[Aug 2nd, 2019] Update 5: A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Zurich, Switzerland
[July 26th, 2019] Update 4: A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Mumbai, India
[May 13th, 2019] Update 3:  A new Oracle Cloud Region added in Seoul, South Korea
[Apr 30th, 2019] Update 2: Oracle added new  OCI Region in Tokyo Japan
[Jan 17th, 2019] Update 1: Oracle added new OIC Region in Toronto, Canada 

New Region Added: Zurich, Switzerland

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Region in which you have 1 Availability Domain (AD)

What is Region

1. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Servers & Data is hosted in a Region.
2. There is a total of 9 Regions now (i.e. London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Ashburn, Phoenix, Canada, Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai, Zurich)
3. Every Region can have up to 3 Availability Domain wherein as of today, the new Zurich (Switzerland), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) & Canada (Toronto) region has a Single Availability Domain.
4. OCI services are Global (IAM), Regional (VCN, Object Storage) and some are AD Specific (Compute, DB System, Volumes).
5. When you create a Cloud Account a Home Region is by default allocated to you, wherein you can subscribe to another region as well.
6. To know more about Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service in  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure check here

How to Subscribe To New Region

1. Log in to the Cloud Console, & from the taskbar drop down, click on Manage Region, from there you can subscribe to any Region you want

Note: In below Image, you can see all the region in the drop-down as we have subscribed them all.

2. Another method is Log into the Console, & from the Navigation menu, under Administration, click Tenancy Details. there you can Subscribe to other Regions

How to Check the Availability Domain

Availability Domain is one or more data centers located within a Region. Every Region can have up to 3 Availability Domain wherein as of today, the new Zurich (Switzerland), Mumbai (India), Tokyo (Japan) & Canada (Toronto) region has a Single Availability Domain.

Once you subscribe to the new region, you can go under Compute & try to create an Instance.

Here, you can see, in this new region you will have only 1 AD

Commercial vs Government Region

There are two types of Regions:

• Commercial
• Government

a) Government Cloud: Is dedicated to Government Organizations only (Federal compliant). Only government companies can access them with proper approvals, and this will be assigned by Oracle.
b) Commercial Cloud: Is not limited to one Organization but it is publicly available.

New Region Added: Mumbai, India

[Updated on July 26th, 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Mumbai, India on July 26th, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Seoul, South Korea

[Updated on May 14th, 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Seoul, South Korea on May 14th, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Toronto, Canada 

[Updated on 1st Feb 2019]

Oracle has announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Toronto, Canada on January 17, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

New Region Added: Tokyo, Japan 

[Updated on 7th May 2019]

Oracle has recently announced the availability of a new Cloud Infrastructure Region in Tokyo Japan which went live on April 30, 2019, in which you have 1 Availability Domain

Note: For the full list of Oracle Cloud Regions including PaaS & IaaS check here

If you are preparing for Oracle Cloud Architect Exam [1Z0-932], you can expect questions based on this new Region added. Check out some questions that might show up in the OCI Architect 1Z0-932 Exam. To get your FREE Copy of 20+ Questions for the 1Z0-932 Exam, please Click Here.

Related/Further Readings

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service
• [Video 3 of 5] Oracle Cloud: Create VCN, Subnet, Firewall (Security List), IGW, DRG: Step By Step
• [Video] Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification 1Z0-932 Everything (Dumps/ Document/ Mistakes) You Must Know
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect: Certification Exam 1Z0-932: Step by Step Activity Guides To Clear Exam

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This post covers everything you must know when you are appearing for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Certification [1Z0-932].

What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is IaaS offerings from Oracle that enable you to build and run a wide range of applications and services in a highly available hosted environment.

If you new are new to the cloud, then I would highly suggest you check my previous post on Cloud Service Models (SaaS, IaaS & PaaS) &  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service

Who Should Go For Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Certification [1Z0-932] & Why?

• DBAs & Apps DBAs because both Database & Application (EBS, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards & Seibel) runs on top of OCI
• WebLogic & FMW Admins: JCS, SOA CS, ICS, ODI CS, etc because of all these runs on top of OCI
• SOA on OCI: For SOA Admins because SOA runs on top of OCI
• Containers: Kubernetes & Werker
• Security Admins: SSO, Federation, OAuth because you can secure your application via configuring SSO, Federating with various Identity Provider & these can do on top of OCI
• Architect: Network, App, Storage, HA & DR because you are the responsible person to design the infrastructure for  your application & databases 

Why Certification?

• Advantage(Unfair): Two CVs with same experience but one with Certification
• Better Job Prospects & Higher Salary
• 70% Agree, Certification improved Earning
• 83% Find more productive in Jobs
• 84% seen better Job Prospects
• 87% Enhances Professional Credibility
• Stand Out by Displaying Digital Badge on LinkedIn

General Information (1Z0-932)

• Certification Name: [1Z0-932] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect
• Target Audience: Designed for professionals responsible for designing infrastructure  solutions using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Services
• Platform: Available on Oracle University and delivered via Pearson VUE
• Exam Duration: 105 minutes
• Number of Questions: 66
• Passing score: 65%
• Exam Cost: $245
• 25% discount on this list price if you are an OPN

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Levels

As of Dec 2018, there is only one level for Oracle Cloud Architect Certification, once you pass the exam you will become Oracle Cloud Architect.

What Topics You Should Learn?

If you planning to take this exam, you have to be well prepared with the topics Identity and Access Management (IAM),  Networking,  Compute, DNS, Load Balancer, Storage & Database. Once you are done with learning these topics & performing all the Hands-on on OCI Console, you are prepared for the exam.

Here are Module wise exam topic that we cover in our [1Z0-932] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect training

1. Identity and Access Management (IAM)

The above topics have been covered in our Module 2: OCI – Identity and Access Management Service &  Module 10: Advanced IAM in which we cover Apply core Identity & Access Management, Explain resource locations, Federation, governance & security best practices.

IAM covers 10%  weightage of the overall exam

To know more about the commonly asked Q/A’s Related to IAM check IAM (Users, Groups, Principal, Authentication, Authorization, Policies, and Compartments)

2. Networking

Networking is the most important topic & it covers almost 30% weigtage of Overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam and this was covered in our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Training Module 3:  Networking  (VCN, CIDR, Security List, Route Table, Internet Gateway, Subnet ), Module 6: Load Balancer Service (Public & Private Load Balancer),  Module 8: DNS (DNS Records types, Create & Manage records) &  Module 9:Advanced Networking  (DRG, IPSec VPN, VCN Peering : Local & Remote, Fast Connect, Nat Gateway ).

To know more  about Networking, I would highly recommend you to check my previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Networking

3. Compute

We have covered all these topics in our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Training in  Module 4: OCI Compute: Bare Metal & Virtual Machine in which we cover understanding compute & sizing, troubleshooting options using console connections & boot volume, various compute image option & compute best practices.

Compute covers 15% weightage of overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam.

To know more  about Compute check our previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)  Compute CPU & Memory

4. Storage

We cover these topics in our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Training in  Module 5: Storage (Block, Object, File Service), in which we cover various Storage Options in OCI, Boot volume, Block Volume, File Storage, Storage  Gateway  & Data Transfer Appliance.

Storage covers 20% weightage of overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam.

To know more about Storage check our previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  (Storage Object, Block, File Storage, Data Transfer Service) Storage contains 20% of overall weightage of Oracle Cloud Architect Exam

5.Database

We have covered these topics of Database in our  Module 7: Launch Database & Advanced Database in which cover Various Database option in OCI, ATP & ADW,  Architect HA & DR solutions & Managing Autonomous Database.

The database covers 25% weight of the overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam.

To know more about Database In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure check our previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Database Offerings 

In our 8 weeks Certification Program, we cover below Modules which will help you to clear the Certification Exam

Common Mistakes

Well, I am Oracle Certified Cloud Architect but I am not afraid to say that I failed on my first attempt. I hear 100s of students who come to our Training after failed attempts and since then successfully completed certification 1Z0-932. So let’s see some of the common mistakes

1. Using Exam Dumps on the Internet: Most of the questions in these dumps are wrong or no explanation.
2. Not understanding theory or not working on all topics or working on old material (Remember material changed in Dec 2018)
3. Not Doing Enough Hands-On

Number 1 reason why we have 100s of success stories in our Certification Training is that of we not only cover theory Hands-On Lab for each module but Exam Dumps, 100s of exam questions with detailed explanation on each module.

I am happy and proud to share with you that 100’s of our students are Oracle Cloud Architect Certified, below are the Success stories of few of them

[1Z0-932] Exam Dumps

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We have stimulated the Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Exam (1Z0-932) in our course so that it will take your learning to next level and help in clearing your exam in one go.

Related/Further Readings

• Free Master Class On How To Become Oracle Certified Cloud Architect [1Z0-932] in 8 Weeks
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect: Certification Exam 1Z0-932: Step by Step Activity Guides To Clear Exam
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect (1z0-932)Live Training
• [Q/A] 1Z0-932 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Certification Training Day 1 Review
• [Q/A] 1Z0-932 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Certification Training Day 2 Review

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This post covers the overview of Oracle Cloud at Customers(C@C) and it’s offerings.

If you are a beginner in Cloud then I will highly recommend you to check our previous posts :

• Cloud service model: SaaS | PaaS | IaaS click here
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Region, AD, FD, Compartment, VCN, IAM click here
• OCI vs OCI -C: IaaS from Oracle click here
• To know more details on Oracle Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS) click here

What is Oracle Cloud at Customer(C@C)?

Oracle Cloud at Customer delivers Oracle Cloud services in your data center that would be fully managed by Oracle.

In Oracle Cloud at Customer Oracle supplies the hardware, installs the software, maintains the day-to-day operations, and provides ongoing support.

Why Cloud at Customer(C@C) is beneficial to you?

Here are the top 4 reasons why you should use Oracle Cloud at Customer(C@C):

1.  If you need your data close by you and Public Oracle Cloud datacenter is faraway. Oracle Cloud at Customer can help you to keep your data in your datacenter. 
2. If you may worry about that Oracle Public Cloud security is not strong enough for your data. Oracle Cloud at Customer enables you to integrate your own security in your datacenter. 
3. If you are accessing your data, and you need lightning-fast response time, but your public datacenter is too far away. Oracle Cloud at Customer will deliver Oracle Cloud service in your datacenter with the fast response time.
4. If you want to keep your data in your local datacenter, then Oracle Cloud at Customer will help you to solve your problem.

Oracle Cloud at Customer Offering included:-

• Cloud at Customer
• Exadata Cloud at Customer
• Oracle Private Cloud at customer
• Big Data Cloud at customer

Cloud at Customer:-

Cloud at Customer enables you to access Oracle and non-Oracle workloads using any of the three primary cloud deployment models: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, in your datacenter.

(For more details on Cloud service model: SaaS | PaaS | IaaS click here)

Exadata Cloud at Customer:-

Exadata Cloud at Customer is identical to Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service enables you to leverage the combined power of Exadata and Oracle Cloud inside your datacenter. You have full access to the operations available with Oracle Database, but with Oracle managing the Exadata infrastructure.

