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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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Oracle Enterprise Command Centers: Unlocking the Power of Data for Better Business Decisions

As organizations face an ever-increasing need for agility, they are constantly seeking ways to enhance their ...

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Testing DBSAT 3.0 - What's New ?

Overview DBSAT is a great database security assessment tool available since 2016. Within that time, it has evolved to ...

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Google ‘Backup and DR’ for Oracle

Whenever I’m thinking of Oracle backup, I basically think of putting Oracle RMAN backup to a disk (simplified version) ...

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Schemas in Oracle Autonomous Database

If you have started familiarizing yourself with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Autonomous Database (ADB) service, ...

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Old Dog with New Tricks: Indexing Null Columns in Oracle

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Oracle SQL Trace: Is it Safe for Production Use?

Perhaps you have been approached by a client or manager and tasked with troubleshooting one or more slow-running SQL ...

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Oracle Database Migrated to Cloud Starts Experiencing "log file sync" Waits

A client was moving an Oracle 11.2.0.4 database from their data center to one of the major cloud providers' ...

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Checking Free Space of UNDO Tablespaces

This blog is a high-level overview of the fundamental Oracle feature UNDO tablespace and its space management. ...

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Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) Investigation with ChatGPT

When ChatGPT was first released, I wondered how it could support my day-to-day job. Initially, I used ChatGPT for ...

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Extend Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Compatibility with Proxy Monitoring

Introduction Since Adobe Flash became unavailable in most browsers, so did all the graphical tools of Oracle Enterprise ...

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What You Need to Know About Oracle EBS 12.2 CPU – January 2023

I recently applied the January 2023 released E-Business Suite Release 12.2 CPU patches following the release document ...

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Identifying the Root Cause of High CPU Usage by e-Business Suite R12.2 OA Core server processes

A new client was experiencing regular issues with its OA Core servers on its EBS 12.2 environment. The issue caused ...

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Oracle Datapump Proactive Patching

I was speaking at the MOUS 2022 conference last week in Michigan, US, where I attended a session by Roy Swonger ...

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OEM 13c – Ultimate monitoring guide

Nowadays monitoring the IT environment is one of the most complex, and important, tasks in any corporation. OEM is a ...

Oracle

A Quick-and-Easy Solution for the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Unique Domain Identifier Error

Introduction While working on adding new targets in Oracle Enterprise Manager utility, I encountered an error: Target ...

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Oracle DBMS_CLOUD package with AWS S3

The package DBMS_CLOUD was first introduced in the Autonomous Database to provide a simple way to interact with an ...

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Investigating a Chain of Events Resulting in Occasional Query’s Degraded Performance in Oracle

Introduction A client asked us to verify why an INSERT AS SELECT statement, which was part of a scheduled ETL job ...

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Pythian’s New Single Sign-on (SSO) Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) – Part Two

Our mission at Pythian is to help you Love Your Data. Because security is a crucial part of managing your data, we are ...

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How to Minimize downtime for 19c upgrade using Oracle logical standby transient Database

Background Oracle has a documented process for using Oracle logical standby transient Database (TLS) to minimize ...

Oracle

ADOP edition cleanup

Oracle e-Business Suite administrators have access to pretty extensive documentation regarding Patching procedures. In ...

Oracle

Using Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM) to Restrict Cores

Organizations usually maintain Oracle licences for Oracle RDBMS Enterprise Edition on a per-core basis. It is possible ...

Oracle

Syft your Linux Fleet Looking for ShellShock, Log4J…and Oracle Java?

What do ShellShock, Log4J, and Oracle Java have in common? ShellShock and Log4J are similar in that they represent ...

Oracle

Interesting variations in outcome when cloning a CDB with a subset of PDBs in Oracle

Background Recently I was working on a client request where a CDB along with a subset of its PDBs had to be cloned to a ...

Oracle

How to Configure WebLogic as a Windows Service (in Just 4 Steps)

When you install WebLogic Server on the Windows platform, it might be a good idea to set it as a native Windows ...

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Slow query to V$ views after DBRU Patching

One of our clients patched its EBS database 19.13 to DBRU 19.17 and faced an issue with one of the seeded programs. The ...

Oracle

How to deploy a Cockroach DB Cluster in GCP – Part I

Introduction CockroachDB is a distributed SQL Database that has been gaining popularity in the last years because of ...

Oracle

How to get information from multiple PDBs

Background Not so long ago, I was faced with a request to collect information from several schemas located in multiple ...

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Missing LOV buttons in Forms 12

Context LOVs (List Of Values) is a great feature of Oracle forms and is widely used. Sometimes you might run into an ...

Oracle

A Fast and Easy Approach to Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Product (in Just 9 Steps)

Introduction How easy is it to install an Oracle Fusion Middleware product? Actually, it’s pretty straightforward. ...

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Viewing PostgreSQL Logs from the OCI PostgreSQL Service

Oracle Enterprise Command Centers: Unlocking the Power of Data for Better Business Decisions

Testing DBSAT 3.0 - What's New ?

Google ‘Backup and DR’ for Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Schemas in Oracle Autonomous Database

Old Dog with New Tricks: Indexing Null Columns in Oracle

Oracle SQL Trace: Is it Safe for Production Use?

Oracle Database Migrated to Cloud Starts Experiencing "log file sync" Waits

Checking Free Space of UNDO Tablespaces

Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) Investigation with ChatGPT

Extend Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Compatibility with Proxy Monitoring

What You Need to Know About Oracle EBS 12.2 CPU – January 2023

Identifying the Root Cause of High CPU Usage by e-Business Suite R12.2 OA Core server processes

Oracle Datapump Proactive Patching

OEM 13c – Ultimate monitoring guide

A Quick-and-Easy Solution for the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Unique Domain Identifier Error

Oracle DBMS_CLOUD package with AWS S3

Investigating a Chain of Events Resulting in Occasional Query’s Degraded Performance in Oracle

Pythian’s New Single Sign-on (SSO) Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) – Part Two

How to Minimize downtime for 19c upgrade using Oracle logical standby transient Database

ADOP edition cleanup

Using Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM) to Restrict Cores

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Interesting variations in outcome when cloning a CDB with a subset of PDBs in Oracle

How to Configure WebLogic as a Windows Service (in Just 4 Steps)

Slow query to V$ views after DBRU Patching

How to deploy a Cockroach DB Cluster in GCP – Part I

How to get information from multiple PDBs

Missing LOV buttons in Forms 12

A Fast and Easy Approach to Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Product (in Just 9 Steps)

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