A few years ago I wrote the post All You Need to Know about Oracle Database Patching, and I also presented a presentation about this topic a few time. But
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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
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
Patching a Standby Database ConfusionPatching a Standby Database Confusion
In my post “all you need to know about Oracle database patching” I wrote the following procedure for patching a physical standby environment (for standby-first patches, assuming serverA is currently
Did You Know #34 – DST Patches with PDBDid You Know #34 – DST Patches with PDB
When I worked on Oracle Cloud 20c for my Data Dictionary Changes post, I ran into a problem with DST difference. Oracle 20c (20.2) is coming with DST V34 while
All You Need to Know about Oracle Database PatchingAll You Need to Know about Oracle Database Patching
This is a topic I wrote about in the past (understanding Oracle patching and new version numbering). But now, after the new patching concept (since 12.2) and numbering change (since
Using Oracle Gold ImagesUsing Oracle Gold Images
After OOW19 I looked into using GI gold images to upgrade a few databases at a client’s site. The client has 11 data guard environments (and they both use ASM),
DST Patch in Active Standby EnvironmentDST Patch in Active Standby Environment
Different software components (operating systems, databases, etc.) are updating our clocks automatically when our country changes the clock (when daylight saving starts or ends). In order to do that, the
Datapach issuesDatapach issues
This week I worked on a messy patch. I have a RAC environment with 12.1.0.2 and an old PSU and all kind of one-off patches and I wanted to install