After 33 years working with Oracle technologies and very close to Oracle (helping with the creation of Oracle Brazil, contracted by Oracle Education, and nearly 15 years in the ACE Program) it is now the right time to join Oracle. From this Thursday (May 19,2022 AEST) I will become Oracle’s new Distinguished Product Manager for Maximum…
Playing with Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT)
The Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) is an incredible free command line tool provided by Oracle Corporation as a utility to help you verify your database for common database security issues(including security policies and controls in place), as well as helping to identify possible sensible data stored with the database. To be able to use it you need to…
Oracle Open World 2018 and More
Hi Everyone! These have been crazy weeks, but almost ready to board to another trip to Oracle Open World. I will like to thank everyone that participated on my Oracle Webcast last week “Does Cloud Mean the End of the DBA? DBA 18.0 – Life after 18c”. I was a success with a huge number…
Playing with ADWC (Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud Service)
Oracle has launched Oracle 18c and the Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud Service (ADWC). Many people call the Oracle 18c as the Autonomous database, and this is a huge mistake! Oracle 18c (that is in reality Oracle 12.2.0.2) is not an autonomous database, this version includes many improvements and some automation options, but is not autonomous…
Playing with Oracle Ravello – Migrating your VMs to the Cloud
Hello everyone, A few years back we had the boom of the “Private Cloud” rush, where everyone started to implement virtualization technologies to make a better use of it Infrastructure resources and improve high availability, scalability and innovation! Now to simplify any migration to the Cloud (VM2Cloud) initiatives we can make use of this fantastic…
The Forgotten Link To The Cloud
(Note: This article was also published at Oracle.com – https://blogs.oracle.com/database/the-forgotten-link-to-the-cloud) Last year when presenting a session at Collaborate’17 in Las Vegas regarding Tips and Best Practices for DBAs, I went thru the evolution of the DBA profession and also gave a few tips of how a DBA can improve and be successful on his/her career….
Playing with Oracle Cloud – Creating a Hybrid DR Deployment
On this article, we will create a Hybrid Disaster Recovery (DR by using Data Guard) Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployment with a primary database on-premises and a standby database in the cloud. This can be used to implement an improve the high availability of your Database by taking advantage of the Cloud, and even to migrate your…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud – Migrating to Cloud using an Oracle Cloud Backup
The idea for this scenario is to learn how to migrate an Oracle Database from on-premises to Oracle Cloud DBaaS by using a previously done backup using Oracle Cloud Backup Services. First, we will create an Oracle Database Cloud Services database deployment (DBaaS) whose database is instantiated from a cloud backup created by using Oracle Database Backup…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud Backup Service
This article will show you how easy is to make use of Oracle Cloud to securely store all our on-premises Oracle Database Backups. Note that backups stored in Oracle Cloud can also be used to create new Oracle Database Instances (DBaaS). Requirements: To perform the steps in this tutorial, you will need: An understanding of…
Playing with CrashSimulator
Hi everyone, Today I will show you how CrashSimulator (Shell Script – current version 1.04) works in detail. When unzipping the zip file you will find the following files within it: CrashSimulator.sh.x – For high-resolution ssh emulator screens, it shows all 3 menu columns on one screen. CrashSimulator_Low.sh.x – For low-resolution ssh emulator screens, it shows…