Tag: Database Administration

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

Oracle Database 19c installations on Oracle Linux require several operating-system packages, kernel parameters, users, groups, and other prerequisites. Oracle provides ...

Creating a disk group is the easy part. You run the command, ASM mounts it, databases connect, and everything works. ...

I'll be straight with you — disk groups aren't the exciting part of Oracle administration. Nobody gets into this field ...

Let me be honest with you — when Flex ASM first showed up, a lot of DBAs ignored it. ASM ...

Introduction Oracle patching is essential for maintaining database security, performance, and stability. However, not every patch deployment goes as planned. ...

It’s late in the day, your production database starts throwing errors, and your application logs fill up with this message: ...

ORA-15041: Diskgroup Space Usage Too High is one of those Oracle ASM alerts that catches DBAs off guard — often ...

You’re in the middle of a busy day, users start calling — “our app froze”, “transactions failed”, or “we’re seeing ...

Keeping your Oracle environment up to date is a critical part of every database administrator’s (DBA) maintenance routine. Regular patching ...