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Database

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  • Tia Wood-Oracle
    Last Chance to Register: Innovate with AI Built Into Your Database - Everywhere. (April 8, 2026)
    Lead the change with the only database that natively architects AI into your data everywhere. AI promises faster insights, better decisions, and higher productivity, but…
    Announcement
    Tia Wood-Oracle 51 views 0 comments Started by Tia Wood-Oracle
  • George Taylor
    Ever faced the Oracle ORA-00942 error Info
    Ever faced the Oracle ORA-00942 error even when the table exists? It’s worth checking the current schema, table name, and user permissions before making changes. What do…
    Received Response
    George Taylor 5 views 2 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    ORDS sizing
    Hi Team, We are planning to onboard a new custom application to our existing ORDS environment and need guidance on capacity planning and sizing. Current Architecture OCI…
    Received Response
    SGU 14 views 9 comments Most recent by George Taylor
  • SGU
    PROD Migration - Steps Review
    Dear Masi, We are starting the PROD migration today to move files from /u01 on DBCS to Object Storage. Thank you for your support and assistance throughout the migration…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 42 views 25 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    custom application migration
    Hi Team, We have one custom onpremise HRMS application in postgresql DB. Now we are planning to migrate it to oracle DB and develop it in Apex. Regarding the infrastruct…
    Received Response
    SGU 14 views 6 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    OIC agent errors
    Hi Team, Environment: Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Connectivity Agent running on Linux. We are occasionally seeing heap memory errors in the Oracle Integration Cloud (…
    Received Response
    SGU 18 views 12 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Monitoring, Alerting for OCI WAF and Load Balancer
    Hi Team, Recently, we came across a security incident in an on-premises environment where the infrastructure team reviewed the firewall logs and reported that the firewa…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 22 views 5 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Guidance Required: Configuring OCI WAF Security Alerts for SQL Injection, XSS, and Suspicious IP Act
    Hi Team, We are implementing security monitoring for the first time in our OCI environment and would appreciate your guidance on configuring security alerts and email no…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 14 views 6 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    OCI failed login - server
    Hi Team, In OCI, We need an alert whenever there are multiple failed login attempts to the server from the same user account or source IP address. Please advise which lo…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 23 views 10 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    Troubleshooting OCI Site-to-Site VPN Connectivity with On-Premises FortiGate
    Hi Team, We have configured an OCI Site-to-Site VPN between our OCI VCN and an on-premises FortiGate firewall. In future, In case of any connectivity issues, I would lik…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 8 views 4 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    Consuming high cpu SQL Capture - BaseDb
    Hi Team, We do not currently have the Database Management feature available for our Oracle Database 19.28 environment. Instead, we have configured a CPU utilization aler…
    Received Response
    SGU 229 views 102 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE using RMAN backup-based duplication
    Hi Team, In one of our legacy system, We are planning to refresh our source database to the target Dev environment using RMAN backup-based duplication. We start the auxi…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 32 views 10 comments Most recent by Himanshu Nayak-Oracle
  • SGUD
    instance is receiving updates from OSMH
    Hi Team, We have unregistered our DEV instance from OSMH. However, we still see messages indicating that the instance is receiving updates from OSMH. Additionally, the O…
    Received Response
    SGUD 12 views 8 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGUD
    OSMH
    Hi Team, We have 2 oci compute instances uat and prod in which we run ords and oic connectivity agent . Not sure,for some reason, osmh is enabled for prod. We want to pe…
    Accepted answer
    SGUD 10 views 1 comment Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    RHEL 7.9 OS Rebuild – RPM
    Hi team, We have a legacy R12 server that we need to rebuild from scratch using the backups. The test server will be formatted, and we plan to install the same RHEL 7.9 …
    Accepted answer
    SGU 38 views 6 comments Most recent by Himanshu Nayak-Oracle
  • SGUD
    RMAN restore and recovery procedure
    Hi Team, I have a few questions regarding RMAN restore and recovery procedures: How can we accurately determine the correct SCN and archive log sequence number to use fo…
    Accepted answer
    SGUD 13 views 3 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    OIC message pack
    Hi team, We initially procured one message pack for our OIC instance. Could you please guide me on where to check the message pack consumption and how to identify whethe…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 21 views 7 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    How to Identify Peak Concurrent Users in Oracle APEX
    Hi team, We are using Oracle APEX with ORDS on an Oracle 19c database, with Fusion IAM domain for SSO. Users are provisioned through the Fusion Security Console, synchro…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 18 views 5 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    RMAN Backups
    Hi Team, In our production database environment, we have scheduled RMAN backups configured through cron shell scripts. We have tested the restore process, and it is work…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 18 views 6 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    ASN Requirements and Best Practices for OCI Site-to-Site VPN with On-Premises FortiGate
    Hi Team, We are configuring a site-to-site IPsec VPN between OCI and our on-premises FortiGate firewall. We would like to understand the ASN requirements and the precaut…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 11 views 1 comment Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Oci site to site vpn
    Hi Team, We are configuring a Site-to-Site VPN between OCI and our on-premises data center. During the configuration, we came across the Diffie-Hellman (DH) group used i…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 12 views 2 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    Hub and spoke model
    Hi Team, In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), in which scenarios should we use the Hub-and-Spoke network architecture? Could you please explain the key use cases, benef…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 10 views 2 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SunSeeker
    How do I set the time zone data file in Autonomous Database?
    Summary: Receiving ORA-30094 error when building OML Model on Autonomous Database Content (required): I am receiving a an error: ORA-30094: failed to find the time zone …
    Received Response
    SunSeeker 107 views 9 comments Most recent by Himanshu Nayak-Oracle
  • SGU
    Network firewall
    Hi team, Please help us understand; Can the network firewall protect against intrusion attacks and malware? Does it support Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and real-ti…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 20 views 4 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Adding second OIC Connectivity Agent for High Availability
    Hi Team, Currently, we have an OCI compute instance running the Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Connectivity Agent. We are planning to provision a second compute instance…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 10 views 6 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Sequence Handling During Table Refresh
    Hi Team, How should we handle Oracle sequences when refreshing tables from production to the test environment? If we use CONTENT=DATA_ONLY with TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=TRUNC…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 13 views 1 comment Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Table refresh
    Hi Team, We are on 19.28 version. We regularly refresh tables from the production database to the test environment using Oracle Data Pump (impdp). Depending on the requi…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 10 views 4 comments Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Oracle AI Database 26ai Select AI – Default LLM, Token Limits, and Quotas
    Hi Team, I am exploring Select AI with LLMs in Oracle AI Database 26ai and would like clarification on the following: What is the default LLM model used by Select AI in …
    Accepted answer
    SGU 30 views 4 comments Most recent by SGU
  • SGU
    VM.Standard.E3.Flex shapes
    Hi team, our current OCI DB System is using the VM.Standard.E3.Flex shape. When I try to create a new DB System from the backup, in the same region and availability doma…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 20 views 1 comment Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Hostnames in oci
    Hi Team, I have a question regarding hostname and DNS configuration when provisioning an Oracle Database in OCI. Do we need to configure our own hostname and customer DN…
    Accepted answer
    SGU 18 views 1 comment Most recent by Masiuddin Ahmed-Oracle
  • SGU
    Public ip and vlan use cases
    Hi Team, We need your guidance to understand below options. 1. Public IP for a Private Instance: is it possible to assign a public IP to an instance that is hosted in a …
    Accepted answer
    SGU 33 views 6 comments Most recent by SGU