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Oracle released CPU / PSU October 2013

As announced yesterday in my post Oracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement October 2013, Oracle has now released the last Critical Patch Updates for 2013. Overall this CPU contains 126 new security fixes across several Oracle products like Database Server...

Veröffentlicht 16 Okt 2013 21:49 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Security, 11gR2, 11gR1, 10gR2, 12cR1, Trivadis Security eXperts, Critical Patch Update, Security Patch Update, Patch Set Update

Changes in database security patching with 12c

During my preparation for the tests of October Critical Patch Updates (CPU), I stumbled over an interesting Oracle Support Document. I this document Oracle announced that there will nolonger be seperate SPU (Security Patch Update) respectively CPU (Critical...

Veröffentlicht 14 Okt 2013 17:00 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Security, CPU, 12cR1, Trivadis Security eXperts

Oracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement October 2013

Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the October CPU/SPU Patch. This Critical Patch Update contains 126 new security vulnerability fixes for several Oracle products. Despite the large amount of security fixes, it is a rather small update...

Veröffentlicht 14 Okt 2013 16:00 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Security, 11gR2, CPU, 12cR1, Trivadis Security eXperts

System Statistics Gathered in Exadata Mode – When Are They Relevant?

The aim of this post isn’t to explain what the “exadata mode” is. Hence, if you don’t know what it is, before continuing reading have a look to this post published on Kerry Osborne’s blog. The only think I would like to add...

Veröffentlicht 6 Okt 2013 21:30 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: 11gR2, Query Optimizer, 12cR1, System Statistics, Exadata

Update: ORA-00600 [kpdbModAdminPasswdInRoot: not CDB] when changing password of default account

As discussed in my post ORA-00600 [kpdbModAdminPasswdInRoot: not CDB] when changing password of default account There is an unpublished bug 16901482 which cause an ORA-00600 when trying to set a new password for an Oracle default account like DBSNMP,...

Veröffentlicht 9 Sep 2013 17:54 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Troubleshooting, Security, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, ORA-00600

ORA-00600 [kpdbModAdminPasswdInRoot: not CDB] when changing password of default account

During the test on Oracle Database 12c I run into an interesting error respectively Chris Antongini has made me aware of it. If you try to change the password of an Oracle default account on a none CDB with SQL*Plus password you run into an ORA-00600...

Veröffentlicht 26 Aug 2013 8:30 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Troubleshooting, Security, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, ORA-00600

Oracle Database 12c New Feature: Last Login Time

As Markus Flechtner has already mentioned in his blog, Oracle has started to record the last login time. It is a small but very useful 12c security feature and operates independently of the database audit. Nevertheless, there are some restrictions. But...

Veröffentlicht 22 Aug 2013 7:30 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Security, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, New Features, SQL*Plus

The Broken Statistics: “parse count (total)” and “session cursor cache hits”

The values provided by the “parse count (total)” and “session cursor cache hits” statistics are subject to several bugs. And, what’s worse, for years Oracle didn’t care to fix it. This is my impression, at least. Then, when few...

Veröffentlicht 14 Aug 2013 18:18 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: bug, 11gR2, 11gR1, 10gR2, 12cR1

Oracle database binaries with perl

Perl and Oracle has not always an easy past. Depending on the OS type and Oracle Version it can be quite nerve racking to compile DBI and DBD::Oracle. In addition to DBD::Oracle there are also other binary Perl modules that are not so easy to compile...

Veröffentlicht 30 Jul 2013 13:45 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, 11gR2, 11gR1, 10gR2, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, 12c, Perl

Query alert log from sqlplus

It is not really a novum that you can directly query the alertlog from SQLPlus. Tanel Poder and others already have discussed this a while ago. Somehow I can never remember the name of the X$ view when I need it. So it is time to sum up the information...

Veröffentlicht 25 Jul 2013 8:00 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Troubleshooting, 11gR2, Trivadis Content, Script, 12cR1, Fixed Table Views, X$DBGALERTEXT, X$DBGRICX, Internals, X$DBGDIREXT

Oracle 12c new password verify function

Even with Oracle Database 12c, the quality of the database passwords is not enforced by default. A password verify function with the corresponding password resource limits has to be developed individually. As a basis one can use the script to setup the...

Veröffentlicht 24 Jul 2013 3:21 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Security, Presentation, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, 12.1.0.1.0, 12c, New Features

Scripts to Download Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Documentation

In the past (here and here) I already shared with you the scripts I used to download the documentation related to Oracle Database. The aim of this short post is to provide the scripts I just wrote for the latest version: 12c Release 1. download121.cmd...

Veröffentlicht 1 Jul 2013 23:37 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: 12cR1, Documentation

Oracle 12c New Security Features

I’ve just uploaded the slides for my lecture Oracle 12c new security features, as I had promised this in my previous posts. (See also DOAG 2013 Datenbank or DOAG SIG Security). The slides is a consolidation of my presentations on the New Security...

Veröffentlicht 26 Jun 2013 11:55 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Security, Presentation, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, 12.1.0.1.0, 12c, #tc12c

Oracle Database 12c

Oracle still hasn’t officially announce the new Oracle Database 12c release. But since OTN database overview has been changed to 12c, I guess it is now somehow official. As rumors hinted, one of the main innovations are pluggable databases now named...

Veröffentlicht 25 Jun 2013 22:34 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Trivadis Content, 12cR1, 12.1.0.1.0

Oracle Database 12c somehow available

Since a few hours Oracle Database 12c is available for download on Oracle eDelivery platform. Currently it is just available for Linux x86_64. I assume that the official release is getting closer. I’ll post more details on that as well on a couple...

Veröffentlicht 25 Jun 2013 17:23 von triBLOG

Gespeichert unter: Oracle Database, Trivadis Content, 12cR1

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