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Exadata Online Training

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On October 17, 2018
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The fourth edition of the highly popular “Oracle Exadata Essentials for Oracle DBA’s” online training course will be commencing Sunday 11th November. This hands-on training course will teach you how to install and configure an Exadata Storage Server Cell on your own individual Oracle Virtual Box platform as well as prepare you for the Oracle […]
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Oracle 18c Grid Infrastructure Upgrade

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On July 30, 2018
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Upgrade Oracle 12.1.0.2 Grid Infrastructure to 18c Download the 18c Grid Infrastructure software (18.3) https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/oracle18c-linux-180000-5022980.html     Prerequisites Apply the patch 21255373 to the 12.1.0.2 Grid Infrastructure software home Edit the /etc/security/limits.conf file and add the lines: oracle soft stack 10240 grid   soft stack 10240   Notes Need to have at least 10 GB of […]
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Oratop utility

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On May 16, 2018
  • 1 Comments
Oratop is a utility very similar in nature to the ‘top’ unix OS utility. It provides an almost real-time overview of both RAC as well as single-instance database performance and can be used in combination with top to get a more complete overview of system performance and identify and monitor any activity causing bottlenecks. Oratop […]
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Trace File Analyzer 18.1.1

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On May 15, 2018
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Trace File Analyzer Collector also known as TFA is a diagnostic collection utility which greatly simplifies the diagnostic data collection for both Oracle Database as well as Oracle Clusterware/Grid Infrastructure RAC environments. Trace File Analyzer provides a central and single interface for all diagnostic data collection and analysis. When a problem occurs, TFA collects all […]
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Speaker at OTN Yathra 2017

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On June 11, 2017
  • 1 Comments
I am presenting the following papers at the OTN Yathra tour 2017 which will cover six cities in India – Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi.   Oracle Database Multitenant – What’s New in Oracle 12c Release 2 Oracle Database 12c Release 2 presents several new features related to the Multitenant option which was […]
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Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1) upgrade using DBUA

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On March 3, 2017
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Oracle 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1) was officially released for on-premise deployment yesterday. I tested an upgrade of one of my test 12.1.0.2 databases using the Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) and the upgrade went smoothly. The Parallel Upgrade command line utility catctl.pl has a number of changes and enhancements as compared to 12c Release 1 and […]
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Oracle Database In-Memory 12c Release 2 New Features

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On March 1, 2017
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The Oracle Database In-Memory 12c Release 2 New Features  webinar conducted last week was well received by a global audience and feedback was positive. For those who missed the session you can download the slide deck from the link below. Feedback and questions are welcomed! 12.2_InMemory_new_features
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GoldenGate Performance Tuning Webinar

  • Posted by Gavin Soorma
  • On January 13, 2017
  • 3 Comments
The Oracle GoldenGate Performance Tuning Webinar was well received by over 200 attendees over two separate sessions. Feedback received was very positive and am sharing the slide deck which can be downloaded from the link below: Download the presentation ….  
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