[1Z0-931-21] Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist Everything You Must Know About

This blog post covers everything you must know if you are planning to appear for the Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist (1Z0-931-21) Certification.

Oracle Autonomous Database Overview

Oracle Autonomous Database is the world’s only data management system to automatically patch, upgrade and tune itself. It handles routine database maintenance tasks while the system is running—without human intervention.

It is further divided into two types:

• ATP: The Autonomous Transaction Processing workload type configures the database for a transactional workload, with a bias towards high volumes of random data access. Eg Transactions, Batch, Reporting, IOT
  Application Dev, Machine Leaming, etc
• ADW: The Autonomous Data Warehouse workload type configures the database for decision support or data warehouse workload, with a bias towards large data scanning operations. Eg Best for all Analytic Workloads Data Warehouse, Data Mart
  Data Lake, Machine Learning, etc

Note: Read our blog to know more about Oracle Autonomous Database: ADW, ATP, Serverless & Dedicated Infrastructure.

Who Is Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist?

• An Oracle Autonomous Database Specialist is an individual who has the skills to Manage complete Lifecycle Management of Autonomous Database (ATP & ADW) which includes a provision, manage & migrate to Autonomous Transaction Database (ATP) and Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW).
• It is designed for DBA’s, APPs DBA’s, Dev Ops admins on-premise DBAs, Cloud data management professionals, and consultants who want to validate their knowledge and skills.
• An individual who clears this certification is able to understand the functionality & workflow of Autonomous Database such as provisioning and connecting, migration using SQL Developer, Data Pump, and Golden Gate, manage and monitor, and understand tools, reporting, and analytics using Autonomous Data Warehouse.

Prerequisite For 1Z0-931-21

There is no prerequisite for this certification, you can go for this exam directly. A combination of Oracle training and hands-on experience is recommended.

Note: This certification comes under the Cloud Recertification policy, to read more about the guidelines click here.

Exam Details (1Z0-931-21)

• Exam Title: Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist
• Exam Number: 1Z0-931-21
• Exam Price: $244
• Format: Multiple Choice
• Duration: 90 Minutes
• Number of Questions: 60
• Passing score: 65%

Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist Level

There is only one level for Autonomous Database Certification, once you pass the exam you will become an Autonomous Database Cloud Certified Specialist.

What Topics You Should Learn?

If you planning to take this exam, you have to be well prepared with the topics Autonomous Database Overview & Architecture,  Provision & Connectivity, Migration & Data Loading in Autonomous Database, Managing & Maintaining Autonomous Database, Monitoring Autonomous Database & using Tools, Reporting and Analytics using Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), So Once you are done with learning these topics & doing Hands-on Cloud, you are ready for the exam.

1. Autonomous Database Technical Overview

This topic has been covered in our Autonomous Database Technical Overview where we looking into the architecture of Autonomous Database & Autonomous Dedicated Infrastructure, understanding OCI Architecture from the perspective of Autonomous Database, key features of Autonomous Database & how database security is leveraged in ADB, also in this topic we covered about ADB Dedicated infrastructure, describe the different ADB offerings.

2. Autonomous Database (ADB) Shared

This is one of the important topics in terms of exam perspective as we are doing hands-on for Autonomous Database by provisioning (Creating) your first Autonomous Serverless, connecting to ADB, download database credentials, Manage users, ADB backup, patching, and upgrade.

3. Autonomous Database Dedicated & Autonomous Database Cloud @ Customer

In this, We will learn the workflow of ADB(dedicated) and ADB Cloud @Customer resources, provisioning of Dedicated ADB, How to monitor Dedicated Infrastructure and manage and maintain scheduling and encryption keys.

4.  Managing and Maintaining An Autonomous Database

The above topic has been covered in our Module 5: Administer Autonomous Database, in which we will be looking at how you will be managing & maintaining your Autonomous Database, tasks such as a start, stop, scaling your ADB (Storage & CPU Both), how you will use APIs, CLI to manage ADB.

5. Autonomous Database Tools

In this section, we will describe and explore Autonomous Database Tool like Data load, create Business Models and explore the catalog

6.Developing on Autonomous Database

Developing an Autonomous Database is a very important topic from an exam perspective, in this topic we will cover  Autonomous JSON Database, Oracle Text, Autonomous Graph, Autonomous Spatial.

7. Migrating to Autonomous Database

Module 8: Migrating Oracle Database To Autonomous Database, where we will be deep-diving into various migrations method for migrating to Autonomous Database such as Data Pump, Golden Gate and will also look into loading Data to Autonomous DB using DBMS_CLOUD utility.

Including all the above topics, we also cover Autonomous Database For Experienced/Advanced Users as Bonus Module (4): Autonomous Database For Experienced/Advanced Users, In which we cover DBMS Cloud Package File URL Formats & Options, Restrictions for DB Initialization Parameters & SQL Commands, Sample Schema & Security Considerations.

Registration

Register for the 1Z0-931-21 exam at Oracle’s official website, click here to register for Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist.

In our 12 weeks 1Z0-1044, 1Z0-998 & 1Z0-931 Training Program, we cover below Modules & step-by-step hands-on guides which will help you to clear the exam & become Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist.

Related/Further Readings

• DBA to Oracle Cloud DBA [1Z0-998] & [1Z0-931]: Step by Step Hands-On Guides
• Oracle Autonomous Database Overview
• Create Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse 19c on OCI
• How to Connect to an Autonomous Database on Oracle Cloud
• 1Z0-998 | Oracle Database Cloud Service Certification: Documentation | Training

Next Task For You

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