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Deploying I/O intensive workloads in the cloud: don’t fall for the LVM trap

I have been assessing the “best” storage option for Oracle databases deployed on Infrastructure as a…
Installing perf on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

This is a very short post with instructions on how to install perf on Ubunutu 20.04…
Using systemd to start an Oracle single instance database when booting

I don’t work with systemd frequently enough to remember its syntax and other intricacies so I…
Installing instant clients on Oracle Linux 8 in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

I recently presented my views on upgrading to Oracle 19c to the DOAG community. As part…
Swingbench: creating benchmark schemas with strong passwords

This post describes my experience creating the SOE user account in an Oracle 21 database provided…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: configuring the Ansible Dynamic Inventory for OCI – Oracle Linux 7

I have previously written about the configuration of the Ansible Dynamic Inventory for OCI. The aforementioned…
Device name persistence in the cloud: OCI + Terraform

This is a really short post (by my standards at least) demonstrating how I ensure device…
Oracle Database Cloud Service: Create a database from backup using Terraform

A common DBA task is to ensure that a development-type environment is refreshed. In a typical…
Creating custom database binaries in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) enables users to run the database in many different ways. Starting with…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: run select parts of a playbook using tags

I have recently re-discovered an Ansible feature I haven’t used in a while: tagging. Ansible allows…