. Author(s) Ankur Gupta is an experienced database administrator with years of practice optimizing Oracle database systems. His extensive experience with Oracle Goldengate has equipped him with the expertise to deliver practical guidelines and actionable insights. Through this work, he aims to simplify complex tasks, enabling readers to confidently handle Oracle Goldengate implementations. Who is it for? This book is designed for database administrators, system architects, and middleware administrators who work or plan to work with Oracle Goldengate 11g. It caters to professionals involved in managing replication tasks on a daily basis or setting up Oracle Goldengate for migrations. A foundational understanding of Oracle database operations is recommended to fully benefit from this book.

"Oracle SOA Governance 11g Implementation" is a comprehensive guide to understanding and deploying service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance using Oracle SOA Governance Suite 11g. Through practical examples and real-world use cases, this book explores the principles and practices of implementing effective SOA governance to achieve robust and efficient service management. What this Book will help me do Understand and assess your organization's SOA maturity and identify governance challenges to address them strategically. Learn the implementation of Oracle Enterprise Repository and Oracle Service Registry to handle design-time and runtime governance requirements. Discover best practices for deploying Oracle Service Registry and leveraging its integration with Oracle Enterprise Repository. Gain insights into runtime governance using tools like Oracle Enterprise Manager and Web Service Manager. Understand how to extend Oracle SOA Governance to manage and govern Oracle Application Integration Architecture implementations. Author(s) Luis Weir is an experienced SOA expert and enterprise architect who has spent years implementing Oracle SOA governance solutions for diverse organizations. With a rich background in SOA practices and enterprise architectures, he combines practical experience with a clear and structured writing style to offer actionable insights. Through his work, he aims to empower readers with tools to advance their SOA governance skills. Who is it for? This book is tailored for enterprise architects, SOA consultants, and technical leads who need to implement or enhance SOA governance within their organizations. It is particularly valuable for those familiar with Oracle SOA Suite 11g but also accommodates readers new to its governance tools. If your goal is to establish effective SOA governance mechanisms, this book provides the guidance required.

Written by Oracle insiders, this indispensable guide distills an enormous amount of information about the Oracle Database into one compact volume. Ideal for novice and experienced DBAs, developers, managers, and users, Oracle Essentials walks you through technologies and features in Oracle’s product line, including its architecture, data structures, networking, concurrency, and tuning. Complete with illustrations and helpful hints, this fifth edition provides a valuable one-stop overview of Oracle Database 12c, including an introduction to Oracle and cloud computing. Oracle Essentials provides the conceptual background you need to understand how Oracle truly works. Topics include: A complete overview of Oracle databases and data stores, and Fusion Middleware products and features Core concepts and structures in Oracle’s architecture, including pluggable databases Oracle objects and the various datatypes Oracle supports System and database management, including Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Security options, basic auditing capabilities, and options for meeting compliance needs Performance characteristics of disk, memory, and CPU tuning Basic principles of multiuser concurrency Oracle’s online transaction processing (OLTP) Data warehouses, Big Data, and Oracle’s business intelligence tools Backup and recovery, and high availability and failover solutions

Expert Oracle RAC 12c is a hands-on book helping you understand and implement Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and to reduce the total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) of a RAC database. As a seasoned professional, you are probably aware of the importance of understanding the technical details behind the RAC stack. This book provides deep understanding of RAC concepts and implementation details that you can apply toward your day-to-day operational practices. You’ll be guided in troubleshooting and avoiding trouble in your installation. Successful RAC operation hinges upon a fast-performing network interconnect, and this book dedicates a chapter solely to that very important and easily overlooked topic. All four authors are experienced RAC engineers with a wealth of hard-won experience encountering and surmounting the challenges of running a RAC environment that delivers on its promise. In Expert Oracle RAC 12c they provide you a framework in which to avoid repeating their hard-won lessons. Their goal is for you to manage your own RAC environment with ease and expertise. • Provides a deep conceptual understanding of RAC • Provides best practices to implement RAC properly and match application workload • Enables readers to troubleshoot RAC with ease

