Script your RMAN Backups using Oracle External Password Store with the SYSBACKUP Privilege
As you may already know, scripting your RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager) backups and storing your connectivity credentials… Read more
ExaCC: PDB in restricted mode and bind parameter error when applying RU SQL patch
A couple of weeks ago, I was helping out a teammate with a post-patch issue on the ExaCC. The problem was that after applying… Read more
Zero Downtime Database Migration using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database Migration Service (DMS)
When you see “Zero Downtime”, you might think we are going to discuss Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) – Oracle’s… Read more
Extend your local NFS to Oracle Cloud using Storage Gateway with Cloud Sync
One of the biggest challenges every sysadmin (system administrator) faces during cloud migration is transferring a large… Read more
RMAN, Incarnations, and ME Part II: Recovery ignoring backups / ORA-19563: Datafile copy header validation failed for file
Intro In an ideal world, I believe, every backup script should be matched by 2 recovery scenarios. As this swiss OUC figure… Read more
RMAN, Incarnation, and ME Part I: “ORA-19906”: Recovery target incarnation changed during recovery
Intro If there is something I honestly always struggled with as a DBA, it’s RMAN incarnation. Both mystical like its name… Read more
