Received the Certification Kit of Oracle 10g RAC Expert Exam.

Dear Friends,

After a long wait, I have received the Oracle 10g RAC Expert Certification Kit in my hands today, as I have already taken this exam (1Z0-048) in the month of August-2008. More or less it took more than three months to reach in my hands.

Best of luck everyone who is preparing for the Oracle 10g RAC Expert Exam – 1Z0-048.

Check my other blog post on “How to prepare for 1Z0-048 - Oracle 10g RAC Certified Expert Exam.”

Regards,
Sabdar Syed,
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com

The books, guides, and materials used for my OCA/OCP/OCE Exam Preparation.

Dear All,

As I’m an Oracle Certified Professional on multiple tracks i.e. Oracle Database 10g/9i/8i, Oracle Database 10g RAC Expert Certified, and Oracle 11i E-Business Suite (Application) DBA. So, I have been asked many times in the OTN Forums and by the emails from my blog viewers that "How do you prepare for the certification exams?" And "what advice/tips/suggestions do you have for the certification candidates?"

Even if I have answered to those questions many times, this time, I wanted to have my advice/tips/suggestions posted in my blog for the certification candidates.

01) In addition to any available book in the market for OCA/OCP preparation, I would strongly advice and suggest using Oracle Student Guides/Oracle ILT Materials for your OCA/OCP preparation.

02) Most of the theoretical and logical questions in the real exam are asked from these guides/materials concepts or chapters.

03) These student guides are more simplified and very easy to understand, and have very précised and handy information.

04) The information or concepts of Oracle Student Guides/Oracle ILT Materials have been abstracted, prepared, and developed using the bunch of Oracle Documentations.

05) For writing Oracle Certification Exams, it's very hard to prepare the whole repository of Oracle Documentations. That's why; Oracle University prepared the précised and concise Student Guides/ITL Materials.

06) After finishing thoroughly reading these guides, as many times as you can, till you get the concepts from this materials, the next step is preparing the practice exams, before you take up the real exam.

07) In my opinion and my experience in writing OCP Exams, the practice exams of Self Test Software and Transcender are highly recommended for preparing the OCA/OCP/OCE Exams.

08) This will give you the similar look and feel, and the pattern of the real exam, and helps you manage in real exam.

09) All most of all the practice questions from these test engines (Self Test Software and Transcender) are developed and derived from Oracle Student Guides/Oracle ILT Materials Concepts.

10) Never mug up the practice exam questions and answers, instead try understanding the question and the answer, if needed for any syntax or command sort of questions, do the paper work i.e write the question, syntax or command, and answers in the paper to remember and understand.

11) Concisely what I would suggest is, read the Oracle Student Guides/ILT Materials meticulously as much as you can and do more practice the questions of the test engines (Self Test Software and Transcender) for your Oracle Certification Exam Preparation.

What are the Student Guides/ILT (Instructor Led Training) Materials?
Click here to know about the Student Guides/ILT (Instructor Led Training) Materials

What are the Self Test Software and Transcended Test engines?
Self Test Software and Transcended

For any suggestions, tips, experience of Others on OCA/OCP/OCE, please take a look in the below blog URL.
ORACLE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS

And also search in OTN Forums for more questions and answers on Certification doubts/questions.
Oracle Certification Forum

One stop for all your Oracle Certification Program Details.
Oracle Certification Program

Oracle Certifiction Program Candidate Guide

OCP 10g Candidate Guide

Oracle Magazine Inside OCP Columns

List of Topics on OCP Exams

Oracle Certification Preparation (OCP)/Hidden Treasures

OCP Hidden Treasures!!!

How important is to an Oracle Certification?

Happy reading !! and best of luck for your Certification Exams !!

Any comments or suggestions are always welcomed.

Regards,
Sabdar Syed,
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/

Q&A Session with me in Oracle Certification Professionals' blog

Dear All,

The Editor of 'Oracle Certification Professionals' blog - http://ebizocp.blogspot.com/ , had a Questions & Answers Session with me and published in his blogspot.

The series of Questions asked as below.

Q#1: Hi Sabdar, on behalf of the OCP blog readers we are delighted to have you today as our featured Oracle Expert. Please tell us something about you, your background and professional experience.

Q#2: New Oracle technologies are being introduced every year. Which technologies excite you most? What is your advice to Oracle professionals for adopting them?

Q#3: You are an Oracle Certified Professional on multiple tracks. How do you prepare for the certification exams?

Q#4: You are a very active member on the Oracle Technology Network Certification forum. Do you think certification plays an important role in the Oracle community? What advice/tips/suggestions do you have for the certification candidates?

Q#5: Your blog is one of the most popular Oracle blogs. Please tell our blog readers what topics do you discuss on your blog?

Q#6: Can you please let us know one habit that has contributed most to your professional success?

Take a look at the below URL where I had already answered to the Questions asked above.

Meet The Experts: Featuring OCP Sabdar Syed

Leave your comments please.

Regards,
Sabdar Syed,
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/

A good blog for Oracle OCA/OCP/OCE Certifications

I found a very good blog (http://ebizocp.blogspot.com/) for them those who preparing for Oracle OCA/OCP/OCE, and seeking advice/suggestion/help in how to prepare for Oracle Certification. Mr. Mohan Dutt (OCP Advisor) is the owner of this blog. He is doing a fantastic job by collecting the wonderful and very useful information related to Oracle Certifications, and the people opinion, experience on the certifications.

