SUMMARY: XTIVIA ensures business stability and peace of mind by providing customizable Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Remote DBA Managed Services, contractually outlining critical performance targets like Response Time and Uptime Guarantees to mitigate downtime...
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How Oracle DBSAT Helps You Meet CIS Benchmarks with Confidence
Table of contentsWhy DBSAT MattersKey Areas Where DBSAT Aligns with CIS1. User and Role Management2. Password Policies3. Auditing and Logging4. Database ConfigurationDBSAT Reporting: A Goldmine for ComplianceBest Practices for Using DBSATFinal Thoughts As a database...
Resolving Oracle Patch Issues: Troubleshooting ORA-20001 and Applying Datapatch
SUMMARY: Database administrators can successfully resolve the Oracle 19c datapatch ORA-20001 error, which signals an incomplete patch application, by modifying the qopiprep.bat script's shell interpreter and then re-running the datapatch utility. The appearance of...
Stop Throwing Money at the Problem: How XTIVIA Optimizes Your Managed Cloud Database
SUMMARY: XTIVIA's expert DBA team addresses the high costs and persistent performance issues associated with managed cloud databases by implementing strategic, holistic optimization techniques, rather than resorting to costly resource over-provisioning. Simply scaling...
Using Oracle Cloud Storage with RMAN for Backups
SUMMARY: Database administrators can establish cost-effective, reliable, and scalable cloud-based backups for their Oracle databases by integrating Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) directly with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage using the Oracle Database...
Percona XtraBackup vs MySQL Enterprise Backup: Which One Should You Choose?
SUMMARY: Database administrators must select between the free, open-source Percona XtraBackup and the commercial MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) to perform reliable hot backups of large MySQL deployments, weighing cost savings against integrated enterprise features and...
Creating and Sizing the Oracle Fast Recovery Area
When creating the fast recovery area, place it on a separate disk from the database binaries and data files. For this example, I am using the C drive because this is on a VM, which is what is available. The size of your fast recovery will also depend on several...
Understanding Transparent Application Failover in Oracle Database
SUMMARY: Transparent Application Failover (TAF) is an essential high-availability feature in Oracle Database, typically used in Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments, that automatically reconnects client applications to a healthy instance when a failure (like a...
Create Temporary Tablespace in Oracle and Make It the Default Temporary Tablespace
This article covers the steps to create a temporary tablespace in Oracle and make it the default temporary tablespace for the database. Step-By-Step This method works for both regular Oracle databases and multitenant databases. Each PDB and CDB has its own separate...
How to Upgrade Oracle Database to 19c
Below is a step-by-step guide to walk you through how to upgrade oracle database to 19c. Step 1 Download the Oracle 19c binaries, the latest version of OPatch, How To Download And Install The Latest OPatch (6880880) Version (Doc ID 274526.1) and the AutoupGrade Tool...