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Real Interview questions for experienced DBAs – 1

Overview: Below are the questions asked to a candidate with 10 years of experience in Oracle DBA and postgres . There were 2 rounds.   Round 1 :  What are your day to day activities. And what is...

How to apply JDK patch in oracle database

Recently we got a notification from security Team, that the java versions inside the ORACLE_HOME were outdated, and those need to be updated to the latest one. So We checked in  oracle support portal...

LsInventorySession failed: RawInventory gets null OracleHomeInfo

  PROBLEM:   While running opatch lsinventory , got below error LsInventorySession failed: RawInventory gets null OracleHomeInfo: oracle@dbhost1:…p/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML$ $ORACL...

How to install OPatch in ORACLE RAC

In this article I will explain how to install/upgrade OPatch utility in grid_home and oracle_home in a RAC infrastructure. Opatch utility is used while applying patches to the database. Every readme f...

How to apply psu patch on standby database

                 To apply psu patch on  physical standby database setup, 1st patch need to be applied on standby, and then on primary. Below are the steps.  Download patch from oracle suppo...