After years of anticipation from customers running mission-critical workloads on-premises, the wait is finally over. Oracle AI Database 26ai (23.26.1) Enterprise is now available for on-premises deployment (Linux x86-64), bringing Oracle’s latest AI-native innovations directly into customer data centers — without compromise. This milestone release marks a major moment for organizations that require the power…
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Some amazing news – a new adventure in my career is just starting
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…
Playing with Google Authenticator and Oracle Cloud – Securing SSH to Oracle account with two factor authentication
The Requirement Increase security when connecting via SSH to the Oracle OS account at Oracle Cloud by implementing two factor authentication (TFA or 2FA). The Environment Oracle Cloud Instance OS: Oracle Linux 6.9 The Implementation For this exercise we will implement Google Authenticator as our TFA solution in our Oracle Cloud Instance and configure it…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud Service – Virtual Image – How to use and create a database STEP by STEP
The Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODCS) Virtual Image option gives you some extra flexibility on how to deploy databases in the Oracle Cloud. When deploying an instance using the normal Oracle Database Cloud Service it will per default create an instance within the database installed and pre-configured for you, but on the other side, if…
Playing with VirtualBox, Oracle 12c (12.1.0.1) and OEL 6.4 – Part 2
We will complete our lab by installing the Oracle Database software, create a Pluggable database and take a look in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express. The steps to install and create an Oracle Database 12c are: 1 – Go to the database directory created when unzipped the 2 Oracle Database Files and run /runInstaller…
Playing with VirtualBox, Oracle 12c (12.1.0.1) and OEL 6.4 – Part 1
Now that 12c was released it’s time to install in on OEL 6.4 64 bits OS. Let’s start playing with this. Before we start with the creation of the VM we will need to download some software first, such as: The VirtualBox for Windows: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads The OEL 6.4 OS: https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux The Oracle Database 12c Release…