Oracle Database 19c: Performance

Management and Tuning

Student Guide- Volume I

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Contents

1 Overview
Objectives 1-2
What Is Performance Management? 1-3
Who Manages Performance? 1-4
What Does the DBA Tune? 1-5
Types of Tuning 1-6
Tuning Methodology 1-7
Effective Tuning Goals 1-9
General Tuning Session 1-11
Tuning a CDB 1-13
Performance Tuning: Diagnostics 1-14
Performance Tuning: Features and Tools 1-15
Tuning Objectives 1-16
Summary 1-17
Practice Overview 1-18

2 Defining the Scope of Performance Issues

Objectives 2-2
Defining the Problem 2-3
Limit the Scope 2-4
Determining Tuning Priorities 2-5
Common Tuning Problems 2-6
Tuning Life Cycle Phases 2-8
Tuning During the Life Cycle 2-9
Application Design and Development 2-10
Testing: Database Configuration 2-11
Deployment 2-12
Production 2-13
Migration, Upgrade, and Environment Changes 2-14
ADDM Tuning Session 2-15
Performance Versus Business Requirements 2-16
Monitoring and Tuning Tools: Overview 2-17
Summary 2-19
Practice Overview 2-20

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3 Using the Time Model to Diagnose Performance Issues
Objectives 3-2
Time Model: Overview 3-3
DB Time 3-4
CPU and Wait Time Tuning Dimensions 3-5
Time Model Statistics Hierarchy 3-6
Time Model: Example 3-8
Top Timed Events 3-9
Summary 3-10
Practice Overview 3-11

4 Using Statistics and Wait Events to Diagnose Performance Issues

Objectives 4-2
Dynamic Performance Views 4-3
Dynamic Performance Views: Usage Examples 4-4
Dynamic Performance Views: Considerations 4-5
Statistic Levels 4-6
Instance Activity and Wait Event Statistics 4-8
System Statistic Classes 4-9
Displaying Statistics 4-10
Displaying SGA Statistics 4-11
Wait Events 4-12
Using the V$EVENT_NAME View 4-13
Wait Classes 4-14
Displaying Wait Event Statistics 4-15
Commonly Observed Wait Events 4-17
Using the V$SESSION_WAIT View 4-18
Precision of System Statistics 4-19
Summary 4-20
Practice Overview 4-21

5 Using Log and Trace Files to Monitor Performance

Objectives 5-2
Viewing the Alert Log 5-3
Using Alert Log Information as an Aid in Managing Performance 5-5
Administering the DDL Log File 5-6
Understanding the Debug Log File 5-7
User Trace Files 5-8
Background Processes Trace Files 5-9
Summary 5-10
Practice Overview 5-11

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6 Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and SQL Developer to Monitor
Performance
Objectives 6-2
Enterprise Manager: Overview 6-3
Configuring Enterprise Manager Database Express 6-4
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Components 6-5
Using Features of the Oracle Management Packs and Options 6-6
Oracle SQL Developer 6-7
SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) 6-8
Summary 6-9
Practice Overview 6-10

7 Using Statspack to View Performance Data

Objectives 7-2
Introduction to Statspack 7-3
Statspack Scripts 7-4
Installing Statspack 7-6
Capturing Statspack Snapshots 7-7
Configuring Snapshot Data Capture 7-8
Statspack Snapshot Levels 7-9
Statspack Baselines and Purging 7-11
Reporting with Statspack 7-12
Statspack Considerations 7-13
Statspack Reports 7-14
Reading a Statspack Report 7-15
Statspack Report Drilldown Sections 7-16
Report Drilldown Examples 7-18
Load Profile Section 7-19
Time Model Section 7-20
Statspack and AWR 7-21
Summary 7-22
Practice Overview 7-23

8 Using Automatic Workload Repository

Objectives 8-2
Automatic Workload Repository: Overview 8-3
Automatic Workload Repository Data 8-4
Workload Repository 8-5
AWR Administration 8-6

