Un-Answered Questions { Databases }

How do you find out from the RMAN catalog if a particular archive log has been backed-up?

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How can you tell how much space is left on a given file system and how much space each of the file systems subdirectories take-up?

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Define the SGA and: How you would configure SGA for a mid-sized OLTP environment? What is involved in tuning the SGA?

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What is the cache hit ratio, what impact does it have on performance of an Oracle database and what is involved in tuning it?

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Other than making use of the statspack utility, what would you check when you are monitoring or running a health check on an Oracle 8i or 9i database?

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How do you tell what your machine name is and what is its IP address?

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How would you go about verifying the network name that the local_listener is currently using?

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You have 4 instances running on the same UNIX box. How can you determine which shared memory and semaphores are associated with which instance?

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What view(s) do you use to associate a users SQLPLUS session with his o/s process?

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What is the recommended interval at which to run statspack snapshots, and why?

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What spfile/init.ora file parameter exists to force the CBO to make the execution path of a given statement use an index, even if the index scan may appear to be calculated as more costly?

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Assuming today is Monday, how would you use the DBMS_JOB package to schedule the execution of a given procedure owned by SCOTT to start Wednesday at 9AM and to run subsequently every other day at 2AM.

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How would you edit your CRONTAB to schedule the running of /test/test.sh to run every other day at 2PM?

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What do the 9i dbms_standard.sql_txt() and dbms_standard.sql_text() procedures do?

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How would you best determine why your MVIEW couldnt FAST REFRESH?

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