Oracle 23ai: How to install RDBMS software (GUI)

On this activity we are going to install and create a new 23ai DB on a standalone server (Virtualbox). We are going to download the software for Exadata from Software Clod Delivery. There is the option for Grid Infrastructure, but so far not able to overcome the fact I’m trying to install on a non-engineered... » read more

How to create an Oracle WALLET for Applications to use

This is an easy one: I have been requested to show how Application could make use of Oracle Wallets instead of hard copying user password on the code, so here is it: 1:- Create a user on target DB: 2:- Create WALLET on App server, this case we will use directory /u01/admin/orcl/wallet: 3:- Update tnsnames.ora... » read more

RMAN duplicate for standby fails with ORA-19845

While recreating an standby DB from an active primary RAC DB, rman might fail with these errors: This is not an actual issue on the standby side, but instead a RMAN config on primary. Since primary is a RAC DB, snapshot control file needs to be located on a shared location, so lets change to:... » read more

How to Install Windows 2012R2 Standard Edition in VirtualBox

We are going to install Windows 2012R2 Standard Edition in VirtualBox as part of creating a Oracle Windows Cluster. We want to have 3 server: 1 Controller + 2 Database servers: Server Name Public IP: Private IP: win-rac1 192.168.56.151 192.168.10.151 win-rac2 192.168.56.152 192.168.10.152 win-rac-control 192.168.56.153 192.168.10.153 Here the steps to create WIN-RAC-CONTROL (the controller) on... » read more