Demystifying the power of the Oracle 12c database The Oracle database is the industry-leading relational database management system (RDMS) used from small companies to the world s largest enterprises alike for their most critical business and analytical processing.

Learn to:

• Design, install, and configure your Oracle 12c software stack
• Tune and maintain your database for optimal performance
• Protect, back up, and recover your valuable data
• Manage your database better and more easily than ever before

Discover the power of Oracle and build, manage, and maintain an Oracle database

If implementing and managing an Oracle database is part of your job (or the job you want!), this book is what you need. You'll see why Oracle is the enterprise database of choice, understand its architecture, and learn to create, implement, and fine-tune an Oracle database. Then you'll learn to secure it, build a backup plan, and keep it running.

• Database essentials — set up, deploy, and manage an Oracle 12c database and learn what to expect as an Oracle database administrator
• Cloudy is clear — plug into the cloud; your Oracle 12c database is designed for cloud hosting
• Data is big — use Oracle's newest features to organize, analyze, and capitalize on existing data so you can get more from your big data
• Fine-tune for perfection — learn to tune and maintain your database for optimal performance
• Safety first — utilize the latest security features that ensure data privacy
• Keeping it happy — make a checklist of database maintenance duties and police it appropriately
• Wait, there's more — understand the architecture of Oracle Multitenant, a new feature that lets you consolidate multiple databases in the cloud

Open the book and find:

• Why database architecture is important
• How to prepare for deployment
• Everything you need to know about the Oracle environment
• Advice on using the database configuration assistant
• Some SQL basics
• Database tune-up tips
• How to handle authentication
• Valuable troubleshooting advice

Demystifying the power of the Oracle 12c database

The Oracle database is the industry-leading relational database management system (RDMS) used from small companies to the world’s largest enterprises alike for their most critical business and analytical processing. Oracle 12c includes industry leading enhancements to enable cloud computing and empowers users to manage both Big Data and traditional data structures faster and cheaper than ever before. Oracle 12c For Dummies is the perfect guide for a novice database administrator or an Oracle DBA who is new to Oracle 12c. The book covers what you need to know about Oracle 12c architecture, software tools, and how to successfully manage Oracle databases in the real world.

• Highlights the important features of Oracle 12c
• Explains how to create, populate, protect, tune, and troubleshoot a new Oracle database
• Covers advanced Oracle 12c technologies including Oracle Multitenant—the "pluggable database" concept—as well as several other key changes in this release

Make the most of Oracle 12c's improved efficiency, stronger security, and simplified management capabilities with Oracle 12c For Dummies.