Oracle Base Database Service

Oracle Base Database Service

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Contents

1 Overview
What's New in Oracle Base Database Service 1-1
About Oracle Base Database Service 1-6
Supported Database Editions 1-6
Supported Database Versions 1-7
About Oracle Database 23c 1-7
Upgrade the DB System 1-8
Update the Operating System of a DB System 1-8
Upgrade the Database in a DB System 1-8
Update the Database in a DB System 1-8
Oracle Database Preview Version Availability 1-8
Oracle Database Preview Version Restrictions 1-8
Per-Second Billing for DB Systems 1-9
Customer Managed Keys for Databases 1-9
Backup and Recovery 1-9
Move Databases to Oracle Cloud Using Zero Downtime Migration 1-9
About Virtual Machine DB Systems 1-10
Available Shapes and How It Determines the Resources Allocated 1-10
Available Database Versions 1-12
How various configurations affect the usable storage 1-13
Fast Provisioning Option 1-14
Storage Scaling Considerations While Using Fast Provisioning 1-15
Fault Domain Considerations for Multi-Node RAC DB Systems 1-15
Reboot a DB System Node for Planned Maintenance 1-15
Security Hardening Tool for DB systems 1-16
Boot Volume Backups 1-16

2 Configure the Network

VCN and Subnets 2-1
Private Subnet with Service Gateway 2-2
Public Subnet with Internet Gateway 2-3
Requirements for IP Address Space 2-5

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 VCN Creation Wizard 2-6
DNS for the DB System 2-6
Use the Internet and VCN Resolver With Your DB System 2-7
Hostname Restrictions for Using the Internet and VCN Resolver 2-8
Custom DNS Resolver 2-9
Use a Custom DNS Resolver With Your DB System 2-9
Hostname Restrictions When Using a Custom DNS Resolver 2-10
DNS: Between On-Premises Network and VCN 2-11
Set Up DNS for a DB System 2-11
Security Rules for the DB System 2-11
General Rules Required for Basic Connectivity 2-12
General Ingress Rule 1: Allows SSH Traffic From Anywhere 2-12
General Ingress Rule 2: Allows Path MTU Discovery Fragmentation Messages 2-12
General Ingress Rule 3: Allows Connectivity Error Messages Within the VCN 2-12
General Egress Rule 1: Allows All Egress Traffic 2-13
Custom Security Rules 2-13
Custom Ingress Rule 1: Allows ONS and FAN Traffic From Within the VCN 2-13
Custom Ingress Rule 2: Allows SQL*NET Traffic From Within the VCN 2-13
Custom Egress Rule 1: Allows Outbound SSH Access 2-14
Custom Egress Rule 2: Allows Access To Oracle Services Network 2-14
Ways to Implement the Security Rules 2-14
Use Network Security Groups 2-15
Use Security Lists 2-15
Manage Network Security Groups for a DB System 2-16
Update the Security List for the DB System 2-16

3 Create
Overview of Creating a DB System 3-1
Default Options for the Database 3-2
Use a Backup to Create the Database 3-2
Custom IP Addresses for the DB Systems 3-3
Use the API 3-3
Create a DB System Using the Console 3-4
Create a DB System from a Backup Using the Console 3-14

4 Update
Upgrade a DB System 4-1
About Upgrading a DB System 4-1
Roll Forward a Failed Upgrade 4-2

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 Roll Back a Failed Upgrade 4-3
After your Upgrade is Complete 4-3
Upgrade a DB System Using the Console 4-3
View the Upgrade History of a DB System Using the Console 4-4
Roll Back a Failed Upgrade Using the Console 4-4
Update a DB System 4-5
Currently Available Updates 4-6
About Updating DB Systems 4-6
Apply a DB System Update 4-7
View the DB System Update History 4-7
Use the API 4-8
Update the DB System Resources Using dbcli 4-8
Update the CLI With the Latest Commands 4-9
Check for Installed and Available Updates 4-10
Update Server Components 4-11
Update Database Home Components 4-12
Check for Available Operating System Updates for DB System Nodes 4-14
Update the Operating System of a DB System Node 4-15
Upgrade a Database 4-17
About Upgrading Databases 4-18
Managing Guaranteed Restore Points 4-21
Apply a Database Upgrade 4-21
View the Database Upgrade History 4-22
Roll Back a Failed Database Upgrade 4-23
Convert a Non-Container Database To an Oracle Database 19c PDB 4-23
Use the API 4-25
Update a Database 4-26
About Updating Databases 4-26
Apply Interim Updates Using a Database Software Image 4-27
Apply a Database Update 4-27
View the Database Update History 4-28
Apply an Interim Update 4-29
Use the API 4-30

