Oracle Tidbits: December 2021 #OraTidbit

Oracle *daily* TidBits (#oratidbit) were published on Facebook &Twitter during weekdays in December 2021. I hope you find these helpful to learn something new or remind you of its existence and use.

#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Gradual Database Password Rollover feature allows an application to change its database passwords without scheduling downtime. Use the PASSWORD_ROLLOVER_TIME password profile parameter. This #db21c feature is available from 19.12.
#OraTidbit #AutonomousDB #New When you provision or clone an Autonomous Database instance you can select a patch level to apply upcoming patches. Regular and Early. The Early patch level allows you to use and test upcoming patches before they are applied to all systems.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Application Continuity Protection Check (ACCHK) provides guidance on the level of protection for each application that uses Application Continuity and assists you to increase protection if required. This #db21c feature is available from 19.11.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Immutable tables are insert-only tables in which existing data cannot be modified. Deleting rows is either prohibited or restricted based on the insertion time of the rows. This #db21c feature is available from 19.11.
#OraTidbit #OrclAPEX Oracle APEX Application Development (APEX Service) is a feature-scoped service of Autonomous Database that enables developers to rapidly build and deploy low-code APEX applications. APEX Service supports Oracle REST Data Services endpoints.
#OraTidbit #OracleXE Oracle Advanced Compression, Advanced Security, Database In-Memory, Database Vault, Label Security, Multitenant and Partitioning options are included with the Oracle XE release.
#OraTidbit Restricted use licenses for Oracle Advanced Compression and Oracle Advanced Security are granted when performing a migration to OCI using Oracle Zero Downtime Migration or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Migration (DMS).
#OraTidbit #OCI #AutonomousDB You can configure a custom domain name or vanity URL for your APEX apps, Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), and developer tools by placing an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Load Balancer directly in front of your Autonomous Database.
#OraTidbit #AutonomousDB #OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console provides information on Autonomous Database maintenance windows and patch level and provides a customer contacts area to manage the contacts to receive information on operational issues and service announcements.
#OraTidbit #OracleXE Multitenancy is included in XE and you are licensed to create up to 252 PDBs, however, the actual number of PDBs you can create might be less due to XE resource limits.
#OraTidbit #db21c A temporary tablespace can grow to a very large size due to spikes in temporary space usage by queries. Automatic temporary tablespace shrink is a feature that shrinks the temporary tablespace in the background when temporary space usage has subsided.
#OraTidbit The #db21c database incorporates workload monitoring to establish what materialized views are needed. Based on the decisions it makes, materialized views and materialized view logs are created and maintained automatically without any manual interaction.
#OraTidbit #OracleCloud #OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Operations Insights is an OCI native service that provides 360-degree insight into the database and host resource utilization and capacity.
#OraTidbit #OracleCloud In metric-based autoscaling, when system usage meets a specific defined metric threshold, autoscaling dynamically resizes the instance pool in near-real-time. As load increases, the pool scales out. As load decreases, the pool scales in.
#OraTidbit #OracleCloud Shielded instances harden the firmware security on bare metal hosts and virtual machines (VMs) to defend against malicious boot-level software. They use the combination of Secure Boot, Measured Boot, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to harden.
#OraTidbit #OracleCloud A cluster network is a pool of high-performance computing (HPC), GPU, or Optimized instances connected with a high-bandwidth, ultra-low-latency network. Each cluster node is a bare metal machine located in close physical proximity to the other nodes.

Oracle Tidbits: August 2021 #OraTidbit

Oracle *daily* TidBits (#oratidbit) were published on Facebook &Twitter during weekdays in August 2021. I hope you find these helpful to learn something new or remind you of its existence and use

#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c You can use the -switchGridHome option with gridSetup. sh to switch from one Oracle Grid Infrastructure home to another. This #db21c feature is available from 19.9.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c To securely capture and replicate individual pluggable database (PDB) changes to Oracle Autonomous Database, you can now use Oracle GoldenGate to provide per-PDB capture. This #db21c feature is available from 19.10.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c You can create SQL Macros (SQM) to factor out common SQL expressions and statements into reusable, parameterized constructs that can be used in other SQL statements. This #db21c feature is available from 19.7.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Blockchain tables are append-only tables in which only insert operations are allowed. Rows in a blockchain table are made tamper-resistant by special sequencing and chaining algorithms. Deleting rows is either prohibited or restricted based on time. This #db21c feature is available from 19.10.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c New database initialization parameters MIN_AUTH_SERVERS, MAX_AUTH_SERVERS, and DRCP_DEDICATED_OPT have been added to configure Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP). This #db21c feature is available from 19.10.
#OraTidbit #AutonomousDB #NewFeature When you provision or clone an Autonomous Database instance you can select a patch level to apply upcoming patches. There are two patch-level options: Regular and Early.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Application Continuity Protection Check (ACCHK) provides guidance on the level of protection for each application that uses Application Continuity and assists you to increase protection if required. This #db21c feature is available from 19.11.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Database In-Memory “Base Level” feature allows the use of Database In-Memory with up to a 16GB column store without having to license the option. This #db21c feature is available from 19.8.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Gradual Database Password Rollover for Applications feature allows an application can change its database passwords without an administrator having to schedule downtime. Use the PASSWORD_ROLLOVER_TIME password profile parameter. This #db21c feature is available from 19.12.
#OraTidbit #NewFeature #db19c #db21c Immutable tables are insert-only tables in which existing data cannot be modified. Deleting rows is either prohibited or restricted based on the insertion time of the rows. This #db21c feature is available from 19.11.
#OraTidbit #AutonomousDB #New When you provision or clone an Autonomous Database instance you can select a patch level to apply upcoming patches. There are two patch-level options: Regular and Early. The Early patch level allows you to use and to test upcoming patches before they are applied to all systems.
#OraTidbit #AutonomousDB #New When you enable Autonomous Data Guard, the system creates a standby database that is continuously updated with the changes from the primary database. You can enable Autonomous Data Guard with standby in the current region, a local standby, or with standby in a different region, a cross-region standby. You can also enable Autonomous Data Guard with both a local standby and a cross-region standby.