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ZDLRA - Copy-to-cloud steps by step explained
One of the best features of the ZDLRA is the ability to dynamically create a full Keep backup and send it to Cloud (ZFSSA or OCI) for archival storage.Here is a great article by Oracle Product Manager...
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How to clone a single PDB onto another DB host.
Cloning a single PDB isn't always easy to do, especially if you are trying to use an existing backup rather copying from an existing database. In this blog post I will walk through how to restore a...
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Creating dynamic KEEP archival backups from ZDLRA
This post covers how to utilize the new package DBMS_RA.CREATE_ARCHIVAL_BACKUP to dynamically create KEEP archival backups from a ZDLRA.When using this package to schedule KEEP backups, I recommend...
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ZFS storing encryption keys in Oracle Key Vault (OKV)
ZFS can be configured to use Oracle Key Vault (OKV) as a KMIPs cluster to store it's encryption keys. In this blog post I will go through how to configure my ZFS replication pair to utilize my OKV...
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DG per PDB with 23c on DBCS (Oracle Base Database)
At Oracle Cloud World (a few weeks ago as of writing this) 23c was announced as being available with DBCS. I've been wanting to test out DGPDB, which is Data Guard per PDB. This new feature was...
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Cyber Vault Characteristics
One topic that has been coming up over and over this year is Cyber Vault. In this post I am going to through the characteristics I commonly see when a customer build a Cyber Vault. The image below...
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Oracle Recovery Service now offers retention lock
Oracle DB Recovery Service recently added a new feature to protect backups from being prematurely deleted, even by a tenancy administrator. This new feature adds a retention lock to the Backup...
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Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service Primer
One topic that has been coming a lot as customers look at options for offsite protected backups, is the use of the Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service. This service can be used either directly from...
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File Retention on ZFS now supports expired file deletion/holds and changing...
The latest release of ZFS (8.8.63) contains 2 new features associated with File Retention lock.File retention (deletion or hold) after file expirationAllow permission changes on retained files.File...
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ZFSSA can be used to share data from your Oracle Database
Data Sharing has become a big topic recently, and Oracle Cloud has added some new services to allow you to share data from an Autonomous Database. But how do you do this with your on-premises...
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RMAN create standby database - Restore or Duplicate ?
RMAN create standby database - Are you like me and use "restore database" for large databases, or like most people (based on my Linkedin poll) and use "duplicate for standby"? The table below shows you...
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DB Script management through pre-authenticated URLs
Pre-authenticated URLs in OCI are fast becoming one of my favorite features of using object storage. In this blog post I will explain how I am using them for both:Storing the current copy of my...
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Autonomous Recovery Service Checklist
Utilizing the Autonomous Recovery Service (ARS) for your Oracle Databases in OCI is the best method for backing up your Oracle databases. In this post I will go through the steps required to...
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Restoring OCI object store backups onto Exadata Cloud Service
This blog post covers the steps necessary to restore backups made using the Oracle Database Cloud backup Service, onto Exadata Cloud Service in the event of DR situation. In this post, I am going to...
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Autonomous Recovery Service Prechecks
If you are configuring backups to utilize the Autonomous Recovery Service, there are some prerequisites that you need to be aware of. If your Oracle Database was originally created in OCI and has...
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ZDLRA's space efficient encrypted backups with TDE explained
In this post I will explain what typically happens when RMAN either compresses, or encrypts backups and how the new space efficient encrypted backup feature of the ZDLRA solves these issues.TDE -...
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Using APEX to upload objects to ZFSSA
When working on my latest project, I wanted to be able to provide an easy web interface that can be used to upload images into OCI object storage on ZFSSA by choosing the file on my local file...
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Creating Archival Backups from ZDLRA using EM Cloud Control
The ability for the ZDLRA to create archive backups was added with release 21.1 and I wrote a blog post (here) on how to do this. I recently noticed that the latest plugin for ZDLRA (13.5.1.0.0)...
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DBMS_CLOUD Debugging with ZFS Object Storage
In the course of testing the DBMS_CLOUD functionality against OCI object storage on ZFS, I have wanted to perform debugging by looking at the packets sent to the Web Listener on my ZFS.Unfortunately...
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Oracle Backup Compression and Encryption layers explained
When working with customers who are applying compression and/or encryption to their Oracle DB backups, I found that it isn't always clear if backups are compressed or encrypted. In this blog post I...
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ZDLRA backups -- How do I know if they are Encrypted
The ZDLRA introduced a new feature with release 23.1 that can both encrypt backups (if they are not already encrypted from TDE) and compress the backups . The combing of both encryption and...
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In this blog post I am sharing a script that I wrote that will give you the list of databases running on a DB node. The information provided by the script isDB_UNIQUE_NAMEORACLE_SIDDB_HOMEWHYI have...
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Oracle DB 23ai in your datacenter
Oracle DB 23ai is available for Exadata and I've been spending a lot of time working on building some demos in my lab environment. Below is the architecture.To help you get started below are the...
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Oracle DB release 23.7 includes "Select AI" with the DBMS_CLOUD_AI package
The latest release of Oracle DB23ai (23.7) now includes the promised packages for DBMS_CLOUD. I'm not talking about the ADB release, this is the general 23.7 DB release, and it even includes Select...
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Oracle database wallets for TDE, ZDLRA and External Authentication
One topic that I spend a lot of time on is "wallets" and the Oracle database. When working with multiple features in the database, there are multiple wallets that are used for different...
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