Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration From Novice to Professional

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INDEX
Perl, 91–92
perl -v command, 91
permissions, 162–166
pfile text version, 53
physical backups, 259–266
physical data independence, 18
physical database design. See databases
physical reads, 365, 394, 396
physical recovery, 282
physical writes counter, 365
pieces, 264
PIVOT operator, 211, 323, 367
planning databases
architectural choices, 70–73
CPU sizing, 76
disks, 73–77
licensing, 65–69
memory sizing, 76
network sizing, 77
overview, 65
PL/SQL (Procedural Language/SQL),
38–46
PMON (process monitor), 58
point-in-time recovery, 281
PONo data, 146
preallocating space, 145
predicates, 399–400
prerequisites, 348
primary keys, 16, 26, 135
problem management, 4, 223, 226–227,
231–232, 340
Procedural Language/SQL (PL/SQL),
38–46
procedures, defined, 152
process monitor (PMON), 58
processes parameter, 118
Program Global Area, 55
Projection operator, 9
pseudocolumns, 284
PUBLIC command, 165–166
PUBLISH procedure, 308
PURGE command, 286, 315
purging databases, 310–313
Q
quality assurance section, 283–284, 350
query execution plans, 57
query modification, 17
query optimization, 13–14
query optimizer, 14, 305, 385, 406
query plans, 397–401
query rewrite, 409
QUICK_TUNE procedure, 135
Quote table, 25–28, 31–32, 38–39, 45
R
RAC (Real Application Clusters), 53, 65,
69–72, 82, 102, 104
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive
Disks), 75
railroad diagrams, 23–25
range partitioning, 139–140
RANK function, 208
raw devices, 107
RDA (Remote Diagnostic Agent), 96, 120,
192–194, 226, 239, 280–281, 341
RDA__start.htm file, 192
read consistency, 243, 394
read-only tablespaces, 256
Real Application Clusters (RAC), 53, 65,
69–72, 82, 102, 104
rebuilding databases, 310–313
record-keeping section, 280–281, 350
RECOVER command, 281
RECOVER DATABASE command, 291
recovery, 279–281, 289–291, 297–301, 304,
339
recovery catalog, 262
Recovery Configuration screen, 109–110
Recovery Manager (RMAN), 109, 207, 241,
259, 261, 269–273, 279, 307
recovery operations, 281
recovery testing, 258
recursive calls, 394
recursive operations, 15
recycle pool, 57
redo log files, 55
redo log groups, 55, 119
redo size, 394
redundancy, SQL, 33–36
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
(RAID), 75
reference partitioning, 141–142
referential constraints, 16–17
referential partitioning, 141
Related Links section, 203