Duplicate of a Database Fails With Error: ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to...
 Problem:Duplicate of a database fails with this error:ORA-32015: unable to restore SPFILEORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +DATA/ORCLDR/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.273.1040900343ORA-15046: ASM file...
View ArticleORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'UPLOAD_TO_S3'
Problem:When trying to upload a file on an AWS RDS instance to an S3 bucket I was getting this error:SELECT rdsadmin.rdsadmin_s3_tasks.upload_to_s3(     p_bucket_name   => 'db-bucket',...
View ArticleUpgrade TIMEZONE Version On Oracle 19.5 from 32 to 33 to Fix ORA-39405 During...
Problem:While importing data on a 19.5 database, Data pump terminated with this error:ORA-39002: invalid operationORA-39405: Oracle Data Pump does not support importing from a source database with TSTZ...
View Articlesystemd: Unit awscsrdb.mount is bound to inactive unit dev-nvme8n1.device....
Problem:When trying to mount a volume using the following command nothing get mounted:# mount UUID="364d1013-aa7c-4c27-8ce4-60af14577b3b" /awscsrdbBut I found this error in...
View ArticleDBA Diary
 During your DBA career lifetime, how many times you faced a problem on a database and you tried to find out the recent implemented changes on this DB? It is crucial for DBAs --whether they work...
View ArticleLinux Security Hardening Checklist
Nowadays, the vast majority of database servers are running on Linux platform, it's crucial to follow the security guidelines in order to harden the security on Linux.In this post, I'm sharing the most...
View ArticleRECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE INSTANCES ALL is not functioning properly in...
 Starting with 12.2, Oracle introduced a new feature called Multi-Instance Redo Apply (MIRA), in a nutshell, this feature allows the Redo Apply to sync the data from all standby nodes (in parallel)...
View ArticleImport Shell Script For Importing Data On Oracle
For how long you will keep googling each time you try to import data into an Oracle database? In fact, I was doing the same too, because it's not easy to deal with a tool such as impdp, but the good...
View ArticleDBA Bundle 6.1
 The new release of DBA Bundle for Jan is now available: The 6th version of DBA Bundle is now available:https://www.dropbox.com/s/llj0n4qr4puyinp/DBA_BUNDLE6.tar?dl=0After opening the link click on the...
View ArticleConfiguration Baseline Report is Now Available in HTML
 Few years back I've shared script that collect a snapshot of OS & DB configurations and settings to help DBAs rollback/compare system setting at a given point in time.What is new here? The script...
View ArticleNew Features Added to Import Data Script
 I've added the following features to the import_data.sh script:If the Flashback Database feature is turned ON the script will offer the user to turn it OFF during the import, then after the completion...
View ArticleDBA BUNDLE 6.2 Is Now Available
 The latest version of DBA Bundle can be downloaded from this link:https://www.dropbox.com/s/llj0n4qr4puyinp/DBA_BUNDLE6.tar?dl=0After opening the link click on the Down Arrow at the top right side:If...
View ArticleMajor Update to Database Health Check Report Script
 New features was added to the Health Check script including:- Display the in-active (dormant) DB accounts in the report:By default, it will show the accounts that don't have any login attempts for...
View ArticleDBA BUNDLE 6.3 Is Now Available
 The April's version of DBA Bundle is now available for download:https://www.dropbox.com/s/llj0n4qr4puyinp/DBA_BUNDLE6.tar?dl=0Once you open the link, click on the Down Arrow at the right top...
View Articleksmtuned Is Using High CPU on Oracle Linux 8
 On a server running Oracle Linux 8 I noticed process ksmtuned is using 100% CPU What is ksmtuned for?ksmtuned is part of Kernel same-page Merging (KSM) service, it's a Linux feature used by KVM...
View Articlefailed to start ASMB (connection failed) ora-01017: invalid...
 Error:Whenever I try to create a new database using DBCA or duplicate a database to a newly installed 19c (19.5) server with ASM I was getting the following errors in the alertlog:WARNING: failed to...
View Article[INS-06006] Passwordless SSH connectivity not set up between the following...
Problem:When trying to add an extra node to a 19c cluster by running $GRID_HOME/gridSetup.sh from an active node in the cluster, I was keep getting INS-06006 error, although the passwordless...
View ArticleCLSRSC-147: Failed to get parameter values from GPnP profile '.../profile.xml'
Problem:When adding an extra node to a 19c cluster using $GRID_HOME/addnode/addnode.sh script, and while running root.sh script on the new node, I got the following error:...2021/07/06 18:27:39...
View ArticleStep By Step How To delete a RAC Node from 19c Cluster
Scope:In this post, I'll go you through the steps of how to remove a node in a 19c RAC cluster.In this demo:clsn2 will refer to the node name to be deleted from the cluster in this demo.orcl  will...
View ArticleStep By Step How To Add a New Node To a 19c Cluster
One bad news before we start: In 19c versions older than 19.8 you will not be able to add a new node to the cluster using this procedure due to bug 30195027 [Doc ID 30195027.8]The workaround is to...
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