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We are hiring: Software Development Senior Director “Database Utilities”

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich General 0

This is the first time that I send out such a blog post. But since many of you read this blog, and a high number of people follow me on LinkendIn, maybe you’ll be interested as We are hiring: Software Development Senior Director “Database Utilities”. And it could be you!

We are hiring: Software Development Senior Director "Database Utilities"

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I can tell you by heart that you’d join one of the best teams in Oracle.

So please read the job description here – and if your profile matches plus you are looking for a new challenge, you should apply right away. You …

Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run

I encountered this issue now multiple times in my own environment. And I searched MOS and tried different things. But I couldn’t solve it yet. My Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run – and I’d like to show you how to bring the upgrade to an successful end.

Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run

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It all starts with an upgrade

In my lab environment I upgrade two databases often in parallel. An 11.2.0.4 database and a 12.2.0.1. The 11.2.0.4 upgrades always flawless. But the 12.2.0.1 occasionally fails. This is the screen AutoUpgrade is showing me – but this is not …

Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 71

What if … something goes wrong during your database upgrade with AutoUpgrade? Of course, this never happens. But just in case, no worries – one of the really big advantages of AutoUpgrade (and the command line upgrade with “dbupgrade” as well) is its resumability and restartablity. But in this blog post I would like to cover a bit more. I will show you more details on Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade.

Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade

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And as often, the cause for this blog post is an email from Hervé Schweitzer, the CTO of dbi-services. Hervé told …

Monitoring catctl.pl progress during upgrades

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Mike.Dietrich catctl.pl 0

The parallel upgrade catctl.pl can resume once an upgrade has stopped for unexpected reasons. Before Oracle 12.2 you can restart it with the -p option specifying the phase it stopped. And since Oracle 12.2 you can only use the -R option to resume it. This blog post will give you a bit more insights in monitoring catctl.pl progress during upgrades.

Monitoring catctl.pl progress during upgrades