Master the Cutting-Edge Features of Oracle Database 12c Maintain a scalable, highly available enterprise platform and reduce complexity by leveraging the powerful new tools and cloud enhancements of Oracle Database 12c. This authoritative Oracle Press guide offers complete coverage of installation, configuration, tuning, and administration. Find out how to build and populate Oracle databases, perform effective queries, design applications, and secure your enterprise data. Oracle Database 12c: The Complete Reference also contains a comprehensive appendix covering commands, keywords, features, and functions. Set up Oracle Database 12c or upgrade from an earlier version Design Oracle databases and plan for application implementation Construct SQL and SQLPlus statements and execute powerful queries Secure data with roles, privileges, virtualization, and encryption Move data with SQLLoader and Oracle Data Pump Restore databases using flashback and the Oracle Database Automatic Undo Management feature Build and deploy PL/SQL triggers, procedures, and packages Work with Oracle pluggable and container databases Develop database applications using Java, JDBC, and XML Optimize performance with Oracle Real Application Clusters

Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration is a book focused on results. Author Darl Kuhn draws from a well of experience over a decade deep to lay out real-world techniques that lead to success as an Oracle Database administrator. He gives clear explanations on how to perform critical tasks. He weaves in theory where necessary without bogging you down in unneeded detail. He is not afraid to take a stand on how things should be done. He won't leave you adrift in a sea of choices, showing you three ways to do something and then walking away. Database administration isn't about passing a certified exam, or about pointing-and-clicking your way through a crisis. Database administration is about applying the right solution at the right time, about avoiding risk, about making robust choices that get you home each night in time for dinner with your family. If you have "buck stops here" responsibility for an Oracle database, then Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration is the book you need to help elevate yourself to the level of Professional Oracle Database Administrator. Covers multi-tenant container and pluggable database implementation and management Condenses and organizes the core job of a database administrator into one volume. Takes a results-oriented approach to getting things done. Lays a foundation upon which to build a senior level of expertise What you'll learn Create a stable environment consistent across all databases that you manage Manage pluggable and multi-tenant databases Take care of job #1: backing up, and then recovering when needed Manage users and objects, and the security between them Do battle with "large"—large databases and large objects Move and distribute data using Data Pump, materialized views, external tables Automate critical jobs and tackle database troubleshooting problems Who this book is for Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration is aimed at new database administrators who aspire to senior positions in which employers and customers trust you to work independently, and with a "buck stops here" attitude.

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c is an example-driven approach to the Oracle database administrator's #1 job responsibility: Be able to recover the database. Of all the things you are responsible for as database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders: Lose that data and your company could fail. Lose that data and you could be out of a job. Oracle's flagship database product fortunately implements a wide-ranging feature set to aid you in the all-important task of safeguarding against data loss. Recovery Manager, or RMAN, is at the heart of that feature set, and is the tool most-often used to initiate database backup and recovery operations. In this book, well-known authors and database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have created a set of examples encompassing the gamut of backup and recovery tasks that you might need to perform. Sometimes, especially when the heat is on, a good example is what you need to get started towards a solution. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c delivers. It'll be the book you reach for when that dreaded call comes in at 3:00am some dreary morning. It'll be the book that lets you sleep at night knowing that no matter what transpires, that you've done your job well and can recover from any outage. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence. What you'll learn Reliably back up and recover your database using Oracle's Recovery Manager Let Oracle Database manage your backup files via the Fast Recovery Area Automate backup and recovery tasks by writing scripts Troubleshoot RMAN problems and optimize RMAN performance Recover from the loss of a control file, loss of an online redo log, and from other unusual situations Who this book is for RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c is aimed squarely at Oracle database administrators responsible for database backup and recovery operations.

