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I started my career answering calls and resetting passwords, like a lot of people in this field. Years later I...

Oracle Database uses time zone files to maintain regional time zone and daylight-saving-time rules. When newer time zone definitions become...

Yes. Just not as an "Oracle DBA" on your first job, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling a...

Oracle database monitoring is no longer just about checking whether a database is up or down. Modern DBAs need visibility...

Oracle Database administrators need to keep a close eye on database release lifecycles, especially when planning patching, upgrades, infrastructure refreshes,...

Adding a new node to an existing Oracle RAC 19c environment is a common task when you need additional processing...

On paper, getting an Oracle certification looks almost boringly simple. Find a course, sit through it, study, take the exam,...

I get asked some version of "should we move the database to the cloud for DR" more often than almost...

I've noticed something over the years, moving between different kinds of organizations: change management gets treated as a dirty word...

Read through enough Exadata deployment documentation and you'll notice it's written with a set of quiet assumptions baked in. The...