We got an email from a customer who was trying to install a new 19c Oracle Home with 19.25 DB RU applied and he was getting the error INS-08101. I gave it a try and found the same issue: An easy solution found by the customer was setting the environment variable CV_ASSUME_DISTID. I did more…

The CPAT can be executed directly on the database server or from another machine using a remote connection. CPAT connects to your database using JDBC and accepts standard Oracle JDBC format connection strings. This means that both the “thick” and “thin” Oracle JDBC drivers can be used. Example of local connection with SYSDBA (remember to set…

I’m starting a blog post series about CPAT (Cloud Premigration Advisor Tool). In this series, I’m also planning to cover it for beginners and advanced users. What is CPAT? CPAT is a Java-based command line tool that evaluates a source database for suitability of migration to a cloud target. You can use CPAT to gather…

I’d like to thank our customers, partners, and colleagues for a great Oracle Cloud World. It was an intense week of learning and experience sharing. Slides Hands-On Labs Some pictures I want to give a big thanks to my team: Mike, Rodrigo, and Daniel. The content we deliver is truly a collaborative effort. I hope…

Oracle Cloud World 2024 is just around the corner in sunny Las Vegas. Fortunately, the hotel and conference areas are fully air-conditioned, so you can stay cool while attending our sessions and labs. Here’s why we’re excited for you to join us at OCW24: Upgrade, Migrations, and Patching to Oracle Database 23ai sessions, hands-on labs,…

Are you thinking about attending Oracle DatabaseWorld at CloudWorld, or have you already booked your ticket? Either way, here’s a fantastic opportunity for you. Optimizing Oracle Database 23ai Multitenant Upgrade Enroll here for the price of $795. This is the agenda that we’ve prepared for you. It’s 8 hours of intense training. Once you complete this training,…

If you haven’t registered yet, please do it now. Thursday, June 27, 2024, you can watch the Virtual Classroom Seminar 20: Migration to Oracle Multitenant 23ai – Part 2. If you missed part 1, you can watch it here.

As you may have heard, the Oracle Database 23ai is available on OCI and as a Free Developer Edition. Some good blog posts about the announcement: https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-23ai-now-generally-available https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-database-23ai-where-to-find-more-information https://blogs.oracle.com/datawarehousing/post/23ai-autonomous-database-free https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/oracle-database-23ai-now-available-in-the-cloud Some good videos about it: Documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/23/nfcoa/index.html https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/23/upgrd/index.html

Hi, A new version (24.1.0) of CPAT is available for download! What is CPAT? CPAT (Cloud Pre-migration Advisor Tool) is a Java-based command line tool that evaluates a source database for migration. At a high level, CPAT:1 – Connects to a source database instance – The source can be on-premises or in the cloud –…

Hi, I was helping a customer who needed to migrate an AWS RDS Oracle Database (15TB) to OCI having a few minutes of downtime. Due to some restrictions, they cannot use Oracle Golden Gate. A good option is to use the RMAN incremental backups as described in these blog posts: https://blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/migrating-rman-backups-from-s3-to-oci-osb-cloud-module-for-aws-s3-to-db-cloud-backup-module-for-oci https://blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/physical-migration-of-an-aws-rds-oracle-database-to-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-via-rman-backup-and-restore Just change the…