Simon Pane

Simon describes himself as a technology enthusiast who is passionate about collecting and sharing interesting database tips. If you want to see his eyes light up, let him teach you something new. Based out of Calgary, Alberta, Simon is known for his contributions to various online Oracle communities, and being very thorough in his work. A self-proclaimed stereotypical Canadian, Simon can be found watching hockey with his family in his spare time.

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Why Oracle Database@Google Cloud is the Future of Multicloud Strategy

A new partnership between Google and Oracle is bringing together one of the largest hyperscale clouds with one of the ...

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Getting started with the Oracle Database @ Google Cloud Service - Service Setup

Now that the new “Oracle Database @ Google Cloud” service is in general availability (GA), customers are eager to give ...

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Installing Oracle Database 23ai Free for ARM - Solution to DBCA ORA-00600

On September 16th, 2024 Oracle released “Oracle Database 23ai Free” (Developer’s Edition) for the ARM (aarch64) ...

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Exploring the Oracle and Google Cloud Partnership Announcement with Simon Pane

In part 4 of our series on the Oracle-Google Cloud partnership (based on episode 78 of the Datascape podcast), we ...

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Viewing PostgreSQL Logs from the OCI PostgreSQL Service

Background After setting up a DB System in the new “OCI Database with PostgreSQL” service, one of the things DBAs will ...

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Creating an OCI PostgreSQL DB System using the CLI

In the previous blog Getting Started with the OCI PostgreSQL DB System, we covered how to create an OCI PostgreSQL DB ...

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Getting started with the OCI PostgreSQL service

Background In November 2023, Oracle surprised many by finally releasing their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ...

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PART 4: Implementing Oracle SSO: Kerberos & AD CMU

If the application throws an error if a NULL username or password is provided, then this will present a problem. For ...

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PART 3: Implementing Oracle Database Active Directory Password Synchronization using Oracle CMU

This is the third in a four-part article series related to testing Oracle Database 18c Centrally Managed Users (CMU) by ...

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PART 2: Configuring Windows and Linux Servers for CMU Testing

This is the second in a four-part article series related to testing Oracle Database 18c Centrally Managed Users (CMU) ...

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PART 1: Creating an Oracle 18c Centrally Managed Users Testbed using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Database 18c introduced a new feature called Centrally Managed Users (CMU) to allow simplified database user ...

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Oracle Database and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Background A common question from Oracle customers is whether they can configure the Oracle Database to use:

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Oracle Database 18c schema only accounts

One nice new feature of Oracle Database 18c is that schemas can be created without a password. These are called " ...

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Oracle Database and 2FA Using Cisco Duo

Background Oracle Database connectivity using multi-factor (MFA) or two-factor (2FA) authentication is rather simple to ...

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Oracle Database 12c: PSUs vs database proactive bundle patches

Background When it comes to performing quarterly patches to the Oracle database the options used to be pretty straight ...

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Issues with Oracle secure external password stores

Background In the previous article, I covered the basics of how to remove database passwords (credentials) from Oracle ...

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Using Oracle Wallets and SEPS with Perl, JDBC, and ODBC

A few years ago I wrote a couple of popular blog articles on using Secure External Password Stores (SEPS) and ...

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Part 2: Oracle Cloud Backups to AWS S3

Getting Started with Oracle Cloud Backups - Amazon Web Services (AWS) This is part 2 of a 3 part series on "Getting ...

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Securing Oracle monitoring and backup scripts

Background Almost every DBA writes and uses various custom scripts to monitor and backup their Oracle databases. ...

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Oracle 18c Non-CDB databases in the Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS)

Oracle is implementing a cloud first approach and hence the newest releases such as Oracle Database 18c first appear in ...

Oracle

Oracle’s Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) Version 2 (2.0.1)

Background Oracle recently released a new version of their Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) - version 2.0.1. ...

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Standardizing the Oracle GoldenGate Home Path (OGG_HOME)

Introduction I don't work with Oracle GoldenGate extensively but when I do I find it somewhat remarkable that there ...

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Oracle upgrade failures due to METHOD_OPT and XDBCONFIG

Background I recently experienced a problem when upgrading an old Oracle 10.2.0.4 database to 11.2.0.4 that had no ...

Oracle

Getting started with Oracle Database Backup Service in 2018

A few years ago I wrote an article on getting started with the Oracle Database Backup Service which can be found here. ...

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Changes to DBCA patch application behaviour causes PDB cloning to fail

Background A test upgrade from 11g to 12c and conversion to a container and pluggable database recently pointed out ...

Oracle

Understanding the Implications of Creating a New PDB Using CREATE_FILE_DEST

Overview When creating a new pluggable database, or PDB, you can optionally include the CREATE_FILE_DEST clause. Here’s ...

Oracle

Moving Your Oracle Database to the Cloud? Why Google Cloud Could Be a Good Fit

Oracle has long been a top choice for relational databases, but migrating those workloads to the cloud usually requires ...

Oracle

Restoring a Dropped Oracle PDB Without a CDB Backup

Background I ran into a situation where we needed to restore just one dropped (and recreated) pluggable database (PDB) ...

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Evaluating Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

In May of 2022, Google released the public preview of their long awaited and proprietary version of PostgreSQL called ...

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An Initial Test of Google’s AlloyDB Columnar Engine

Introduction Google just recently launched the public preview of their new customized cloud version of PostgreSQL ...

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Simon Pane

Posts by Simon Pane

Why Oracle Database@Google Cloud is the Future of Multicloud Strategy

Getting started with the Oracle Database @ Google Cloud Service - Service Setup

Installing Oracle Database 23ai Free for ARM - Solution to DBCA ORA-00600

Exploring the Oracle and Google Cloud Partnership Announcement with Simon Pane

Viewing PostgreSQL Logs from the OCI PostgreSQL Service

Creating an OCI PostgreSQL DB System using the CLI

Getting started with the OCI PostgreSQL service

PART 4: Implementing Oracle SSO: Kerberos & AD CMU

PART 3: Implementing Oracle Database Active Directory Password Synchronization using Oracle CMU

PART 2: Configuring Windows and Linux Servers for CMU Testing

PART 1: Creating an Oracle 18c Centrally Managed Users Testbed using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Database and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Oracle Database 18c schema only accounts

Oracle Database and 2FA Using Cisco Duo

Oracle Database 12c: PSUs vs database proactive bundle patches

Issues with Oracle secure external password stores

Using Oracle Wallets and SEPS with Perl, JDBC, and ODBC

Part 2: Oracle Cloud Backups to AWS S3

Securing Oracle monitoring and backup scripts

Oracle 18c Non-CDB databases in the Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS)

Oracle’s Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) Version 2 (2.0.1)

Standardizing the Oracle GoldenGate Home Path (OGG_HOME)

Oracle upgrade failures due to METHOD_OPT and XDBCONFIG

Getting started with Oracle Database Backup Service in 2018

Changes to DBCA patch application behaviour causes PDB cloning to fail

Understanding the Implications of Creating a New PDB Using CREATE_FILE_DEST

Moving Your Oracle Database to the Cloud? Why Google Cloud Could Be a Good Fit

Restoring a Dropped Oracle PDB Without a CDB Backup

Evaluating Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

An Initial Test of Google’s AlloyDB Columnar Engine

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