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 AWR Snapshot Purging Policy 8-7
Managing Snapshots with PL/SQL 8-8
AWR Snapshot Settings 8-9
Manual AWR Snapshots 8-10
Managing AWR Data in a Multitenant Environment 8-11
AWR Snapshots and ADDM in a Multitenant Architecture Database 8-12
Generating AWR Reports 8-13
Reading the AWR Report 8-14
AWR Report: Multitenant Data 8-15
Generating AWR Reports by Using SQL*Plus 8-16
Statspack and AWR Reports 8-17
Reading a Statspack or an AWR Report 8-18
Compare Periods: Benefits 8-19
Snapshots and Periods Comparisons 8-20
Compare Periods: Results 8-21
Compare Periods: Report 8-22
Multitenant AWR Views 8-23
Summary 8-24
Practice Overview 8-25

9 Using Metrics and Alerts

Objectives 9-2
Metrics and Alerts 9-3
Limitation of Base Statistics 9-4
Typical Delta Tools 9-5
Oracle Database Metrics 9-6
Benefits of Metrics 9-7
Viewing Metric History Information 9-8
Viewing Metric Details 9-9
Statistic Histograms 9-10
Histogram Views 9-11
Server-Generated Alerts 9-12
Alert Usage Model 9-13
Metric and Alert Views 9-14
Summary 9-15
Practice Overview 9-16

10 Using Baselines
Objectives 10-2
Comparative Performance Analysis with AWR Baselines 10-3
Automatic Workload Repository Baselines 10-4

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 AWR Baselines 10-5
Types of Baselines 10-6
Moving Window Baseline 10-7
Baselines in Performance Page Settings 10-8
Baseline Templates 10-9
Creating AWR Baselines 10-10
Creating a Single AWR Baseline 10-11
Creating a Repeating Baseline and Template 10-12
Managing Baselines by Using the DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY
Package 10-13
Generating a Baseline Template for a Single Time Period 10-14
Creating a Repeating Baseline Template 10-15
Baseline Views 10-16
Performance Monitoring and Baselines 10-17
Defining Alert Thresholds by Using a Static Baseline 10-19
Configuring a Basic Set of Thresholds 10-20
Summary 10-21
Practice 3 Overview: Using AWR Baselines 10-22

11 Managing Automated Maintenance Tasks

Objectives 11-2
Automated Maintenance Tasks 11-3
Maintenance Windows 11-4
Default Maintenance Plan 11-5
Automated Maintenance Task Priorities 11-6
Configuring Automated Maintenance Tasks 11-7
Summary 11-8
Practice Overview 11-9

12 Using ADDM to Analyze Performance

Objectives 12-2
ADDM Performance Monitoring 12-3
ADDM and Database Time 12-4
DB Time-Graph and ADDM Methodology 12-5
Top Performance Issues Detected 12-7
ADDM Recommendations 12-8
Creating a Manual ADDM Task 12-9
ADDM Tasks in a Multitenant Architecture Database 12-10
Changing ADDM Attributes 12-11
Retrieving ADDM Reports by Using SQL 12-12
Compare Periods ADDM: Analysis 12-13

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 Workload Compatibility 12-14
Configuring Automatic ADDM Analysis at the PDB Level 12-15
Using the DBMS_ADDM Package to Compare Periods 12-16
Example: Using the DBMS_ADDM Package to Compare Periods 12-17
Summary 12-18
Practice Overview 12-19

13 Using Active Session History Data for First Fault System Analysis
Objectives 13-2
Active Session History: Overview 13-3
Active Session History: Mechanics 13-4
ASH Sampling: Example 13-5
Accessing ASH Data 13-6
Analyzing the ASH Data 13-7
Using Enterprise Manager to Generate ASH Reports 13-8
Using the ASH Report Script to Generate a Report 13-9
ASH Report Structure 13-10
Determining the Source of Data 13-11
Performing Skew Analysis 13-12
Additional Automatic Workload Repository Views 13-13
Summary 13-14
Practice Overview 13-15

14 Using Emergency Monitoring and Real-Time ADDM to Analyze Performance

Issues
Objectives 14-2
Emergency Monitoring: Challenges 14-3
Emergency Monitoring: Goals 14-4
Using Real-Time ADDM to Perform a Root-Cause Analysis 14-5
Using Real-Time ADDM 14-6
Real-Time ADDM in the Database 14-7
Using Real-Time ADDM 14-9
Viewing Real-Time ADDM Results 14-10
Summary 14-11

