Oracle Cloud

OIC – Monitoring Costs/Billing Introduction

Introduction: Controlling costs is important, knowing where your universal credits are being spent is important. Realising that overage is now charged is important. The OCI Billing Service Metrics for OIC…

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Pushing OIC Activity Stream Logs directly to OCI Log Analytics

Introduction: OCI Log Analytics is a great value add to OIC monitoring, especially in respect of OIC fleet management. Previously, we needed to send the logs via OCI Logging, and,…

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How to Control Oracle Cloud (OCI) Resources Using OCI CLI

Introduction / Issue  In many OCI environments, administrators rely heavily on the web console to manage compute instances and resources. While this works, it becomes slow, error-prone, and inefficient when managing multiple environments or…

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Using a Bastion Host to Securely Access Private Servers in Oracle Cloud (OCI)

Introduction / Issue  In many Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments, teams often face a common problem: how to securely access private compute instances without exposing them to the internet. Initially, servers are sometimes created with public…

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OCI Vault-Based TDE vs Traditional Wallet-Based TDE: What Changes for a DBA

Introduction: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) has been part of the Oracle DBA toolkit for years – encrypt the datafiles, manage a wallet, move on. But once a database moves to OCI,…

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Resolving PDB PLUG IN VIOLATION Wallet Key Needed Error When Opening Encrypted PDB

Introduction When attempting to open a plugged-in pluggable database (PDB) that contains encrypted tablespaces, the following error is raised: “TEST(5):ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE OPEN” detects that an encrypted tablespace has been restored but…

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Building a Layered Cloud Security Architecture: Protecting Enterprise Applications Beyond the Firewall

Introduction / Issue As organizations migrate business-critical applications to the cloud, security is often implemented by deploying a firewall and allowing only the required ports. While firewalls are an important…

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Supplier Calendar Calculation

Supplier Calendar – Clipper -Supplier Test Step 1 : Define ExceptionsNavigation: Setup and maintenance 🡪  Global Search 🡪 Manage Schedule Exceptions 🡪 Create 🡪 Enter the Required Details and Exception…

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Simplifying OCI IAM Governance with the OCI Policy Analysis Tool

Managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) becomes increasingly challenging as cloud environments grow. Organizations often have hundreds of compartments, thousands of policy statements, multiple…

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Reporting Currency Vs Translation In Oracle Fusion

Introduction/ Issue: Organizations operating across multiple countries and currencies require accurate financial reporting in more than one currency. In Oracle Fusion Financials, finance teams often face confusion between Reporting Currency…

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