A Java Example for Oracle Application Continuity with Oracle RAC

Introduction Oracle Application Continuity hides database interruptions from end-users and applications. A simple test using SQL*Plus was discussed in this blog post. However, SQL*Plus is usually not your real application that will be used in production. Also, SQL*Plus is not a pooled application, and it’s recommended to use Connection Pools for Application Continuity. This blog…

How to Configure Object Storage Cross-Region Replication for Disaster Recovery

Introduction Oracle Cloud Object Storage is a regional service, i.e., objects are stored in a specific Oracle Cloud region. You can enable cross-region replication to automatically sync your data to a remote region for redundancy, providing protection from a regional outage. This blog post describes how to configure cross-region replication, use the replicated Object Storage…

How to create Oracle Database Services for High Availability

Introduction To use High Availability features like Fast Application Notification (FAN), Draining, and Application Continuity, you need to create a custom database service and set the high availability attributes accordingly. This is not possible when using the default database service, which is the service with the same name as the PDB. Additionally, custom database services…

Get started with Oracle Application Continuity

Introduction Oracle Application Continuity is the high availability feature for your application. Database planned maintenance and outage events no longer impact applications availability. Do you want to learn how, try it, and implement it in production? But where to start from documentation, white papers, blog posts, videos, demos, and hands-on labs? This blog post gives…

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Introduction Oracle Database is very well known for its high availability and disaster recovery capabilities using Oracle RAC and Oracle (Active) Data Guard. Maintenance operations like patching and upgrade, failures like database server or database instance crashes, and even complete data center outages have no to minimal impact on database availability. However, what happens on…

How to create a VM DB System via Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA)

Introduction Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA) automates and simplifies the Interconnect between Azure and Oracle Cloud. Additionally, it provides a Multicloud portal to create Oracle Databases with the same Azure portal experience. As of today, you can use ODSA for the following Oracle Database Cloud Services: This blog post provides a step-by-step guide to…