(if you want to know more about Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS) vs Exadata Cloud at Customer (ExaCC) click here)

Oracle Private Cloud at Customer:-

Oracle Private Cloud at Customer enables you to run Oracle applications on a platform located inside their datacenters, while Oracle Cloud experts manage the infrastructure.

Big Data Cloud at Customer:-

Big Data Cloud at Customer provides a scalable big data environment that uses Oracle’s Big Data Cloud infrastructure. Oracle Big Data Cloud Service gives you access to the resources of a preconfigured Oracle Big Data environment.

(For more details on Big Data & Hadoop click here)

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The best way to learn is to perform!

This post covers Hands-On Activity Guides that you must perform in order to learn Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gen 2 Cloud  (OCI) & clear the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect (1Z0-932) Certification

In our 8 weeks Certification Training Program (1Z0-932), we cover below Modules & step-by-step hands-on guides.

Note: You can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 1z0-932 learning path for your self-paced learning as well as for your team learning.

Here’s the quick sneak-peak of how to start learning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) & to clear OCI [1Z0-932] by doing Hands-on.

1. Activity Guide I: Register to Oracle Cloud and Customize Dashboard

The first thing you must do is to get a Trial Account for Oracle Cloud (You get 300 USD FREE Credit from Oracle to practice, that must be used within 30 Days).

Note: Get this first step by step activity guide absolutely FREE from here

In this Activity Guide, we are cover

• Register to Oracle Cloud account and once you create an account you will receive an email from Oracle and will access My Services Dashboard & OCI Console.
• After accessing Cloud Dashboard and OCI Console you will Customize it as per your requirement.
• Next, You will Create SSH Keys (Public & Private). These SSH keys you will use to Connect to Compute Instances like Windows & Linux machine from Putty or terminal.
• Then, You check other common things like billing and access other cloud services.

2. Activity Guide II: Create & Manage Compartment, Users, Group & Policy

Oracle Identity & Access Management (IAM) covers 10% weightage of overall certification exam.

you must know What is IAM? This includes How to Create & Manage Compartment, Users, Groups & Security Policies for Securing Oracle Cloud. This is one of the first fundamentals that you must learn.

If you wanted to know about Compartment, check my previous post Click here.

3. Activity Guide III: Create VCN, Subnet, Security List, Gateways (IGW, SGW & DRG) & Route Table

Networking is the most important topic & it covers almost 30% weigtage of Overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam.

To know more about Networking, I would highly recommend you to check my previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Networking

The Next steps after creating & Managing Compartment, Users, Group & Policy in IAM, You should know about Networking in OCI.

We have used a Customer Case Study to understand about OCI Networking. First, we create

1. Virtual Cloud Network with related resources (VCN) CIDR 10.0.0.0/16, Inside the VCN will create two Subnets i.e Public subnet and Private subnet and their CIDR are 10.0.3.0/24 & 10.0.4.0/24 Respectively.
2. After VCN creation, Internet Gateway (IGW) will be automatically created as VCN we will select with related resources, so if request coming via the Internet can connect to machine inside Public subnet and Private subnet.
3. On Public Subnet,
   • In Load Balancer Module, you will create Load balancer on port 80/443 in public subnet so in this activity guide, for load balancer allow 80/443 port in security list’s rule.
   • In Compute Module, you will create two Compute instances (Linux Machine and Windows machine) so in this guide, for compute instances allow port 22 for Linux Instance and 3389 Port for windows Instance in security list’s rule.
4. On Private Subnet,
   • In the Database Module, you will create one Database Host in private subnet so that Linux and Windows Instances can connect to Database. In this Guide, allow Database Port 1521 and 22 SSH port for connecting only on a private subnet.
5. Next, on VCN level you create one Service Gateway and it will use for Public and Private Subent and will route from Public and Private Subent so both subnet access Object Storage for backups in OCI via Service Gateway.
6. Next, you create one Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) on OCI so Fast Connect or IPSec VPN can privately access on-premise data. (DRG is must because traffic goes through DRG from On-premise to OCI and Vice -versa)
7. After Service Gateway and DRG, wrap up this activity Guide with creating Route table and attach Route table to respective Subnet.

4. Activity Guide IV: Create & Access Compute Instance

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute lets you provision and manages to compute hosts, known as instances. You can launch instances as needed to meet your compute and application requirements.

This Activity Guide Helps you in creating & Access Compute Instance In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Compute covers 15% weightage of overall Oracle Cloud Architect Exam.

To know more about Compute check our previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)  Compute CPU & Memory

Autonomous Database is recently added in October 2018 under OCI Certification exam

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This post covers the difference between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (OCI-C) Vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), one of the most common question asked in our Cloud Trainings ( 1Z0-932, DBA to Cloud DBA & EBS (R12) on Cloud (OCI)).

As you probably know, Cloud has three Service Models: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS  (If you are new to Cloud and would like to know more about these Service Models then I highly recommend you to watch my previous live at https://k21academy.com/cloudlive01 ).

Note: Oracle has offerings in all three Service Models and both OCI and OCI-C are from IaaS offerings, where OCI stands for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and OCI-C stand for Classic Version of IaaS Offering.  

(OCI-C) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (Gen 1) :

• OCI-C is based on Nimbula Director, Xen based Hypervisor which provides Compute & Network (Shared & IP Networks)
• It provides only Virtual Machines (whereas OCI can also provide Bare Metal)
• OCI-C formerly OPC announced at Oracle Open World (OOW) 2014, was renamed to OCI -C at OOW 2017
• It can be deployed as a) Elastic Compute b) Dedicated Compute c) Sparc Model 300
• As of March 2018, OCI-C is available in NAC, EMEA, APAC.

What’s not Available in OCI -C

• Availability Domain (AD) (To know more about Availablity Domin Click here) 
• Compartment (To know more about Compartments Click here) 
• Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) (To know more about Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Click here) 
• Oracle Bare Metal (BM) (To know more about Bare Metal (BM) Click here) 

Note: Oracle has depreciated OCI -C and it is available only for old customers now.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Gen 2:

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) like OCI-C is also IaaS offering that provides Compute, Network but as Virtual Cloud Network, Availability Domain and additionally Edge Services like Email, DNS, Load Balancer etc (more on Edge Services little later)
• OCI announced in OOW 2017  is re-branding of Bare Metal Cloud Service (BMCS)
• Oracle OCI provides both Bare Metal & Virtual Machines (whereas OCI-C provides only Virtual Machine) [Updated on 15th Mar, Thanks Manjunath for pointing out typo]
• The hypervisor in VM option of OCI is based on KVM (whereas on OCI-C this is Xen based Hypervisor)
• Bring Your Own Hypervisor (BYOH) only available in OCI.

When to Use What

• Cloud@Cusotmer is a subscription-based service where both Hardware & Cloud Software is on Customer Premises, this option as of March 2018 is only available on OCI-C. (To know more about Cloud at Customer (C@C) Click here)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) now has more region currently compared to OCI -C. (To know more on Region in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Click here)
• High-Performance Compute (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is available only on OCI (as of Mar 2018)
• EBS (R12) & Database both are supported on both OCI & OCI Classic so you can use either

Note: As Oracle has depreciated OCI -C and its only available for old Cloud Customer, I would recommend you to go with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

If you are preparing for Oracle Cloud Architect Exam [1Z0-932], you can expect questions based on this.

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Related/Further Readings

• Follow Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) : Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service etc.
• [Video] Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification 1Z0-932 Everything (Dumps/ Document/ Mistakes) You Must Know
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect: Certification Exam 1Z0-932: Step by Step Activity Guides To Clear Exam
• Cloud Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
• 12 Point Checklist for DBA for Beginner to Expert Cloud DBA (Facebook Live)
• If you are confused to pick Amazon AWS or Oracle Cloud then check this
• To check tasks performed by DBAs in Cloud here
• To check tasks performed by Apps DBAs in Cloud here
• [Video 3 of 5] Oracle Cloud: Create VCN, Subnet, Firewall (Security List), IGW, DRG: Step By Step

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This post covers 10 things you must consider when Migrating an Oracle EBS(R12) Environment from On-Premise to Oracle Cloud (OCI).

• If you are an Oracle Apps DBA and wish to see tasks performed by Cloud Apps DBAs then check Atul’s post  Role of Cloud Apps DBA.
• if you are beginners to Oracle Apps DBA & wanted to know 15 Things an Apps DBAs Must Know, then check Atul’s post here

In this post I’ll cover, 10 things you should know or consider before moving Oracle Application (EBS R12) to Oracle Cloud:

• The first recommendation I would suggest is knowing the OCI Service Portfolio. As on a day-to-day basis, there are a lot of new features coming and this may be going to simplify our designing and solutions. To keep yourself updated with all the latest changes and new features in oracle Cloud Subscribe here
• Second recommendation I will suggest to know the Architecture & Topology of your current environment. Collect all the information which directly affects architecture – Nodes, Concurrent users, Batch jobs, etc. This will help in deciding what services are needed and approximation on the Cost as well can be calculated. Check what options are available for DB systems on OCI and know the difference between DB on Compute, Bare Metal and Exadata. Check more Oracle EBS (R12) On Cloud Deployment Architecture
• Third, you should know various Deployment models at Oracle Cloud. Along with Public, Private, Hybrid options, you should also consider the Single & Multi-Region Deployment. Depending on the security, governance, and sensitivity of the data, select the deployment model. Of course, here you to consider the other aspects as well as budget & duration (whether it is for the long or short term). To know about Oracle EBS (R12) on Cloud: Architects Perspective: What and Why?
• Fourth, would recommend the Operating System Compatibility. What are the supported OS at cloud and apart from that what is your current OS? Whether it is binary compatible or you need to select the Cross-Platform Migration path will be decided with the OS compatibility. As of now at OCI – Linux, Windows and Solaris (recently introduced) are supported.
  • if you are using EBS Cloud Manager then Linux platform will be used.
• Fifth recommendation to go with the Licensing of Products. Oracle gives a lot of discounts and also reuse of On-premise License at Oracle Cloud. So before you move to cloud check the Licensing criteria with your Oracle Sales Representative.
• Sixth, we need to consider, how we will Migrate data. What the Database Size? Options you can use to migrate the data securely. We have Different Connectivity Options, FastConnect, VPNConnect, Data Transfer services. Depending upon feasibility and requirement we need to plan and decide which one should be beneficial and cost-effective. Apart from that, we need to think on the line how to minimize the downtime for the migration so to give maximum availability to the instances. To know more about 3 Ways to Connect to Oracle Cloud
• Seventh I would recommend understanding EBS Cloud Manager which is the tool available only on Oracle Cloud to manage EBS. This is one of the tool which makes Oracle Cloud best suitable for EBS. Oracle is continuously adding new features and making our life easier. Cloud Manager has the capability to manage multiple EBS instance centrally and also provide options to run DB on Exadata and RAC. To know Oracle EBS(R12) Cloud Manager Overview: What & How
• The eighth recommendation will be Security of your EBS Instance running on Cloud. Depending on your architecture if external access is needed then you need to implement DMZ. Apart from that Oracle provides TDE at the database level, encryption of data either at rest on Storage or in transition and multiple copies of files stored at Object/Archive storage. Also, Bastion Host adds an extra layer of security by not allowing direct access to any Application and Database servers.
  • Note: To know more on Deploying EBS Webgate in DMZ, Multiple AppTier & RAC, check here
• The ninth recommendation will be Integration, how you can integrate various other Oracle or 3^rd Party Software with Oracle cloud EBS. SOA Gateway, Workflow Notification mailer setup, On-premise Printer integration all these are common integrations. Apart from that now Oracle & Microsoft Partnership is in place and most common integration required by industry is Azure AD integration with EBS for SSO requirement.
  • Note: To Know more on Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Overview, Check here
  • Note: To know more on Oracle EBS R12 – OAM/OID/OUD Integration, Check here
• Tenth one, last but not the least how you can maintain the Lifecycle of EBS and various tools you are using to maintain EBS. You need to regularly update these tools to new versions, take backups. Apart from that EBS running on OCI also needs Patching, CPU updates, and upgrades. So your existing knowledge is also utilized apart from learning new skills.

