Oracle RAC recorded course
Learn Real Application Clusters at your own pace. Build a real two-node cluster, master Grid Infrastructure, ASM, SCAN and services, and drill the troubleshooting scenarios that come up in production and interviews — all streamed in your portal, on demand.
- Real 2-node cluster labs — Cache Fusion, Grid Infrastructure & ASM, SCAN, VIP & Services, Add/Remove Nodes, Patching & Rolling Upgrades, RMAN Backup & Troubleshooting
- SCAN, services, node management & eviction drills
- Notes, assignments & interview Q&A included
What this course covers
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) lets one database run across several servers at once, sharing a single set of storage. It is how organisations keep their most critical Oracle systems highly available and scalable — if one node fails, the database keeps serving from the others. RAC is also one of the highest-value, hardest-to-find skills on a DBA's resume, because it sits where clustering, storage, networking and the database all meet at the same time.
This recorded course walks you through RAC end to end at your own pace. You'll follow our senior Oracle DBA instructors as they explain the architecture and cache fusion, install Grid Infrastructure and configure ASM, deploy a genuine two-node RAC, manage instances and services, add and remove a node, and patch and troubleshoot the cluster. Every lesson streams in HD inside your secure student portal — pause, rewind and rewatch as often as you like, for life.
What you'll learn
- Explain RAC architecture and how cache fusion moves blocks between nodes
- Install and configure Grid Infrastructure and ASM
- Meet RAC install prerequisites — storage, networking, SCAN and VIP
- Deploy and validate a working two-node RAC
- Configure SCAN listeners, VIPs and cluster-managed services
- Manage instances and nodes with srvctl and crsctl
- Add and remove a node from a live cluster
- Patch RAC with opatchauto and run a rolling upgrade
- Back up a clustered database with RMAN
- Diagnose node evictions, interconnect and global cache issues
Course contents
1RAC architecture & cache fusionModule 1
- What RAC is and where it fits in high availability
- Cluster components: nodes, interconnect, shared storage
- Cache fusion — how blocks move between instances
- Global Cache Service (GCS) & Global Enqueue Service (GES)
- Clusterware stack: CRS, CSS, EVM, OCR & voting disks
- RAC vs single-instance vs RAC One Node
2Grid Infrastructure & ASMModule 2
- Grid Infrastructure architecture & the Clusterware stack
- Automatic Storage Management (ASM) concepts
- ASM disk groups, redundancy & rebalancing
- ASM instances and the asmcmd utility
- OCR and voting disk management
- Verifying the stack with crsctl and cluvfy
32-node RAC install & configurationModule 3
- Hardware, OS and kernel prerequisites for RAC
- Shared storage and network planning
- Grid Infrastructure install across both nodes
- Creating ASM disk groups for the cluster
- RAC database software install and DBCA
- Post-install validation of a working two-node RAC
4SCAN, VIP & servicesModule 4
- SCAN (Single Client Access Name) explained
- VIPs and SCAN VIPs / SCAN listeners
- DNS, /etc/hosts and Grid Naming Service options
- Creating and managing cluster services
- Connection load balancing & failover (TAF)
- Tuning client connectivity to a RAC database
5Instance / node management & add/remove nodesModule 5
- Managing the cluster with crsctl and srvctl
- Starting and stopping instances, databases & the stack
- Server pools and policy- vs admin-managed databases
- Extending Grid Infrastructure to a new node
- Adding the instance with addnode and DBCA
- Removing a node cleanly and verifying integrity
6RAC patching, backup & troubleshootingModule 6
- RAC patching strategy — rolling vs non-rolling
- Patching Grid and RAC with opatchauto
- Rolling upgrade readiness and execution
- RMAN backup strategy for a clustered database
- RAC wait events and global cache performance
- Node evictions, interconnect and Clusterware troubleshooting
What you get
- Lifetime accessStream every lesson in your student portal, forever
- Any deviceWatch in HD on mobile, desktop & tablet
- Notes & scriptsCompanion materials to follow along at your pace
- Hands-on assignmentsPractice tasks that cement every skill
- WhatsApp mentorshipAsk our team while you work through the course
Who it's for
This course is for working Oracle DBAs who want to move from single-instance administration into high availability and clustering — the skill that separates senior DBAs from the rest. You'll get the most from it if you're already comfortable with core Oracle administration (instances, storage, redo, RMAN). No prior RAC experience is required; the course starts from architecture and builds a real cluster from the ground up. It's equally suited to DBAs preparing for RAC-focused interviews or about to take on a clustered estate at work.
What learners say
I had tried to learn RAC twice from documentation and given up both times. Following along to build a real two-node cluster — Grid Infrastructure, ASM, SCAN, all of it — finally made it click. I cleared a RAC interview a month later.
WZThe troubleshooting lessons are the real gold. Watching a node eviction and an interconnect failure get recovered step by step is exactly what came up in my production environment a few weeks later. Being able to rewatch in the portal was a lifesaver.
MSPatching the cluster with opatchauto and the rolling upgrade walkthrough gave me the confidence to own RAC patching at work. At ₹3,000 with lifetime access, this is the best value DBA course I've bought.
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Master Oracle RAC at your own pace
Get lifetime streaming access to the full Oracle RAC course for ₹3,000 — build a real two-node cluster, and revisit any lesson whenever you need it.