Oracle DB Tuning & Troubleshooting - Interpret an AWR Report

This training will enable participants to learn Advanced Tuning and Troubleshooting techniques for Oracle Databases. It will enable the participants to go beyond standard troubleshooting methods and get to advanced techniques analysis to diagnose performance problems. At the end of the training, you will be able to interpret an AWR report and identify whether there is any problem in your database, and if they exist, what are the top problems / root causes of problems.

Additional resources( slide deck , practice guide etc) are part of Lecture 10.

The topics covered in this course are

Understanding   Database Execution and Resource Utilization

-         CPU, Memory and I/O usage patterns

-         When does the  Database use   what Resource

Design – Why   is it the best and first place to fix Performance Issues

-         Design Fundamentals

-         Data Type

-         Using Constraints

-         Considering Alternate Storage techniques

Will Adding   Hardware solve Performance Issues?

-         Response Time = Service Time + Wait Time

Accurately   Identifying Performance Metrics

-         Understanding the Wait Event Ecosystem

o      Wait Event Fundamentals

o      Diagnosing  Problems based   on  Wait Events

-         Understanding Ratio Analysis

o      Memory Issues

o      I/O Issues

o      Space Issues

Understanding   Physical Design

Optimizing   Storage Configuration

-         Hardware / Disk Optimization ( Understand your Storage)

-         Space Vs IOPS Vs MBPS – What do you ask when you need Storage

-         File placement Strategies – With Striping

How to Read an AWR Report

-         Important Sections of an AWR Report

-         Approach to read an AWR Report

-         Important terms to know to do a 5 minute Analysis and identify the   top issue/ problem

Get the Best out of SGA Memory

-         Tuning Buffer Cache

– Keep/Recycle Pools,   how to configure them

– Using Flash Cache

-         Tuning Shared Pool

–  Why to Share Cursors

–  How to identify if Cursors are Shared

–  Keeping Objects in Shared Pool

–  Using Result Cache

-         Tuning PGA

– Serial Reuseability

– FREE Unused Memory

Identify I/O Hotspots

-         File & Tablespace I/O Statistics

-         Top Objects consuming I/O

Identify Bad SQL

-         What is Bad SQL

-         Is it good to do Disk Reads or Memory Reads

-         Is there a Threshold for Memory and  CPU Consumption

-         What to do after Identifying them