DATABASE PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.170117 apply fails – catconInit failed, exiting
Last weekend was patchday. The goal was to apply the patch 24732082 (DATABASE PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.170117) to a 12.1.0.2 database on AIX. The OPatch precheck returned no error and OPatch apply was ok. The problem was the post step, the datapatch command failed with…
Oracle 12.2 – how to get access to Enterprise Manager 12c Database Express
Today I have built in my OL 7.3 VM two container databases to verify the new feature in the Enterprise Manager 12c Database Express login screen where I can go direct into a container. The benefit is that I don’t have to set a separate…
Oracle 12.2 – New Features I like – Part 1: Multitenant “Hot Clones”
I like the Oracle Multitenant architecture which was introduced in 12.1. But the concept to clone a source database to multiple copies in a small step had one big problem. In Oracle 12.1, to clone a pluggable database the source database had to be in…
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