Book description
Schedule, manage, and execute jobs that automate your business processes
Automate jobs from within the Oracle database with the built-in Scheduler
Boost database performance by managing, monitoring, and controlling jobs more effectively
Contains easy-to-understand explanations, simple examples, debugging tips, and real-life scenarios
In Detail
Scheduler (DBMS_SCHEDULER) is included in Oracle Database and is a tool for the automation, management, and control of jobs. It enables users to schedule jobs running inside the database such as PL/SQL procedures or PL/SQL blocks, as well as jobs running outside the database like shell scripts. Scheduler ensures that jobs are run on time, automates business processes, and optimizes the use of available resources.
You just need to specify a fixed date and time and Scheduler will do the rest. What if you don't know the precise time to execute your job? Nothing to worry about, you can specify an event upon which you want your job to be done and Scheduler will execute your job at the appropriate time. Although scheduling sounds quite easy, it requires programming skills and knowledge to set up such a powerful, intelligent scheduler for your project.
This book is your practical guide to DBMS_SCHEDULER for setting up platform-independent schedules that automate the execution of time-based or event-based job processes. It will show you how to automate business processes, and help you manage and monitor those jobs efficiently and effectively. It explains how Scheduler can be used to achieve the tasks you need to make happen in the real world. With a little understanding of how the Scheduler can be used and what kind of control it gives, you will be able to recognize the real power that many known enterprise-class schedulers – with serious price tags – cannot compete with.
You will see how running a specific program can be made dependent on the successful running of certain other programs, and how to separate various tasks using the built-in security mechanisms. You will learn to manage resources to balance the load on your system, and gain increased database performance.
Table of contents
- Mastering Oracle Scheduler in Oracle 11g Databases
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- Preface
- 1. Simple Jobs
- 2. Simple Chain
- 3. Control the Scheduler
- 4. Managing Resources
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5. Getting Out of the Database
- Security
- Installation on Windows
- Installation on Linux
- Upgrading the remote job agent
- Silent install of the remote job agent
- Preparing the database for remote agent usage
- Configuring a remote agent
- Multiple agents on the same host
- Credentials
- Creating job—targeting Unix
- Creating job—targeting Windows
- Runtime observations of the remote Scheduler
- Resource Manager
- Summary
- 6. Events
- 7. Debugging the Scheduler
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8. The Scheduler in Real Life
- Statistics collection
- Backups
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How to use the calendar
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Tools
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- How to schedule on the first day of a month
- How to schedule only on Monday
- How to schedule on the first Monday of a month
- How to schedule on the first working day of a month
- How to schedule on the first working Monday of a month
- How to schedule on the nth Monday of a month
- How to schedule on the last working day of a month
- How to schedule in the first quarter of a year
- How to schedule on the first Monday of the first quarter
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Tools
- Summary
- 9. Other Configurations
- 10. Scheduler GUI Tools
Product information
- Title: Mastering Oracle Scheduler in Oracle 11g Databases
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2009
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781847195982
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