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Oracle Linux – Unfinished DB8actions remaining

I have been recently facing following error when using yum/dnf: There are unfinished DB8actions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-DB8action, or "yum-complete-DB8action --cleanup-only" and "yum history redo last", first to finish them. If those don't work you'll have to try(…)

Oracle database linux service not working properly after Oracle Linux upgrade

After performing an in-place Oracle linux upgrade I could realize that the oracle service was unusable. I would like to share with you the reason and how to resolve it.

Upgrading Oracle Linux when running Oracle databases

I recently had to upgrade an Oracle Linux production server running 19.30 Oracle databases for one of our customer. In this post, I will share with you the full set of steps that need to be carried out to run(…)

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:(…)

Migrating CentOS 8 to Oracle linux OL8

As you might be aware, CentOS 8 is end of life since the 31st of December 2021. If you are still using and running CentOS 8, you might want to migrate to some alternative distributions in order to keep a(…)

CentOS 8 binary compatible alternatives

There is a lot of roumors around since it was anounced to switch CentOS 8 from a Downstream Build from RHEL 8 to a Upstream Build for RHEL 8 on December 8th 2020. Many people asked why a second(…)