DST Patch in Active Standby Environment
Different software components (operating systems, databases, etc.) are updating our clocks automatically when our country changes the clock (when daylight saving starts or ends). In order to do that,...
View ArticleUpgrade Oracle Restart to 18c
It seems like there are not many Oracle Restart environments (or there are but Oracle doesn’t pay too much attention to them). Otherwise, I can’t explain why I couldn’t find too much information about...
View ArticleOGB Appreciation Day – Standby Database
It’s this time of the year again. If you don’t know what OTN/ODC/OGB appreciation day is (sorry, Oracle changed the branding over time, so the appreciation day title has changed as well), you can read...
View ArticleAll You Need to Know about Oracle Database Patching
This is a topic I wrote about in the past (understanding Oracle patching and new version numbering). But now, after the new patching concept (since 12.2) and numbering change (since 18c) has been here...
View ArticleArchive Backups are not Deleted from Standby Database
In an environment I’ve upgraded lately from 11.2 to 18c I found out that some backups are not getting deleted from the standby database. The environment has a single instance primary database (with...
View ArticlePatching a Standby Database Confusion
In my post “all you need to know about Oracle database patching” I wrote the following procedure for patching a physical standby environment (for standby-first patches, assuming serverA is currently...
View ArticleAn Issue with Automatic Flashback of Standby Database
I dedicate this post to Pieter Van Puymbroeck, who left us way too early. I actually sent him details about this issue one day before I got the news of him passing. RIP. Oracle 19c introduced a new...
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