Oracle OpenWorld 2010 - Day 1

It was the first day of OOW-2010. I attended the following sessions:

1) Oracle Indexing Tips, Tricks, and Traps by Richard Foote

2) Tuning Oracle at the Block Level--Beginners, Go Away! by Rich Niemiec

3) Resolving the Free Buffer Waits Event by Craig Shallahammer

4) Oracle Recovery Manger (RMAN) 11g New Features in Release 1 and Release 2 by Michael

All the sessions were extremely good but if I had to choose the best from the above four, I would choose Craig's session. It was awesome. I actually felt myself inside the SGA, watching buffers moving and background/server processes working.

At the end of the day it was Oracle ACE dinner. I got to meet all the industry experts under a single roof. Iggy Fernandez then dropped me to my hotel.

I am too tired and got to take some rest as I got to start early tomorrow morning again.

Oracle OpenWorld Schedule – Update

Today I was informed by the Oracle Open World Content Team that they have changed the location of my presentation from "Rm 301" to "Rm 308". The detailed information about my session is:

ID#: S315820

Title: Oracle RMAN: Backup and Recovery--The Most Essential but the Most Snubbed

Abstract: A solid understanding of backup-and-recovery procedures is essential for every DBA, but unfortunately these basics are often ignored. According to Symantec, the average midsize company backs up only 60 percent of customer data and doesn't even do it consistently. This session provides comprehensive coverage of Oracle Recovery Manager (Oracle RMAN) backup-and-recovery abilities. It walks through various scenarios of database failures and discusses their solutions. It covers recovery procedures related to various important database files (parameter file, control file, different types of datafiles, and redo log files)

Track: Database

Date: 22-SEP-10

Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Venue: Moscone South

Room: Rm 308

I’m looking forward to seeing you in San Francisco!

I am an Oracle ACE

Few days back, I got an email from the Oracle ACE program committee that I am awarded the Oracle ACE status. Murali Vallath has nominated me for this award.

It’s a great honor to be recognized by Oracle at such high level. Thanks to Murali for nominating me for the ACE award and thanks to Oracle ACE Program Committee for considering me worthy enough for this award.

Here is my Oracle ACE profile and here is my updated OTN forum profile.

Finally, thanks to all of you who read this blog. I hope I can live up to being an ACE.

Still waiting for ACE shirt to arrive.