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OracleExport/Import(exp/imp)DataPump(expdp/imp)InterviewQuestions/FAQs

1.WhatisuseofCONSISTENToptioninexp?
Crosstableconsistency.ImplementsSETTRANSACTIONREADONLY.DefaultvalueN.
Synonyms
Freesmstextmessage
Application
Centric
Commits
Compresses
Databases

2.WhatisuseofDIRECT=Yoptioninexp?
Settingdirect=yes,toextractdatabyreadingthedatadirectly,bypassestheSGA,bypassingtheSQL
commandprocessinglayer(evaluatingbuffer),soitshouldbefaster.DefaultvalueN.

3.WhatisuseofCOMPRESSoptioninexp?
Importsintooneextent.Specifieshowexportwillmanagetheinitialextentforthetabledata.Thisparameteris
helpfulduringdatabasereorganization.Exporttheobjects(especiallytablesandindexes)withCOMPRESS=Y.
Iftablewasspawning20Extentsof1Meach(whichisnotdesirable,takingintoaccountperformance),ifyou
exportthetablewithCOMPRESS=Y,theDDLgeneratedwillhaveinitialof20M.Lateronwhenimportingthe
extentswillbecoalesced.SometimeitisfounddesirabletoexportwithCOMPRESS=N,insituationswhereyou
donothavecontiguousspaceondisk(tablespace),anddonotwantimportstofail.

4.Howtoimproveexpperformance?
1.SettheBUFFERparametertoahighvalue.Defaultis256KB.
2.Stopunnecessaryapplicationstofreetheresources.
3.Ifyouarerunningmultiplesessions,makesuretheywritetodifferentdisks.
4.DonotexporttoNFS(NetworkFileShare).Exportingtodiskisfaster.
5.SettheRECORDLENGTHparametertoahighvalue.
6.UseDIRECT=yes(directmodeexport).

5.Howtoimproveimpperformance?
1.Placethefiletobeimportedinseparatediskfromdatafiles.
2.IncreasetheDB_CACHE_SIZE.
3.SetLOG_BUFFERtobigsize.
4.Stopredologarchiving,ifpossible.
5.UseCOMMIT=n,ifpossible.
6.SettheBUFFERparametertoahighvalue.Defaultis256KB.
7.It'sadvisabletodropindexesbeforeimportingtospeeduptheimportprocessorsetINDEXES=Nand
buildingindexeslateronaftertheimport.Indexescaneasilyberecreatedafterthedatawassuccessfully
imported.
8.UseSTATISTICS=NONE
9.DisabletheINSERTtriggers,astheyfireduringimport.
10.SetParameterCOMMIT_WRITE=NOWAIT(inOracle10g)orCOMMIT_WAIT=NOWAIT(inOracle11g)
duringimport.

6.WhatisuseofINDEXFILEoptioninimp?
WillwriteDDLsoftheobjectsinthedumpfileintothespecifiedfile.

7.WhatisuseofIGNOREoptioninimp?
Willignoretheerrorsduringimportandwillcontinuetheimport.

8.Whatarethedifferencesbetweenexpdpandexp(DataPumpornormalexp/imp)?
DataPumpisservercentric(fileswillbeatserver).
DataPumphasAPIs,fromprocedureswecanrunDataPumpjobs.
InDataPump,wecanstopandrestartthejobs.
DataPumpwilldoparallelexecution.
Tapes&pipesarenotsupportedinDataPump.
DataPumpconsumesmoreundotablespace.
DataPumpimportwillcreatetheuser,ifuserdoesntexist.

9.Whyexpdpisfasterthanexp(or)whyDataPumpisfasterthanconventionalexport/import?
DataPumpisblockmode,expisbytemode.
DataPumpwilldoparallelexecution.
DataPumpusesdirectpathAPI.

10.Howtoimproveexpdpperformance?
Usingparalleloptionwhichincreasesworkerthreads.Thisshouldbesetbasedonthenumberofcpus.

11.Howtoimproveimpdpperformance?
Usingparalleloptionwhichincreasesworkerthreads.Thisshouldbesetbasedonthenumberofcpus.

12.InDataPump,wherethejobsinfowillbestored(or)ifyourestartajobinDataPump,howitwillknowfrom
wheretoresume?
WheneverDataPumpexportorimportisrunning,OraclewillcreateatablewiththeJOB_NAMEandwillbe
deletedoncethejobisdone.Fromthistable,Oraclewillfindouthowmuchjobhascompletedandfromwhere
tocontinueetc.
DefaultexportjobnamewillbeSYS_EXPORT_XXXX_01,whereXXXXcanbeFULLorSCHEMAorTABLE.
DefaultimportjobnamewillbeSYS_IMPORT_XXXX_01,whereXXXXcanbeFULLorSCHEMAorTABLE.

13.Whatistheorderofimportingobjectsinimpdp?
Tablespaces
Users
Roles
Databaselinks
Sequences
Directories
Synonyms
Types
Tables/Partitions
Views
Comments
Packages/Procedures/Functions
Materializedviews

14.Howtoimportonlymetadata?
CONTENT=METADATA_ONLY

15.Howtoimportintodifferentuser/tablespace/datafile/table?
REMAP_SCHEMA
REMAP_TABLESPACE
REMAP_DATAFILE
REMAP_TABLE
REMAP_DATA

16.Howtoexport/importwithoutusingexternaldirectory?

17.UsingDataPump,howtoexportinhigherversion(11g)andimportintolowerversion(10g),canweimport
to9i?

18.Usingnormalexp/imp,howtoexportinhigherversion(11g)andimportintolowerversion(10g/9i)?

19.Howtodotransporttablespaces(andacrossplatforms)usingexp/imporexpdp/impdp?

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