Oracle Dba Interview Question and Answers
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What kind of information is stored in a control file? |
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Control file stores information about log switches, checkpoints and modification in disk resources. |
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What are the components of Oracle Clusterware? |
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The components of Oracle Clusterware are given as follows : -
Oracle Process Monitor Daemon
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RACG Process
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Oracle Notification Service
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Event Manager
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Cluster Ready Service(CRS)
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Cluster Synchronization Services(CSS)
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What is a multi node installation? |
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A multi–node installation is the one in which the database tier and the application tier are installed across two or more nodes. |
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What is the difference between SPFILE and PFILE? |
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- Oracle can use both SPFILE and PFILE as initialization parameter files.
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SPFILE is a binary file while PFILE is a text file.
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You can change the values in PFILE by directly editing it but those changes would not take effect until the restart of the database.
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What is an extent? |
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An extent is the unit of space that a schema object allocates when it is created or grows. As a table increases in size and fills up all its space, another extent is allocated. An extent is a continuous groups of blocks.
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