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#OOW19 : Oracle Cloud Always Free Tier

Oracle Open world #oow19 update , New Announcement, Always free Tier in Oracle cloud to Build, test, and deploy applications on Oracle Cloud—for free Always (Yes always)

Whats included ?

Databases : Your choice of Autonomous Transaction Processing or Autonomous Data Warehouse. 2 databases total, each with 1 OPCU and 20 GB storage.

Compute : […]

Oracle 19c : Clear flashback logs periodically​ & Automatically

Previous versions of Oracle database needs to manually manage the flashback area i.e flashback_retention_target to adjust according to growth of flashback logs​ Or manually backup the logs/backupsets to tape or to delete them​

But from Oracle 19c onwards, the management of space in the fast recovery area is simplified. Oracle Database monitors flashback logs […]

Oracle 19c : Dry Run mode for Grid Setup

In Oracle 19c Grid, Run the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installer in dry-run upgrade mode to determine if the system is ready for upgrade.​

To perform Oracle Grid Infrastructure dry-run upgrade, create a new Grid home with the necessary user group permissions, extract the Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19c gold image to the new Grid home, and […]

Oracle 19c : DML Redirection to Standby

Starting 19c, We can run DML operations on Active Data Guard standby databases. This enables you to run read-mostly applications, which occasionally execute DMLs, on the standby database.​

Automatic redirection of DML operations to the primary can be configured at the system level or the session level. The session level setting overrides the system level […]

Oracle 19c R2: Dynamic service fallback to preferred instance​

In Previous versions Oracle, When a service moves to an available instance, Oracle Database does not automatically move the service back to the preferred instance when the preferred instance restarts because:​

The service is running on the desired number of instances.​ Maintaining the service on the current instance provides a higher level of service availability.​ […]

Oracle 19c : Standard Ediction 2 – RAC is Desupported​

Desupport of Oracle Real Application Clusters for Standard Edition 2 (SE2) Database Edition​. Starting with Oracle Database 19c, Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) is not supported in Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 (SE2).​

Upgrading Oracle Database Standard Edition databases that use Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) functionality from earlier releases to Oracle Database […]

Oracle 19c : ADDM analysis at PDB Level​

ADDM does not work in a pluggable database (PDB) by default, because automatic AWR snapshots are disabled by default in a PDB.

Starting 19c , To use ADDM in a PDB, you must enable automatic AWR snapshots in the PDB by setting the AWR_PDB_AUTOFLUSH_ENABLED initialization parameter to TRUE and AWR snapshot interval greater than […]

Oracle 19c : Automatic flashback in standby following primary database flashback​

When flashback or point-in-time recovery is performed on the primary database, a standby that is in mounted mode can automatically follow the same recovery procedure performed on the primary​.

When flashback or point-in-time recovery is performed either on a primary database or a PDB in the primary database, the primary database or PDB is moved […]

Oracle 19c : Restore points replication to standby​

Starting 19c, Restore points that are created on a primary database are automatically replicated to the standby database. The restore points created on the standby database are called replicated restore points. Irrespective of whether a restore point on the primary database is a guaranteed restore point or a normal restore point, the corresponding replicated restore […]

Oracle 19c: Real Time Statistics for Conventional DML Operations

Cloud Feature – Not working in On Prem installation.

Oracle Database 12c introduced online statistics gathering for CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statements and direct-path inserts.

Oracle Database 19c introduces real-time statistics, which extend online support to conventional DML statements. Because statistics can go stale between DBMS_STATS jobs, real-time statistics helps the optimizer generate more optimal […]