In this article, I will show you in details how to create the new released 18c Oracle Database on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic. 1. Creating Trial Account Go to cloud.oracle.com and click on right up corner in “Try for Free“. In the new opened page, click on “Create a Free Account“. In this page you …
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Oracle Database General
Feb 27
Creating and running an Oracle 18.0.0.0.0 DB instance on Oracle Linux
In my previous post I showed how to install the Oracle 18c Exadata binaries in a Oracle Linux 7. Next step is to create and run a database in this environment. Note that this is intended for study only and test the amazing new features of 18c, following this article can make you probably face …
Feb 22
Installing Oracle Database 18.0.0.0.0 binaries on Oracle Linux 7
In this article I will describe how to install the very first available release of Oracle Database 18c (18.0.0.0.0) binaries on Oracle Linux 7.2. Even though it’s not officially released for on-premises yet (only Oracle Cloud), in edelivery it is available an Exadata DB version that is compatible with your local machine running OL. Please note that …
Jan 23
Dissecting 180116 BP, PSU, RU and RUR
Since Oct-2017 I am quarterly writing a post dissecting the changes implemented by Oracle CPUs so we can understand better the modifications implemented by Oracle in our Databases. So what oracle internal objects were changed in 180116? VERSION PATCH OWNER TYPE TOTAL ——————– ———- —————————— —————————— ———- 11.2.0.4 PSU & BP SYS PACKAGE 1 11.2.0.4 …
Jan 22
Implementing Oracle Connection Manager with High Availability
One of the biggest problemas we have in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic is that when you provision an ExaCS you cannot assign “IP Network” addresses (as known as private IPs, eg: 10.x.x.x) to your ExaCS machine. That being said, you have only 2 options if you want to communicate your applications in Compute Classic (as …