15 Overview of SQL Statement Processing

Objectives 15-2
SQL Statement Processing Phases 15-3
Parsing 15-4
SQL Cursor Storage 15-5
Session Cursor Cache 15-6

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 Cursor Usage and Parsing 15-7
SQL Statement Processing Phases: Bind 15-8
SQL Statement Processing Phases: Execute and Fetch 15-9
Processing a DML Statement 15-10
Commit Processing 15-12
Identifying Poorly Performing SQL Statements 15-13
Top SQL Reports 15-14
SQL Monitoring 15-15
Monitored SQL Execution Details 15-16
Summary 15-17

16 Maintaining Indexes
Objectives 16-2
Creating Indexes 16-3
Using Invisible and Unusable Indexes 16-4
Dropping Indexes 16-5
Reducing the Cost of SQL Operations 16-6
Index Maintenance 16-7
Using Advanced Index Compression 16-9
Other Index Options 16-10
SQL Access Advisor 16-11
Quiz 16-12
Automatic Indexing Task 16-13
Automatic Index Task Workflow 16-15
Automatic Indexing Task Reporting 16-16
Automatic Indexing Views 16-17
Summary 16-18
Practice Overview 16-19

17 Maintaining Tables
Objectives 17-2
Reducing the Cost of SQL Operations 17-3
Table Maintenance for Performance 17-4
Table Reorganization Methods 17-5
Space Management 17-6
Extent Management 17-7
Locally Managed Extents 17-8
Large Extents: Considerations 17-9
How Table Data Is Stored 17-11
Anatomy of a Database Block 17-12
Minimize Block Visits 17-13

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 Block Allocation 17-14
Free Lists 17-15
Block Space Management 17-16
Block Space Management with Free Lists 17-17
Automatic Segment Space Management 17-19
Automatic Segment Space Management at Work 17-20
Block Space Management with ASSM 17-21
Creating an Automatic Segment Space Management Segment 17-22
Migration and Chaining 17-23
Guidelines for PCTFREE and PCTUSED 17-25
Detecting Migration and Chaining 17-26
Selecting Migrated Rows 17-27
Eliminating Migrated Rows 17-28
Shrinking Segments: Overview 17-30
Shrinking Segments: Considerations 17-31
Shrinking Segments by Using SQL 17-32
Segment Shrink: Basic Execution 17-33
Segment Shrink: Execution Considerations 17-34
Data Compression 17-35
Advanced Row Compression: Overview 17-37
Advanced Row Compression: Concepts 17-38
Using Advanced Row Compression 17-39
Advanced Row Compression for DML Operations 17-40
Advanced Index Compression 17-41
How Does Hybrid Columnar Compression Work? 17-42
Using the Compression Advisor 17-43
Using the Compression Advisor for Indexes 17-44
Viewing Table Compression Information 17-45
Quiz 17-46
Summary 17-47
Practice Overview 17-48

18 Introduction to Query Optimizer

Objectives 18-2
Role of the Oracle Optimizer 18-3
Functions of the Query Optimizer 18-5
Selectivity 18-7
Cardinality and Cost 18-8
Changing Optimizer Behavior 18-9
Setting and Viewing Optimizer Parameters 18-10
Using Initialization Parameters to Control Optimizer Behavior 18-11

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 Enabling Query Optimizer Features 18-13
Influencing the Optimizer Approach 18-14
Optimizing SQL Statements 18-15
Access Paths 18-16
Choosing an Access Path 18-17
Summary 18-18

19 Understanding Execution Plans

Objectives 19-2
What Is an Execution Plan? 19-3
Methods for Viewing Execution Plans 19-4
Uses of Execution Plans 19-5
DBMS_XPLAN Package: Overview 19-6
EXPLAIN PLAN Command 19-8
EXPLAIN PLAN Command: Example 19-9
EXPLAIN PLAN Command: Output 19-10
Reading an Execution Plan 19-11
Using the V$SQL_PLAN View 19-12
Querying V$SQL_PLAN 19-13
V$SQL_PLAN_STATISTICS View 19-14
Querying the AWR 19-15
SQL*Plus AUTOTRACE 19-16
Using SQL*Plus AUTOTRACE 19-17
SQL*Plus AUTOTRACE: Statistics 19-18
Quiz 19-19
Adaptive Execution Plans 19-20
Dynamic Plans 19-21
Dynamic Plan: Adaptive Process 19-22
Dynamic Plans: Example 19-23
Continuous Adaptive Query Plans 19-24
Automatic Re-Optimization 19-25
Comparing Execution Plans 19-26
Summary 19-27
Practice Overview 19-28