Dive into "Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration: Beginner's Guide" and start mastering data protection and high availability for Oracle Databases. This guide breaks down the essentials of setting up and managing Oracle Data Guard configurations, equipping you with knowledge and skills through step-by-step examples. What this Book will help me do Learn to configure Oracle Data Guard and manage its essential components. Gain expertise in performing role transitions such as switchover and failover between databases. Use Data Guard Broker for streamlined management of your high availability setup. Understand best practices for patching and maintaining Oracle Data Guard environments. Integrate Data Guard with advanced Oracle features like RAC and RMAN for optimal performance. Author(s) While the specific authors of "Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration: Beginner's Guide" are not listed, it is written by experts in Oracle Database Administration with substantial experience working on high availability setups and disaster recovery solutions. The book distills their expertise into an accessible format. Who is it for? This guide is perfect for Oracle Database Administrators looking to deepen their knowledge in setting up and managing an Oracle Data Guard environment. Whether you're just starting out or have some experience, it provides hands-on instructions and practical examples to elevate your skills. Its user-friendly approach appeals to tech-savvy professionals aiming to protect their data and ensure system availability effectively.

Delve into the world of Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager and master the skills required for designing, deploying, and managing business process applications. In this book, you will learn to implement and optimize SOA services and BPEL processes, enabling you to tackle real-world challenges with confidence. Gain hands-on experience through detailed examples and practical exercises. What this Book will help me do Understand and utilize the BPEL standard for defining business processes in a SOA context. Develop, configure, and test BPEL processes using Oracle SOA Suite and JDeveloper. Gain expertise in deploying, debugging, and troubleshooting BPEL processes effectively. Learn techniques for integrating BPEL with other SOA suite components like OSB and BAM. Explore advanced topics such as performance tuning and implementing high availability strategies. Author(s) The authors of this hands-on guide are seasoned experts in service-oriented architecture (SOA) and integration technologies, bringing decades of industry experience to their teachings. They have trained and worked with numerous organizations to design and implement robust SOA solutions, particularly leveraging Oracle technology. Their approachable writing style makes complex technical concepts accessible for learners at all levels. Who is it for? This book is designed for SOA developers, architects, and administrators aiming to master Oracle BPEL Process Manager 11gR1. Ideal for professionals with a basic understanding of SOA concepts looking to deepen their skills in BPEL. It's suitable for those interested in building business process applications or managing Oracle SOA solutions. Also, it's an excellent resource for enhancing practical expertise.

Dive into advanced administration of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c with this cookbook-style guide. With 70 practical recipes, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to handle both basic and complex administrative tasks effectively. This book provides expert guidance to help you elevate your WebLogic server management proficiency to the next level. What this Book will help me do Master the installation and configuration of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c for efficient system setup. Configure high-availability administration servers to ensure consistent and reliable performance. Effectively create and manage different types of JDBC data sources and multi-data sources for database connectivity. Utilize WebLogic Diagnostic Framework to monitor performance and handle threshold notifications. Optimize server settings for enhanced stability and resilience to meet enterprise needs. Author(s) Dalton Iwazaki is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in managing and deploying Oracle WebLogic Servers in various enterprise environments. With years of hands-on expertise, Dalton shares his practical insights and tested methods throughout his writing. His approachable style and thorough teaching make complex topics accessible to all technical readers. Who is it for? This book is designed for system administrators, developers, and IT professionals who want to master the administration of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c. Readers should have basic knowledge of the Java platform and web server concepts. Whether you're a beginner looking to establish foundational skills or an experienced professional seeking advanced configurations, this cookbook is tailored for your learning.

