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MGA Issue – and it is fixed with Oracle 19.8.0 and newer

Posted on August 20, 2020 by ASM / RAC / GI Flaws and Pitfalls 6

Where do I start? One of the customer accounts I worked the longest time with recently upgraded to Oracle 19c on Exadata. They are an Exadata customer since 2009. After going live on 19c, a few days later they hit an MGA Issue – and it is fixed with Oracle 19.8.0 and newer. But question no.1 was: Why hasn’t Oracle warned us – and how could we have learned about it?

MGA Issue - and it is fixed with Oracle 19.8.0 and newer

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What is the MGA?

OK, I have heard of SGA and PGA. But MGA? The first two hits when I search with …

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Less is more – faster Oracle database upgrades with less memory

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Best Practice 9

The title of this post sounds a bit weird: Less is more – faster Oracle database upgrades with less memory. Just a few weeks ago, I posted about How long will my upgrade take … revisited. And Daniel adds a very useful piece to the upgrade speed topic. Read about his tests below.

Less is more – faster Oracle database upgrades with less memory

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Less is more – faster Oracle database upgrades with less memory

by Daniel Overby Hansen, Senior Principal Product Manager,
Oracle Database Upgrades and Cloud Migrations
Less is more – faster Oracle database upgrades with less memory by Daniel Overby Hansen

Daniel Overby Hansen

Mike and I had a talk with a customer the other …

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