Oracle Database 26ai New Features for DBAs

Oracle Database 26ai: New Features for DBAs

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About the Course

Oracle AI Database 26ai is the next long-term release (LTS) of Oracle Database.

It includes over 300 new features with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and developer productivity.

It is the next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) native database, with AI architected into the entire data and development stack. It is designed to bring AI directly to the data, facilitating AI-powered application development and advanced analytics. It is also a converged database featuring advanced in-database AI Vector Search, support for multi-model data (relational, graph, JSON), and introduces agentic AI capabilities for creating autonomous agents.

This course covers the latest additions and improvements in Oracle Database 26ai.

It equips Oracle Database Administrators with knowledge about enhanced tools for better management, focusing on AI Vector Search, True Cache, Blockchain Tables, performance, architecture, security, and database sharding, Wide Tables, and Lock-Free Reservations and more...

Enroll today and upgrade your Oracle DBA skills to stay up to date and competitive.

What is Covered in this Course?

This course covers all the new features for DBAs, introduced in Oracle Database 21c through Oracle Database 26ai.

It includes new features introduced in Oracle Database 21c + Oracle Database 23ai + Oracle Database 26ai

Learn all the new features in one single course and keep yourself up-to-date with Oracle Database features.

Course Curriculum

Oracle AI Vector Search

  • Overview of Oracle AI Vector Search

  • Benefits of Vector Search

  • VECTOR Data Type

  • Vector Embeddings

  • Vector Embedding Models

  • Basic Queries and Similarity Search

True Cache

  • Overview of True Cache

  • Configuring and Deploying True Cache

  • Monitoring True Cache

Oracle Database Sharding New Features

  • Overview of Oracle Database Sharding

  • Oracle Sharded Database Architecture

  • 26ai New Features for Sharding

  • Sharding Native Replication (RAFT-based)

  • Directory-based Sharding

  • Coordinated Backup and Restore for Sharded Databases

  • Automatic Bulk data move on sharding key update

  • Split/Move of a Partition set with Bulk Data Movement

Automatic SQL Plan Management

  • New features in Automatic SQL Plan Management

Priority Transactions

  • Overview of Priority Transactions

  • Using Priority Transactions

  • Monitoring Priority Transactions

  • Priority Transactions Behavior

Automatic Transaction Quarantine

  • Overview of Automatic Transaction Quarantine

  • Monitoring Quarantined Transactions

  • Dropping Quarantined Transactions

  • Quarantined Transaction Escalation

Flashback Log Placement

  • Overview of Flashback Log

  • Flashback Log Parameters

  • Flashback Log Management

Lock Free Reservations

  • Comparing Locking – Optimistic, Lock Free

  • Lock Free Reservations

  • Functionality Requirements

  • Create, Modify, Delete reservable columns

  • Lock Free Reservations Journal Table

  • Data Dictionary Views

 Wide Tables

  • Prior Challenges

  • Benefits of Wide Columns

  • Increase Column Limit

  • Performance

Improved Performance HCC

  • Hybrid Columnar Compression pre 26ai

  • Hybrid Columnar Compression in 26ai

  • Database Compatibility

  • Understand Performance Factors

Unrestricted Parallel DMLs

  • Overview of Parallel DMLs

  • Improvements in 26ai

  • Benefits

Unrestricted Direct Load

  • Direct Load pre 26ai

  • Improvements in 26ai

  • Benefits

Accelerate SecureFiles LOB Write Performance

  • Overview

  • Benefits

Fast Ingest Enhancements

  • Fast Ingest Overview

  • Using Fast Ingest

  • Enhancements in 26ai

  • Benefits

  • Feature for managing Fast Ingest

Blockchain Tables New Features

  • Blockchain Tables overview

  • Blockchain Table Row Versions

  • Blockchain Table User Chains

  • Blockchain Table Delegate Signer

  • Blockchain Table Countersignature

Database Security New Features

  • Overview of Database Security

  • PDB Hybrid Read-only mode

  • Read-only User and Session

  • New Developer Role

  • Simplified Schema Privileges

Data Storage Improvements

  • Automatic SecureFiles Shrink

  • Automatic Storage Compression

Time and Date Handling Changes

  • Enhanced Time Zone Data Upgrade

  • Improved SYSDATE and SYSTIMESTAMP data handling