1z0-931-25 Exam Dumps - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Questions and Answers

Connecting an OCI Marketplace image (e.g., a compute instance running a preconfigured application) to a shared Autonomous Database (ADB) involves network configuration. The correct statement is:

Compute Image and Shared ADB must be in the same VCN and Subnet (A):For a compute instance from the OCI Marketplace to communicate with a shared Autonomous Database, both must reside in the same Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and subnet. This ensures direct network connectivity without requiring complex routing or public internet traversal. By default, shared ADB instances use private endpoints within a VCN, and placing the compute instance in the same subnet allows seamless access using the database’s private IP address. For example, if the ADB is in subnet 10.0.1.0/24, the compute instance must also be in that subnet to connect via Oracle Net Services (e.g., using a wallet and tnsnames.ora).

The incorrect options are:

ADB must be configured with Private endpoints (B):While shared ADB instances are configured with private endpoints by default (not publicly accessible), this is not a configurable option you “must” set—it’s inherent to shared infrastructure. Thus, it’s not a requirement you actively enforce for this scenario; it’s already true.

ADB must be configured with NSG (C):Network Security Groups (NSGs) are optionalfor controlling traffic to an ADB. You can use NSGs for finer-grained security, but they are not mandatory; Security Lists at the subnet level can suffice. Hence, this is not a universal requirement for connectivity.

Cannot connect OCI Marketplace image to shared ADB (D):This is false. OCI Marketplace images (e.g., a web server or analytics tool) can connect to a shared ADB, provided network and authentication prerequisites (like same VCN/subnet and client credentials) are met.

This requirement simplifies network setup and enhances security by keeping communication internal to the VCN. For instance, a Marketplace image like a web application could query an ADB in the same subnet using JDBC or ODBC, leveraging the private endpoint.

Oracle Data Pump is a powerful tool for migrating databases to Autonomous Database (ADB). The two correct advantages are:

Data Pump can exclude migration of objects like indexes and materialized views that are not needed by Autonomous Database (C):True. Data Pump’s EXCLUDE parameter allows skipping objects like indexes and materialized views during export (e.g., expdp ... EXCLUDE=INDEX,MATERIALIZED_VIEW). In ADB, these objects are often redundantbecause the database automatically creates and manages them based on workload (e.g., auto-indexing). For example, exporting a schema with EXCLUDE=INDEX from an on-premises database reduces migration overhead, as ADB recreates necessary indexes post-import, optimizing for its managed environment. This flexibility minimizes unnecessary data transfer and speeds up the process.

Data Pump is platform-independent - it can migrate Oracle databases running on any platform (D):True. Data Pump uses a platform-agnostic dump file format (.dmp), enabling migration from any Oracle Database (e.g., on Linux, Windows, or Solaris) to ADB in the cloud. For instance, you could export from an Oracle 12c database on AIX, upload the dump to OCI Object Storage, and import it into ADB using DBMS_CLOUD.COPY_DATA, regardless of endianness or OS differences (handled by Data Pump’s conversion). This universality makes it ideal for heterogeneous migrations.

The incorrect options are:

Data Pump is faster to migrate database than using RMAN (A):False. Speed depends on context—RMAN (Recovery Manager) is faster for physical migrations (e.g., restoring backups) of entire databases, especially large ones, due to block-level copying. Data Pump, a logical migration tool, extracts and loads data row-by-row, which can be slower for massive datasets but offers more control (e.g., schema selection). No universal speed advantage exists; it’s workload-specific.

Data Pump creates the tablespaces used by your Autonomous Database (B):False. In ADB, tablespaces are fully managed by Oracle (e.g., DATA tablespace), and Data Pump doesn’t create them. It imports data into existing, pre-allocated storage, ignoring source tablespace definitions. E.g., a source tablespace USERS is mapped to ADB’s default storage, not recreated.

These advantages make Data Pump a versatile, tailored migration solution for ADB.

Autonomous Data Guard on Shared Infrastructure enhances ADB availability with standby databases. The two correct actions are:

Switchover (C):A switchover swaps roles between the primary and standby databases in a planned manner, with no data loss (RPO = 0). You initiate this via the OCI console (e.g., “Switchover” button on the primary ADB’s Data Guard section) or API (e.g., oci db autonomous-database switchover). For example, before maintenance on the primary, you switch to the standby in another region (e.g., from us-ashburn-1 to us-phoenix-1), taking ~2minutes (RTO ≈ 2 min). This ensures continuity without downtime, as the standby becomes primary seamlessly.

Failover (D):A failover promotes the standby to primary during an unplanned outage (e.g., primary region failure), also with RPO = 0 due to synchronous replication. Trigger it via the OCI console (e.g., “Failover” on the standby) or API (e.g., oci db autonomous-database failover). For instance, if us-ashburn-1 crashes, the standby in us-phoenix-1 takes over in ~2 minutes, preserving all committed transactions. It’s automatic in some cases (e.g., severe failure), but manual initiation is supported too.

The incorrect options are:

View Apply Lag (A):While relevant in traditional Data Guard (measuring replication delay), Autonomous Data Guard on shared ADB uses synchronous replication (zero lag), and apply lag isn’t a user-actionable metric exposed in the UI—monitoring focuses on role status, not lag.

Reinstate (B):Reinstatement (restoring a failed primary as a standby) isn’t a user action in shared infrastructure. Oracle manages post-failover recovery, and users can’t manually reinstate; a new standby might be provisioned instead.

Change Protection Mode (E):Traditional Data Guard offers modes (e.g., Maximum Availability), but in Autonomous Data Guard on shared infrastructure, the mode is fixed (synchronous, akin to Maximum Availability), and users can’t modify it—control is limited to switchover/failover.

These actions ensure high availability with user-initiated role changes.

Cloning from a backup in Autonomous Database has a minimum age requirement:

Correct Answer (A): The earliest timestamp allowed is2 hoursafter the backup is created. This ensures data consistency by allowing time for any in-flight transactions or writes to stabilize in the backup, preventing incomplete or corrupted clones.

Incorrect Options:

B: 24 hours is the default retention period, not the minimum cloning age.