I dedicate this post to Pieter Van Puymbroeck, who left us way too early. I actually sent him details about this issue one day before I got the news of
Category: Infrastructure
All You Need to Know About Oracle Database ReleasesAll You Need to Know About Oracle Database Releases
When Oracle moved to the new Oracle database release model in 2018, some changes were introduced with it. I just realized that I haven’t blogged about it (even though I
Did You Know #37 – Backup the Standby DatabaseDid You Know #37 – Backup the Standby Database
This post is dedicated to Pieter Van Puymbroeck. When using a physical standby database, you can use RMAN to backup the standby database instead of the primary. You can backup
Shrink Table and Fragmentation in Oracle, Part 2Shrink Table and Fragmentation in Oracle, Part 2
This is the second part of the article, in the previous part I explained how extent management and shrink table works. In this post I’ll dive into a problem that
Shrink Table and Fragmentation in Oracle, Part 1Shrink Table and Fragmentation in Oracle, Part 1
This is an article that was published in the past, however, it’s not available anymore so I decided to post it here. Fragmentation is a common issue which we try
Oracle SEHA – Failover When VIP Goes DownOracle SEHA – Failover When VIP Goes Down
Lately I’ve been writing about Standard Edition High Availability (SEHA). After publishing my introduction post about SEHA, I got a comment from Purav with a case I didn’t cover in
Oracle Database Home Disk Space and PatchingOracle Database Home Disk Space and Patching
This occurred to me not too long ago, when I prepared an Oracle Software for a client. It is a small appliance with not a lot of disk space and
Patching Oracle Standard Edition High Availability (SEHA)Patching Oracle Standard Edition High Availability (SEHA)
SEHA is a new Oracle Database 19c (>=19.7) feature to allow Standard Edition to integrate with Grid Infrastructure (GI) and allow a simple fail-over cluster option (after Oracle has removed
How to Install OEM 13.4 on OL8How to Install OEM 13.4 on OL8
In this post I’ll review all the steps required to install OEM 13.4 including its repository database. The versions I’m going to install are OEM 13.4 and database 19.8 on
Testing Oracle Standard Edition High AvailabilityTesting Oracle Standard Edition High Availability
In this post I’ll continue discussing SEHA. If you don’t know what it is or you would like to read more about it, look at my previous post. I will