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How to list all your resources in OCI via OCI CLI
This will be a small post and is mostly for me to remember how to do it. The other day I was asked to provide all of the resources that we had in OCI (Oracle Cloud..
How to continue a Grid Infrastructure Patch in ExaCC when it has failed in Node 1
This week we had an issue when we were patching EXACC Grid Infrastructure (GI) from 19.10 to 19.11. The patching died when it was running the post-patch on node 1 and left the..
OCI Bastion Service Part II: Create Bastion Service Using OCI CLI and Terraform
Introduction In part II, and after demonstrating how to use OCI Bastion Service using the Console (see part I), we will cover how to create Bastion Service using automation tools..
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 in the actual scripts is not a good security practice...
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 the 19.12 RU to the DB ORACLE_HOME, the PDBs were..
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 set of on-premises data to the cloud. If it is done..
Cloud Recap – My Terraform Labs in 2021
Intro The first time I had seen a glimpse of this Infrastructure as a CodeArtifact in 2018 (presented by Roopesh Ramklass at our TOUG meetup), I found it ugly as hell and swore to..
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform Application Services Comparison
Introduction The common trend for cloud providers is to compare their services/offers with AWS (Amazon Web Services – even AWS itself does it when releasing new features). But it..
RMAN, Incarnations, and ME Part II: Recovery ignoring backups / ORA-19563: Datafile copy header validation failed for file
Introduction In an ideal world, I believe, every backup script should be matched by 2 recovery scenarios. As this swiss OUC figure reminds us, having a backup that works means..
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 the RMAN incarnation. Both are mystical like its name suggests and vital, ensuring absolute consistency..
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