I’m gonna add this blogspot in my frequently visit blog list.

Keep up the good work Mohan !

Regards,
Sabdar Syed.

http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/

How to prepare for 1Z0-048 - Oracle 10g RAC Certified Expert Exam.

Dear Friends,

I would like to share my experience with the 1Z0-048 Exam – Oracle Database 10g: RAC Certified Expert, which I have recently taken.

I have passed the 1Z0-048 Exam “Oracle Database 10g: Real Applications Clusters Administrator Certified Expert”

About the 1Z0-048 Exam:

This Exam (1Z0-048) is one of the Certified Expert Programs. The Oracle offers the following list of Certified Expert Exams for Oracle 10g Database.

* Oracle 10g: Managing Oracle on Linux Certified Expert
* Oracle Database 10g: Administering Real Application Clusters Certified Expert
* Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert

What is Oracle Certified Expert Program?

Click Here to know Oracle Certified Expert Program

Here I’m going to talk about the 1Z0-048 Exam - Oracle Database 10g: Administering Real Application Clusters Certified Expert.

Who is eligible for writing the 1Z0-048 Exam?

Those who are already certified in Oracle Database 10g/11g DBA
Or
Those who are *NOT* certified already,
* They may first need to under go one training i.e. Complete one of the approved instructor-led online or in-class courses for either the Oracle University or from the Oracle Authorized Centers,
* Write the exam 1Z0-048 - Oracle Database 10g R2: RAC for Administrators.
* Submit the Hands On Course Requirement Form

For more information on this, please take a look at the below URL
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=186

To know more on the following

* Recommended Training and Preparation
* Additional Information & Resources
* Exam Topics

Take a look at the below URL.
1Z0-048 Exam Details

The Books and Documents I referred.

I have gone through all the ILT (Instructor Led Training) materials of the course “Oracle Database 10g: RAC for Administrators Release 2” which my friend has done this course from Oracle University. These guides have helped me greatly in passing this exam, as all of the questions came from these materials topics. I would strongly recommend and suggest referring the Oracle Instructor Led Training Books/Student Guides/Course Materials on Oracle 10g RAC and also Oracle Documentations.

What are Student Guides/ILT (Instructor Led Training) Materials?
Student Guides/ILT (Instructor Led Training) Materials

Oracle Documentations on Oracle 10g RAC

* 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide

* Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

List of useful links for Oracle RAC for reference.

Click here for more Useful Links On Oracle RAC

Questions came from the following topics.

• Settings the Load balancing and failover clauses in the TNS entry, and remote logging parameters.
• Configuring ASM Redundancy Levels i.e. High, Normal and External.
• Adding and enable redo log groups on new node of the cluster. (remember the order of steps to perform)
• Undo Tablespaces in RAC.
• In what situations, we migrated from single
• Checking OCR Resource status and checking the relevant logs.
• Storage types which supports FRA (Flash Recovery Area).
• Post steps after the cluster database creation.
• Backing up the OCR and Voting Disks and recovering them (remember the order of steps to perform)
• ASM Instance Parameters.
• Benefits and implication of RAC.
• Utilities to verify Cluster and OCR Disks.
• Different Oracle Homes locations i.e. ORACLE_HOME,ORA_CRS_HOME,ORACLE_BASE
• Tools you use for patching on RAC environments.
• Using crsctl, srvctl, crs_stat with different attributes.
• Moving from non-rac database to RAC instances. (remember the order of steps to perform)
• Debugging CRS, modifying services
• Views to find the interconnect latencies.
• Difference processes of RAC.
• Removing and Adding the node in the cluster (remember the order of steps to perform)
• Location of server callout and notification scripts.
• Enable debugging for CRS, patching and rolling patch on RAC.

Many other Questions from the following things

OCR, Voting Disks,
RAC and Application VIP,
Services, DBCA, ASM
crsctl,srvctl,crs_stat,ocrcheck,

Others discussion on the 1Z0-048 Exam in OTN Forums.

Click here on Discussion of 1Z0-048 Exam

To know more on all the available Oracle Certifications and navigate yourself on the following options.

* Getting Started
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* Already Certified
* Support

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Update: Read my other post on "The books, guides, and materials used for my OCA/OCP/OCE Exam Preparation."

"The books, guides, and materials used for my OCA/OCP/OCE Exam Preparation."

Leave the comments if this post provides the relevant information and helps you.

Regards,

Sabdar Syed,

http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/

I have passed the 1Z0-048 Exam “Oracle Database 10g: Real Applications Clusters Administrator Certified Expert”

Dear Friends,

I’m glad to say all of my blog viewers that yesterday evening I cleared the Oracle RAC Certified Expert Exam (1Z0-048 - Oracle Database 10g: Real Applications Clusters Administrator Certified Expert).

I would like to share my experience, preparation, references, other information on that exam in my next blog post, till then stay tuned here.

Update: Read my other posts on

How to prepare for 1Z0-048 - Oracle 10g RAC Certified Expert Exam.

The books, guides, and materials used for my OCA/OCP/OCE Exam Preparation.

Regards,
Sabdar Syed.
http://sabdarsyed.blogspot.com/