Oracle Cloud for DBAs: 8 Things Every Beginner Should Know

If you are a DBA/Apps DBA planning to learn Database on Oracle Cloud or someone already working on Cloud wanting to have a high-level overview of Oracle Database options available on Oracle Cloud, then this blog post is for you.

Here are the 8 things every beginner should know to build, manage and migrate databases to Oracle Cloud:

1) The very first thing you should know before starting your Cloud journey is the Cloud Service Models i.e. SaaS, PaaS & Iaas. As a DBA, you will work on PaaS & Iaas. To know about Cloud Service Models, check Here.

2)  IaaS in Oracle Cloud is available in two flavors: OCI & OCI-C. As a Cloud DBA, you work to manage Database on OCI. Cloud at Customer (C@C) is currently using OCI-C and is slowly transitioning to OCI.

To know more about the basic services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), check Here and to understand the differences between OCI & OCI-C, check Here.

3) In OCI, there are two categories for the Database: User-Managed & Autonomous Database.

4) In the User-Managed Database, there are three deployment models: VM DB System, BM DB System,  and the ExaCS System. To know more about the User-Managed Database, check Here. 

5) Oracle Autonomous Database comes with two different types of workload. They are Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW) & Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP). To know more about ADW & ATP, click Here.

6) For the User-Managed Database, you will be performing the following tasks:

• Configuring DB systems on OCI.
• Managing DB system (Start, Stop Scale-Up/Down) & DBCLI.
• Patching DB system using Console & CLI.
• Configuring & Monitoring a DB on OCI.
• Backing up and Recovering a DB on OCI.
• Migrating (Lift & Shift) On-prem Database to Cloud (OCI). To know more about Migration, check Here. 

7) For the Autonomous Database, the task you will perform includes:

• Provisioning ADW.
• Connecting DB with Application.
• Migrating from On-Prem to Cloud.
• Performance Tuning & Monitoring.
• Loading Data into the Autonomous Database. To know more, check Here. 
• Configuring Reporting & Analytics.
• Backup & Restoring ADW & ATP.
• Scale-Up & Scale-Down.

8) Currently, there are 3 certifications available for Database on Cloud:

• For Autonomous Database, [1Z0-931] Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist. For more, check Here.
• For Database 0n OCI, [1Z0-998] Oracle Database Cloud Service Certification. For more, check Here.
• For Database on OCI-C, [1Z0-160] Oracle Database Cloud Service Certification. For more, check Here.

Related/Further Readings

• Database On Oracle Cloud (OCI): User-Managed and Autonomous Database
• OCI for DBAs & Apps DBAs: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Why Should You Learn & In What Order
• Oracle Database Cloud Service 2019 | 1Z0-998
• How To Create Database on Oracle’s Gen2 Cloud (OCI)
• [Video] Oracle Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS): Overview for Beginners
• Role of Oracle DBA in Cloud: Transition from DBA to Cloud DBA
• Amazon AWS or Oracle Cloud (Confused ?): Right Choice for DBA’s

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