Presenter: Raman Chohan

AGENDA Oracle Best Practices Oracle Backups Why upgrade to Oracle 11? Performance Troubleshooting axiUm Pre-Upgrade Checklist Questions

ORACLE BEST PRACTICES

Good tested backup Check alert log file for errors Collect Oracle statistics Check for invalid/unusable objects Monitor tablespaces for growth up to 32GB on Windows

Database auditing on maintenance tables only Move the Fine Grain Auditing table (sys.fga$) table to different tablespace from its default Ensure there is enough free space on server Truncate temporary axiUm tables (ptbal, ptbalbat, ptbalext, statemnt, stmtjob, pitemtmp) Manage growth of message and msgsent tables

Run DBV while database is not in use Defragment tablespaces (both Oracle and OS) Separate axiUm databases/schemas: – Production – Reports – Training – Testing

ORACLE BACKUPS

Export/Import Data Pump Cold or Off-line Backup Hot or On-line Backup RMAN Backup

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Why upgrade to Oracle 11?

Extended Oracle support for Oracle 10 ending on July 2013 There is a known bug in Oracle which causes problem in axiUm messenger New Crystal engine in axiUm 5.1x (.NET) requires or higher Oracle client version

Starting with Oracle client OO4O has been deprecated. New DBEngine=5 (OCCI) will be available in 5.20 Oracle Database Version 11.2 Operating System 32-bit Oracle Database Server and Client and higher Windows 8 (32-bit) 32-bit Oracle Database Client and higher Windows 8 x64 32-bit Oracle Database Client and higher Windows Server 2012 x64 64-bit Oracle Database Server and Client and higher Windows 8 x64 64-bit Oracle Database Server and Client and higher Windows Server 2012 x64

Tablespace encryption feature available in Oracle 11 (Enterprise Edition – extra cost) Oracle Advanced Compression available in Oracle 11 (Enterprise Edition)

PERFORMANCE TROUBLESHOOTING

Check OS resources (CPU, network) Check running SQL Check Scheduled Jobs Check Oracle parameters Check locked tables Check alert log file Use SQL Tuning Advisor to optimize SQL

axiUm PRE-UPGRADE CHECKLIST

1. Take a good back up and know how much time it will take to restore if needed 2. Check all the datafiles/tablespaces for enough free space 3. Disable oracle archiving 4. If needed, increase undo and temporary tablespace 5. Check for invalid and unusable objects and rebuild them before upgrade

6. Uncompress all the tables - send us the list of these tables 7. Disable your customized triggers (don't forget to enable them after the upgrade) 8. Change axium schema password and set LOGIN_ATTEMPTS to unlimited. 9. Give "kill session" privilege to axiUm user 10. Turn off database auditing (Maintenance – System tab) 11. Have an Oracle DBA available at your end during the upgrade

QUESTIONS

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