Data guard / Stand by: What are the Steps to Move Datafiles / Logfiles to Different Location?


Primary database Steps
1.   Confirm your primary database instance where you wanted to perform the activity
SQL> select name from v$database;
 
NAME
---------
TRANPRD
 

Data Guard / Standby: ORA-01624: log %s needed for crash recovery of instance %s (thread %s)


Error Description:
Drop redo log group in data guard database is giving following error.
 
SQL> alter database drop logfile group 1;
alter database drop logfile group 1
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01624: log 1 needed for crash recovery of instance TRANPRD_STANDBY (thread 1)
ORA-00312: online log 1 thread 1:

Fix DGMGRL: Warning: ORA-16826: apply service state is inconsistent with the DelayMins property


Error Description:
Show configuration command shows following warning in DGMGRL.
 
DGMGRL> show configuration
 
Configuration - PRDCONFIG
 
  Protection Mode: MaxAvailability
  Databases:

May 1st 2013: New IRCTC Train Advance Ticket Reservation Booking Period (ARP) is 60 Days


Ministry of Railways has been changed / revised their Advance Reservation Period (ARP) to 60 days from May 1, 2013. It was 120 days till April 30, 2013. One way it is good because majority of the travelers cannot plan their travel in advance of 4months. It will help for the genuine / frequent travelers.

How to Find out / Identify the list of Schema / Users Available Inside a expdp data pump .dmp dumpfile


This is also another interesting question. Suppose if you get a dump from the source database and you are not aware of the users/schemas present in the dump. If you wanted to see the list of schemas/users present in the dump file, you can use this method to find out the same.
Step 1. Import the dump with sqlfile option.

How to Identify / Check / Find out Oracle .dmp dumpfile is Taken Using Exp / Expdp – Data Pump


It is a common question or doubt which arises when you get a dump file from the source database without knowing how it is exported. It might be taken using either conventional exp utility or data pump expdp. If you have the log file along with the dump file, it is very easy to identify the utility. You just need to tail the log file and you can identify as mentioned below.

Oracle 11gR2: Truncate Drop Storage Vs Drop All Storage Clauses


Drop Storage clause is to deallocate all space from the deleted rows from the table except the space allocated by the MINEXTENTS parameter in the table. This deallocated space will move to free space category and it can be used for the other objects in the tablespace. So in this drop storage clause there would be some space which is equal to the MINEXTENTS used for the table after the truncate command execution.

 

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