Conclusion

So to summarize it in Nutshell following points should be considered.

These are some of the most important considerations based on my experience with managing & migrating EBS R12 Customer on Cloud.

Migration / Lift-n-shift is one of the most important topics and as an Oracle Cloud Apps DBA, must know the skill.

We cover Migration (Lift & Shift) EBS R12 from On-Premise to Cloud as a dedicated Module in our EBS on (R12) on Oracle Cloud (OCI) Training including Step By Step Activity Guide with Hands-On for Migration (For Free Masterclass, check here)

Related/Further Readings

If you are just a beginner to Oracle cloud, then check our below posts to start your journey:

• Oracle EBS (R12) on Cloud: Architects Perspective: What and Why?
• [Video] Oracle EBS (R12) On Cloud Deployment Architecture
• Cloud Service Models (SaaS | PaaS | IaaS )
• Amazon AWS or Oracle Cloud (Confused ?): Right Choice for DBA’s
• Role of Oracle Apps DBA in Cloud
• Oracle EBS(R12) on Cloud for Apps DBAs & Architects Training: Step By Step Activity Guides/Hands-On Lab Exercise

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In this blog post, we will discuss the recent release of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.9 on 16th August 2019 & its upgrade steps. Here are a few useful things for Apps DBAs:

• If you haven’t watched Oracle ACE & Cloud Expert Atul Kumar’s video on Installation of Oracle Apps DBA R12.2.0 yet, then I would suggest you take a look at [Video] Oracle Apps DBA (R12.2) Installation.
• If you are looking for the steps to download Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Software, then check HERE.

Things Good To Know

• Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2.9 is currently available on My Oracle Support as Patch 28840850.
• Document for the patch is available on My Oracle Support Note 2495027.1
• It is cumulative i.e. it includes the new updates as well as the updates made available in one-off patches on 11.5.10, 12.0, 12.1.3 and prior 12.2 releases.
• The 12.2.9 patch must be applied on top of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.x.

What Has Changed?

While the earlier update R12.2.8 concentrated more on stability, the current version update is more focused on the product and the feature enhancement.

• No new AD-TXK versions have been released along with this Release Update Packs (RUP) which basically means that the AD-TXK 11 patches released on May are still the latest available.
• Like all RUPs, the R12.2.9 RUP is cumulative in nature which means we can directly apply it on top of R12.2.0 and still get all the fixes provided with the earlier RUPs.
• For more details regarding the EBS 2019 innovations, check the Announcing Oracle E-Business Suite 2019 Innovations (PDF).
• From the Apps DBAs’ point of view, this R12.2.9 brings automation to move Oracle EBS R12 to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• If you are new to Cloud, then check the 15 Things you must know for running EBS R12 on Cloud HERE.

Software To Download

1. Log in to My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com).
2. Download the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.9 as Patch 28840850.
3. Download all the 10 files of size 5.1 GB.
4. Instructions for downloading and applying the patch are in the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.9 Readme, Doc ID 2495027.1

How can you apply this patch

Let’s discuss this step-by-step to its logical conclusion:

Step 1 – Database Patches:

The most common mistakes an Apps DBA would make is to miss running the ETCC utility (Patch 17537119) on the database and not applying the missing patches prior to upgrading to R12.2.9. While this miss is not that costly with R12.1.x and the earlier versions, it will have an adverse impact with R12.2.x because Edition Based Redefinition feature of the database is the base of the Application DBA Online Patching (ADOP) utility and this database feature is constantly being enhanced/bug fixed through these database patches. If you want to read more about ETCC utility, then check HERE.

Step 2 – Database Parameters:

• We do have a few critical database initialization parameters which have a direct bearing on the stability and performance of your E-Business application and it is more important that these parameters are cross-checked before an upgrade of your application.
• The first parameter is around disabling a critical optimizer feature called “Optimizer Adaptive Feature” of database 12c as this is known to have a performance impact. However, this parameter can be skipped as per the readme on a few conditions. I have always seen better performance when it is disabled. We can disable this by simply setting the value of initialization parameter optimizer_adaptive_features to FALSE.
• The second parameter is very critical as this resolves a known bug with R12.2 wherein a large number of objects get invalid after the execution of grants. Now, this can be fixed by setting the undocumented parameter “_disable_actualization_for_grant” to a value of TRUE. If you want to read more about this bug, read the Oracle Support Article ID 2412556.1

Step 3 – Apply Consolidated Upgrade Patch

This step is conditional for the customers who are doing a fresh implementation of R12.2.0 or for the customers upgrading from R12.2.2 to R12.2.9. Even in case of an upgraded environment, this patch is not required if the customer has used any Consolidated Upgrade Patch (CUP4 to CUP10) as part of their upgrade.

As this patch needs to be applied on the RUN filesystem, it will require a complete application outage, so plan accordingly.

1. Source your RUN filesystem.
   $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
2. Stop your Services.
   $ adstpall.sh -mode=allnodes
3. Start the Admin Server on the Run filesystem.
   $ adadminsrvctl.sh start
4. Apply the consolidated seed table upgrade patch 26787701 on your run filesystem.
   adop phase=apply patches=26787701 hotpatch=yes
5. Start the Application Services.
   $ adstrtal.sh -mode=allnodes

Step 4 – Apply AD-TXK 11 Patches

The application of AD-TXK 11 patches is an important prerequisite for the R12.2.9 upgrade. Refer to the Oracle Support Article ID 1617461.1 for the steps to apply these patches.

Step 5 – Perform Pre-Update Steps (Conditional)

If you are using any of the following products, then refer to the Oracle Support Article ID 2495027.1 for steps to carry out the respective pre tasks.

• Oracle Mobile Field Service
• Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-Business Suite
• Oracle Mobile Service Manager for Oracle E-Business Suite
• Oracle Flow Manufacturing
• Oracle Install Base
• Oracle Landed Cost Management
• Oracle Mobile Application Server
• Oracle Warehouse Management
• Oracle Work in Process

Step 6 – Upgrade to R12.2.9

The path you choose to upgrade to R12.2.9 boils down to what is your current state.

• PATH A – Upgrade and New Installation of R12.2.x
• PATH B – Existing installation already on R12.2.3 and above.

PATH A Approach

This approach is for a customer who is on R12.2.0 either through the upgrade or the implementation route.
The main difference between this approach and PATH B approach is that the R12.2.9 patch will be applied in the downtime mode directly on the RUN filesystem.
This is mainly because the base R12.2.0 doesn’t support the ADOP cycle for applying the patches in the patch filesystem yet.
In this approach, this step will be done before adding the secondary middle-tier nodes, so it will be done within the confines of the primary Middle tier only.
Also, as this is a new implementation, it is assumed that you are in the latest FMW technology stack 11.1.1.9 and have applied all the Middle Tier ETCC patches prior to this upgrade.

1. Source your RUN filesystem.
   $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
2. Ensure all the Application services are shut down including the Admin Server and the Node Manager.
   $ adstpall.sh
3. Apply the R12.2.9 patch.
   $ adop phase=apply apply_mode=downtime patches=28840850
4. Start the Application services on the RUN filesystem.
   $ adstrtal.sh
5. Perform the ADOP Cleanup.
   $ adop phase=cleanup
6. Synchronize the Run and Patch Filesystems.
   $ adop phase=fs_clone

PATH B Approach

This will be the usual path taken by most of the customers to upgrade their existing R12.2.3+ environments. In this approach, you take advantage of the ADOP cycle to progress with the least possible downtime.

1.  Source your RUN filesystem.
   $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
2. Start the Patching Cycle.
   $ adop phase=prepare
3. Upgrade the FMW Technology Stack (Conditional).
   In case you are on FMW Technology Stack 11.1.1.7, then you should follow the Oracle Support Article ID 1590356.1 and upgrade to 11.1.1.9.
4. Apply the Middle Tier ETCC Patches.
   Execute the ETCC Middle Tier code checker utility and apply the missing patches in your Technology Stack.
5. Apply the R12.2.9 patch.
   $ adop phase=apply patches=28840850
   $ adop phase=finalize
   $ adop phase=cutover
   $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
   $ adop phase=cleanup
6. Synchronize the Run and Patch Filesystems.
   $ adop phase=fs_clone

Step 7 – Apply Help Patch

Apply Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.9 Online Help patch 28840900. As help patches don’t require downtime, they can be applied ONLINE using the hotpatch mode.

1. Source your RUN filesystem.
   $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
2. Apply the help patch.
   $ adop phase=apply patches=28840900 hotpatch=yes

Step 8 – Apply Product Specific Post Steps (Conditional)

• Refer to the Oracle Support Article id 2495027.1 for the steps to carry out the functional post tasks.

Step 9 – Perform NLS Updates

• If you have installed any language apart from “American English”, then now is the time to update the system with the respective NLS patches in the hotpatch mode.

Step 10 – Patch Wizard

• Patch Wizard is mostly ignored by DBAs but without executing this step, you will not know if you are missing any of the critical bug fixes which have been identified after the release of R12.2.9. I would say this is a mandatory step which should never be skipped. Refer to the Oracle Support article ID 976188.1 for the further details.

I hope you find this blog useful in understanding the new release of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.9 and how to upgrade your previous version of  Oracle E-Business to 12.2.9. If you have any doubts, please post them in the comments section.

Related/Further Readings

• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.9 Readme (Doc ID 2495027.1)
• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.9 Now Available
• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Information Center (Doc ID 1581299.1)
• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Readme (Doc ID 2393248.1)
• Steps to Download Oracle EBS R12 Software from edelivery site
• Installing Oracle E-Business Suite? Look at new StartCD
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12.2): Step By Step Activity Guides

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This blog post discusses the steps to download the Software & Patches from My Oracle Support (MOS) using “Wget”.

In the production environment, due to the performance & security reasons, there is a firewall and a system policy which doesn’t allow the installation of a browser or the use of GUI. To work around this, we have Wget which enables us to download Software/Patches from  My Oracle Support using the Linux Terminal.

