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AI World 2026: Pre-Event Masterclass: Upgrade, Migration and Patching

Posted on September 23, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich OCW OOW Workshop 2

AI World this year in Las Vegas is going to happen in about 4.5 weeks from now on. In case you’ll be there on Sunday (which makes perfect sense this year), you may want to consider signing up at AI World 2026: Pre-Event Masterclass: Upgrade, Migration and Patching. Yes, we are doing it again. A full day of specially curated content – with very little overlap with out talks and labs. You are having a full day from 9-5 with the guys who breath upgrades, migrations and patching everyday.

AI World 2026: Pre-Event Masterclass: Upgrade, Migration and Patching

Why should you consider it?

First of all, it is …

Grid Infrastructure: Bye Tomcat – welcome Micronaut

Posted on May 19, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich Installation OCW Oracle AI Database 26ai Oracle Database 19c 14

Anil Nair wrote it in his MAA Blog Post on April 28: “Oracle is simplifying the software stack by replacing Apache Tomcat application server with Micronaut framework.”. And since some of you asked already, let me give you a bit more information about this change in 19.30 and 19.31 with Grid Infrastructure: Bye Tomcat – welcome Micronaut.

Grid Infrastructure: Bye Tomcat - welcome Micronaut

Photo by Hayrullah Gozcu on Unsplash – and I know, the jet in the picture isn’t an F-14 Tomcat 🙂

It happens automatically

At first, no action is needed from your side. This behavior change happens automatically.

It is the …

OCW 19.28 contains a tiny behavior change with DB_UNIQUE_NAME

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich Behavior Change OCW 0

A colleague brought this to my attention the other week. And since the blog serves also as my partial memory, I wanted to put this out quickly. It is not a big deal, and most of you will never see this or be affected by it. Still, some may need to be aware that OCW 19.28 contains a tiny behavior change with DB_UNIQUE_NAME.

OCW 19.28 contains a tiny behavior change with DB_UNIQUE_NAME

Photo by Anton Ryazanov on Unsplash

What has happened?

In the Oracle Clusterware (OCW) Release Update (RU) 19.28 and onward you will find a fix for Bug 34966087 – AH: CRS: FAIL START ACTION IF DB …

OCW25 – Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Mike.Dietrich OCW OOW Workshop 0

Time flies so quickly. Soon we’ll get together again in Las Vegas for Oracle Cloud World 2025. This year, it will be in October where hopefully it’s a few degrees colder (or less hot) than in early September last year. And as in the past years, we’ll do at OCW25 – Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades.

OCW25 - Pre-Event Training: Mastering Oracle 23ai Upgrades

Photo by Heather Gill on Unsplash

Will our pre-event training be different this year?

Of course, we won’t do the same training as we did in 2024. It will be a different training set with plenty of different exercises. …

OCW24: Upgrade, Migrations and Patching to Oracle Database 23ai

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Mike.Dietrich OCW OOW 0

Oracle Cloud World 2024 is near – in hot Las Vegas. Luckily, the hotel and conference areas are all air-conditioned. Good thing: You have another reason to enjoy the cold inside, and come to our talks and labs. Let me give you a quick overview, why we are so much looking forward to see you at OCW24: Upgrade, Migrations and Patching to Oracle Database 23ai sessions, labs and more.

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Pre-Event Training: Multitenant Upgrade 23ai

You can book yourself a full-day pre-conference training on Monday, September 9. We’ll host a small group of …

Oracle Cloud World 2024 in London

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Mike.Dietrich OCW OOW Workshop 0

Next week it’s Oracle Cloud World 2024 in London. And I hope to see you there. It is a perfect spot to get the latest tech updates but also to meet and synch and discuss.