I had a question from one of my customers about the available fast cloning options for Oracle databases. This customer has a supercluster on the production site and another supercluster on the DR site. The client requirement is to be able to prepare a new Test/Dev database in minutes , not hours for their large … Continue reading Oracle Database Fast Cloning Options for Databases on Supercluster
Oracle RMAN Database Incremental Backup Script
This is the third post/script in this series, the first script was Oracle RMAN Database Full Hot Backup Script The second script was Oracle RMAN Database Full Cold Backup Script The following script will incrementally backup the database while it is open (although it may be used while the database is in the mount mode also). #***************************************************************************** … Continue reading Oracle RMAN Database Incremental Backup Script
Oracle RMAN Database Full Cold Backup Script
This is the second post/script in this series, the first script is Oracle RMAN Database Full Hot Backup Script The following script will fully backup the database while it is closed (in the mount state). This backup will be a consistent backup that needs no archive logs to be recovered. # ************************************************************************************** # $Header: abc_rman_full_cold_bkp.sh * … Continue reading Oracle RMAN Database Full Cold Backup Script
Oracle RMAN Database Full Hot Backup Script
I was asked by one of my customers to develop some rman backup/restore scripts. These scripts are a modified versions from some old scripts developed by me + some enhancement from other similar scripts . Following is the first script in the series, it to fully backup the database while it is open. -- {Please … Continue reading Oracle RMAN Database Full Hot Backup Script
Protected: Oracle RAC 12c Installation on Two Linux Virtual Machines
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Oracle Database 12c R2 Partitioning New Features – Automatic List Partitioning
Oracle Database 12.2 introduces new nice and powerful partitioning features. This post will introduce one of them “Automatic List Partitioning”. We may talk about other features in future posts. Before 12.2, if you have a list partitioned table in specific discrete values, and there is a need to add a new list value, then you … Continue reading Oracle Database 12c R2 Partitioning New Features – Automatic List Partitioning
Protected: Oracle Database Migration to Exadata – Case Study
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sqlcl Multi-Line Paste Issue
What is the issue? I noticed that sometimes when I copy SQL statement from web and paste it on sqlcl , it is copied on many lines and generating errors. For example, when I copied the following statement: And pasted into sqlcl running on the windows command window, it was pasted as follows: So, it … Continue reading sqlcl Multi-Line Paste Issue
Oracle tnsnames.ora Distribution Management System!
What? Does tnsnames.ora file need a Distribution Management System? In our case, the answer is yes. It is a headache to implement our client requirements without some sort of automation. What is tnsnames.ora file? tnsnames.ora is a text file that resides on the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin and contains some simple information about our databases connection information, it … Continue reading Oracle tnsnames.ora Distribution Management System!
Oracle Database 32-bit Funny Migration to 64-bit
Objective: Migrating one 11.1.0.7 32-bit database that resides on an old Windows 2008 (32-bit) (4GB memory) to Windows 2008 64-bit (no upgrade) on a brand new server with 64GB memory. {At 2017 and still there is 11.1.0.7 database ==> yes there is!} Introduction and Background I have a client with the following very old environment: … Continue reading Oracle Database 32-bit Funny Migration to 64-bit
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