Offline backups (also known as Cold or consistent backups) are taken when the database is in a consistent state, i.e. the database has been shut down with the SHUTDOWN NORMAL, SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE, or SHUTDOWN TRANSACTIONAL commands. As part of a consistent shutdown, redo has been applied to the data files and the System Change number (SCN) in the data f… Read more
In my last article, I demonstrated that starting with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c (12.1), Oracle Cloud File system (ASM Cluster File System in cluster environment) supports database files (database version 11.2.0.4 and up) in addition to general purpose files, so that entire Oracle databases can be stored inside Oracle Cloud FS. In addition, for a database with its files stored… Read more
Introduction For versions of Oracle 11g R2, Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) replicates a database to a different Oracle home and opens it with NORESET LOGS option. From Oracle 12cR1, database RMAN introduced an option called ‘NO OPEN’, which duplicates your database to a new location and keeps it in an unopened state. Using this feature we can duplicate a databas… Read more
Oracle Database 12c has new enhancements and additions in Recovery Manager (RMAN). The Recovery Manager continues to enhance and extend the reliability, efficiency, and availability of Oracle Database Backup and Recovery. In this article series, I will be explaining the new features and how they help the Oracle community. See new features around SYSBACKUP, pluggable databases, and the SQL interfac… Read more
Oracle Database 12c has new enhancements and additions to Recovery Manager (RMAN). The Recovery Manager continues to enhance and extend the reliability, efficiency, and availability of Oracle Database Backup and Recovery. In this article series, I will be explaining the new features and how it will help the Oracle community. See new features covered in Part 1 – Oracle Databas… Read more
Oracle Database 12c has new enhancements and additions in Recovery Manager (RMAN). The Recovery Manager continues to enhance and extend the reliability, efficiency, and availability of Oracle Database Backup and Recovery. In this article series, I will be explaining the new features and how it will help Oracle community. In this article I will cover: SQL Interface Improvements SYSBACKUP Privileg… Read more
We have been having performance problems on our test Exadata for several months. I have opened five Oracle service requests for multiple symptoms. While the cpu utilization was fairly low, Oracle background processes would hang, the OEM 12c agent would hang, backup jobs would hang, we would experience slow communications between RAC nodes, half of the cpus would be in… Read more