20 Viewing Execution Plans by Using SQL Trace and TKPROF

Objectives 20-2
SQL Trace Facility 20-3
How to Use the SQL Trace Facility 20-5
Initialization Parameters 20-6
Enabling SQL Trace 20-8

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 Disabling SQL Trace 20-9
Formatting Your Trace Files 20-10
TKPROF Command Options 20-11
Output of the TKPROF Command 20-13
TKPROF Output with No Index: Example 20-18
TKPROF Output with Index: Example 20-19
Generating an Optimizer Trace 20-20
Summary 20-21
Practice Overview 20-22

21 Managing Optimizer Statistics

Objectives 21-2
Optimizer Statistics 21-3
Types of Optimizer Statistics 21-4
Optimizer Statistics Collection 21-5
Dynamic Statistics 21-7
Gathering Statistics and Setting Optimizer Statistics Preferences 21-8
Setting Statistic Preferences 21-9
Viewing and Managing Optimizer Statistics Preferences 21-11
Extended Statistics 21-12
Maintaining Optimizer Statistics 21-13
Automated Maintenance Tasks 21-14
Optimizer Statistics Advisor 21-15
Optimizer Statistics Advisor Report 21-16
Executing Optimizer Statistics Advisor Tasks 21-17
Restoring Statistics 21-18
Deferred Statistics Publishing: Overview 21-19
Deferred Statistics Publishing: Example 21-21
Managing Real-Time Statistics 21-22
Configuring High-Frequency Automatic Optimizer Statistics Collection 21-23
Summary 21-24
Practice Overview 21-25

22 Using Automatic SQL Tuning

Objectives 22-2
Automatic SQL Tuning: Overview 22-3
SQL Statement Profiling 22-4
Plan Tuning Flow and SQL Profile Creation 22-5
SQL Tuning Loop 22-6
Using SQL Profiles 22-7
Summary 22-8

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23 Using the SQL Plan Management Feature
Objectives 23-2
SQL Plan Management: Overview 23-3
SQL Plan Baseline: Architecture 23-4
Loading SQL Plan Baselines 23-5
Loading SQL Plan Baselines from AWR 23-6
Evolving SQL Plan Baselines 23-7
Adaptive SQL Plan Management 23-8
Automatically Evolving SQL Plan Baseline 23-9
Including Alternate Plans in the SPM Evolve Advisor List 23-10
Important Baseline SQL Plan Attributes 23-11
SQL Plan Selection 23-12
Possible SQL Plan Manageability Scenarios 23-13
SQL Performance Analyzer and SQL Plan Baseline Scenario 23-14
Loading a SQL Plan Baseline Automatically 23-15
Purging SQL Management Base Policy 23-16
Enterprise Manager and SQL Plan Baselines 23-17
Quiz 23-18
Summary 23-19
Practice Overview 23-20

24 Overview of the SQL Advisors

Objectives 24-2
SQL Tuning Process 24-3
SQL Tuning Advisor: Overview 24-4
SQL Access Advisor: Overview 24-6
SQL Performance Analyzer: Overview 24-7
Summary 24-9

25 Using the SQL Tuning Advisor

Objectives 25-2
SQL Tuning Advisor: Overview 25-3
SQL Tuning Advisor Architecture 25-6
Automatic Tuning Optimizer 25-7
Using the SQL Tuning Advisor 25-8
SQL Tuning Advisor Options 25-9
SQL Tuning Advisor Recommendations 25-10
Alternative Execution Plans 25-11
Summary 25-13
Practice Overview 25-14

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26 Using the SQL Access Advisor
Objectives 26-2
SQL Access Advisor: Overview 26-3
Using the SQL Access Advisor 26-4
Viewing Recommendations 26-5
Viewing Recommendation Details 26-6
Summary 26-7
Practice Overview 26-8

