In which the author shares frustrations with finding Oracle database gold images for Exadata, emphasizing the efficiency of OEDACLI commands for retrieving patch information. They outline steps for using OEDA and OEDACLI to streamline the process.

Want to see how quick it is to create a clone of an Oracle 23ai PDB on Exadata Exascale? First a little background information. I have a "simple" database in the example, with a PDB - named DEMOPDB1. show pdbs SQL> show pdbs CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED _________ ___________ _____________ _____________ 2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO 3 PDB1 READ WRITE NO 4 DEMOPDB1 READ WRITE NO…

The second in a series of technical blog posts on #Exadata #Exascale is live. Exascale brings a wealth of new functionality and opens up exciting possibilities for optimization and efficiency. This ar...

I was recently playing with the new AI Vector Search capabilities of Database 23ai, when I did something a little daft. Without really thinking about what I was doing, I increased the memory allocated to vector_memory_size. "Ok" you say, "Whats wrong with that?" At face value nothing, I changed a parameter. But as I didn't think about the any of the other memory parameters, like…

Join Kothanda Umamageswaran, SVP of Exadata and Scale-Out Technologies and Bob Thome, VP of Exadata Product Management for the announcement of the newest Oracle Exadata system delivering extreme perfo...