Oracle 12cR2

Oracle 12cR2 – ORA-44777 – Pluggable database service cannot be started

By William Sescu Have you ever experienced the following error? SQL> alter pluggable database pdb2 open; alter pluggable database pdb2 open * ERROR at line 1: ORA-44304: service does not exist ORA-44777: Pluggable database service cannot be started. The error(…)

Oracle 12c – Why you shouldn’t do a crosscheck archivelog all in your regular RMAN backup scripts

By William Sescu Crosschecking in RMAN is quite cool stuff. With the RMAN crosscheck you can update an outdated RMAN repository about backups or archivelogs whose repository records do not match their physical status. For example, if a user removes(…)

Dataguard Oracle 12.2: Keeping Physical Standby Sessions Connected During Role Transition

By Mouhamadou Diaw As of Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1), when a physical standby database is converted into a primary you have the option to keep any sessions connected to the physical standby, without disruption, during the switchover/failover. When(…)

Oracle 12cR2 – RMAN cold backup with TAG’s

By William Sescu I am planning to backup my 12R2 container database, because a huge application change is coming up, and I want to be sure that I have a good RMAN backup beforehand. For that particular DB, I(…)