(Ronnie Kalisingh) For the upgrade of Oracle VM Server 3.1.1 to version 3.4.3 we decided to create a new repository and mount this repository to the current Oracle VM environment. After cloning the virtual machines to the new repository we reclaim the repository and can start the virtual machines on

(connormcdonald) If you’ve stumbled across this blog trying to get started with a local installation of Oracle database for some personal development, then firstly, welcome!

(David Fitzjarrell) Performance is high on the list of IT requirements, especially with queries, functions and stored procedures. Queries have been easy to work with because the execution plan gives all of the details one could need to find trouble spots.

(mdinh) I had request to add disks to ASM Disk Group without any further details for what new disks were added.

(Jagruti Jasleniya) The load-oriented wait events indicate that a delay in processing has occurred in the GCS, which is usually caused by high load, CPU saturation and would have to be solved by additional CPUs, load-balancing, off loading processing to different times or a new cluster node.

(Martin Bach) I have previously written about changes in the Oracle 12.2 preinstall RPM and how gcc is no longer part of the dependencies list. As was pointed out to me, this shouldn’t be necessary anymore, according to the 12.2 Linux Database Installation Guide.

(Debu Panda) In my last blog, you learned to create a containerized Oracle database for your development/testing purpose. You also know how to connect to your container and run command in the container.

(Ronnie Kalisingh) Some quick notes to “pin” (or hard partition) a virtual machine to a specific core.

(Jagruti Jasleniya) An event can be anything that Oracle has to perform on behalf of a set of instructions sent by the user interface. The term “wait” is used because every time a user connects to your application, a resource is allocated to perform tasks on its behalf.

(Debu Panda) You are probably reading this blog because your application depends on Oracle database. Most enterprises in the world depend on Oracle database to run their business.