Marc Wagner

dbhome prepatch failing on ODA due to missing sqldeveloper files

I have been recently patching RAC databases on ODA 2-HA configured with Data Guard from version 19.20 to 19.26. During prepatch I have been facing an issue with missing sqldeveloper files, for which I could find a solution. I would(…)

Restore a database using Veeam RMAN plug-in on an ODA

I recently wrote a blog to show how to configure Veeam RMAN plug-in to take database backups. As all DBA knows, configuring a backup, will not go without testing a restore. In this blog I will show how I tested(…)

Installing and configuring Veeam RMAN plug-in on an ODA

I recently had to install and configure the Veeam RMAN plug-in on an ODA, and would like to provide the steps in this article, as it might be helpful for many other people. Create Veeam linux OS user(…)

Convert Single Instance database to RAC on an ODA

In this article, I will show you how to convert a SI (Single Instance) database to a RAC database on an ODA using rconfig. Of course this is only possible with the ODA 2-HA model as it comes with a(…)

And what about cloning a PDB in a Data Guard environment on ExaCC?

I have recently blogged about how to create a new PDB on ExaCC in a Data Guard environment, see https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/create-new-pdb-in-a-data-guard-environment-on-exacc/. And what about if I clone a PDB on the primary CDB? Let’s see. Clone PDB on the primary(…)

Create new PDB in a Data Guard environment on ExaCC

In this blog, I would like to share how to create a new PDB in one CDB in a Data Guard environment on the ExaCC. Naming Convention Following is the naming convention: CDB Name is MYCDB ExaCC Primary site cluster(…)

Issue running Dynamic Scaling on hardened system

During my Dynamic Scaling tests, you might have seen my other blog on same subject, I faced one issue where Dynamic Scaling could not be started properly due to hardened configuration. In this blog I would like to share my(…)

Configure Dynamic Scaling as Grid HA resource

I have recently blogged about how to install and configure Dynamic Scaling as an Oracle Linux Service daemon. See my blog, https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/how-to-automatically-manage-ocpu-on-exacc-using-dynamic-scaling/ In this blog I would like to show how to configure it as an Oracle Grid HA(…)

How to automatically manage OCPU on ExaCC using Dynamic Scaling

To automatically scale down and up the OCPU on ExaCC cluster according to the CPU utilisation, we can use dynamic scaling. Dynamic scaling engine can be installed on each cluster nodes VM, from a remote machine as master or from(…)

Why relocating the PDB after ZDM Physical Online migration with noncdb to cdb conversion is a must?

I have been blogging about ZDM Physical Online migration with noncdb to cdb conversion. As you could read in my previous article, the target database name on CDB level should be the same as the source database, knowing physical online(…)