Re: Oracle 11g upgrade exam

I can guess whats covered in the exam, heck the objectives are listed on the Oracle site. I'm interested in the experience of those who have taken it. Having written Oracle Presses 11g New Features book, I'm fairly well acquainted with the 11g feature set. :-)

Often certain subject areas receive more coverage than others. I'm interested in what areas/topics listed in the objectives are receiving the most coverage. I've heard varying responses as to the complexity of this exam.

I'm in no way asking anyone to violate the agreement they sign when they take the exam with respect to revealing questions, etc.

Pre-requs for the 11g upgrade is 10g OCP. There is no "downgrade" path.

 Robert G. Freeman
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• Original Message ---- From: "Bort, Guillermo" <guillermo.bort_at_eds.com> To: robertgfreeman_at_yahoo.com; Tom.Terrian.ctr_at_dla.mil; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:29:27 PM Subject: RE: Oracle 11g upgrade exam

9i and 10g OCP exams focus a lot in RMAN (almost twice as any other area) however I'd guesstimate that the 11g exams focus on the *new* things, like tablespace level encryption and such. In 10g you have a few questions about TDE, but encryption granularity and manageability is greatly improved in 11g. I wan to take this exam as well, what are the pre-requisites?

Is there an OCP downgrade? i.e. if I'm a 10g OCP, can I get certified as a 9i OCP? Or do I need to take the entire certification path?

Thanks

Guillermo Alan Bort
DBA / DBA Main Team

EDS, an HP company

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To: Tom.Terrian.ctr_at_dla.mil; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: Re: Oracle 11g upgrade exam

I have not taken it yet (was going to take the beta but ran out of time). I'm not surprised. Lot's different in 11g. Without giving away specific questions, what areas did you find they were asking the most questions about?

RF

Robert G. Freeman
Author:
Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press)
Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Feature
Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com (Oracle Press) The LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You must be LDS to apply (please don't write to me and tell me I'm breaking the law. A church can choose to hire members of it's own faith. Look it up if you don't believe me).

• Original Message ---- From: "Terrian, Thomas J Mr CTR DLA J6DIB" <Tom.Terrian.ctr_at_dla.mil> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:10:24 PM Subject: Oracle 11g upgrade exam

Just curious, I just barely passed the Oracle 11g OCP upgrade exam. I found it to be ten-times more difficult than the other upgrade exams (10g, 9i, etc).

Did anyone else find it very difficult or am I just getting older......

Tom

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