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Oracle SQL Developer
For the DBA
Jeff Smith
Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || @thatjeffsmith
Senior Principal Product Manager
Database Development Tools Group
Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted

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Oracle SQL Developer Overview
 Database IDE
 4 Million+ Users Worldwide
 Windows, OS X, *NIX
 Third Party Database Migrations
 Data Modeling, Design
 Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) Interface

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 Version 1.1 – 2006
 Version 1.2 - 2007
 Version 1.5 - 2008
 Version 2.1 - 2009
 Version 3.0 - 2011
 Version 3.1/3.2 - 2012
 Version 4.0 - 2013
 Version 4.0.3 – 2014
 Version 4.1 - Production
History of Database Administration Features

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1. Manage Database
Where We Started

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Where We Started
2. Reports

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• Accessed from the View menu
• Add Existing Connections
• Intended for HIGHLY privileged users
Where We Are Now
The DBA Panel, debuted in v3.1

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Database Configuration
See AND Change Stuff

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Database Status
Just the basics

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Database Status
Refreshing reports is boring, can’t you do something better?

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No:
 agents
 DB objects
 alerts
 history
 $$$
Database Status
DB Instance

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• No SYS
• Will show currently
executing jobs
Data Pump
Wizards for Export & Import

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Data Pump
Current Job Running

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Data Pump – Scheduled Jobs
In the Connections Tree

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Performance
Added in version 4.0

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The Blog Post
Performance
Let’s Do Some Demo 

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“This will create the database jobs and server directory and scripts required
to kick off RMAN backup and recovery operations initiated from SQL
Developer.”
• Requires a Scheduler
Credential
RMAN – Kick off Backup & Recovery Actions from the Client
Configuring RMAN Actions

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When I hit ‘Apply’ a new
‘SQLDEV_JOB_XXXXXX.sh’ script is written
to the server and EXECUTED.
The work will get logged to a file of the
same name (with a .LOG suffix), and
you’ll see a ‘BUSY’ throbber widget in SQL
Developer telling you the job is running.
When it’s finished you can check the
log directly in SQL Developer.
RMAN Actions
What we put on the server

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Resource Managers
Prevent users from hogging all the resources

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Scheduler
Admin stuff, like defining Windows

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• Auditing!
• Configure
Settings
• View Audit Trails
1. Logins
2. Privs
3. Objects
4. Statements
Security
Users, roles, passwords – all that stuff, but ALSO:

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Storage
Tablespaces, temp, archive logs…

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• Oracle Multitenant Support
– Manage Pluggable Databases
• Data Redaction
– Manage Redaction Policy
• SQL Translation Framework
– Translating non-Oracle SQL to SQL
Database 12c Feature Support

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• Container Database
management
• Accessed via the
DBA panel
• Available in version
3.2.20.09 and higher
Multitenant

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ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE PDB2_CLONE UNPLUG INTO ‘PDB2_CLONE.XML’;
DROP PLUGGABLE DATABASE PDB2_CLONE KEEP DATAFILES;
Plugging stuff…

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Copy/Move up to Oracle Cloud Service
• Packs up PDB
• Chunks it up to our Database Public Cloud
Service
• View Progress as it goes up
• Automatically Plugged in & Started Up
• Connect immediately (setup SSH Tunnel)

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Redaction
One policy per table

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SQL Translation Framework
Install translator from SQL Developer

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SQL Translation Framework
Manage Translations via the Profile

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• Tune your application SQL w/o changing the source code?
What else could this be used for?
Substitute SQL when it comes in from the application

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• Real Time SQL Monitoring
• Monitor Sessions
• Database Diff
– Side by side comparison
between source and target
• Reports
– Data Dictionary Views
– Quality Assurance, Grants/Privileges, Sessions
– User Defined – Customize and Share Reports
Database Administration
Other stuff not in the DBA Panel

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Wait! One more thing…
Something that’s not GUI?

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• SQL Developer on OTN
– www.oracle.com/sqldeveloper
• Feature Exchange
– sqldeveloper.oracle.com
• Forums
– https://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=260
• Oracle Learning Library
– www.oracle.com/oll
SQL Developer Resources

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