How to Perform ORACLE_HOME Backup?

Backup of the Oracle home can be taken using any preferred method. You can use any tool such as zip, tar, and cpio to compress the Oracle home. It is highly recommended to take a backup of the Oracle_Home binaries and Central Inventory prior to applying patchsets or patches. It should also be done as … Read more

How to check Java Version Installed on Linux ??

There are many middleware tools which require latest version of java jdk to be installed on your Linux machine. You can easily find and check the latest version of jdk using below commands. How to find PATH where JDK is installed Checking Java Version in Linux

How To tell if a script was run in the background ?

The ps utility can get the process state. The process state code will contain the character + when running in foreground. Absence of + means code is running in background. However, it will be hard to tell whether the background script was invoked using nohup. It’s also almost impossible to rely on the presence of … Read more

How to move/copy controlfile from filesystem to ASM ??

1. Create a pfile as a backup of your spfile 2. Update the control_file parameter in the spfile. 3. Shutdown / Startup the database in nomount mode 4. Copy the new control file using RMAN. 5. Modify the spfile with the name of new control file 6. Shutdown / Startup the database and check the … Read more

Profiles

A profile is a collection of attributes that apply to a user.The profile is used to enable a single point of reference for multiple users who share theseattributes.You should assign a profile to each user. Each user can have only one profile. Profile resource limits are enforced only when you enable resource limitation for the … Read more

User Management

About User Accounts:The areas in which you can configure security are as follows: • User accounts For users to access your database, you must create user accounts and grant appropriate database access privileges to those accounts. A user account is identified by a user name and defines the attributes of the user, including the following: … Read more

How to Decide if column should be indexed?

Many people ask these Questions, Q. How to identify which column is candidate for Index creation? Q. How to determine index will really help to perform query faster? Q. Which columns should be indexed in oracle? Q. How to identify index will give benefit to optimizer to generate better access path? Q. How do i … Read more