Efficient lifecycle management on Exadata demands quick access to the correct Database (DB) and Grid Infrastructure (GI) Gold Image Clone patches. These images are essential for deploying and updating Oracle Database environments using tools such as OEDACLI or OEDA. This guide outlines the most effective methods to locate and verify the latest Gold Image Clone […]
Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) analysis is now available for pluggable databases (PDBs) in Oracle 19c. ADDM at the PDB level enables targeted performance analysis and tuning for individual PDBs in a multitenant environment. The instructions below explain how ADDM works for PDBs, the required configuration steps to enable PDB-level ADDM, the important restrictions to […]
Transportable Tablespaces were first introduced in Oracle 8i to allow entire tablespaces to be copied between databases in the time it takes to copy the datafiles. In Oracle 8i, the major restriction was that both source and target databases had to use the same block size. With the introduction of multiple block sizes in Oracle […]
Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) introduced a modern and unified way to manage encryption keys, keystores, and secrets through the ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT command.This replaced the legacy commands: The Oracle documentation often uses both wallet and keystore interchangeably, but the preferred and forward-looking term is keystore, aligning with Java standards. Understanding TDE in a […]