Oracle AutoUpgrade utility, since version 22, is compatible with RESTful API. This brings all the advantages of using that interface that I won’t mention here, but the most important is that is no longer needed to SSH or create a shellscript to perform a database upgrade. Now all can be done simply by reaching the …
Nov 01
How to upgrade and downgrade Oracle Database 12.2 non-CDB to 19c CDB
Today my experiment will be upgrading 12.2 (Oct 2021 RU & OJVM), running in the non-CDB mode, to the latest 19c version (currently it is 19.13) in multitenant architecture. The idea of this scenario is to validate and test not only the upgrade process but especially the downgrade strategy. I will keep the COMPATIBLE parameter …
Oct 11
Active Data Guard DML Redirection: cool feature, but may bring some security opportunities
Today is October 11th, #JoelKallmanDay, a day where the Oracle community appreciates all Joel Kallman’s work and effort to improve the huge Oracle community we have. I share a lot the thoughts and feelings of what Daniel has written (https://dohdatabase.com/2021/10/11/i-never-meet-joel-but-i-have-met-his-spirit-joelkallmanday/). Unfortunately, I didn’t have the chance to know him in person, even though I can …
Oct 01
How to upgrade and downgrade Oracle Database 18c to 19c
Today my experiment will be upgrading 18c (18.14) to the latest 19c version (currently it is 19.12) in multitenant architecture with 2 PDBs. The idea of this scenario is to validate and test not only the upgrade process but especially the downgrade strategy. Please note I will keep the COMPATIBLE parameter of my target 19c …
Sep 09
Creating a snapshot sparse clone from a different Release Update
Those days, I was testing if it is possible to create a snapshot sparse clone in one database referencing a PDB on a lower release (like 19.11), and later applying datapatch on this cloned PDB to take it to the higher release (like 19.12). Technically I couldn’t see any constraint, given the Snapshot Copy requirements …









