Just passed OCP last exam, from the training to review and complete the exam for a total of one months, the whole process is very compact also very nervous, very lucky or passed the exam, also not in vain this month's hard.
First is the training, has been engaged in development work, although also has been using the Oracle database, but is not a DBA, so for the training of DBA knowledge is very important, without this workshop I and II training will certainly need to spend twice the time for self-study and review, Training can be said to have a multiplier effect on familiarity with and mastery of DBA basics and skills.
Training costs are high, so in the training in the shortest possible time to get the maximum value. Preview before class, the class will have problems and teacher communication, there are problems in the discussion and validation can greatly improve the enthusiasm of the class and in-depth understanding of knowledge, after class to complete the book of the experiment, the experiment encountered problems and teachers can discuss, if time is ample, the best to expand the knowledge point outside, For example, online looking for information to read or do some of their own related practice.
Next is the review, I basically refer to the "OCA-OCP Oracle 11g all-in-one Exam" to review and carefully completed each chapter after the practice, for the wrong topic not only to analyze the answer and to do a hands-on look.
Finally, the exam, 051 for developers Basic is a piece of cake, 052 if there are serious lectures will be enough to deal with. 053 The knowledge point is very wide, need to understand each concept deeply, especially using Rman for backup and recovery, flashback, ASM, automatic memory management.
Although passed the exam, but far from being a qualified DBA, the exam is just proof of understanding of concepts and principles, and the most important thing for DBAs is practice, the DBA industry has a slogan: "The older the DBA, the more popular", I think should be changed to "DBA experience more and more popular", Oracle database has a limited range of functions, and documents are quite complete, so we can compare the main practical operation ability.
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