Tag: Oracle Database

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 ...

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

I've lost count of how many RAC architecture diagrams I've seen that look flawless on paper. Redundant nodes, redundant storage, ...

Introduction Oracle Database provides the DBMS_QOPATCH package to expose information about installed patches and the OPatch inventory. It is commonly ...

When troubleshooting an Oracle RAC environment, the permissions of the Oracle/Grid binaries are critical. An incorrect permission on the Oracle ...

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) is one of the most important tools for protecting Oracle databases through backup and recovery. However, ...

Somebody asked me last week whether True Cache was going to "replace" Redis in our stack, and I had to ...

Ran into this one during a routine GI patching cycle recently, and it's worth writing up because the output looks ...