Performance Tuning
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Course Materials

Slides
Lab Guide
Lab Setup

Links to download VM Images, Scripts, Swingbench
Lab Setup-Part1
Lab Setup-Part2
PART 1: Diagnosing and Tuning Database Performance

What you will learn?
Performance Tuning General Concepts

Performance Tuning General Concepts
Database Statistics

Measuring the Performance of the Database
Lab - Measuring the Performance of the Database
Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)

Overview of AWR
Administering AWR
Lab - Administering AWR - Part 1
Lab - Administering AWR - Part 2
About AWR Report
Lab - Generating AWR Report - Part1
Lab - Generating AWR Report - Part 2
About Baselines
About Baseline Templates
Overview of managing Baselines and Baseline Templates
Lab Practice: Managing Baselines and Baseline Templates
Lab Practice: Managing Baselines and Baseline Templates using OEM CC
About AWR Compare Periods Report
Lab Practice: AWR Compare Periods Report
ADDM

About ADDM
About Real Time ADDM
Lab Practices: ADDM
Lab Practices: ADDM using OEM
Lab Practice: Real Time ADDM in OEM
ASH

About ASH
Lab Practice: Using ASH in OEM
Lab Practice: Querying ASH Views
Lab Practice: Troubleshooting Performance issue using ASH Report
Statspack

About Statspack
Lab Practices: Using Statspack
Automated Maintenance Tasks

About Automated Maintenance Tasks
Overview of Configuring Automated Maintenance Tasks
Lab Practice: Configuring Automated Maintenance Tasks
Oracle Database Advisors and Health Checkers

About Oracle Database Advisors
About Health Checkers
Lab Practices: Advisors and Checkers
PART 2 : SQL Tuning

What you will learn?
SQL Tuning Fundamentals

SQL Tuning Fundamentals
Processing of SQL Statements
Query Optimizer Fundamentals

Optimizer Fundamentals
Query Execution Plans

What is Execution Plan?
How to display Execution Plans?
Using AUTOTRACE to display Execution Plan
Using EXPLAIN PLAN and DBMS_XPLAN to display Execution Plan
How to Read Execution Plans?
Lab Practices
Access Paths and Join Methods

Overview of Access Paths
Overview of Join Methods
Overview of Join Order
Lab Practices - Access Paths
Lab Practices: Join Methods
Optimizer Hints

Overview of Hints
Lab Practices: Using Hints
Optimizer Statistics

Overview of Optimizer Statistics
Types of Optimizer Statistics
How Database Gathers Statistics?
Manually Gathering Optimizer Statistics
Lab Practice: Optimizer Statistics Concepts
Lab Practice: Gathering Optimizer Statistics
Lab Practice: Histograms
Lab Practice: Column Group Statistics
Lab Practice: Expression Statistics
Configuring Options for Optimizer Statistics Gathering
Lab Practice: Configuring Options for Optimizer Statistics Gathering
Managing Optimizer Statistics
Lab Practices: Locking and Unlocking Statistics, Publishing Pending Statistics, Using Artificial Statistics
Lab Practice: Exporting and Importing Optimizer Statistics
Lab Practice: Managing Historical Optimizer Statistics
Monitoring Database Operations

Monitoring Database Operations
Lab Practices: Monitoring Database Operations
End-to-End Application Tracing

What is End-to-End Application Tracing?
Tools for Tracing
SQL Trace
TRCESESS
TKPROF
Lab Practices: End-to-End Application Tracing
SQL Tuning Set (STS)

Overview of SQL Tuning Set
Lab Practice: SQL Tuning Set
SQL Tuning Advisor

Overview of SQL Tuning Advisor
Managing Automatic SQL Tuning Task
Running SQL Tuning Advisor On Demand
Lab Practices: SQL Tuning Advisor
SQL Access Advisor

Overview of SQL Access Advisor
SQL Access Advisor - Basic Tasks
SQL Access Advisor - Quick Tune
SQL Access Advisor - Advanced Tasks
Lab Practices: SQL Access Advisor
SQL Profiles

Overview of SQL Profiles
SQL Plan Management

Overview of SQL Plan Management
Basic Tasks in SPM
Lab Practices: Managing SPM
SQL Performance Analyzer

Overview of SQL Performance Analyzer
Lab Practices: Using SPA
PART 3: Tuning Database Memory

What you will learn?
Tuning Shared Pool

Overview of Shared Pool
Memory Allocation in Shared Pool
Private and Shared SQL Areas
Latches and Mutexes
Shared Pool Common Performance Issues and Indicators
Tuning the Shared Pool
Lab Practices: Tuning Shared Pool
Tuning Database Buffer Cache

Basics of Buffer Cache
Symptoms of Buffer Cache Issues
Solutions for Buffer Cache Issues
Lab Practices: Configuring KEEP POOL
Tuning Redo Log

Overview of Tuning Redo Log
Lab Practices: Tuning the Redo Log
Tuning the PGA and Temporary Space

Overview of Tuning PGA and Temporary Tablespace
Automatic and Manual PGA Management
Statistics, Wait Events and DD View related to PGA
Diagnosing PGA Performance Issues
Tuning Temporary Tablespace
Lab Practices: Tuning the PGA

SQL Tuning Fundamentals

2 Lessons