Lesson 1
Course introduction
Welcome to Managing Users and Connectivity. This course is the second of five in the Oracle8 Database Administration
Certification Series.
Taken together, these five courses teach you how to create and manage an Oracle database.
Course goals
Taken together, these five courses teach you how to create and manage an Oracle database.
Part 1 of this series focused on architecture , database creation, and the basics of interacting with an Oracle database.
Part 2, the part that you are about to take, deals with managing users and their access to the database.
Part 2 also teaches you about SQL*Plus and Enterprise Manager, two important tools that you will use in your
day-to-day management of an Oracle database. When you have completed this course, you will be able to do the following:
- architecture: In the context of Oracle’s database, the term architecture refers to the overall design of the product, especially with reference to how the various individual components interact with each other. With Oracle, there is memory architecture--referring to how Oracle uses memory, process architecture--referring to the various processes that run to make an Oracle database work, and file architecture--referring to the way in which Oracle uses files.
- Configure Net8 on client PCs so they can access Oracle on the server
- Effectively use SQL*Plus to run scripts, execute SQL statements, and generate reports
- Start the various Enterprise Manager applications, and navigate through them to display information about your database
- Create and manage database users
- Manage security, both for DBAs and for normal users
This course, together with Oracle Database Administration parts 1, 3, 4 and 5, helps prepare you for the following
Oracle certification exam:
· IZ0-013, Oracle 8: Database Administration
This database administration exam is one of five that you must pass in order to become certified as an Oracle8 database administrator.
In the next lesson, the database will be discussed.
· IZ0-013, Oracle 8: Database Administration
This database administration exam is one of five that you must pass in order to become certified as an Oracle8 database administrator.
In the next lesson, the database will be discussed.