Things Good To Know About Wget

• Wget is a free utility for the non-interactive download of files from the web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and the FTP protocols, as well as the retrieval through HTTP proxies.
• Wget is non-interactive i.e. it can work in the background while the user is not logged in which allows you to start a retrieval and disconnect from the system, letting Wget finish the work.
• Wget has been designed for robustness over slow or unstable network connections; if a download fails due to a network problem, it will keep retrying until the whole file has been retrieved.

Steps To Download Software & Patches Using The Wget Script

For this, you will need another computer with GUI and browser-enabled.

1. Log in to MOS (http://support.oracle.com) & search for the software or patch whose Wget script you want.

2. Select the software or patch you want to download

3. Click on the ‘Download’ button.

4. Click on “WGET Options”.

5. Click on the “Download.sh” button to download the script.

6. Once you have downloaded the Wget script, copy it to the source environment where you want to download the software or patch.

7. Run the script and when it asks for the username & password, enter the My Oracle Support (MOS) username & password. 

# SSO username and passwor
SSO_USERNAME=EXAMPLE@ORACLE.COM
SSO_PASSWORD=password

Now, the WGET script will execute and download the software/patch.

I hope you find this blog useful in terms of downloading the software or patches to your machine using the command line. If you have any doubts or facing any issue, please post it in the comments' section.

Related/Further Readings

• Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2.9 Now Available & Its Upgrade Steps
• Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2.8 Now Available: Documentation & Download Software
• Pre-requisite RPMs
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12.2): Step By Step Activity Guides
• Installing Oracle E-Business Suite? Look at new StartCD
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12.2): Install | Patch | Clone | Maintain
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12) Advance: Step By Step Activity Guides
• Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) for Linux x86 (64-bit)
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12) Advance Course

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This blog post discusses the fix for the error encountered while installing the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) R12.2

Issue Encountered

• Error in Logs: RW-50010: Error: – script has returned an error: 1
• RW-50004: Error code received when running external process.
• Check log file for details. Running APPL_TOP Install Driver for VIS instance

Reason For The Error

There are two reasons why this error can occur:

Cause 1: If you are continuing EBS installation after a failed attempt, and there are some residue files from the previous installation.

There were some files or inventory references remaining from the previous installation due to which the current installation failed. This can be confirmed in the uploaded log file $ORACLE_HOME/temp/$CONTEXT_NAME/logs/oracle.apps.fnd.txk.install0.log which contains the errors:

Fatal Error: TXK Install Service

oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.ProcessStateException: OPatch process failed : Exit=100 See log for details. CMD= perl /ora/oracle/VIS/fs2/EBSapps/10.1.2/OPatch/opatch.pl apply -verbose -silent -ocmrf /ora/oracle/VIS/fs2/inst/apps/VIS_localhost/temp/ASInstallHome/fnd/admin/template/txkForms_ocm.rsp /ora/oracle/VIS/fs2/inst/apps/VIS_localhost/temp/patches/16271876/16271876

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.OPatchActionNode.processState(OPatchActionNode.java:312)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.PatchActionNode.processState(PatchActionNode.java:187)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.PatchNode.processState(PatchNode.java:338)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.PatchesNode.processState(PatchesNode.java:79)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.InstallNode.processState(InstallNode.java:68)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.TXKTopology.traverse(TXKTopology.java:594)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.InstallService.doInvoke(InstallService.java:224)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.InstallService.invoke(InstallService.java:237)

at oracle.apps.fnd.txk.config.InstallService.main(InstallService.java:291)

Cannot patch 10.1.2 Tools.

RW-50010: Error: - script has returned an error: 1
RW-50004: Error code received when running external process. Check log file for details.
Running APPL_TOP Install Driver for VIS instance

Cause:

The chosen installation conflicted with the software already installed in the given Oracle home.

Action:

Install into a different Oracle home.

Solution:

The errors in the txk.install0.log file indicate that the previous installation was not completely removed before the current installation was initiated.

Ensure the previous install is completely deleted including any specific inventory references.

Remove the PROD122 directory from /u01/oracle and inventory.xml file from /u01/oracle/oraInventory/ContentsXML completely.

Also, refer to the troubleshooting section 20.8 of Module 2 AG: R12.2 Installation.

Cause 2: If you are starting with a fresh installation, then it is definitive that some prerequisite RPMs are missing.

Note: Prerequisite RPMs are different for Linux 6 and 8 version. Check if you have the exact same version required for RPMs.

There are 2 ways of checking the missing RPMs.

1. Manual check:

• In this method, you check all the required RPMs by crosschecking the installed RPMs in Oracle E-Business Suite Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.2) for Linux x86-64 (My Oracle Support Document 1330701.1).
• You can download the pre-requisite RPMS from the link mentioned below:
  https://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-oracle/files/Enterprise_Linux/

2. Using the Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA): 

• RDA gives a detailed diagnostic report that we can use to find out what RPMs are missing in the Environment.
• You can download RDA for Linux x86 (64-bit).

Installation Instructions for RDA

• Make sure you have sufficient space for the RDA output (~150MB). It doesn’t matter where you create this directory or what it is named, but the same user that runs the RDA must own it. Do not use a directory that contains an older version of RDA unless you have deleted the previous version of RDA first. If necessary, you can reuse the prior setup files.
• Note: The rda.zip creates a directory named ‘RDA’ containing all the required files when you extract it.
• Extract the content in the .zip archive into a new directory, preserving the directory structure of the archive. Do not extract into a directory that contains an older version of RDA. For example: unzip rda.zip
• Make sure the RDA command ‘rda.sh’ is executable. To verify, enter the following command:
  ls -l rda.sh
• If the script is not executable, update it using the command mentioned below:
  chmod +x rda.sh
• The following command checks if you have a viable installation of RDA by checking that all the file versions are as expected:
  ./rda.sh -cv

Hope you find this blog useful in diagnosing & resolving the “RW-50010” issue encountered while installing the Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2. Post all your Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 installation-related doubts and queries in the comments’ section.

Related/Further Readings

• Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2.8 Now Available: Documentation & Download Software
• Pre-requisite RPMs
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12.2): Step By Step Activity Guides
• Installing Oracle E-Business Suite? Look at new StartCD
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12.2): Install | Patch | Clone | Maintain
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12) Advance: Step By Step Activity Guides
• Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) for Linux x86 (64-bit)
• Oracle AppsDBA (R12) Advance Course

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Join Me and 1000s of other Oracle Professionals @ Oracle Open World #oow19 from September 16th–19th, 2019 in San Francisco, California (USA).

What is Oracle Open World? #OOW19

There is a high probability that you already know about Oracle OpenWorld #OOW19 but for those who are new to Oracle or like me (10 Years back). OOW is an annual Oracle convention for business decision-makers, IT management, and line-of-business end-users.

The world’s largest conference for Oracle customers and technologists, With over 2,000 unique sessions, 250 exhibitors, and speakers from more than 90 countries, Oracle OpenWorld can feel a bit overwhelming at times. Get answers to your most important questions about the event—and make the most of your valued time.

This year’s event is packed with information, experiences, and world-class entertainment— including eight-time Grammy Award winner John Mayer at the new Chase Center and lots of fun activities at Oracle Park.

This year (2019) Oracle Open World is going to happen from 16th to 19th September in San Francisco (California).

The Session’s I Will be Attending

Sunday [15th September’19]

• 190915 (Sun): 1 PM – 4 PM: Oracle EMEA and APAC Partner Welcome & Networking Reception: @ Terra Gallery 511 Harrison Street, SFO, CA 94105 
• Oracle ACE Dinner: (Oracle ACE: Established Professionals who are well known in the Oracle community)
  • 7:00 – 10:00 PM; Chart House, Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 94133

Thanks, Jennifer Nicholson for the invitation

Monday [16th September’19]

• 8:00 AM PST, Attend SIG (Special Interest Group For EBS on OCI), Location: The Park Central San Francisco – Stanford Room – https://goo.gl/maps/EVzXvz2fRV2DqSDK9– Just about 6 mins from the Moscone Center.
  • Significance of the EBS on OCI SIG: The purpose of this SIG is to provide an understanding of how EBS can be deployed in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and enable the OATUG members to combine the traditional benefits of EBS with the agility, availability, and cost-effectiveness of OCI from an IaaS and PaaS perspective.
• 10:00 – 10:45 AM; Moscone South – Room 156A; Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Do’s and Don’ts [CON5226]; Brian Spendolini, Sravan Sunkaranam, Oracle

OR

• 10:00 – 10:45 AM | Moscone West – Room 2006/2008 ; EBS Roadmap with Cliff Godwin
• 2:00 – 3:30 PM Yerba Buena Center of Arts – Partner Executive Summit
• 2:45 – 3:30 PM; Moscone West – Room 2022C; EBS Technology Strategy and Updates Lisa Parekh, Vice President, Oracle 

OR

• 3:00 – 3:30 PM; Moscone West – Level 3 Stars bar theatre; Deploying EBS Cloud Manager Using Docker and Exadata Cloud at Customer; Vasu Rao, Oracle 
• Meet the Cloud Customer Connect team at Oracle OpenWorld! Stop by the Cloud Customer Connect booth at Moscone West, 2nd Floor, Booth #CSS-002 where we will provide demonstrations, answer questions and guide you through the sign-up process.

Tuesday [17th September’19]

• 12:30 – 1:15 PM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Oracle Active Data Guard: Best Practices and New Features Deep Dive; Nitin Karkanis, Mahesh Girkar & Pieter Van Puymbroeck, Oracle
• 1:45 – 2:30 PM; Moscone West – Room 2024B; Deploying EBS On-Premises and in Oracle Cloud; Santiago Bastidas & Srikrishna Bandi, Oracle 
• 3:15 – 4:00 PM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Exadata: Strategy and Roadmap for New Technologies, Cloud, and On-Premise [PRO4859]; Juan Loaiza, Oracle

OR

• 3:15 – 4:00 PM; Moscone West – Room 2024B; Strategies for Maintenance and Online Patching for EBS 12.2; Kevin Hudson & Elke Phelps, Oracle
• 4:30 – 4:50 PM; Exchange Theatre 1; OEM on OCI; Venkat Boddeti, Oracle
• 5:15 – 6:00 PM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Oracle Automatic Storage Management Best Practices; Jim Williams, Hanlin Chien, Oracle

OR

• 5:15 – 6:00 PM; Moscone South – Room 209; New WebLogic Cloud Options; Maciej Gruszka, Oracle

Wednesday [18th September’19]

• 9:00 – 9:45 AM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service: Technical Deep Dive [TRN4861]; Brian Spendolini @ Oracle, Edwin Flores @ Alliance Data
• 10:00 – 10:45 AM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer: Technical Deep Dive and What’s Next [TRN4862]; Manish Shah, Binoy Sukumaran,  Oracle
• 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM; Moscone West – Room 3014; Oracle EBS Automation and Support in Oracle Cloud; Julio Maureira, Oracle
• 12:30 – 1:15 PM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Exadata: Maximum Availability Best Practices and Recommendations; Michael Nowak, Oracle
• 1:00 – 1:30 PM; Moscone West – Level 3 Stars bar theatre; Oracle EBS Automation and Support in Oracle Cloud; Julio Maureira, Oracle 
• 3:45 – 4:30 PM; Moscone South – Room 211; Move to Oracle Cloud: Best Practices; Sanjay Singh, Roy Swonger, Ricardo Gonzalez, Oracle
• 4:45 – 5:30 PM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture: Best Practices for Oracle Cloud; Brian Spendolini, Glen Hawkins, Pradeep Chowdhury, Oracle

