July 2017 archive

OCM 12c Preparation - Restore the standby database to its normal function

This topic is just telling you exactly to UNDO what you did in the previous topic: convert now from snapshot standby back to a physical standby. Just do the opposite way. However, as the topic title is not entirely clear, this could also means to restore the standby database to its normal function after a …

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OCM 12c Preparation - Make the standby database available for testing

Make the standby database available for testing = Convert your Physical Standbys into Snapshot Standbys Standby databases can become snapshot standbys with a single command line over DG Broker or SQLPlus. What I recommend in this chapter is: Convert a physical standby to snapshot standby using Broker. (preferable) The same above using SQLPlus. That’s it! …

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OCM 12c Preparation - Create a physical standby database

Creating an physical standby database is not an easy task. It involves a lot of steps, as duplicating the primary database, changing some parameters and database configuration. Than you need to create the standby database and finally synchronize and enable it with real-time apply. For this topic, I recommend exercising the following points: Duplicate from …

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OCM 12c Preparation - Create ACFS

ACFS is now renamed to Oracle CloudFS. Oracle ACFS files systems are typically configured for clusterwide access. File systems, files, and directories are visible and accessible from all cluster members and can be referenced by users and applications using the same path names from any cluster member. This is a good way to also implement …

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OCM 12c Preparation - Create and manage an ASM instance

This topic is almost the same we had in 11g OCM. In this topic, what I understand is that you need to practice the following items: Alter the ASM parameters (like initially automounted DGs / power limit / diag / etc) Change the spfile place by using spset / spcopy inside "asmcmd" tool. Start / …

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