Oracle 19c for AIX and HP-UX available

After Oracle released the Oracle Database 19c (19.3) for Linux and Solaris, now you can download as well the Oracle Database 19c (19.3) for IBM AIX and HP-UX ia64. The software can be found under https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html Happy download :-...

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Flexible Patching Concept for Optimized WebLogic Image on Docker

In the last days I was publishing my Optimized WebLogic Image on Docker Solution, see following links: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/05/updated-version-of-optimized-weblogic.html https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/05/optimized-weblogic-image-on-docker.html The previous version of my Optimized WebLogic Image was based on fixed patch numbers, so not really flexible. My latest update contains now the possibility to apply during the Image build multiple WebLogic Patches, just the OPatch Patch 28186730 is mandatory. The latest sources...

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Updated Version of Optimized WebLogic Image on Docker

Yesterday I published my solution for an optimized WebLogic Image on Docker (https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/05/optimized-weblogic-image-on-docker.html). The yesterdays version was limited to the usage of Oracle Server JRE 8u152, due to an Oracle Bug 27117282. So I updated my Optimized Solution, that you can integrate the necessary patches (Patch for OPatch Util and the latest CPU April 2019 for WebLogic 12.2.1.3.0), in order that you are able to use an actual Oracle Server JRE, e.g. Oracle Server JRE 8u202. But this requires that you have...

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Optimized WebLogic Image on Docker

As I am currently busy with optimizing Docker Images for Oracle stuff, I want to share with you my latest optimization for Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 as Docker Image. Under the Oracle GitHub Repository https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/tree/master/OracleWebLogic you can find all necessary files to build a Docker Image for Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1.x, which are quite useful, but the disadvantage of this image is the size. The Docker Image will be 2.93 GB ! So I spent some time and optimized the Docker build and my optimized...

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No Metrics visible for Standalone Oracle HTTP Server in Cloud Control 13c

Currently I had the problem within Oracle Cloud Control 13c (13.3), that when I added an Oracle HTTP Server Standalone 12.2.1.x, Cloud Control 13c was not able to display any kinds of metrics from the Oracle HTTP Server. As you can see from the above screenshot, Cloud Control was able to show me the correct status (UP), but Cloud Control could not see any metrics or even no configured Virtual Hosts. The problem is within the Oracle HTTP Server...

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WildFly 16 Docker Image with Oracle JDBC Driver

Today some a bit off-topic blogpost from my usual classic Oracle blogpost, but with a bit of Oracle :-) As more and more of my customers are moving away from Oracle WebLogic Server to JBoss/WildFly, I have create a small Docker Image with WildFly 16 including the Oracle JDBC Driver and a DataSource based on the Oracle JDBC Driver (18.3). The full showcase you can find in my GitHub Repository https://github.com/DirkNachbar/Docker/tree/master/WildFly Simply...

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Optimizing the Optimized Docker Image for Oracle XE 18c (18.4.0) including Archivelog

On 1st May 2019 I was publishing a solution on how to optimize the Docker image for Oracle XE 18c from 8.7 GB down to 5.41 GB (https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/05/optimized-docker-image-for-oracle-xe.html). In the last 2 days I was playing a bit more with my optimized Docker image for Oracle XE 18c and I was able to downsize the Docker image once again to a current size of 4.02 GB. So its more than 50% of savings from the original Docker image size. $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED ...

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Oracle 19c for Solaris available

After the availability of the latest Oracle 19c Database for Linux platforms, Oracle has released now the Oracle 19c (19.3) Database for Solaris. The software can be found under Oracle Technology Network: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/oracle19c-solarisx86-5466166.html Currently there is only the SPARC (64-bit) version available...

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Optimized Docker Image for Oracle XE 18c (18.4.0) including Archivelog

In my current project I am mainly working with Oracle XE 18c (18.4.0) under Docker. One pain point is size of the Docker Image for Oracle XE 18c, in case you will use the Scripts from https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/tree/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance for the build of Oracle XE 18c you will have an image size of 8.7 GB, which is not quite handy :-) So I invested some time and have done some modifications on the Dockerfile.xe from the Oracle GitHub Repository, which is mainly to adopt multi stage and to remove some unnecessary...

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