Thursday [19th September’19]

• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM; Moscone South – Room 215/216; Best Practices for Oracle Exadata Cloud Deployments [PRO4864]; Jeff, Lawrence @ Oracle 

OR

• 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM; Moscone West – Room 3022B; Oracle EBS CM: Deployment, Configuration, and Beyond; Santiago Bastidas & Terri Noyes, Oracle (HOL) 

OR

• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM; Moscone West – Room 2024A; Thriving with PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud: Using Cloud Manager [PRO5330];  @ Oracle

OR

• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM; Moscone South – Room 213; Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer: Data Security 101 [PRO4867];  Jeffrey Wright, @ Oracle 
• 11:15 AM- 12:00 PM; Moscone West – Room 3003; Backups on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Create, Manage, and Troubleshoot; Balaji Salem Balasundaram, Oracle 
• 12:15 – 1:00 PM; Moscone West – Room 3003; Exadata Cloud at Customer on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Features and Scalability; Alpesh Kothari, Oracle 
• 1:15 – 2:00 PM; Moscone West – Room 2024B; Oracle EBS 12.2 Technology Stack Administration; Kevin Hudson & Elke Phelps, Oracle 

OR

• 1:30 – 2:30 PM; Moscone West – Room 3022C; Using Coherence on Kubernetes/OCI; Melissa Jacobus, Harvey Raja, Oracle

Free Certifications

Oracle Test Fest is back at Oracle OpenWorld this year which means it’s time to get 2019 certified. An Oracle Certified digital badge gets you noticed. It’s also socially sharable, immediately verifiable, and a fraud-proof way to prove your skill. 

The event offers nine complimentary testing sessions, and all exams are available to choose from. Each session will have 20 open seats that will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Nine Sessions: September 16 – 19

• Monday, Sept 16 (3 Session: 8:00 am; 11:00 am; 2:00 pm)
• Tuesday, Sept 17 (2 Session: 11:00 am; 3:00 pm)
• Wednesday, Sept 18 (3 Session: 9:00 am; 12:00 pm; 3:30 pm)
• Thursday, Sept 19 (1 Session: 11:30 am)

See the full portfolio of available exams and plan for a test session today!

I will be doing 1Z0-997 & 1Z0-1042 & will be Re-doing other Certifications such as 1Z0-932, 1Z0-931 & 1Z0-998

• To know more about the 8 Week Roadmap, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate Certification [1Z0-932], Check here
• To know more about Oracle Cloud Autonomous Certification [1Z0-931], check here

Oracle OpenWorld 2019 is underway has a number of unique learning opportunities that will not only impact our Oracle Cloud journey—they’ll help us advance our careers.

I’m excited to be there! Join me (🎓Oracle ACE & ☁Cloud Expert Atul Kumar) to share your experiences, ideas, and thoughts. 😉See you there!

Related/References

• Join Me (Atul Kumar) at Oracle Open World 2019
• Guide to Exadata at Oracle Openworld 2019
• Oracle ACE Sessions at Oracle OpenWorld
• Review OIC links
• Check OU Courses
• Session Catalog
• Test Fest @ OpenWorld is BACK!
• Take Oracle Test Fest

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In this blog post, I discuss the latest updates in Oracle Cloud including the new features and enhancements in Application console, Infrastructure Classic console, and all other updates.

E-Business Suite/Apps DBA

1. 19.1.1.2 Update for EBS on OCI Automation: Recently, Oracle made the second update, 19.1.1.2 available to Oracle E-Business Suite OCI 19.1.1 automation. I strongly recommend applying this update at your earliest convenience.
2. Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.9 Now Available: While the earlier update R12.2.8 concentrated more on stability, the current version update is more focused on the product and the feature enhancement. To know the high-level steps to download & apply the patch, check HERE.
3. Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Now Certified With EBS 12.2: Oracle announced that Oracle Database 19.3 is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 on-premises.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

1. New OCI Certification [1Z0-997]: Oracle has announced a new certification for OCI i.e. level 2 version (OCP).
2. Oracle Data Safe is now available: With Oracle Data Safe, you can protect the sensitive and regulated data in those databases.
3. Console Experience Enhancements Unite IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS: You can now log in to the Oracle Cloud Console home page, locate your IaaS or PaaS service from the navigation menu.
4. Improved User Experience for the Oracle IaaS and PaaS Console: Oracle enhanced the delivery of service-related announcements directly in the console.

Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)

1. Migrating from ICS4SaaS to OIC4SaaS: Oracle introduced a new offering called Oracle Integration for Oracle SaaS (aka OIC4SaaS). 

Exadata on Cloud

1. Elastic Expansions Now Possible with Exadata Cloud at Customer 18.4.6: This release introduces Elastic Database and Storage Expansion which were long-awaited features for (Gen1) Exadata Cloud at Customer.

Related/References

• Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2.9 Now Available & Its Upgrade Steps
• OCI vs OCI -C: IaaS from Oracle
• Oracle Cloud for DBAs: 9 Things Every Beginner Should Know
• [Video] Oracle Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS) Networking

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[New Update: 12th September 2019] This blog post covers everything you must know if you are appearing for the [1Z0-997] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Architect Professional Certification.

What is [1Z0-997] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Professional?

It is known as the next level of credential for those who have already earned the title of an OCI Architect Associate. You must have already earned the Associate Level Certificate (1Z0-932) to appear for this certification. An Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Professional have demonstrated the hands-on experience and knowledge required to plan, design, implement and operate on OCI. The abilities validated by this certification include:

• Planning and designing solutions, implementing and operating solutions
• Designing, implementing and operating databases
• Designing for hybrid cloud architecture
• Migrating on-premises workloads to OCI
• Designing for Security and Compliance

Prerequisite for [1Z0-997] Certification 

• You must have already earned the Associate Level Certification (1Z0-932) to appear for this certification. To know more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate [1Z0-932] Certification, check HERE.

Note: This certification comes under the Cloud Recertification policy.  

Who should go for the [1Z0-997] Certification?

• DBAs & Apps DBAs: Because both Database & Application (EBS, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards & Seibel) run on OCI.
• WebLogic & FMW Admins: Because JCS, SOA CS, ICS, ODI CS, etc run on the top of OCI.
• SOA Admins: Because SOA too runs on the top of OCI.
• Security Admins: SSO, Federation, OAuth because you can secure your application by configuring SSO, federate with various identity provider & these can be done on the top of OCI.
• Architects: Network, App, Storage, HA & DR because you are responsible for designing the infrastructure of your application & databases.

How to Become Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Architect Professional Certified?

To become Oracle Database Cloud certified, you would need to pass the Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification [1Z0-932]. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate certification is designed for individuals who possess a strong foundation knowledge in architecting infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services.

Exam Details:

• Name of the Certification: [1Z0-997] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Architect Professional
• Platform: Available on Oracle University and delivered via Pearson VUE.
• Exam Duration: 120 minutes
• Number of Questions: 60
• Passing score: 70%
• Exam Cost: $150 or INR 10,475

Note: 25% Discount on the listed price is offered to those who are an OPN. 

What Topics to Focus on?

Registration

Register for the exam at Oracle’s official website i.e. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional Exam. 

Related/References

• [Video] Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification [1Z0-932], 8 Week Roadmap, Exam Dumps & Documentation
• FREE Exam Questions (Dumps) for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate (1Z0-932)
• FREE MasterClass On How To Become Oracle Certified Cloud Architect [1Z0-932] in 8 Weeks
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect (1z0-932)Live Training

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One of the most common tasks, when you are using Oracle Integration Cloud for leveraging your Integration related business needs, is to monitor Integrations & manage the errors. Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)  allows you to monitor your integration, and manage errors from the ‘Errors’ pages in Oracle Integration Cloud Console.

This blog post discusses Managing & Monitoring Integration Errors in Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).

If you are a beginner to Oracle Integration Cloud, I would suggest you check out the Oracle ACE & Cloud Expert Atul Kumar’s previous blog post on Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview.

Monitoring Integrations In OIC

• The Oracle Integration Cloud dashboard displays information about the current state of all your running integrations.
• The information and tools provided to monitor and manage your integrations in the runtime environment ease the tasks for the administrator.
• Administration tasks can also include working outside the dashboard, like when you activate or deactivate integrations.
• The dashboard gives you a quick view into the performance metrics for all your active integrations.
• The graph includes the total number of messages processed, the average processing time, the number of messages with errors, and the success rate.
• The Integrations tab lists the metrics for each running integration, and you can view a graph of the metrics for each integration in the list.
• The dashboard also provides a view of the recent activities for running integrations and the ability to download all the activities.

Monitoring Errors In Integration

• You can manage integration errors from the ‘Errors’ pages in Oracle Integration Cloud Dashboard.
• The ‘Errors’ pages display information about the individual integration instances and group the errors by integrations and connections over a specified time period.

1. View the error message

• You can view specific error details by integration instance.
• You can get the error message details in two parts:
  • A summarized error message for easy understanding and resolution.
  • A more specific error message if more detailed troubleshooting is required.

View details about a specific error in the following ways

1. Click on ‘View Error’ in the column on the right.
2. A summarized version of the error message for easy understanding and resolution is displayed.3. If a more detailed description of the error message is required, expand ‘Detail Error Message’ or just Click on the business identifier included in the failed instance.

4. The failed integration instance is displayed.

• In the upper right corner, click on  > View Errors.
• If a more detailed description of the error message is required, expand the ‘Detail Error Message’.
  
• If you select  > View Audit Trail, the error in the context of the audit trail is displayed to assist you in identifying where the error occurred in the overall processing.
  2. Resubmit errors

• You have an option for manually resubmitting a failed message. Resubmitting a failed message starts the integration from the beginning.
• There are two ways to resubmit an error:

a. Single failed message resubmissions
1. Click on  to Submit Again.

2. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm the resubmission.

b. Bulk failed message resubmissions

1. Click on ‘Select All’ to resubmit all the errors or select the checkboxes of the individual instances you want to resubmit.
2. Click on ‘Resubmit’.

3. Discard Errors

• You can discard an error message based on the integration in which the error occurred.
• A discarded error message will be removed from the Errors page and can be seen in a discarded state on the Tracking page.
• You cannot perform any further operations on a discarded message and that includes recovery too.
• After a certain time period, the error message is permanently deleted from the server.

Discard errors in either of the two ways:

1. Click on ‘Select All’ to discard all the errors or select the checkboxes of the individual errors you want to discard. Click on ‘Discard’.

2. You can also discard the error of an individual integration.

1. • Find the specific error you want to discard.
   • Click on on the far right.

