Active database duplication is available in Release 1. No target database duplication requires a recovery catalog. RF Robert G. Freeman Oracle ACE Author: Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY SOON! OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex) Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles out of print now... Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com The LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You do have to be a Church member in good standing. A lot of kind people write me, concerned I may be breaking the law by saying you have to be a Church member. It's legal I promise! :-) http://pages.sssnet.com/messndal/church/parachurch.pdf ________________________________ From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> To: chet.justice@xxxxxxxxx Cc: jobmiller@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:22:47 AM Subject: Re: share a new 11gR2 feature I really like the look of DUPLICATE DATABASE TO dupdb UNTIL TIME "TO_DATE('11/01/2007 14:00:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS')" SPFILE BACKUP LOCATION '/prod_backups' NOFILENAMECHECK; i.e duplicate without connection to production db. and DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE TO dupdb FROM ACTIVE DATABASE PASSWORD FILE SPFILE NOFILENAMECHECK; i.e duplicate from the live db without a backup. Niall On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM, chet justice <chet.justice@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 1.2.2.4 IGNORE_ROW_ON_DUPKEY_INDEX Hint for INSERT Statement >> >>With INSERT INTO TARGET...SELECT...FROM SOURCE, a unique key for some >>to-be-inserted rows may collide with existing rows. The >>IGNORE_ROW_ON_DUPKEY_INDEX allows the collisions to be silently ignored and >>the non-colliding rows to be inserted. A PL/SQL program could achieve the >>same effect by first selecting the source rows and by then inserting them >>one-by-one into the target in a block that has a null handler for the >>DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX exception. However, the PL/SQL approach would take effort to >>program and is much slower than the single SQL statement that this hint >>allows. >> >This same functionality has been available since 10g (I believe) using >DBMS_ERRLOG. In short, an error table is created and all the rows that error >out are inserted there. Which of course allows you to do set operations >instead of row-by-row. You'll still have to figure what to do with those >errors (if anything). > > > > > >On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Job Miller <jobmiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >A few of the things from the 11gR2 new features guide that are interesting to >me. i just cut and paste from the doc, so no value add but if anyone feels >inspired to share the things from the 11gR2 new features guide that they have >been waiting for or think they can immediately benefit from, I am sure the >rest of us would gain a better appreciation for that new feature. So if you >plan to read the guide, ignore this. >> >>http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10881/chapter1.htm >> >> >>1.2.2.4 IGNORE_ROW_ON_DUPKEY_INDEX Hint for INSERT Statement >> >>With INSERT INTO TARGET...SELECT...FROM SOURCE, a unique key for some >>to-be-inserted rows may collide with existing rows. The >>IGNORE_ROW_ON_DUPKEY_INDEX allows the collisions to be silently ignored and >>the non-colliding rows to be inserted. A PL/SQL program could achieve the >>same effect by first selecting the source rows and by then inserting them >>one-by-one into the target in a block that has a null handler for the >>DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX exception. However, the PL/SQL approach would take effort to >>program and is much slower than the single SQL statement that this hint >>allows. >>>> >>1.9.1.5 ASM Intelligent Data Placement >> >>Disk drives have higher transfer rates and bytes per track on the outer >>tracks. This makes it preferable to keep the hotter data closer to the edge >>of the disk; that is, the lower numbered blocks. This feature enables ASM to >>identify higher performance disk regions. Most frequently accessed ASM files >>can be marked to be moved into the hot region and take advantage of higher >>I/O performance (for example, hot tablespaces and indices) and able to better >>meet the application I/O demand. This feature is only applicable when whole >>physical disks are presented to ASM versus local unit numbers (LUN). >>>> >>1.9.2.11 Exadata Simulation >> >>For a given workload, you can now simulate the possible benefits in I/O >>interconnect throughput that can be obtained from migration to Exadata >>architecture. SQL Performance Analyzer, a feature of Oracle Real Application >>Testing, allows simulation to be performed on a non-Exadata installation >>without needing to provision the Exadata system. The SQL Performance Analyzer >>Exadata simulation feature can be used to identify workloads that are good >>candidates for Exadata migration. >> >>This feature simplifies simulation and testing of workloads for Exadata >>migration system change without requiring provisioning of Exadata hardware. >> >> >> >> >>-- >>//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > > >-- >chet justice >www.oraclenerd.com > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info