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How to change the hostname for an OCI Compute Instance

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

Following are the steps that I followed to change the hostname of one OCI Compute Instance for one of my clients. Note that the operating system for this instance is Oracle Linux: 1. Use the hostnamectl utility to change the hostname hostnamectl set-hostname new_hostname 2. Update the /etc/hosts file with the new name [root@infodqmdm001 ~]# … Continue reading How to change the hostname for an OCI Compute Instance

OCI Compute Instance Hostname keeps changing after reboot

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

I created an OCI compute Linux Instance with hostname = hostname_1. After a while, and based on the client request, I changed the above virtual machine hostname to be hostname_2.Client used this machine for a while, and then reboot it for some reason, but surprisingly, he found that the compute Instance hostname changed back to … Continue reading OCI Compute Instance Hostname keeps changing after reboot

Oracle Database Cloud Service Provisioning is very slow

Posted on February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

While creating an oracle Database cloud service (or the new name “Oracle Base Database”): and after passing all the required information, and then clicking “Create DB System”, it started to provision the database system: The problem here is that it takes very long time to provision, I waited for 1 hours, 2,3,4 hours without luck. I … Continue reading Oracle Database Cloud Service Provisioning is very slow

How to Download Oracle software to VM in a private OCI subnet?

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

I have a virtual machine located in an OCI private subnet. I need to install an Oracle software (e.g. Oracle ODI) in this VM.How I can download the software to this VM?We have a couple of options: 1- Download the software to your laptop, then sftp it to the VM (connecting through VPN and your … Continue reading How to Download Oracle software to VM in a private OCI subnet?

Oracle Database 20c is now Generally Available

Posted on February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

Oracle Database 20c is now Generally Available on the cloud two days ago, 14-Feb-2020. Oracle 20c is next major database release. It includes many new fetaures espcially in the following areas: BlockchainMachine LearningSecurityJSONIn-Memory For a quick introduction to this new release:https://blogs.oracle.com/database/ga-of-oracle-database-20c-preview-release Also, for complete list of the new features, please refer to the:https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/20/newft/new-features.html Oracle Database … Continue reading Oracle Database 20c is now Generally Available

Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Installation on the Oracle Cloud Compute Instance.

Posted on January 13, 2020January 16, 2020 by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

As, I already have access to one Oracle Cloud Free Compute Instance (Oracle Linux), then I decided to install Oracle database 19c there and create a test database. This time, I'll use a different technique by installing Oracle Database rpm.Oracle delivered the oracle database software as rpm for Linux since Oracle 18c. Installation procedure is … Continue reading Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Installation on the Oracle Cloud Compute Instance.