4. View the Status of Message Recovery

When you select an Error message recovery from the drop-down and view the status of the failed messages that have been submitted for recovery on the Errors page.

Hope you find this blog post useful in understanding how to monitor your Integration and errors using the Oracle Integration Cloud Dashboard. If you have any issue or doubts regarding managing & monitoring an Integration or the errors in an integration, post it in the comments’ section.

Related Links/References:

• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview
• [Free Masterclass] Oracle Integration Cloud Services
• 6 Docs Every Oracle Cloud Integrator Must Read
• 25 Free Exam Question Guide [1Z0-1042] Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration 2019 Associate
• Monitoring Integrations

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Oracle OpenWorld (OOW19) ended with hundreds of new updates on Oracle Cloud & On-premise technologies. In this blog post, I have discussed the key takeaways & my learnings from Oracle OpenWorld 2019.

Larry Ellison OOW19 Keynote Highlights

• World’s First Autonomous Operating System
• Always FREE Oracle Cloud Services
• Oracle Data Safe
• Gen2 Exadata Cloud@Customer
• X8M: New Version of Exadata
• Multi-Cloud Innovation [Oracle+Microsoft]
• VMware Solution on Oracle Cloud
• 36 Cloud Region Planned by 2020
• Desupport of non-CDBs with 20c
• NetSuite Running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

World’s First Autonomous Operating System

Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Autonomous Linux that extends the autonomous capabilities to the Linux operating system. Oracle Autonomous Linux, along with the new Oracle OS Management Service, is the first and the only autonomous operating environment that helps in reducing complexity and human errors.

Note: To know more on Oracle Autonomous Linux, check HERE and HERE.

Always FREE Oracle Cloud Services

This update adds a new set of always FREE services to OCI including the Always Free Oracle Autonomous Database and converges them with Oracle’s existing $300 “30-Day Free Trial Program” into a Free Tier now available worldwide.

• Note: If you are new to Cloud, then I would suggest you check my previous blog post on Cloud Service Models (SaaS, IaaS & PaaS) & Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service.
• Note: If you want to know more about Oracle Autonomous Database Overview, check HERE.

Oracle’s Free Tier program has two components:

• Always Free services, that provide access to the Oracle Cloud services for an unlimited time.
• Free Trial provides $300 credits for 30 days to try the additional services and larger shapes.

The new Always Free program includes the Oracle Autonomous Database, Compute VMs, Block Volumes, Object, and Archive Storage, in addition to the Load Balancer.

Specifications include:

Always Free services and Always Free Oracle Autonomous Database is a breakthrough for developers of all kinds. With easy sign-up, a range of useful services, and full Oracle Autonomous Database, developers have the resources to build enterprise-class solutions in the Cloud quickly and at no cost.

Note: To know more about this, check HERE & HERE. Also, check the OOW19 Press Release.

Oracle Data Safe

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure now offers an added set of features, called the Data Safe. It supports all the Oracle Cloud Database offerings. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides different sets of security features based on the database type and edition.

Data Safe is meant to complement the security features already present in the Oracle Autonomous Database such as always-on encryption and its self-patching capability.

Note: To know more about Oracle Data Safe, check HERE. 

Oracle Gen 2 Exadata: Cloud@Customer

Oracle announced the immediate availability of Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer.  Exadata Cloud at Customer has been one of Oracle’s most popular Cloud services.  It provides the performance, scalability, elasticity, and security of on-premise Oracle Exadata, but in a Cloud service.

Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer brings new hardware, a new management infrastructure, new connectivity, and even a new database. It is now based on Exadata X8, the latest version of the Exadata platform.

• Note: If you are not familiar with the previous Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer service, you can find the information about it HERE.
• Note: To know more on Oracle Gen 2 Exadata, check HERE and HERE.

X8M: New Version of Exadata

Exadata X8M delivers record-breaking performance, attaining 16 Million OLTP read IOPS (8K I/Os) and OLTP I/O latency under 19 microseconds.

The Exadata X8M family adopts two new cutting-edge technologies:

• RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) network fabric, enabling 100 Gb/sec RDMA
• Persistent Memory adding a new shared storage acceleration tier

Note: To read more about the new version of Exadata(X8M), check HERE & watch the video HERE.

Multi-Cloud Innovation [Oracle+Microsoft]

In June 2019, Microsoft and Oracle jointly announced an industry-first multicloud collaboration.

To meet the customer demand, we’re expanding availability to more regions. We’re excited to announce that today we’re extending this alliance to include interconnectivity between Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in London.

Note: To know more about Oracle & Microsoft Interconnect, Check HERE.

What’s Possible Now?

This partnership now enables many previously impossible solutions including the multi-application Cloud deployment and integration, multi-layered Cloud data management, cross-cloud data analysis and of course the rapid migration of operations to the Cloud.

• Move interdependent enterprise applications to the Cloud.
• Deploy custom and packaged applications across Oracle Cloud and Azure.
• Develop Cloud-native, enterprise applications in Azure and Oracle Cloud, including the Oracle Autonomous Database.

Connect Azure and Oracle Cloud seamlessly, allowing the customers to extend their on-premises data centers to both the Clouds. This direct interconnect is available starting today in Ashburn (North America) and Azure US East with plans to expand additional regions in the future.

VMware Solution on Oracle Cloud

Oracle and VMware jointly announced the availability of Oracle Cloud VMware Solution that enables the customers to migrate on-premises VMware environments to Oracle Gen2 Cloud Infrastructure.

Oracle and VMware announced an expanded partnership to help customers leverage the companies’ enterprise software and Cloud solutions to make the move to the Cloud. Under this new partnership, customers will be able to support their hybrid Cloud strategies by running VMware Cloud Foundation on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

They can do so with full operational equivalence to their on-premises VMware environments using the VMware management tools to manage the resources in their own data centers and the Oracle Cloud.

Note: To know more on this, check HERE.

Planned Oracle Cloud Regions By 2020

Oracle announced that it plans to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions by the end of 2020 for a total of 36 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions.

Oracle Cloud is planning to build new Cloud regions in the U.S. (Bay Area, CA), Canada (Montreal), Brazil (Belo Horizonte), U.K. (Newport, Wales), European Union (Amsterdam), Japan (Osaka), Australia (Melbourne), India (Hyderabad), South Korea (Chuncheon), Singapore, Israel, South Africa, Chile, two in Saudi Arabia and two in the United Arab Emirates. Oracle also intends to open two regions for usage by the U.K. Government and one for the Government of Israel.

Oracle Cloud has opened 12 regions in the past year and currently operates 16 regions globally, 11 commercial and five government. (#oow19)

Note: To know about what all regions are available in OCI, check HERE & for the planned regions, check HERE.

Desupport of non-CDBs with 20c

The non-CDB architecture will be desupported from Oracle 20c. From Oracle 19c on, you can have 3 pluggable databases of any type without a Multitenant license. As soon as you need 4 or more PDBs within one container database, you will need a Multitenant license. (multitenant arch blog)

• 19c: Before 19c, you were only allowed to have a single user-defined pluggable database without having to license the full multitenant option. Oracle has now announced that from 19c onwards, you can have 3 user-defined PDBs without having the multitenant option.
• 20c: The non-CDB architecture was deprecated since 12.1.0.2, but in the 20c non-CDB, it is no longer an option. This means your 20c upgrade will also include a migration to the multitenant architecture.

Note: To know more on Multitenant Architecture, check HERE. 

Note: To know more about non-CDB desupport, check HERE & HERE. 

NetSuite Running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

NetSuite has always been focused on providing the best to our customers and is constantly looking for ways to step it up. That’s the reason behind our move to OCI which is Oracle’s Gen 2 Cloud Infrastructure. It blends all of the advantages of the public Cloud with the control and predictability of on-premises infrastructure to deliver high performance and high availability.

Oracle’s Gen 2 Cloud Infrastructure delivers NetSuite with the following features:

• Autonomous: Provides a path to the Oracle Autonomous Database, the world’s first self-driving database that automates management to deliver unprecedented availability, performance, and security at a significantly lower cost.
• Support and Services: Enables us to turn over the schedule for upgrades to you.
• Availability, Scalability, and Expandability: Increases uptime and will enable us to deploy additional capacity faster than ever to support our rapidly-growing customer base and the growth of their organizations.
• Security: Helps protect customer data by increasing automation and giving more control to reduce risk against growing security threats.
• Intelligence: Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud infrastructure allows our customers to innovate faster by supporting advanced technology, including AI-based Applications, ML-integrated security, and automated analytics.

If you want to read more about NetSuite’s move to OCI, check out HERE.

My Journey at Oracle OpenWorld 2019

Check out what session I attended HERE!

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Customer Case Study

This wonderful session from Kalyan V & Anand Chennupati was about the Veritas migration to OCI. Topics covered included migrating Veritas ERP and boundary applications to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, how moving to a new Cloud and managed service contract brings significant cost savings, and how the new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers the flexibility to scale as needed.

Note: We are planning to have them on-board with us. So, suggest the topics you want to have the sessions on in the comments’ section. 

Diagnosing Issues in the Cloud

In this session by Mark Hoernemann, I have learned the best practices and insights into how to diagnose and understand the performance issues in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deployments. Deployment including Peoplesoft on OCI, Exadata on OCI & HA in OCI.

EBS on OCI

EBS (R12) On OCI Special Interest Group (SIG)

The purpose of this SIG is to provide an understanding of how EBS can be deployed in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and enable the OATUG members to combine the traditional benefits of EBS with the agility, availability, and cost-effectiveness of OCI from an IaaS and PaaS perspective.

Big thanks to Sushil Motwani ☁ for organizing it & also for the invitation. 

Note: If you are a beginner to Oracle Cloud, then check out the 7 Things Every Oracle Apps DBA & Architect Must Know To Build & Manage EBS (R12) On Cloud (OCI), check out the FREE Guide and also the Oracle blog.

Technical Essentials for Running EBS (R12) On OCI

This session was by Veshaal Singh where we learned about the latest tools and current strategy for running Oracle EBS in Oracle Cloud. See how Oracle E-Business Suite’s Cloud manager can easily provision new instances with one-click or advanced provisioning and perform the lifecycle management tasks. Use of automation to move your on-premise Oracle EBS environments to Oracle Cloud to assist with the upgrade projects, disaster recovery requirements, or other project needs.

Note: To know more about the EBS Cloud Manager & its Overview, check HERE.

Exadata Cloud Service

ExadataCS Do’s & Don’t

Learned about the requirements for the Oracle Database Exadata Cloud and what are the best practices that exist for deploying and running it in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Note: If you are a beginner to Oracle Exadata Cloud Service, then check some useful links mentioned below:

• http://k21academy.com/exacs11 
• http://k21academy.com/exacs12
• http://k21academy.com/exacs13
• http://k21academy.com/exacs14
• http://k21academy.com/exacs15 
• http://k21academy.com/exacs16

Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer

Whether you are an experienced Exadata customer or have never used Exadata before, you can be benefited from the breadth and depth of the session. Topics covered included the key features and functionality of the product as well as what’s in store for the next generation.

