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Advanced Index Compression

Advanced Index Compression works well on all supported indexes, including those indexes that are not good candidates for the existing prefix compression feature; including indexes with no, or few, duplicate…

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About Incidents in OEM

An incident is a single occurrence of a problem. When a problem (critical error) occurs multiple times, an incident is created for each occurrence. Incidents are timestamped and tracked in the Automatic…

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Database Smart Flash Cache

If your database is running on Solaris or Oracle Linux, you can optionally add another memory component: Database Smart Flash Cache. Database Smart Flash Cache is an extension of the…

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check the load average in Solaris platform

                                 Commands to check the load average in Solaris platform The following commands are present by…

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OATM Migration Appears to Have Hung. How Can I Monitor It’s Progress?

               OATM Migration Appears to Have Hung. How Can I Monitor It’s Progress? The Oracle Applications Tablespace Model was another long awaited feature that…

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Alert Log: Shutdown Waiting for Active Calls to Complete.

                  Alert Log: Shutdown Waiting for Active Calls to Complete. Error: You are attempting to shut down the database and the database hangs.…

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Exporting Views as Tables in 12c datapump

Oracle 12c introduces the possibility to export VIEWS as TABLES using the expdp parameter VIEWS_AS_TABLES: VIEWS_AS_TABLES=[schema_name.]view_name[:table_name], … For example impdp directory=exam_dir dumpfile=ocp.dmp logfile=impdp_ocp.log   views_as_tables=view1   remap_table:view1:table1

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LOG TIME in 12c datapump

Data Pump – LOGGING. This command-line parameter can have four values: NONE: No timestamp information is displayed. (This is the default.) STATUS: Timestamp messages on status are displayed. LOGFILE: Same…

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Compress/Uncompressed Data During Import in 12c

COMPRESSION options is COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM=[BASIC | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH] BASIC offers the most efficient usage of CPU and effective compression ratio; it is deemed to be applicable to most…

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Data Pump Enhancements in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (expdp, impdp)

New parameters of DataPump: LOGGING DISABLE_ARCHIVE_LOGGING (part of the TRANSFORM parameter) ENCRYPTION_PWD_PROMPT COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM

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