27 Overview of Real Application Testing Components

Objectives 27-2
Real Application Testing: Overview 27-3
Real Application Testing: Use Cases 27-4
Summary 27-5

28 Using SQL Performance Analyzer to Determine the Impact of Changes

Objectives 28-2
SQL Performance Analyzer: Process 28-3
Steps 6-7: Comparing/Analyzing Performance and Tuning Regressed SQL 28-5
Capturing the SQL Workload 28-6
Creating a SQL Performance Analyzer Task 28-7
SQL Performance Analyzer Task Page 28-8
SQL Performance Analyzer: PL/SQL Example 28-9
Tuning Regressed SQL Statements 28-11
SQL Performance Analyzer: Data Dictionary Views 28-12
Quiz 28-13
Summary 28-14
Practice Overview 28-15

29 Using Database Replay to Test System Performance

Objectives 29-2
Using Database Replay 29-3
The Big Picture 29-4
System Architecture: Capture 29-5
System Architecture: Processing the Workload 29-7
System Architecture: Replay 29-8
Database Replay Workflow in Enterprise Manager 29-9
Accessing Database Replay in Enterprise Manager 29-10
Capture Considerations 29-11
Replay Considerations: Preparation 29-13

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 Replay Considerations 29-14
Replay Customized Options 29-15
Replay Analysis 29-16
Quiz 29-17
Database Replay Packages 29-18
Data Dictionary Views: Database Replay 29-19
Database Replay: PL/SQL Example 29-20
Calibrating Replay Clients 29-22
Capturing and Replaying in a CDB and PDBs 29-23
Reporting 29-24
Quiz 29-25
Summary 29-26
Practice Overview 29-27

30 Implementing Real-Time Database Operation Monitoring

Objectives 30-2
Overview 30-3
Use Cases 30-4
Defining a DB Operation 30-5
Scope of a Composite DB Operation 30-6
Database Operation Concepts 30-7
Identifying a Database Operation 30-8
Enabling Monitoring of Database Operations 30-9
Identifying, Starting, and Completing a Database Operation 30-10
Monitoring Database Operations in Sessions 30-11
Monitoring the Progress of a Database Operation 30-12
Monitoring Load Database Operations 30-13
Monitoring Load Database Operation Details 30-14
Database Operation View: V$SQL_MONITOR 30-15
Database Operation Views 30-16
Reporting Database Operations by Using Functions 30-17
Database Operation Tuning 30-18
Summary 30-19
Practice Overview 30-20

31 Using Services to Monitor Applications

Objectives 31-2
What is a service? 31-3
Service Attributes 31-4
Service Types 31-5
Creating Services 31-6

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 Using the DBMS_SERVICE Package to Manage Services 31-7
Where are services used? 31-8
Using Services with Client Applications 31-9
Using Services with the Resource Manager 31-10
Using Enterprise Manager to Manage Consumer Group Mappings 31-11
Services and the Resource Manager: Example 31-12
Using Enterprise Manager to Create a Job Class 31-13
Using Enterprise Manager to Create a Job 31-14
Services and the Scheduler: Example 31-15
Using Services with Metric Thresholds 31-16
Using Enterprise Manager to Change Service Thresholds 31-17
Services and Metric Thresholds: Example 31-18
Service Aggregation and Tracing 31-19
Top Services Performance Page 31-20
Service Aggregation Configuration 31-21
Service Aggregation: Example 31-22
Client Identifier Aggregation and Tracing 31-23
Using the TRCSESS Utility 31-24
Service Performance Views 31-25
Summary 31-27
Practice Overview 31-28

32 Overview of Memory Structures

Objectives 32-2
Managing Memory Caches and Structures 32-3
Guidelines for Efficient Memory Usage 32-4
Summary 32-6
Practice Overview 32-7

33 Managing Shared Pool Performance

Objectives 33-2
Shared Pool Architecture 33-3
Shared Pool Operation 33-4
Library Cache 33-5
Latch and Mutex 33-6
Latch and Mutex: Views and Statistics 33-8
Diagnostic Tools for Tuning the Shared Pool 33-10
AWR/Statspack Indicators 33-11
Top Timed Events 33-12
Time Model 33-13
Load Profile 33-14

