Abstract:
The book To Become an Oracle DBA in Eighty Days explains the concepts of oracle database using the stories from Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days:

One Oracle Database Architecture
Two Oracle Network Configuration
2.1. Client Request
2.2. Network Configuration Files
2.3. Listener Static and Dynamic Register
2.4. Listener Failover and Load Balance

Three Database Grid Control

3.1. Grid Control Structure
3.2. Event and Notification
3.3. Scheduled Job

Four Backup, Recovery and RMAN

4.1. System Change Number (SCN)
4.2. Online Backup
4.3. Recovery
4.4. Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

Five Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)

5.1. Physical Structure
5.2. Resource Coordination
5.3. Cache Fusion

Six Performance Tuning