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Recovering the Standby Database from MRP0: Detected orphaned datafiles after...
Problem:I ran into the following situation on a 19c STANDBY DB:1- Converted the Standby DB to SNAPSHOT mode for testing purposes.2- During the test, the /u01 filesystem where ORACLE is installed got...
View ArticleGoldengate Manager is not Deleting|Purging Old Trail Files
Problem:In a Goldengate 19.1.0.0.1 setup, the following line was set inside inside mgr.prm to automatically delete the processes trail files older than 10 hours, but unfortunately the trail files are...
View ArticleGoldengate Pump Processes Fail to Start Throwing Error "TCP/IP error 111...
 Problem:Goldengate pump processes fail to start on the source site, ggserr.log is reporting this error:TCP/IP error 111 (Connection refused), endpoint: 10.1.1.1:7809 Analysis:First make sure that...
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Goldengate ports to allow between Source & Target
 I'm getting this question frequently and hence thought to write it in a separate post:Question: What are the Ports you need to Allow for goldengate to Work between Source & Target?Answer: You need...
View ArticleERROR OGG-01172 Discard file exceeded max bytes
Problem:On a Goldengate 12.2 setup, one of the replicate processes get ABENDED with below error:ERRORÂ Â OGG-01172Â Oracle GoldenGate Delivery for Oracle, rep1.prm:Â Discard file...
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Shell Script to Kill All Processes having Specific Pattern/String in Their...
 What this script for?This script kills all running processes having a string/pattern "provided by the user" in their name or description.This script works only on Linux environment, it won't work on...
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DBA Bundle V7.5 is now available!
 The DBA Bundle release of May 2023 is now available, it's packed with new and updated scripts along with multiple bug fixes.Download it from here:...
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VirtualBox VM Machines Unable to Start Throwing Error: VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED
 Problem:On my Windows 10 machine and after installing Docker, I was unable to start any of my Oracle VirtualBox VM machines, they all throw the same error: VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED  Solution:I've...
View ArticleFirst Oracle Developer Release 23c
 Oracle has released its first Developer release 23c, targeting developers by offering them a free database to explore and develop applications on it. This step came very late comparing to a database...
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TOP command is not showing the processes in a right order
Problem:I came across a weird problem where top Linux command is not sorting the processes by the top consumer processes under oracle user, but when running top Linux command with any other user it...
View ArticleDB_DEVELOPER_ROLE for Developers on 23c
 Oracle 23c comes with a new role called "DB_DEVELOPER_ROLE" packed with sufficient privileges for most developers on non-production systems, rather than assigning them the DBA role which violates the...
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Automatic Cleanup of Flashback Logs when FRA is Full | New feature in Oracle...
 I've introduced a new feature in dbalarm script to clear all flashback logs whenever the Flash Recovery Area (FRA) hits its defined threshold "FRATHRESHOLD" inside the script. This is the first...
View ArticleORA-00479: RVWR process terminated with error
 Problem:When trying to enable flashback feature on a 19c DB I get this error: 26-Jun-2023 16:03:25 SYS@fq> alter database flashback on;alter database flashback on*ERROR at line 1:ORA-00479: RVWR...
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I Cannot Participate in the Genocide | I Quit Blogging on Oracle Products
Since Oracle declared its "stand with Israel", it puts me in a moral dilemma, in one hand my main intention of blogging was to share the knowledge without any intention of promoting Oracle/or any other...
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