Things to know before Upgrading Oracle 12c DB !!

Why there is a need to upgrade Oracle 12c Database? The most important reason to upgrade 12c is to enjoy continued access to Oracle support. Premier Support for Oracle Database 12c has already ended, and Extended Support will expire in July 2022. After this date, Oracle is under no obligation to provide further updates for … Read more

Export/Import Interview Questions-II

What is use of INDEXFILE option in imp? Will write DDLs of the objects in the dumpfile into the specified file. What is use of IGNORE option in imp? Will ignore the errors during import and will continue the import. What are the differences between expdp and exp (Data Pump or normal exp/imp)? Data Pump … Read more

Export/Import Interview questions-I

What is use of CONSISTENT option in exp? When you export a table, you are guaranteed that the contents of that table will be consistent with the time that the export of that table was started. This means that if you start exporting the table at 12:00 and someone makes changes to the data in … Read more

ORA-65011: Pluggable database does not exist.

Below is the error while I was upgrading my test environment. SQL> alter pluggable database application CODDY begin upgrade ‘1.3’ to ‘1.4’; alter pluggable database application CODDY begin upgrade ‘1.3’ to ‘1.4’ ORA-65011: Pluggable database F3094217277_21_4 does not exist. ORA-65169: error encountered while attempting to copy file /opt/app/oracle/prd/coddy/users.dbf ORA-19502: write error on file “/opt/app/oracle/prd/coddy/datafile/o1_mf_users_gc8xyz9o_.dbf”, block … Read more

What is redo log thread?

In Oracle Database, a redo log thread refers to a specific instance of redo log processing within the database. Redo logs are crucial components of a database system, responsible for recording changes made to data (such as inserts, updates, and deletes) in a sequential manner. These changes are logged in redo log files to ensure … Read more

Full Table Scan (FTS) in Oracle

A full table scan reads all rows from a table, and then filters out those rows that do not meet the selection criteria. Just because during accessing large number of blocks with FTS Oracle can use multiblock I/O read call, FTS is sometimes better than index range scans. Reason Explanation No index exists. If no … Read more

HugePages in Linux

Computer memory is managed in blocks of storage known as pages, which have a predetermined size that depends on the computer’s architecture. These pages are organized using a page table, which is a data structure that links virtual memory addresses to their physical location in memory. As companies store more and more information in their … Read more