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“This is no longer your Father’s, Oracle”

Another Oracle OpenWorld conference has come and gone. This my third in a row since joining Eclipsys. I truly enjoy attending… Read more

How to avoid the known issues with upgrading Oracle Database Appliance to 18.3

How to avoid the known issues with upgrading Oracle Database Appliance to 18.3

Recently, when I worked on upgrading ODA X7-2 S/M/L from version 12.2.1.4.0 to version 18.3.0.0.0. I hit two known issues… Read more

Difference between collecting intelligence and connecting intelligence

Difference between collecting intelligence and connecting intelligence

Last week I attended the Gartner Catalyst conference in San Diego. The content was rich and nicely weaved the concept of… Read more

Patch your OEM and WebLogic Servers before hackers turn them into Cryptocurrency mining machines

Patch your OEM and WebLogic Servers before hackers turn them into Cryptocurrency mining machines

What is it? In April 2019, a security advisory was release for CVE-2019-2725, a deserialization vulnerability in Oracle… Read more

On-Premise Oracle database backup using Oracle OCI backup cloud service

On-Premise Oracle database backup using Oracle OCI backup cloud service

Oracle Backup Cloud Service provides a secondary, off-site backup location in the cloud with practically  unlimited… Read more

How to downgrade InfiniBand switch patches on Exadata

How to downgrade InfiniBand switch patches on Exadata

Lately I was asked to apply the Exadata Quarterly Full Stack Download Patch (QFSDP) of July 2018(Patch 28183368) on the… Read more