Oracle Database 10g is the first database designed for enterprise grid computing. It is the most flexible and cost-effective way to manage enterprise information. This CD ROM course covers the new features of Oracle Database 10g that are applicable to database administration. The features include Manageability concepts, Grid computing, enhanced installation features, configuration and performance enhancements, application tuning, space management, backup and recovery enhancements, and security enhancements. In addition, subsequent lesions will cover additional topics such as automatic management, manageability infrastructure, application tuning, automatic storage management, upgrade methods, RMAN backup, flash databases, VPD enhancements, statistical aggregation, Resource Manager, job Scheduler, tablespace monitoring, shrinking segments, partitioning enhancements, and flash backup and recovery.