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Grid Clusterware 26ai 2 node RAC upgrade from 19c rolling forward

This is third part of 26ai migration blog. We will upgrade here 2 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(…)

Relocate trail files with convchk when migrating GoldenGate to the Microservices Architecture

Depending on the location of your GoldenGate trail files, you might have to use the convchk utility to relocate them before migrating to the Microservices Architecture. Oracle has the following restrictions for using the(…)

Production-ready GoldenGate REST client in Python

Updated in June 2026, based on the latest version of the client. In this blog, I provide GoldenGate administrators with a fully working, production-ready Python client to efficiently handle GoldenGate REST API calls. From extract creation to user(…)

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(…)

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.

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(…)

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:(…)

OGG-08116 when creating a connection with GoldenGate REST API

When playing around with the GoldenGate REST API, you might have encountered the OGG-08116 error. It happens when using the Create Connection REST API call, with the following endpoint given in the GoldenGate documentation.

Debugging GoldenGate Veridata Agents

A crucial step after installing a Veridata server is to set up Veridata agents. And, as mentioned in a previous blog post about GoldenGate Veridata installation, Oracle didn’t bother to indicate when an agent is(…)

GoldenGate REST API basics with Python

Oracle GoldenGate REST API has been around for quite some time now, but I’ve yet to see it used in practice at customers. Every time I tried to introduce it, it was some sort of novelty. Mainly because DBAs(…)