Modernise Oracle Forms on OCI
Author: Jason Beattie Oracle Forms and Reports continue to power some of the world’s most mission-critical enterprise systems. Yet for many organisations, aging infrastructure, complex upgrades, and rising operational costs are slowing innovation and increasing risk. With Oracle Forms 14c (14.1.2) fully supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enterprises now have a clear, low-risk […]
Oracle Vision: Harnessing Pre-Trained Models for Smarter Insights
Author: Philip Godfrey One of many AI Services introduced by Oracle, OCI Vision serves as an advanced AI tool aimed at facilitating extensive image analysis powered by deep learning algorithms. It streamlines the process of integrating image and text recognition features into applications, eliminating the need for specialised knowledge in machine learning. Pre-Requisites To access […]
Adding X10 Storage Cells to an Existing Oracle Exadata Environment
Author: Jason Beattie Objective This post details the end-to-end process of expanding an existing Oracle Exadata environment by integrating two additional X10 storage cells. The steps include validating system compatibility, creating grid disks, integrating with Oracle ASM, and verifying post-implementation health and capacity. System Overview Environment Setup (Before Expansion): Existing Storage Cells: Cell01, Cell02, Cell03 […]
AI-Driven Language Narrative in Oracle Analytics
Author: Philip Godfrey Oracle Analytics Cloud is a powerful tool allowing users, both individuals and businesses alike, to explore and understand their data by utilizing advanced and augmented analytic capabilities. These augmentations, such as Auto-Insights, Explain and AI Assistant integration, utilises Machine Learning and AI elements to provide even more options to assist with Data […]
Introducing Oracle AI Data Platform
Author: Philip Godfrey Unveiled at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, the Oracle AI Data Platform helps customers accelerate AI initiatives with secure, unified data and agentic automation. With this release, Oracle advances its “AI for Data” vision by architecting AI and data together to provide trusted insight, innovation and productivity across both operational systems […]
Part 2: Cloning Block Volumes Between Two Tenancies in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Similar to boot volumes, block volumes can also be cloned between tenancies. This part focuses on setting up and cloning block volumes across the same region using OCI CLI.
Part 1: Cloning Boot Volumes Between Two Tenancies in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Author: Jason Beattie Overview Cloning a boot volume between two tenancies in OCI requires careful setup and planning. This blog outlines the prerequisites, policies, and steps to successfully clone a boot volume from a source tenancy to a target tenancy in the same region. Prerequisites Both tenancies must be in the same region. Admin access […]
Setting Up OCI CLI on Windows and Mac: Step-by-Step Guide
Author: Jason Beattie Introduction Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) CLI (Command Line Interface) is an essential tool for developers and administrators looking to interact with Oracle Cloud services via terminal commands. This tool simplifies managing cloud resources, automates tasks, and integrates with other development environments. Here, we’ll walk through the steps to set up OCI CLI […]
Recovery boot of a DBaaS Instance after a root filesystem filecorruption
Log into console Navigate to Oracle base database service locate the relevant Instance. Select Console Connection Create Console Connetion-generate keys. Copy the SSH String. Open cloud Shell Create the private key within cloud shell. Paste the SSH String and Connect. Reboot the dbaas Instance From Cloud Shell you will see the server booting. When the […]
OpenVPN CloudConnexa with Oracle Cloud
Overview of OpenVPN CloudConnexa OpenVPN CloudConnexa is a cloud-based VPN service that enables you to implement scalable and secure network access within your cloud environment. Some of the key benefits of implementing OpenVPN CloudConnexa are below: OpenVPN is a managed service, this results in OpenVPN handling the configuration and maintenance of the VPN infrastructure. This […]