A.5 Chapter 5, Managing Oracle
This chapter has been reorganized to highlight the new manageability
features for Oracle Database 10g and the grid.HTML-based console for Enterprise Manager 10g
Enterprise Manager now has an HTML-based interface, as well as a
Java-based interface.
Scheduler
Oracle Database 10g includes a sophisticated
scheduling application for database jobs.
Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor
The Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) uses information
stored in the Automatic Workload Repository to spot potential
problems and suggest solutions.
Automatic shared memory tuning
Shared memory is automatically tuned in Oracle Database
10g, eliminating the possibility of an
out-of-memory condition for an undersized shared pool.
Automatic Undo Management Tuning
This feature automatically determines optimal undo retention time
based on system activity and uses this information to maximize the
use of the UNDO tablespace.
Fine-grained auditing
Fine-grained auditing controls (FGAC) have been enhanced in the new
release to cover UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE operations.
Policies in Enterprise Manager
Policies, which define best practices as well as security alerts and
other crucial patch issues, are used to automatically check all
target servers.
Kerberos support
Oracle Database 10g provides authentication for users with Kerberos
credentials and Kerberos-based authentication across database links.
Segment Advisor
This tool simplifies segment management.
Image copy backups
Image copy backups can now be made for the database, a tablespace, or
a datafile.
Recovery Manager enhancements
These RMAN enhancements include automatic retry of failed backups and
automatic use of older backup files if a corrupt or unusable backup
is discovered.
Backup set compression
RMAN now compresses backup sets.
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