Oracle® Database New Features Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part No. B10750-01 December 2003 Oracle Database New Features Guide, 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part No. B10750-01 Copyright © 2001, 2003 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Contributors: Mateo Burtch, Paul Lane, Diana Lorentz, Mark Townsend, Sandra Cheevers, Michael Hartstein, Neal Brenner The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information of Oracle Corporation; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are also protected by copyright, patent and other intellectual and industrial property laws. Reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation of the Programs, except to the extent required to obtain interoperability with other independently created software or as specified by law, is prohibited. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. 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Contents Send Us Your Comments ............................................................................................................... xvii Preface.......................................................................................................................................................... xix Audience ............................................................................................................................................... xix Organization......................................................................................................................................... xix Related Documentation ....................................................................................................................... xx Conventions........................................................................................................................................... xx Documentation Accessibility ............................................................................................................ xxv 1 Oracle Database 10g, Release 1 New Features Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1-2 Server Manageability......................................................................................................................... 1-2 Server Configuration.................................................................................................................... 1-3 Simplified Database Install .................................................................................................. 1-3 Automatic Storage Management Configuration .............................................................. 1-3 Automatic Oracle Real Application Clusters Services Configuration........................... 1-3 Simplified Upgrade for RAC and Oracle Parallel Server Databases ............................. 1-4 Automatic Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration .................................................... 1-4 Automatic Integrated Clusterware Installation ................................................................ 1-4 Automatic Configuration of Recovery Area ..................................................................... 1-4 Out-of-the-Box LDAP Configuration ................................................................................. 1-4 Simplified Initialization Parameters................................................................................... 1-4 Default User Tablespace....................................................................................................... 1-4 Easy Upgrade......................................................................................................................... 1-4 iii Upgrade Information Tool ................................................................................................... 1-5 Network Management ................................................................................................................. 1-5 Back Up Directory Naming Entries to Local Naming File .............................................. 1-5 Dynamic Connection Manager Configuration.................................................................. 1-5 Easy Connect Naming Method............................................................................................ 1-5 Improved Network Outage Detection................................................................................ 1-6 Automatic LDAP Discovery for Clients............................................................................. 1-6 Improved Connection Manager Access Rules .................................................................. 1-6 Automatic Shared Server Configuration............................................................................ 1-6 Simplified Shared Server Configuration Parameters ....................................................... 1-6 Manageability Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 1-6 Database Features Usage Tracking ..................................................................................... 1-7 Enhanced Database Time Model......................................................................................... 1-7 End-to-End Application Tracing......................................................................................... 1-7 JDBC: End-to-End Tracing ................................................................................................... 1-7 SYSAUX Tablespace.............................................................................................................. 1-7 Automatic Routine Administration Tasks......................................................................... 1-7 Server-Generated Alerts ....................................................................................................... 1-7 Automatic Workload Respository....................................................................................... 1-8 Enhanced Wait Model........................................................................................................... 1-8 Threshold-Based Alerts ........................................................................................................ 1-8 Storage Management.................................................................................................................... 1-8 Multiple Default Temporary Tablespace Support for SQL Operations ........................ 1-8 Automatic Storage Management......................................................................................... 1-8 Rename Tablespace ............................................................................................................... 1-9 Space, Object, and Transaction Management........................................................................... 1-9 Automatic Undo Retention Tuning .................................................................................... 1-9 Segment Advisor ................................................................................................................... 1-9 New Segment Resource Estimation.................................................................................. 1-10 Online Segment Shrink....................................................................................................... 1-10 Proactive Tablespace Management................................................................................... 1-10 Undo Advisor......................................................................................................................