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Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) patching is a critical operational activity to ensure system stability, security, performance, and long-term supportability. With ODA 19.29, Oracle follows a two-stage patching procedure. In this article, we will walk through the two major stages of ODA 19.29 patching and provide the required commands. Why ODA…
Environment Details: We are migrating a standalone Oracle Restart-based database server from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8. The existing ASM disks were created using ASMLib…
GRUB is a bootloader used in most Linux distributions. A bootloader is a small program responsible for loading the operating system into memory and starting…
In Oracle storage environments using ASM (Automatic Storage Management) with AFD (ASM Filter Driver), the UNMAP protocol plays a key role in space reclamation—especially when…
ASM Library (ASMLib) is a support library for the Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) feature. It simplifies storage management and enhances Oracle ASM functionality. Prerequisites…
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