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Oracle Grid Infrastructure 26ai/ ASM upgrade from 19c one node.

This is second part of 26ai migration blog. We will upgrade here one node Clusterware with ASM in 19c. We will use newest 23.26.1 GoldImages from oracle support. This tutorial showing main steps how to perform upgrade, its not procedure(…)

WebLogic 14 & Elastic Stack: From Metrics to Predictive Insights

Oracle WebLogic Server continues to be a backbone for enterprise Java applications. With version 14, it brings improved Java compatibility, stronger security defaults, and better clustering. But while the platform is robust, monitoring it effectively remains a challenge.

Querying GoldenGate REST API log efficiently

In this blog post, I will guide you on how to query the restapi.log file of your GoldenGate deployments more efficiently. These logs are a valuable source of information for GoldenGate administrators but are unfortunately not easy to analyze. In(…)

From Expertise to Intelligence: The Impact of AI on ECM Consulting

Last week, I wrote about the importance of soft skills in the daily lives of ECM consultants (link here, but sorry in french): communication, empathy, influence, active listening, and all the human elements that determine whether(…)

JBoss EAP – Credential Stores: from optional best practice to mandatory security baseline

One of the most impactful (and often underestimated) differences between JBoss EAP 7.4 and JBoss EAP 8 is how credentials are handled. This is not just a documentation tweak or a recommendation shift. It is a hard security enforcement change(…)

Migrating from WildFly 26 to WildFly 38

I have been asked to migrate a customer environment from WildFly 26 to WildFly 38. That’s a meaningful upgrade, not just a version bump, because WildFly 38 represents the latest stable baseline with modern Jakarta EE support, updated security, and(…)

Save your credential store before patching GoldenGate !

I recently had an issue with the GoldenGate credential store at a customer when patching a GoldenGate 19c setup with the latest 19.30 patch. Since it is not the first time that I have encountered this problem, I figured it(…)

RAG, MCP, Skills — Three Paradigms for LLMs Talking to Your Database, and Why Governance Changes Everything

Introduction Throughout my RAG series, I’ve explored how to build retrieval-augmented generation systems with PostgreSQL and pgvector — from Naive RAG through Hybrid Search, Adaptive RAG, Agentic RAG, and Embedding Versioning (not yet released)(…)

MongoDB DMK 2.4.0 : new features

In this blog, I will present the new features introduced with the latest release (2.4.0) of the MongoDB DMK. The DMK is a set of standardized tools that aims at easing the work of DBAs by having dbi’s best practices(…)

Database upgrade to AI Database 26ai (23.26.1) for Linux x86-64 upgrade from 19C in 3 steps using gold images.

This tutorial showing simple database upgrade to 26ai using traditional method and autoupgrade tool, For operational databases please properly test and plan your upgrade. https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/26/fppad/upgrading-oracle-database-software.html This is one from 3 Articles related to 26.1 upgrade: Database upgrade(…)