The following topics provide you with reference information to help you plan, configure, deploy, and manage your Oracle Sharding sharded database configuration.

• Using GDSCTL with Oracle Sharding
  Several of the Global Data Services GDSCTL commands are used for setting up and deploying an Oracle Sharding configuration. Learn how to use the GDSCTL command-line tool and the Oracle Sharding-related GDSCTL commands in the following topics.
• SHARDED_TABLE_FAMILIES
  The SHARDED_TABLE_FAMILIES public view shows all sharded tables and the corresponding root table and schema names.