Starting with four commercial regions, Oracle Cloud has grown to 36 commercial regions in the last few years. And more to come. Additional services and features are being continuously released. In 2022, there were 462 new release notes. This is more than one release note per day. Oracle Databases in OCI got 42 release notes.…
Introduction Mounting an Object Storage bucket as a local file system simplifies file management and provides you with additional cost-efficient storage space that can be used as if it were on the local server. Once the bucket is mounted, you simply access, add, and remove any files in the local folder, and the changes will…
Introduction Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Command Line Interface (CLI) is a small-footprint tool that lets you create and manage resources in Oracle Cloud using a command line interface. It enables you to automate tasks and makes things easier. The Quickstart documentation provides quick installation instructions. However, installations via RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) on Base…
Introduction Oracle constantly introduces new Exadata Platforms providing higher performance, lower latency, extended storage, and optimized software and networking. The latest Exadata X9M generation is available on-premises, cloud@customer, and public cloud. AND, it comes at the same price as the previous generation!!! It is as simple as this: higher performance + same price = reduced…
Introduction Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is evolving every day! New features are being released, existing ones are being extended, and new data centers are being launched. More automation, more flexibility, and more capabilities to provide a better user experience, higher availability, and increased security to Oracle’s customers and partners. One frequently asked question is where…
Introduction Oracle Databases in Oracle Cloud use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) by default to protect data at rest. The default configuration “Oracle-Managed Keys” stores the master encryption keys in a wallet file locally on the database servers. Now, Oracle also supports the integration with the OCI Vault Service for VM DB Systems, where you are able…
Introduction The Oracle Cloud Events Service enables you to execute actions automatically based on state changes of your cloud resources. For example, a state change could be when the creation of the database is completed. An action could be sending an email notification or executing a function to implement post-creation tasks like creating users. If…
Introduction Oracle Cloud provides you the option to enable automatic backups with the click of a button. In case you have different backup requirements, you still have the flexibility to create your manual backup configurations and create your backups via command-line tools or directly using RMAN. This applies to VM DB Systems, Exadata Cloud Service,…
Introduction What comes into your mind first when you hear the term “licensing”? Boring? Complex? Well, I can’t promise you to make it fun, but what I definitely promise you is to make it easy to understand, at least in Oracle Cloud. In this blog post, we will explain what database options can be used…
Introduction Oracle Multitenant has been around since Oracle Database version 12c was released in 2013. With that, the previous architecture, since then called non-CDB was deprecated. Starting with version 21c, non-CDB architecture is not supported and available anymore. In the Oracle Cloud, all databases created via Cloud Tooling use the Multitenant Architecture. On VM DB…
Database Heartbeat 