Oracle 19.28 Ansible Playbooks for Grid Infrastructure and Database Patching dincosman.com/2026/04/18/a...
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Cloning Oracle RAC Database Home to Single Instance and vice versa... dincosman.com/2025/12/14/c... #Oracle #Database #DatabaseClones
New Blog Post : Unable to Parse the Content of exa_map Error on ExaCC Grid RU Precheck dincosman.com/2026/01/31/p...
Backing up to a fake tape (SBT) in Oracle RMAN and using sbttest tool.
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Oracle Forms 6i applications are not compatible with Oracle Database 19c because Forms 6i is obsolete and no longer supported. Today, organizations have three options: move to Oracle Forms 14c, swi…
While working with an Oracle Database Appliance, an inconsistency arose between the management layer and the storage stack, leading to a disk reported as “FAILED” by odaadmcli. Further …
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The content explains various Oracle connectivity testing utilities: ping, tnsping, ociping, connping, and adbping. It honors Joel Kallman, a key figure in database development. The document details…
This blog post describes a complex Oracle database patching issue encountered. Initially, the plan involved applying the 12.1.0.2 database bundle patch – 34057733; however, conflicts arose wi…
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Before upgrading a 12c EBS database to 19c in an ExaCC environment, the DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS command resulted in an ORA-00600 error. The issue was resolved by correcting the ORA_NL…
This post presents an updated Oracle 19.28 Release Update patching guide based on feedback and practical experiences. The objective remains to simplify patching for easier execution. The use of Ans…
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This blog post details the steps for cloning an Oracle Database Home from an existing Oracle Home to another server, applicable to both RAC and Single Instance environments. Cloning is preferred ov…
The document details troubleshooting steps taken to resolve a grid release update(19.28) error on an Exadata Cloud system. The initial issue involved SSH connectivity, followed by problems with the…
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This content discusses simulating tape backups using RMAN and a dummy SBT library (oracle.disksbt) to troubleshoot backup failures. The article details how to perform fake tape backups with Oracle’…
My article "When Bind Variables Backfire" is published in ORAWORLD Issue 35 (July 2025), pages 53–58! 🔥
I explore surprising real-world issues around bind variables in Oracle Database.
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