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service: Technical Deep Dive

In this session, we learned how Oracle has combined Cloud-based REST services, fast provisioning, elastic compute bursting, and software-defined networking with Exadata’s technical innovations such as Smart Scans, Hybrid Columnar Compression, and IO Resource Manager. Also, live demos of the new features demonstrate how to use integrated critical database features such as Oracle RAC and Oracle Multitenant.

I managed to squeeze in some time to clear the [1z0-998] & [1Z0-931] certification.

• More on 1Z0-998 Certification & Hands-on Labs, you must do for this certification.
• More on 1Z0-931 Certification & Hands-on Labs, you must do for this certification.

Related/References

• World’s First Autonomous Operating System
• Always Free Autonomous Database and Cloud Infrastructure
• Oracle Data Safe
• Oracle Gen 2 Exadata: Cloud@Customer
• Planned Oracle Cloud Regions
• Multi-Cloud Innovation [Oracle+Microsoft]
• Oracle and Box Team Up
• Improving the User Experience for the Oracle IaaS and PaaS Console
• Console Experience Enhancements: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

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[July 10, 2019] Oracle released a new update in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) that allows you to create Network Security Groups (NSGs) used to implement security rules in your Virtual Cloud Network (VCN).

The OCI Networking service offers two virtual firewall features:

• Security Lists (SL): The original virtual firewall feature from the Networking service.
• Network Security Groups: A subsequent feature designed for application components that have different security postures.

These two features offer different ways to apply security rules to a set of Virtual Network Interface Cards(VNICs) in the Virtual Cloud Network(VCN).

In this blog post, we discuss the Differences between Network Security Groups and Security List. Also, we tell you When to use what.  

Overview Of Network Security Groups

Network Security Groups are another method for implementing security rules. NSGs provide a virtual firewall for a set of Cloud resources that have the same security posture.

NSGs consist of two types of items:

• VNICs: One or more VNICs (for example, the VNICs attached to a set of Compute instances have the same security posture). All the VNICs must be in the VCN that the NSGs belong to.
• Security rules: Security rules define the types of traffic allowed in and out of the VNICs in the group. For example, ingress TCP port 22 SSH traffic from a particular source.

Resources That Support Network Security Groups:

• Compute instances
• Load balancers
• DB systems
• Autonomous Databases

Note: For resource types that do not support NSGs yet, continue to use security lists to control traffic in and out of those parent resources.

Overview Of Security List

A Security List acts as a virtual firewall for an instance with ingress and egress rules that specify the types of traffic allowed in and out. Security lists are regional entities.

Security List allows two types of traffic:

• Ingress: Incoming Traffic
• Egress: Outgoing Traffic

Comparison Of Network Security Groups And Security List

• A Security list lets you define a set of security rules that applies to all the VNICs in a subnet whereas Network Security Groups let you define a set of security rules that applies to a group of VNICs of your choice.
• NSGs’ security rules apply only to the resources in that NSG. By contrast, Security Lists’ rules apply to all the resources in a subnet that uses the list.
• NSGs consist of a set of ingress and egress security rules that apply only to a set of VNICs of your choice in a single VCN.
• Unlike with Security List, the VCN does not have a default NSGs. Also, the NSGs you create are initially empty. They have no default security rules.
• A Security List is used at the packet level.
• NSGs are another way to implement security rules.
• Security Lists have separate and different limits compared to the Network Security Groups.

Note: Oracle recommends using NSGs instead of Security Lists because NSGs let you separate the VCN’s subnet architecture from your application security requirements.

When To Use What? 

Security Lists provide comprehensive security to applications with security rules applied to every subnet. But if you have multiple resources that require different security postures within a subnet, and you need to control the traffic at a more granular application level, then you can create those granular rules and add multiple resources to them using Network Security Groups. 

In this diagram, you have a 3-tier web application in which the web/proxy tier is deployed in the public subnet, and the application and the database tiers are deployed in the private subnet. To secure the application tier, you can create granular security rules to control the traffic that enters the application and then apply the same rules to the application VNICs.

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[New Update: Aug. 28, 2019] Oracle introduces Dedicated virtual machine hosts that provide you with the ability to run your Compute virtual machine (VM) instances on dedicated servers that are a single tenant and not shared with other customers.

This post gives a high-level overview of Dedicated Virtual Machine Host

Highlights of the new update:

• Single-tenant architecture.
• Runs on Dedicated Server host.
• Currently one shape DVH.Standard2.52
• X7 based VM host.
• Billed OCPU & Usable OCPU
• Created via Console, CLI, & REST API
• A mix of Shapes of VM can be created on a Dedicated Server. –
• Capacity Optimization via Distribution of Instance.

Note: If you are just starting on Oracle Cloud or new to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), then I would suggest you check our previous post on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) basic concepts i.e. Region, AD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage, Service, etc)

What Are Dedicated Virtual Machine Hosts?

The OCI Compute service’s dedicated virtual machine host feature provides you with the ability to run your Compute virtual machine (VM) instances on dedicated servers that are a single tenant and not shared with other customers.

Where Is It Supported & What Are Its Limitations?

When you create a dedicated virtual machine host, you have to select a shape for the host.

You are billed for the dedicated virtual machine host as soon as you create it, but you are not billed for any of the individual VM instances you place on it. You will still be billed for image licensing costs if they apply to the image you are using for the VM instances.

For instances launched on a dedicated virtual machine host, all of the VM.Standard2 shapes are supported.

The following features are not supported:

• Instance configurations
• Instance pools
• Autoscaling

Managing Dedicated Virtual Machine Hosts

Create a Dedicated Virtual Machine Host

1. Sign in to the Oracle Cloud Account.
2. Open the navigation menu. Under Core Infrastructure, go to Compute and click on Dedicated Virtual Machine Hosts.
   • Click Create a Dedicated Virtual Machine Host.
   • Fill in the required volume information:
     • Compartment: The compartment for the dedicated virtual machine host.
     • Name: A user-friendly name or description.
     • Availability Domain: The availability domain for the dedicated virtual machine host.
     • Fault Domain: The fault domain for the dedicated virtual machine host.
     • Shape: The shape to use for the dedicated virtual machine host.
   • Click on Create a Dedicated Virtual Machine Host.

Delete A Dedicated VM Host

To delete a dedicated virtual machine host using the Console, follow the steps mentioned below:

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• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Region, AD, FD, Tenancy, Compartment, VCN, IAM, Storage Service
• [Video 3 of 5] Oracle Cloud: Create VCN, Subnet, Firewall (Security List), IGW, DRG
• [Q/A] 1Z0-932 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Certification Training Day 3: Networking (VCN, Subnets, Gateways, Route Tables, Security List)
• Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification 1Z0-932 Everything (Dumps/ Document/ Mistakes) You Must Know

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In this blog post, I will discuss the recently launched Oracle Autonomous Linux and its benefits that were announced at Oracle OpenWorld 2019. 

To know all the new updates announced at Oracle OpenWorld 2019, click HERE.

Overview Of Oracle Autonomous Linux

• Oracle Autonomous Linux, based on the native Oracle Linux operating environment, along with the new Oracle OS Management Service, is the first and the only autonomous operating environment that helps to reduce complexity and human error.
• Combined with the native Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services such as Oracle OS Management Service, it uses the advanced machine learning and autonomous capabilities to deliver unprecedented cost savings, security, availability and frees up critical IT resources to tackle more strategic initiatives. It offers even more automation such as autoscaling, lifecycle management across pools, and monitoring.
• Oracle Autonomous Linux executes automatic patch updates and tuning without human interaction, thus improving user productivity, security, and downtime.
• It is available with Oracle Linux Premier Support at no cost to Oracle Cloud customers. Oracle Autonomous Linux is binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allowing IBM Red Hat customers to immediately start using the service with current applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

What are the benefits?

Keeping the systems patched and secure is one of the biggest challenges faced by the customers today. These tasks can be dicey and error-prone, and extremely difficult to manage in large-scale cloud environments. But when it comes to Oracle Autonomous Linux, customers can rely on autonomous capabilities to help ensure their systems are secure and highly available to help prevent cyberattacks.

Let’s take a look at the benefits in detail.

• More secure 

With Oracle Ksplice technology, Oracle Autonomous Linux provides hands-off, automatic security updates every day to the Linux kernel and key userspace libraries. Oracle Autonomous Linux provides continuous threat monitoring and exploits detection, continuous configuration compliance checks, and prompt fleet-wide operating system security patching and remediation. It provides immediate protection from zero-day vulnerabilities with no downtime. It helps to prevent cyberattacks and system failures from missed or incorrectly applied patches.

• Cuts cost

Oracle Autonomous Linux offers 30 to 50% TCO savings versus both on-premise and non-Oracle Cloud vendors and saves labor costs by delivering automated patching, updates, and tuning including performing routine OS maintenance tasks while the system is up and running.

• Highly available and scalable

It avoids unnecessary downtime which is costly, by using Oracle Ksplice to apply kernel patches without rebooting your instance and updates. It automatically adjusts the number of compute instances with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute autoscaling. Reducing human errors means achieving higher availability and increasing the system and application reliability.

• Compatible and complete

There is an enhanced OS parameter tuning with embedded profiles along with full testing and support by Oracle to validate that updates don’t break application compatibility. It comes with integrated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure notification service, monitoring service, and compute metrics. Oracle Autonomous Linux also comes with Binary compatibility with IBM Red Hat Enterprise Linux for application compatibility.

• Manageability and automation

It reduces the number of system administrator tasks. It seamlessly leverages Oracle Cloud Infrastructure native services to simplify the management of your instances and meet IT compliance and security.

Getting Started With Oracle Autonomous Linux

To leverage the benefits of Oracle Autonomous Linux for your application or databases, sign to http://cloud.oracle.com. Then under the marketplace, search for Oracle Autonomous Linux and you can create an instance using that.

Hope you find the blog useful in understanding Oracle Autonomous Linux & its capabilities. Post your doubts in the comments’ section.

Related/Further Readings

• Step-by-Step Activity Guide to Clearing OCI Architect Certification Exam
• How to Connect to an Autonomous Database on Oracle Cloud?
• Oracle Autonomous Linux
• FREE Guide on Registering for an Oracle Cloud Trial Account
• [Video] Oracle Cloud Infra Architect Certification [1Z0-932], 8 Week Roadmap, Exam Dumps & Documentation
• FREE Exam Questions (Dumps) for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate (1Z0-932)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect (1Z0-932) Live Training

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This Post covers step by step instructions to create the Oracle Integration Cloud Instance to practice integrations as mentioned in our Step-by-Step Hands-On Guides that you must perform.

• If you are new to Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), then check out our previous blog here as it contains all the key points that a beginner should know about Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).

Before proceeding further, Make sure you have registered for Oracle Cloud Trial Account and if not then follow our step by step guide to create FREE Oracle Cloud Trial Account.

Key Points to Know before Creating OIC Instance:

1) There are two ways to create the OIC Instance:

• Quick Start: Preselected features for quick provisioning.
• Custom Instance (Preferred): In this, you have options to select features and the number of message packs.

2) In both types of Oracle Integration Instances, Oracle will manage instance, performance, backup, patching, upgrade, etc.

