So you’ve heard about the major new features of Oracle BI 12c, including Visual Analyzer, Data Mashups, and BI Ask, but what’s it *really* like to upgrade to BI 12c?  How do you ensure that the upgrade process goes smoothly?  Sure, VA looks exciting, but what about the library of dashboards and analyses you’ve built…

In the midst of all of the Oracle Cloud buzz and the release of new PaaS/iPaaS offerings such as Integration Cloud Service and SOA Cloud Service, Oracle also put out a new release of Oracle SOA Suite 12c Release 2 in late 2015, as part of a larger Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1) release, which included…

Oracle Multitenant was built to consolidate databases. The provisioning and management advantages of using pluggable databases greatly simplify database operations. However, accidental or intentional acts can create security breaches with pluggable databases. This session will review briefly the features and functionality introduced by the multitenant option. We will then discuss changes to basic database security…

There are over 1200 wait events in Oracle 12c, but in my experience there are only 10  that DBAs should be very familiar with.. If you can master these 10 wait events, what causes them and their solutions, you will be ahead of the performance analysis game. In this session, Janis Griffin, Database Performance Evangelist,…

Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c is the now positioned to be the monitoring tool for many Oracle and Non-Oracle products in an enterprise.  One such application is critical to any high-availability or disaster recovery solution; Oracle GoldenGate.  The ability to monitor Oracle GoldenGate ranges from manual monitoring to using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c.  With the enhancements…

Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 12c isn’t just for DBA’s, OEM 12c also provides powerful tools for efficiently managing and monitoring Fusion Middleware environments.  This session will provide an overview of OEM 12c Middleware management capabilities as well as Java Virtual Machine Diagnostics (JVMD) tools by demonstrating cross tier analysis to identify an issue by “drilling…

The Best Oracle Database 12c Tuning Features This presentation will look at which 12c tuning features should be investigated for use. Many of the tuning features that will be covered will be related to the DBA, but there will also be a few outside that realm that focus on the developer. There will be simple…

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (EM 12c) is system management software that provides centralized monitoring, administration, and lifecycle management functionality. The operational control and infrastructure components of the tool require security considerations including authentication, authorization, and encryption to ensure proper integrity and availability. This document will take a look at the various components and the options for securing them and will provide recommendations based on best practices and business constraints.

Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c is the now positioned to be the monitoring tool for many Oracle and Non-Oracle products in an enterprise.  One such application is critical to any high-availability or disaster recovery solution; Oracle GoldenGate.  The ability to monitor Oracle GoldenGate ranges from manual monitoring to using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c.  With the enhancements…

Previous migrations of Oracle Enterprise Manager left a DBA with no fallback position and extensive outage periods for the actual upgrade. Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c has been completely rewritten that includes a comprehensive step-by-step method of safely upgrading including a pre-defined fallback method to revert to. Best practices on using the new Pre-Upgrade Console to validate your existing Grid Control install and insure a error-free migration to 12c. The three different methods of upgrading will be covered with suggestions on how to migrate depending on your technical requirements.