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12c Release 1 database software installation on Linux
Oracle has recently released the 12c database software (12.1.0.1.0) for the Linux x86-64 and Solaris Sparc64 and Solaris (x86-64) platforms. The software can now be downloaded from the OTN website....
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Oracle12c database creation using DBCA
In an earlier post we had discussed the installation process of the Release 12.1 Oracle database software and highlighted a few differences we can get to notice in some of the screens. Let us now look...
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12c Database Upgrade – 11.2.0.3 to 12.1.0.1 upgrade using DBUA
I recently tested the upgrade of an Oracle 11.2.0.3 database to 12c Release 1 and here are the screen shots as well as some new things in found in the 12c Database Upgrade Assistant. The DBUA GUI...
View Article12c New Feature – Container and Pluggable Databases (Multitenant Option)
Container and Pluggable databases is one of the main new features introduced in 12c nd is referred to as the Multitenant Option. A Container database (CDB) is made up of the following containers: There...
View Article12c How to plugin a non-CDB database to a Container Database (CDB)
In one of my earlier posts we had seen how we can create a 12c CDB (container database) using DBCA and we had also seen how we can upgrade a database from 11.2.0.3 to Oracle 12c Release 1. The...
View Article12c New Feature – RMAN RECOVER TABLE
One of the good new features in Oracle 12c is the ability to restore a single table or a single partition of a partitioned table from an RMAN backup via the RECOVER TABLE command. Prior to 12c...
View ArticleMinimal downtime rolling database upgrade to 12c Release 1
This note describes the procedure used to perform a rolling database upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to Oracle 12c Release 1 using a Data Guard physical standby database and transient logical standby database....
View ArticleOracle 12c new feature In-Database Archiving
Very often in our databases we have some very large tables which have a lot of historical and legacy data and the challenge is deciding what is old data and what is current data and even if we do...
View ArticleOracle 12c New Feature – Temporal Validity
The Temporal Validity feature adds a time dimension to each row in the table consisting of two date-time columns to denote validity of data. Data that is older or no longer valid or not yet valid can...
View ArticleOracle 12c New Feature – Heat Map and Automatic Data Optimization
One of the main goals of an ILM (Information Life Cycle) policy is to reduce the cost of storage, improve performance and access times for both current as well as archived data and retain data long...
View ArticleOracle 12c New Feature Heat Map and Automatic Data Optimization (ADO) – Part 2
In a previous post Oracle 12c New Feature Heat Map and ADO we had looked at the 12c new feature called Heat Map and ADO (Automatic Data Optimization) and how we were using compression level tiering...
View ArticlePlugging an Oracle 12c pluggable database into a Data Guard container database
In a previous post we had seen how to setup and create an Oracle 12c Data Guard Physical Standby Database. Remember Data Guard is set up at the CONTAINER database level and not at the PLUGGABLE...
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Oracle Database 12c New Feature – Data Redaction
Data Redaction is one of the new Advanced Security features introduced in Oracle Database 12c. It basically shields sensitive data from the application end users and this is done on the fly without any...
View Article12c RMAN New Feature – Cross Platform Data Transport Using Incremental Backups
In Oracle 12c we can now transport data across platforms using full as well as incremental backup sets. The use of RMAN Incremental backups can significantly reduce overall application downtime during...
View ArticleOracle 12c In-Memory Database
While data warehouses do have their own place, most OLTP databases today are still used to run analytical and DSS type queries and workloads to support real-time decision-enabling information...
View ArticleOracle 12c New Feature IDENTITY Columns
In Oracle 12c when we create a table we can populate a column automatically via a system generated sequence by using the GENERATED AS IDENTITY clause in the CREATE TABLE statement. We can use GENERATED...
View ArticleOracle 12c new feature APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT and FETCH FIRST ROWS
If we are dealing with large amounts of data and have to use queries to find count of distinct values of some particular column or group of columns, the new 12.1.0.2 feature APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT...
View ArticleMinimal downtime database upgrade from Oracle 10g to Oracle 12c
This note describes the procedure of migrating as well as upgrading an Oracle 10g Release 2 database to Oracle 12c (12.1.0.2) using a combination of RMAN Incremental backups and the new Oracle 12c...
View ArticleUpgrading from Oracle 11gR2 to Oracle 12c using Full Transportable Export and...
The Transportable Tablespace (TTS) feature was introduced in Oracle 8i and the Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespace (XTTS) feature was introduced in Oracle 10g. Since it only involved the copy of...
View ArticleMinimal Downtime Cross Platform Migration and 12c Database Upgrade using Data...
This note describes the procedure used to perform a minimal downtime platform migration from Windows to Linux as well as a database upgrade from Oracle 11.2.0.4 to Oracle 12c (12.1.0.2). We create a...
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