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Oracle Release Update 19.33 fixes a number of issues and also introduces a behaviour change which could potentially impact your Oracle RMAN backups. This change brings it in-line with Oracle AI Database 26ai, and addresses an operational security risk. Behavior change: You must now use a secure external authentication method, such as Oracle wallets or... Continue Reading →
Background This week I patched my lab Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) Catalog database from 19.27 to 19.32 using the Oracle AutoUpgrade tool. On connecting to the Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) Catalog database I was presented with the following: PL/SQL package RMAN.DBMS_RCVCAT version 19.27.00.00. in RCVCAT database is not current $ rman target=/ catalog=rman/***@//z-rac1/catpdbRecovery Manager: Release... Continue Reading →
Introduction In this Blog, I will share how you we can secure Oracle RMAN backups written to an Everpure FlashBlade File System using a Python script to automate a REST API call to perform a File System Snapshot. A FlashBlade snapshot is immutable, this means that any files including Oracle Recovery Manger (RMAN) backups written to a... Continue Reading →