8.4. Exam Essentials

Know the purpose of the Undo Advisor. Optimize the UNDO_RETENTION parameter as well as the size of the undo tablespace by using Undo Advisor. Use the graph on the Undo Advisor screen to perform what-if analyses given the undo retention requirements.

Be able to monitor locking and resolve lock conflicts. Identify the reasons for database lock conflicts, and explain how to resolve them. Show an example of a more serious type of lock conflict, a deadlock.

List the features supported by undo data in an undo tablespace. Enumerate the four primary uses for undo data: rollback, read consistency, database recovery, and flashback operations. Show how the rollback requirements for users that perform long transactions can interfere ...

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