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 Instance Efficiencies 33-15
Library Cache Activity 33-16
Avoid Hard Parses 33-17
Are Cursors Being Shared? 33-18
Candidate Cursors for Sharing 33-19
Sharing Cursors 33-20
Adaptive Cursor Sharing: Example 33-21
Adaptive Cursor Sharing Views 33-23
Interacting with Adaptive Cursor Sharing 33-24
Reduce the Cost of Soft Parses 33-25
Quiz 33-26
Sizing the Shared Pool 33-27
Shared Pool Advisory 33-28
Shared Pool Advisory in an AWR Report 33-29
Shared Pool Advisor 33-30
Avoiding Fragmentation 33-31
Large Memory Requirements 33-32
Tuning the Shared Pool Reserved Pool 33-34
Keeping Large Objects 33-36
Data Dictionary Cache 33-38
Dictionary Cache Misses 33-39
SQL Query Result Cache: Overview 33-40
Managing the SQL Query Result Cache 33-41
Using the RESULT_CACHE Hint 33-43
Using Table Annotation to Control Result Caching 33-44
Using the DBMS_RESULT_CACHE Package 33-45
Viewing SQL Result Cache Dictionary Information 33-46
SQL Query Result Cache: Considerations 33-47
Summary 33-48
Practice Overview 33-49

34 Managing Buffer Cache Performance

Objectives 34-2
Buffer Cache: Highlights 34-3
Database Buffers 34-4
Buffer Hash Table for Lookups 34-5
Working Sets 34-6
Tuning Goals and Techniques 34-8
Symptoms of a Buffer Cache Issue 34-10
Cache Buffer Chains Latch Contention 34-11

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Finding Hot Segments 34-12
Buffer Busy Waits 34-13
Buffer Cache Hit Ratio 34-14
Buffer Cache Hit Ratio is Not Everything 34-15
Interpreting Buffer Cache Hit Ratio 34-16
Read Waits 34-17
Free Buffer Waits 34-18
Solutions for Buffer Cache Issues 34-19
Sizing the Buffer Cache 34-20
Buffer Cache Size Parameters 34-21
Dynamic Buffer Cache Advisory Parameter 34-22
Buffer Cache Advisory View 34-23
Using the V$DB_CACHE_ADVICE View 34-24
Using the Buffer Cache Advisor 34-25
Caching Tables 34-26
Automatic Big Table Caching 34-27
Configuring Automatic Big Table Caching 34-28
Using Automatic Big Table Caching 34-29
Monitoring Automatic Big Table Caching 34-30
Memoptimized Rowstore 34-31
In-Memory Hash Index 34-32
Multiple Buffer Pools 34-33
Enabling Multiple Buffer Pools 34-34
Calculating the Hit Ratio for Multiple Pools 34-35
Multiple Block Sizes 34-36
Multiple Database Writers 34-37
Multiple I/O Slaves 34-38
Using Multiple Writers and I/O Slaves 34-39
Private Pool for I/O-Intensive Operations 34-40
Automatically Tuned Multiblock Reads 34-41
Database Smart Flash Cache Overview 34-42
Using Database Smart Flash Cache 34-43
Database Smart Flash Cache Architecture Overview 34-44
Configuring Database Smart Flash Cache 34-45
Sizing Database Smart Flash Cache 34-46
Enabling and Disabling Flash Devices 34-47
Specifying Database Smart Flash Cache for a Table 34-48
Full Database In-Memory Caching 34-49
Setting Up Force Full Database Caching 34-50
Monitoring Full Database In-Memory Caching 34-51
Flushing the Buffer Cache (for Testing Only) 34-52

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 Summary 34-53
Practice Overview 34-54

