Yearly Archives: 2025

AWS RDS to OCI Migration –(Oracle Data Pump Based)

Introduction Migrating Oracle databases from AWS RDS to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a common requirement for organizations adopting OCI-native services, improving performance, or reducing licensing and operational constraints. Unlike on-premise databases, AWS RDS restricts OS-level…

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ORDS Performance Tuning  for APEX & REST Services

 Introduction Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) is the middleware layer that powers Oracle APEX, REST API s, and database-backed web services. While ORDS works out of the box, default settings are not…

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Strengthening OCI Access Control with IAM Deny Policies

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) service now supports explicit deny policies, providing administrators with the ability to explicitly block unwanted actions and enforce more precise access controls…

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Oracle EBS Patching Cycle — “Prepare” Phase Stuck

Issue: During an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) patching cycle, the Prepare phase was observed to be stuck and not progressing further. The process continued to run without any visible error in the adop…

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AutoConfig Failure Due to Custom Template Version Mismatch

Introduction: During an adop apply cycle in an Oracle E-Business Suite (R12.2) environment, the patching process failed during the AutoConfig phase on the application tier. The patch could not proceed because…

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Managing Security Grants to User Using an Ant Script

Introduction This document describes the procedure for managing Security Grants in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) using the Ant utility. It outlines the automated process of granting user access to specific…

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Managing REST Service Activities Using an Ant Script

Introduction This document outlines the procedure for managing REST service configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) using the Ant utility. It details the steps for downloading (exporting) and uploading (importing) REST…

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Building Secure Cloud Environments in OCI Without Networking Complexity

 Introduction  As organizations move critical workloads to the cloud, traditional perimeter-based security models are no longer sufficient. Modern cloud environments are highly dynamic, distributed, and interconnected, requiring security to be…

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Keeping OCI Logging Costs Under Control: A Practical Guide for Cloud Users

Introduction Many OCI users are noticing sudden cost increases even though their compute or storage usage hasn’t changed. In most cases, this happens because logging features like Flow Logs, DNS…

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ECC Menu Configuration Fix for Data Set Authorization Errors

Introduction: While accessing Oracle E-Business Suite Embedded Command Center (ECC), users may encounter the error “400 Bad Request: Current user not authorized to access data set” for specific ECC datasets…

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