Best Practices for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tuning and Optimization Achieve peak performance from your ERP platform while minimizing downtime and lowering TCO. Advanced Tuning for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Implementations shows how to plan and adopt a structured, top-to-bottom maintenance methodology. Uncover and eliminate bottlenecks, maximize efficiency at every component layer, troubleshoot databases and web servers, automate system testing, and handle mobile issues. This Oracle Press guide offers complete coverage of the latest cloud, clustering, load balancing, and virtualization solutions. Understand the components of a structured tuning plan Establish benchmarks and implement key industry practices Perform changes and accurately measure system-wide impact Diagnose and repair HTTP, web application, and Java issues Troubleshoot Oracle Database connections and transactions Streamline Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne kernel and JDENeT processes Configure, test, and manage virtual machines and servers Work with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud

Master Oracle GoldenGate 11 g Enable highly available, real-time access to enterprise data in heterogeneous environments. Featuring hands-on workshops, Oracle GoldenGate 11g Handbook shows you how to install, configure, and implement this high-performance application. You’ll learn how to replicate data across Oracle databases and other platforms, including MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server, and perform near-zero-downtime migrations and upgrades. Monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting are also discussed in this Oracle Press guide. Install and configure Oracle GoldenGate Implement Oracle GoldenGate one-way replication Configure multitarget and cascading replication Use bidirectional replication to build a heterogeneous database infrastructure Secure your environment, control and manipulate data, and prevent errors Configure Oracle GoldenGate for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Use Oracle GoldenGate with MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server Perform near-zero-downtime upgrades and migrations Use Oracle GoldenGate Monitor and Oracle GoldenGate Director Ensure data quality with Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Implement nondatabase integration options

"Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook" provides an insightful exploration into the advanced features and functions of Oracle Data Integrator. Through practical insights and recipes, it guides you from understanding deployment to mastering advanced development techniques, including using the ODI SDK and web services. By reading this book, you'll enhance your skills and effectively execute data integration solutions. What this Book will help me do Install, configure, and deploy Oracle Data Integrator for effective integration solutions. Develop and utilize Knowledge Modules and leverage ODI Topology for advanced integration needs. Employ variables, interfaces, and packages in innovative ways to streamline processes. Understand how to use XML, web services, and the ODI SDK for extending functionality. Incorporate best practices for administration, diagnostics, and maintenance tasks. Author(s) The authors of "Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook" are experienced data integration professionals with a profound understanding of Oracle technologies. With hands-on expertise and years of consulting experience, they bring practical knowledge and actionable insights to the book. Their approach emphasizes clarity, practical application, and fostering understanding through real-world examples. Who is it for? The ideal reader for "Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook" includes data integration specialists and developers with a foundational understanding of Oracle Data Integrator. The book caters to those looking to deepen their expertise, enhance deployment practices, and utilize advanced capabilities. It is suitable for professionals aiming to solve complex integration challenges or streamline the implementation of enterprise solutions.

Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is an action driven book, taking you by the hand through all required steps in building your very own web application that will run on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Because you've built every piece of it yourself, you will know exactly how every tiny part is used and how you can tweak it to your own – or your customer's – taste. Oracle Application Express is widely known in the Oracle community as a great tool for creating web applications suitable for desktop browsers. Features have now been added to open up the world of mobile browsing, bringing the simplicity and expressiveness of Appliction Express to bear in developing applications to run with an almost-native look and feel on platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications helps you translate your knowledge of Oracle Application Express into developing for mobile devices. The book and its running example provide all the knowledge you need to create professional looking mobile web applications. Takes you through building a mobile web application from start to finish. Gives insight into the components necessary for a professional looking mobile application. Helps you become an even better and more all-round Oracle Application Express developer. What you'll learn Build mobile applications to run from iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and Windows-based phones and tablets. Make enterprise reporting and business functions accessible to mobile devices. Customize the look-and-feel of your mobile applications. Respond to gestures such as swiping and pointing, and to changes in device orientation. Enhance mobile applications through the use of plugins. Deploy applications into the Apple and Android stores. Who this book is for Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications is aimed at Oracle Application Express developers wanting to develop and deploy applications for use on mobile devices. The book is also useful to any developer in an Oracle Database environment who is looking for a quick-and-easy, yet powerful way to extend business functions and reporting to mobile devices.

Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces version 4.2 of the popular and productive Oracle Application Express development platform. Called APEX for short, the platform enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4.2 brings extensive new Flash and HTML 5 charting capabilities, enhanced themes for mobile applications usable from phones and tablets, RESTful web services support, enhanced application packaging, and the many redesigned wizards give a new and fresh feel to the user interface. Whether you're new to Oracle or an old hand who's yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces the processes and best practices you'll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available, and then continues by walking through the process of building a working system from the ground up. All code is documented and explained so that those new to the languages will not be lost. After reading this book, power users and programmers alike can quickly put together robust and scalable applications for use by one person, by a department, by an entire company. Covers brand-new functionality in APEX 4.2 Provides fully documented and explained example code Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application What you'll learn Design, code, and troubleshoot APEX applications Create forms and generate reports Create charts using Flash and HTML 5 Apply best-practices to database and application design Create intuitive navigation that inspires confidence among users Secure your applications from outside attack Deploy applications for one, a dozen, or hundreds of users Choose between desktop and mobile user interfaces for deployed applications Who this book is for Beginning Oracle Application Express 4.2 is for programmers and power users wanting to create rich, data-centric applications that are web-based, and that rest on Oracle's industry-leading database technology.

Have you ever wanted to customize or extend Oracle E-Business Suite but didn't know where to begin? This comprehensive cookbook provides a detailed guide to building and deploying extensions for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. Through step-by-step examples, you will learn key techniques for OA Framework development, desktop integration, and BI Publisher. What this Book will help me do Understand the architecture of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and how it supports extensibility. Follow detailed instructions to set up a development environment using JDeveloper for OA Framework extensions. Learn to personalize and develop Oracle Application Framework (OAF) pages with hands-on examples. Gain skills in creating and using BI Publisher templates for generating professional reports. Acquire techniques for configuring and utilizing desktop integrator tools for enhancing business workflows. Author(s) Andy Penver is an experienced Oracle consultant with a vast knowledge in Oracle E-Business Suite and business application development. With over a decade of hands-on development experience, Andy has mentored teams globally in employing Oracle E-Business Suite efficiently. His warm teaching approach ensures that he conveys technical concepts in a way that's understandable and actionable. Who is it for? This book is ideal for developers, functional consultants, and IT professionals working with Oracle E-Business Suite. Beginners with minimal technical expertise will find the structured approach and comprehensive explanations accessible. Seasoned professionals seeking to deepen their skills in EBS customization will also benefit. If you want to master extending Oracle E-Business Suite, this book is for you.

Dive into the essentials of Oracle database administration with "OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide." Whether you're new to Oracle databases or preparing for the Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) certification, this book guides you through the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed, including practical techniques to handle real-world database administration challenges. What this Book will help me do Install and configure the Oracle 11g database software step-by-step. Gain a thorough understanding of Oracle Database architecture and storage structures. Learn to manage Oracle instances, including startup, shutdown, and performance monitoring. Master the skills necessary to perform backups, recoveries, and data migration with Oracle. Prepare effectively for Oracle Database Administration I certification exams utilizing real-world scenarios. Author(s) The authors, experienced Oracle DBAs and educators, bring years of real-world expertise to this guide. With professional experience managing Oracle databases in enterprise settings and teaching database concepts to students and professionals, they aim to make complex topics accessible and engaging. Their practical approach ensures you acquire not just the knowledge but also the confidence to implement what you learn. Who is it for? If you're an aspiring database administrator preparing for the Oracle Certified Associate exam or a professional looking to strengthen your skills in Oracle Database 11g, this book is for you. It's perfect for tech enthusiasts with a basic understanding of databases looking to progress their career. The step-by-step guidance ensures it's suitable for readers at all levels. It bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical expertise.