DBCA 12.2 runs datapatch automatically
It was one of the issues with Oracle 12c Release 1 that datapatch was not executed by dbca automatically. So, if you had installed patches to your Oracle home before running dbca, dbca did not take this into consideration and ran datapatch to apply the SQL changes to the databases. In August 2015 Mike Dietrich…
Interval-Reference-Partitioning: Partition-Merge and Row-Movement
As often, I use this blog to answer questions of training participants. This time, it’s the question what happens on interval-reference-partitioned tables when merging partitions or when updates cause row movement.
Which node is the OCR master node (AKA “OCR writer”) in a RAC?
There are several ways to answer this question: Look for “OCR master” in the log files of crsd and check olsnodes for the node ID Check which node did the most recent automatic OCR backup