Every job comes with tasks that no one likes to perform and database administration is no exception. Patching is one of those necessary tasks that must be performed and when we are expected to do more with less everyday, the demands of patching another host, another agent, another application is often a task that no one looks forward to. It’s not that it goes wrong, but that it’s just tedious and many DBAs know there are a lot of other tasks that could be better use of their time. Patching is still an essential and important task that must…
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Oracle OEM 12c introduces a new feature that enables the creation of Oracle database thin clones by leveraging file system snapshot technologies from either ZFS or Netapp. The OEM adds a graphic interface to the process of making database thin clones. The feature that enables database thin cloning in OEM is called Snap Clone and is part of OEM’s Cloud Control Self Service for data cloning. Snap Clone is available via the feature Database as a Service (DBaaS). Snap clone leverages the copy on write technologies available in some storage systems for database cloning. Support is initially available for NAS…