[...]... Oracle Database 11g ■ Upgrading your database to Oracle Database 11g ■ New parameters in Oracle Database 11g ■ Changes to parameters in Oracle Database 11g As always, this book is designed for early adopters, and for those who want to get a heads-up on what is available in Oracle Database 11g Oracle Database 11g is a huge new release of the Oracle RDBMS product, and as such it has hundreds of new features, ... that it helps you in your efforts to master Oracle Database 11g CHAPTER 1 Oracle Database 11g Getting Started 1 2 Oracle Database 11g New Features nce again we set out on the adventure of discovery As I did in my previous titles Oracle9 i New Features and Oracle Database 10g New Features, I will introduce you to the wealth of new functionality of Oracle Database 11g! Joining us on this journey is none... upgrade support for Oracle Database 11g Your Database Version Requirements for Upgrading to Oracle Database 11g Any Oracle version < = 9.0.1.4 Upgrade to Oracle Database 10.2 using a supported upgrade path(s) Direct migration to Oracle Database 11g is not supported unless you use import/export or the SQL*Plus copy method Oracle 9.2.0.4 (or higher), Oracle Database 10.1.0.2 (or higher) Oracle Database 10.2.0.1... xiv Oracle Database 11g New Features The chapter on performance tuning and large databases will be one many people will skip right to and start with Over time, Oracle has added many features to the database to facilitate performance tuning as well as features to make things “go faster.” The authors cover the most relevant new additions in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 including the new partitioning features. .. your database between Database Control and Oracle Grid Control The DBCA can now be used to easily switch between managing with DBCA and Oracle Grid Control Upgrading to Oracle Database 11g Oracle Database 10g provides a fairly easy upgrade path for users of older Oracle versions, and in fact, I think the upgrade process is slightly easier when moving from Oracle Database 10g to Oracle Database 11g than... cause problems if you don't set up your networking in the ORACLE_ HOME of the companion disk 3 4 Oracle Database 11g New Features The Database Configuration Assistant The manual process of creating a database in Oracle Database 11g has not changed The steps remain pretty much the same However, when you are creating an Oracle database with the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA), you might notice... create database command runs Often you can find little tidbits of information in here that will teach you something new 5 6 Oracle Database 11g New Features 4 After installing a new version of the Oracle Database, use the Database Creation Assistant to create your first database When you do so, make sure to have it create the scripts that it will use for that database creation Then after the database. .. felt were the most important of the new features NOTE In this volume we are highlighting the changes to the Enterprise Edition of Oracle, so if you are running Oracle Standard Edition you might find that some of these features do not work Installing Oracle Database 11g The Oracle Database 11g installer and the install process are not much different than that of Oracle Database 10g The base install still... in the Oracle Database 11g install process is that it keys on the setting of the environment variable ORACLE_ BASE to determine where it will install the Oracle software ORACLE_ BASE has actually been around for some time now, but it’s never really been key to Oracle installs Oracle Database 11g now uses the environment variable ORACLE_ BASE when performing an install to ensure that the Oracle Database. .. Introduction racle Database 11g is the newest release of Oracle s flagship database product It contains a number of new innovations, which we cover in the pages of this book This is my third Oracle New Features book for Oracle Press, and I’ve actually been writing them since Oracle 8.0 was released For each book, it’s been an incredible experience to go through the product, find the new features, and . current release, Oracle Database 11g Release 1. Every new release brings with it hundreds of new features and changes, and Oracle Database 11g Release 1. Oracle Database 11g New Features. Both are active users of the Oracle Database software—engaged in the day-to-day production administration of large Oracle