In this short blog post I want to write about an issue I ran into during the creation of a new Data Guard for a long-existing database.
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ExaCC: Prepare Infrastructure for Exascale
In December 2024 Oracle released Exascale, a new storage architecture optimized for Cloud deployments, for Exadata Cloud@Customer environments. The initial release was limited to a very small number of OCI regions. Nowadays the availability of Exascale is not limited anymore. In this blog post I will go through all required steps to prepare an Exadata Infrastructure for Exascale. Before you start check the requirements in the documentation.
Continue readingExaCC: Continue failed upgrade of Grid Infrastructure to 23ai
In this blog post I will show how to identify and fix the root cause of a failed Grid Infrastructure upgrade to 23ai and how to complete the upgrade to get the VM Cluster back to the AVAILABLE state.
Continue readingExaCC: Single instance databases
When a new database is deployed on ExaCC, all nodes of the VM cluster are considered. But sometimes a multi-instance database is not required, for example for DEV or non-business critical databases. In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to handle this requirement with dbaascli.
Continue readingExaCC: Oracle Home deployment fails with DBAAS-60018
In this blog post, I am going to describe a strange error with OPatch while I was trying to deploy a new Oracle Home to one of our VM clusters.
Continue readingExaCC: DSI creation fails because of default patches
Since April 2021, ExaCC supports the creation of Database Software Images (DSI). This feature allows the creation of Golden Images of the Oracle Database software, which can then be provisioned to VM clusters. In this blog post, I will explain one reason why the creation of a new DSI can fail.
Continue readingExaCC: Create VM Cluster Network using OCI CLI
This is the first part of a blog series where I will demonstrate how to create a new VM Cluster in an Exadata Cloud@Clustomer environment using the OCI command-line interface. In the first part, I will create the required VM Cluster Network.
Continue readingExaCC: Configuration and usage of ExaCLI
In the context of an ExaCC Gen2 environment, the command-line utility ExaCLI can be used to monitor and manage (only a subset of commands are allowed) the Exadata Storage Server (with 18.1.4.2 and higher). For example, you can check the software version of the Dom0 layer. In this blog post, I will describe all the required steps to get ExaCLI running.
Continue readingFormatting and filtering OCI CLI output
The default output format of the OCI commandline interface is JSON. Every available piece of information is included in the response. Especially when you use it in Shell scripts or applications, it can be difficult to extract the desired information. This blog post demonstrate the build-in filtering capabilities and the available output formats.
Continue readingConfigure Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) CLI
The Oracle Cloud can be accessed with its web console or on the command-line using the OCI CLI. In this blog post, I will show the required steps to install it and to link it with your Oracle Cloud tenant.
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