3) Both types of Oracle Integration Instances are created on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). To know more about components of OCI, click here

4) In both the options, you have the below option to select,

• Integration Only
• Integration with Process Cloud

In Custom Install it looks like:

In Quick Start it looks like:

a) Oracle Integration – Enterprise: Installs both Integration & Process Cloud Features.

b) Oracle Integration – Standard: Installs the Integration feature set. (Process Feature is not included in Standard).

Steps to Create the Oracle Integration Cloud Instance:

Option I: Provision/configure Oracle Integration using Custom Options:

1) On the My Services Console Dashboard page, click in the top left corner of the My Services Console Dashboard. Then Click Platform Services > Integration.

2) After that Click on Create Instance.

3) Specify the details it prompts for and click on Next. Confirm your selections, then click Confirm at last. 

4. Wait for the provisioning to complete. Once the provisioning completed, you can click on the created instance to view the details.

Option II: Provision/configure Oracle Integration using Quick Start

1) On My Services Console Dashboard, Click on Platform Services then click Integration.

2) Now Click on the QuickStarts button.

3) Enter the Instance name and Select the required option and click Create.

4) Wait for the provisioning to complete. Once the provisioning completed, you can click on the created instance to view the details.

This is all in nutshell about creating Oracle Integration Cloud instance.

We cover this in the Provisioning Instance module of our Oracle Integration Cloud Services Training (To register for FREE Masterclass, click here) where we also cover integration options in detail.

Related/References

• Create an Oracle Integration Instance
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview

Next Task for you

1. If you don’t have a FREE Oracle cloud account yet, then follow our step by step guide here to get the same.
2. Create an OIC Instance.
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On 16th September 2019, Oracle introduced a new set of Always Free Services to Oracle Cloud (OCI) which also includes the Lifetime Free 2 Autonomous Database, 2 Compute (Linux), 1 Load Balancer & 100 GB of Storage.

Note: In my previous episode (https://k21academy.com/31), I covered the Important Key takeaways from Oracle OpenWorld 2019 & the 2nd point is where I discussed the Always FREE Oracle Cloud Services.

This blog post is for a beginner or those who are just starting their journey to Oracle Cloud & want to create Oracle Cloud Free Trial Account

In this blog post, I will discuss what’s included & how to create Always Free Autonomous Database, Linux Instance & A Load Balancer.

What Are Always FREE Cloud Services?

The new Always Free Cloud services that are part of Free Tier cover some IaaS and PaaS technologies, providing the resources for free as long as they are used.

Specifications include:

• 2 Autonomous Databases (Autonomous Data Warehouse or Autonomous Transaction Processing), each with 1 OCPU and 20 GB storage. To know more about Autonomous Database, check HERE.
• 2 Compute VMs, each with 1/8 OCPU, and 1 GB memory. To know more, check HERE.
• 1 Load Balancer, 10 Mbps bandwidth. To know more, check HERE.
• 2 Block Volumes, 100 GB total, with up to 5 free backups.
• 10 GB Object Storage, 10 GB Archive Storage, and 50,000/month API requests. To know more about Storage, check HERE.
• 10 TB/month Outbound Data Transfer.
• 500 million ingestion Datapoints and 1 billion Datapoints for Monitoring Service.
• 1 million Notification delivery options per month and 1000 emails per month.

How To Sign-Up For A FREE Account?

It’s really quick and easy. Follow our step-by-step guide (https://k21academy.com/cloud01) to register for a FREE Oracle Cloud Trial Account.

It takes about 10 minutes to fully provision your account, but once it is completed, you’ll receive an email informing you that it’s ready to go. You can log in with your email and password at the following URL:

• Oracle Cloud Console: https://cloud.oracle.com/sign-in

1) After you’ve successfully logged in, you will land on the OCI Console:

How To Create A FREE Autonomous Database? 

1) After logging in to the Cloud Account, click on the hamburger menu on the top left side & select ‘Autonomous Data Warehouse’.

Note: You can also access it from the Quick action menu

Click on ‘Create a database‘ to get started. It will bring you to the Autonomous DB instance creation screen where you can enter a display name, database name and choose your workload type.

2) You will see the screen shown below. Select the required compartment & then click on ‘Create Autonomous Database’.

Note: To know more about Compartment in Oracle Cloud (OCI), please check HERE.

3) Enter a display name, database name and choose your workload type

4) Choose deployment type – most likely you’ll choose ‘serverless’ (which really just means the DB resides on shared infrastructure) and toggle the “Always Free” option

5) Create your admin credentials and finally, click on “Create Autonomous Database” to launch the provisioning of your first free instance.

6) You’ll be redirected to the instance details page – note the ‘Always Free’ label and the Instance Type of “Free”. It’ll take a few minutes to provision your instance.

7) And when it’s complete, you’ll see the state changed to ‘Available‘. Next, click on ‘DB Connection’.

8) Click on ‘DB Connection’, download your Client Credentials Wallet. This is used by your applications and tools to initiate a secure connection to your Autonomous DB instance.

9) It will prompt you for the password, enter the password which you have used during the DB creation, and click on ‘Download’.

Note: To know more about how to connect to an Autonomous Database using SQL developer, check HERE.

And that’s it. You’ve signed up for a free Oracle Cloud account and launched an always free DB instance with 20 GB of storage in less than 15 minutes.

How To Create A FREE Compute Instance (Linux)? 

1) Log in to the Oracle Cloud account.

2) Go to the Navigation Menu under Core Infrastructure, click on ‘Compute’ and then Instance.

3) Select ‘Compartment’, & click on ‘Create Instance’. Fill out the required information.

You can change the image source by clicking on ‘Change Image Source’. Also, click on ‘Show Shape’, and Network & Storage Options for more options.

4) Do not forget to click on ‘Assign a public IP address’ under the Networking options if you want to connect your instance with the internet.

5) Add the SSH Public key which you can generate from Putygen to connect your Instance via PUTTY.

6) Click on ‘Create’.

7) You will see the Instance start Provisioning and will be available in 2 to 3 minutes.

Note: To know How to Create Compute (Linux/Windows Machine) On Oracle Cloud (OCI), check HERE.

How to Create A FREE Load Balancer?

1) Log in to the Oracle Cloud account.

2) Go to the Navigation Menu under Core Infrastructure, click on ‘Networking’, and then ‘Load Balancer’. Click on ‘Create’.

3) Enter all the required details. Select ‘Micro Bandwidth’ to get always FREE Load Balancer. Click on ‘Create Load Balancer’.

Note: To know What Is Load Balancer In Oracle Cloud (OCI) & How To Create: Step-By-Step, check HERE.

How To Create 100 GBs Of FREE Block Volume?

1) Log in to the Oracle Cloud account.

2) Go to the Navigation Menu under Core Infrastructure, click on ‘Block Storage’, and then Block Volume.

3) Click on ‘Create Block Volume’, enter all the required details & you will get the Block Volume which you can later attach to Free Compute Instance.

Well, that’s how you create an always free account & resources like (Autonomous DB, Compute Instance, Load balancer & Block Volume).

Next Tasks For You

1. Create a Trial Oracle Cloud Account (Download Free Step-by-Step Guide HERE).
2. Come back here, & create A Database, Linux Machine & A Load Balancer.
3. Once you are done with both the above-mentioned tasks, leave a comment here & tell everyone what you have learned.
4. If you hit any issues, leave a comment so I and my team can help you out.

Related/References

• OOW19 Press Release: Always Free Oracle Cloud Services
• 8 Key Takeaways From Oracle OpenWorld 2019
• Oracle Cloud Announcement for list of New Always Free Services 
• How to Connect to an Autonomous Database using SQL developer
• How to Create Compute (Linux/Windows Machine) On Oracle Cloud (OCI)
• What Is Load Balancer In Oracle Cloud (OCI) & How To Create: Step-By-Step

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In this post, I have discussed Generating an SSH Key Pair for Oracle Cloud (Windows/Linux)

Note: Oracle Cloud Services are built on top of OCI, You will need an SSH key pair to access the Linux/Database or Exadata instances. An SSH key pair comprises a Private key and Public key. You keep the private key on your personal computer and provide the Public key every time you launch an Instance.

You can associate a single SSH public key with multiple Linux machines (Compute/Database instances).

Steps To Generate SSH Key Pair

What Do You Need

PuTTY: PuTTY is a free, open-source implementation of several network protocols, including SSH. It is available for Windows and for UNIX platforms. PuTTY includes several utilities including a terminal emulator, an SSH key generator, and a network transfer application.

For this post, we will use the PuTTY Key Generator (puttygen.exe) for Windows. Download PuTTY (64bit) From here & Click Here to Download for 32bit

Note: Once you Install the PuTTY on your machine you can easily run PuttyGen 

The below process to be followed to generate Private and Public Keys by Using PuttyGEN

1) Download Puttygen Software from the location given above.

Once done, go to Windows -> Start Menu -> All Programs -> PuTTY -> PuTTYgen.

2) Open PuttyGEN, it will show like below:

Note: Make sure the below configuration is selected

3) Click on Generate Button and hover your mouse around the area blank area randomly to generate the keys.

4) There will be a key generated in the blank box, as shown below. Click on the Save private key button to save the private key in your system.

Note: We can also save private keys without passphrase but for security reasons, you can enter a passphrase. (In production you must use a passphrase to protect your private key).

5) For saving public key, first, copy and paste the Key content in notepad file from the shown window as sometimes it shows issue while accepting public key file (During Instance creation). In that case, we can use the copied key content.

Note: Make sure you select the option to copy the key content during Instance creation as we faced issues in the past if we select the directly saved key.

6) After that click on Save Public Key to save the file and save at the same location where you have saved the private key in your system.

Creating an SSH Key Pair on Linux

1) Open a shell or terminal for entering the commands.

2) At the prompt, enter ssh-keygen and provide a name and passphrase when prompted.

The keys will be created with the default values: RSA keys of 2048 bits.

Alternatively, you can type a complete ssh-keygen command, for example:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "" -b 2048 -C "<key_name>" -f <path/root_name>

Connect to the Compute/Database Instance 

You can connect to a running instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) for Linux or Remote Desktop connection for Windows. To connect to a Linux instance from your Laptop, you can download a free SSH client called PuTTY from here

Enter the Public IP Address in the Hostname, then add the SSH Private key (Which we have created above) under SSH & then Auth. Click Open

Now as I always say, you learn when you perform

Task for You

1. If you don’t have an Oracle Trial Account then go and register using my Step by Step Activity Guide Absolutely FREE
2. Create a Linux or Windows Machine (Make sure you have SSH keys ready if you are creating a machine on Linux)
3. Connect to the machine you have created, for Linux use PUTTY or for windows use Remote Desktop or RDP

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Related/Further Readings

• Create Compute (Linux/Windows Machine) On Oracle Cloud (OCI)
• [Video] Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | Compute CPU & Memory
• [Video] How To Create Database on Oracle’s Gen2 Cloud (OCI)
• [Troubleshooting] Compute (Linux/Windows) & Database Instance Connectivity Issue in Oracle Cloud (OCI)

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