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How not to find Data Guard gaps
Checking your Data Guard gap using queries against v$archived_log or v$log_history? If so, there’s a good chance they’ll report that everything’s fine, even when there’s a gap! Read more ⇢
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How to pull images from Oracle’s Container Registry
Simple steps for overcoming the “unable to retrieve auth token: invalid username/password: authentication required” message encountered when trying to pull images from container-registry.oracle.com. Read more ⇢
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Use Caution When Creating Gold Images!
Creating a Gold Image of an Oracle Home with runInstaller -createGoldImage can leak sensitive information about the source environment! Learn how to identify and eliminate the risks! Read more ⇢
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Run Oracle 23c On-Premises NOW
Oracle Database 23c is currently only available on OCI Base Database Service, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait to run in locally! Read more ⇢
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Critical Issue in AHF 23.4.0 May Delete Remote ORACLE_HOMEs
A critical regression in AHF 23.4.0 may delete the ORACLE_HOME(s) on remote nodes of a RAC cluster. Learn what systems are affected and what you can do to avoid this… Read more ⇢
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Docker Service Startup Failure When Using A Custom Docker Directory on Linux
Do you run Docker on Linux? Do you use a custom directory instead of /var/lib/docker? Did Docker recently stop working? If so, you may have configured your docker.service configuration file… Read more ⇢
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“Oracle on Docker” is now available!
The day is here at last! My book, “Oracle on Docker: Running Oracle Databases in Linux Containers,” is available for purchase through Apress, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble! Download your… Read more ⇢
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Create a Fast-Start Failover Observer Service on Linux
Learn how to use native Linux services to manage Observers in Data Guard Fast-Start Failover configurations, and build more durable, reliable, and simple solutions than scripting alone! Read more ⇢
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Find the Gap
Finding missing archive logs when gaps are many and random is a tedious exercise. Learn how to use awk to find and generate restore scripts for the missing files! My… Read more ⇢
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Automate My Oracle Support Patch Downloads with curl
Several blog posts describe how to authenticate with My Oracle Support and download patches. Unfortunately, some rely on manual authentication with MOS on one host to generate the cookie file,… Read more ⇢
