As mentioned in my previous blog post, you can now use Transportable Tablespaces to migrate data to Oracle AI Autonomous Database Serverless. You can refer to the documentation for all the steps here. You can refer to this blog post if you plan to use Object Storage. For this test, I will use an Oracle…

As mentioned in my previous blog post, you can now use Transportable Tablespaces to migrate data to Oracle AI Autonomous Database Serverless. You can refer to the documentation for all the steps here. For this test, I will use a BaseDB 26ai to test and a non-incremental backup. In a real-world, critical production migration, you…

As highlighted in the “What’s New for Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless” post from December 2025, a major new enhancement is coming to simplify database migrations to Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless. Oracle is adding support for Transportable Tablespaces, enabling faster and more efficient migrations—especially for large databases. 📌 Key Enhancement: Support for Transportable Tablespaces…

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We’re excited to share that CPAT version 25.11.0 is now available as of December 2025. If you’re not familiar with the tool, you’ll find links at the end of this post to previous articles containing everything you need to know. HTML reports can now be packaged with all required dependencies, allowing them to function without…

After publishing my post about Moving Databases to Exascale 26ai, I received an interesting question: “Can I use the same technique if my source database is running a 19c Standard Edition?” Checking the documentation, we can see this option: In short, this means you can use this technique to move/upgrade a 19c Standard Edition database…

If you check the Oracle Database Free FAQ, you’ll see that patches and upgrades are not supported. The recommended approach is to move to a newer version by performing an export and import. But I might have something you can try — at your own risk. This week, I received a question about moving a…

I get this question very often, so I decided to write a blog post about it: “How can I migrate my Oracle Database to Exascale with minimal downtime and a reliable fallback option?” And my answer is Refreshable Clone PDBs and AutoUpgrade. Before we begin, let me clarify a few things. If you prefer to…

Oracle OpenWorld has evolved into Oracle CloudWorld, and this year it’s been rebranded as Oracle AI World. Alongside product managers, engineers, and database experts, we’re eager to meet you there—to talk real challenges, roadmaps, and solutions around upgrades, migrations, and patching. Bring your toughest questions, share your war stories, and let us know where the…

We’re excited to share that CPAT version 25.9.0 is now available as of September 2025. If you’re not familiar with the tool, you’ll find links at the end of this post to previous articles containing everything you need to know. My favorite new feature in this version is the ability to filter data directly within…