Organizations often need to create multiple copies of each production database for development, testing, training and other purposes. Redundant database copies not only magnify storage costs but also add administration overhead in creation and maintenance of cloned databases. These challenges can be addressed by the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Snap Clone feature together with the…

This session will discuss the new pluggable database feature of Oracle Database 12c, what it is, how it works, and why would you want it. Pluggable databases are yet the latest tool we have to improve database and server consolidation in the datacenter to reduce operating costs. Learn how to have multiple applications each in…

Many organizations struggle to control server expansion while faced with expanding business needs and security requirements while maintaining operational effectiveness. Oracle has enhanced Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c to allow organizations to automate security compliance while ensuring business agility. In this session, you will learn how to identify, configure and implement security compliance within Oracle Enterprise…

In version 12c, Oracle introduced the feature known as multitenancy. This feature allows many databases to be managed by a single instance. These "pluggable databases" (PDB) are contained within a "container database" (CDB). The goal of multitenancy is to permit consolidation of many databases within a single instances, as well as mobility of databases across…

Original Broadcast: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 Oracle Database 12c includes lots of new functionality, and the security features are especially important, but this can be an intimidating topic for users. Join Oracle Corporation security experts Todd Bottger and Alan Williams, and security guru and IOUG past president Michelle Malcher for a lively discussion around TDE,…

With each new release of Oracle, the optimizer undergoes changes usually for the better, but sometimes there are unexpected side effects as well. This presentation will explore all of the new optimizer features, adaptive plans / statistics and the changes to SQL plan management . Several case studies will show how it works, so you…

From day 1 everyone states the controlfile is important - and should be protected. Make sure you have more than one copy, why not three... So what is this controlfile? Did you know that it hosts a lot of valuable information about the database and plays an important role in backup and recovery? Whether you…

Virtual box is widely used for training by many institutions and by individuals to have hands on experience with Oracle and other products. The setup is easy. Virtual box lets DBAs and Developers have a Linux system running on their desktop. There are several pre-configured virtual host images available as well. This session will introduce…

Oracle 12c's multitenant option incorporates new capabilities to support database consolidation, delivering economies of scale in database operations, enabling consolidation of applications in ways that would normally require expensive and error-prone application code changes. See how to make Database as a Service a reality for Oracle environments. Learn how pluggable databases can also simplify provisioning,…