35 Managing PGA and Temporary Space Performance

Objectives 35-2
SQL Memory Usage 35-3
Performance Impact 35-4
Automatic PGA Memory 35-5
SQL Memory Manager 35-6
Configuring Automatic PGA Memory 35-7
Setting PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET Initially 35-8
Limiting the Size of the Program Global Area 35-9
Managing the PGA for PDBs 35-10
Monitoring SQL Memory Usage 35-11
Monitoring SQL Memory Usage: Examples 35-12
Tuning SQL Memory Usage 35-13
PGA Target Advice Statistics 35-14
PGA Target Advice Histograms 35-15
Automatic PGA and Enterprise Manager 35-16
Automatic PGA and AWR Reports 35-17
Temporary Tablespace Management: Overview 35-18
Temporary Tablespace: Locally Managed 35-19
Configuring Temporary Tablespace 35-20
Temporary Tablespace Group: Overview 35-22
Temporary Tablespace Group: Benefits 35-23
Creating Temporary Tablespace Groups 35-24
Maintaining Temporary Tablespace Groups 35-25
Viewing Tablespace Groups 35-26
Monitoring Temporary Tablespace 35-27
Shrinking a Temporary Tablespace 35-28
Using the Tablespace Option When Creating a Temporary Table 35-29
Quiz 35-30
Summary 35-31
Practice Overview 35-32

36 Configuring the Large Pool

Objectives 36-2
Large Pool Overview 36-3
Tuning the Large Pool 36-4
Summary 36-5

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37 Using Automatic Shared Memory Management
Objectives 37-2
Oracle Database Architecture 37-3
Granules 37-4
Automatic Shared Memory Management: Overview 37-5
SGA Sizing Parameters: Overview 37-6
Dynamic SGA Transfer Modes 37-7
Memory Broker Architecture 37-8
Manually Resizing Dynamic SGA Parameters 37-9
Behavior of Auto-Tuned SGA Parameters 37-10
Behavior of Manually Tuned SGA Components 37-11
Using the V$SYSTEM_PARAMETER View 37-12
Resizing SGA_TARGET 37-13
Disabling Automatic Shared Memory Management 37-14
Using the SGA Advisor 37-15
Monitoring ASMM 37-16
Managing SGA for PDBs 37-17
Summary 37-18
Practice Overview 37-19

38 Introduction to In-Memory Colum Store

Objectives 38-2
Database In-Memory Feature Set 38-3
Goals of In-Memory Column Store 38-5
Benefits 38-7
Overview 38-8
Row Store Versus Column Store: 2D Vision 38-10
In-Memory Column Unit 38-11
Compare: In-Memory Column Store Cache and Buffer Cache 38-12
Dual Format In-Memory 38-13
Indexes Issues 38-14
Process 38-15
In-Memory Column Store: Dual Format of Segments in SGA 38-16
Summary 38-17

39 Configuring the In-Memory Column Store Feature

Objectives 39-2
Deploying IM Column Store 39-3
Deploying IM Column Store: Objects Setting 39-4
Deploying IM Column Store: Columns Setting 39-5
Defining IM Column Store Compression 39-6

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 In-Memory Advisor 39-7
IM Advisor or Compression Advisor? 39-8
Computing Compression Ratio 39-9
IM FastStart 39-10
Automatic In-Memory: Overview 39-11
AIM Action 39-12
Configuring Automatic In-Memory 39-13
Diagnostic Views 39-14
Summary 39-15
Practice Overview 39-16

40 Using the In-Memory Column Store Feature to Improve SQL Performance

Objectives 40-2
Query Benefits 40-3
Testing and Comparing Query Performance 40-4
Queries on In-Memory Tables: Simple Predicate 40-5
MINMAX Pruning Statistics 40-6
IM Column Store Statistics 40-7
Execution Plan: TABLE ACCESS IN MEMORY FULL 40-8
Queries on In-Memory Tables: Join 40-9
Execution Plan: JOIN FILTER CREATE / USE 40-10
Queries on In-Memory Tables: Join Groups 40-11
Population of Expressions and Virtual Columns Results 40-12
In-Memory Expression Unit (IMEU) 40-14
Populating In-Memory Expression Results 40-15
Populating In-Memory Expression Results Within a Window 40-17
Waiting for In-Memory Segments to be Populated 40-18
Views 40-19
Summary 40-20
Practice Overview 40-21

41 Using In-Memory Column Store with Oracle Database Features

Objectives 41-2
Interaction with Other Products 41-3
Optimizer 41-4
IM Column Store and Real Application Clusters 41-6
IM Column Store and Data Pump 41-7
Data Pump TRANSFORM Names 41-8
Automatic Data Optimization Interaction 41-9

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Managing Heat Map and Automatic Data Optimization Policies 41-10
Creating ADO In-Memory Policies 41-12
Summary 41-13
Practice Overview 41-14

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