5 Manage
Pluggable Databases 5-1
5-1
Create 5-1
Backup 5-1
Restore 5-2

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 Relocate 5-2
Clone 5-2
Refreshable Clone 5-3
Convert Refreshable Clone to Regular PDB 5-3
Open Modes 5-3
Limitations of PDB Management 5-3
Clone a Pluggable Database 5-4
5-6
5-6
5-7
In-Place Restore 5-7
Out-of-Place Restore 5-7
5-8
Create a Pluggable Database 5-10
Stop a Pluggable Database 5-11
Start a Pluggable Database 5-11
Delete a Pluggable Database 5-12
Get Connection Strings for a Pluggable Database 5-12
5-13
Create a Connection 5-13
Launch SQL Worksheet 5-15
Use SQL Worksheet 5-15
DB Systems 5-15
Check the Status of a DB System 5-15
Start a DB System 5-16
Stop a DB System 5-16
Reboot a DB System 5-17
Scale the DB System 5-17
Scale Up the Storage for a DB System 5-17
Change the Shape of a DB System 5-18
Clone a DB System 5-22
Manage Tags for the DB System 5-26
Manage Licenses on a DB System 5-26
Change the License Type of a DB System 5-26
Move a DB System to Another Compartment 5-27
Terminate a DB System 5-27
View Work Request for the DB System 5-28
Connect 5-28
Overview of Connecting to a DB System 5-28
Database Services and Connection Strings 5-29
Create an Application Service 5-30

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 Get the Connection Strings 5-31
Derive the Connection String 5-31
Use the API 5-32
Connect to a Database by Using SQLNet 5-32
Connect to a Database with a Public IP by Using SSH Tunneling 5-34
Connect to a Database By Using SSH and the Bequeath Protocol 5-34
Connect From a UNIX-style System 5-34
Connect From a Windows System 5-35
Access a Database After You Connect 5-35
Troubleshoot Connection Issues 5-36
Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB System 5-37
Create a Serial Console Connection to the DB System 5-37
Delete a Serial Console Connection to your DB System 5-38
Monitor 5-38
Monitor Base Database Service 5-38
Available Metrics for Base Database Service Resources 5-39
Metrics for the DB System in the oci_database_cluster Namespace 5-39
Metrics for the Database in the oci_database Namespace 5-41
View Metrics for Base Database Service Resources 5-44
General Information 5-45
Prerequisites for Viewing Metrics 5-45
View Metrics for a DB System 5-46
View Metrics for a Database 5-47
View Metrics for a Database in a Compartment 5-48
View Metrics for a Pluggable Database 5-48
Monitor Using Database Management Service 5-49
Manage Database Management for Base Database Service Resources 5-50
Enable Database Management for a Database 5-51
Edit Database Management for a Database 5-53
Disable Database Management for a Database 5-55
Enable Database Management for a Pluggable Database 5-56
Edit Database Management for a Pluggable Database 5-58
Disable Database Management for a Pluggable Database 5-61
View Performance Hub Metrics for Base Database Service Resources 5-61
View Performance Hub Metrics for a Database 5-62
View Performance Hub Metrics for a Pluggable Database 5-62
Monitor Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 5-63
Monitor a Database with Enterprise Manager Express 5-63
Enable the EM Express Console and Determine its Port Number 5-64
Set the Required Permissions On a 2-node RAC DB System 5-65
Connect to the EM Express Console 5-66

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 Monitor a Database with Enterprise Manager Database Control 5-67
Determine the Port For the Enterprise Manager Database Control Console 5-68
Connect to the Enterprise Manager Database Control Console 5-68
Enable the Console For a Version 11.2.0.4 Database On a Multi-node DB System 5-69
Events 5-71
Manage Diagnostics Collection for the DB System 5-71
Database Service Events 5-72
Receive Notifications about Database Service Events 5-73
Database Service Event Types 5-73
Database Service Events 5-74
Temporarily Restrict Automatic Diagnostic Collections for Specific Events 5-79
Manage Oracle Trace File Analyzer 5-83
Manage Database Service Agent 5-83
Incident Logs and Trace Files 5-84
Event Types for Base Database Service 5-87
Prerequisites 5-87
Database Event Types 5-87
Database Information Event Details 5-89
Database Critical Event Details 5-90
DB System Event Types 5-91
DB System Information Event Details 5-92
DB System Critical Event Details 5-92
DB Node Event Types 5-93
DB Node Information Event Details 5-94
DB Node Critical Event Details 5-94
Oracle Database Home Event Types 5-95
Pluggable Database Event Types 5-96
Data Guard Association Event Types 5-98
Remediation for Database Service Events 5-99
HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILESYSTEM.FREE_SPACE 5-100
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN 5-101
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.EVICTION 5-101
AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUSTER.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN 5-102
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CLIENT_LISTENER.DOWN 5-104
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN 5-105
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.CORRUPTION 5-106
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.ARCHIVER_HANG 5-108
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.DATABASE_HANG 5-110
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.BACKUP_FAILURE 5-111
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_GROUP.FREE_SPACE 5-112
Back Up and Recovery 5-113

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Back Up and Recovery in Base Database Service 5-113
Prerequisites 5-115
Managed Backup Features 5-116
Automatic Incremental and Archived Redo Log Backups 5-117
Backup Retention 5-117
Restore Options 5-117
Protection Policies 5-118
Protected Databases 5-118
Real-time Data Protection 5-118
Backup Deletion Options After Database Termination 5-118
Backup Scheduling 5-119
On-Demand Full Backups 5-119
Standalone Backups 5-119
Cancel a Running Full or Incremental Backup 5-120
Backup and Restore from a Standby Database in a Data Guard Association 5-120
Audit and Trace File Retention for Databases Using Automatic Backups 5-121
Use the API 5-121
Back Up a Database Using the Console 5-122
Navigate to the List of Standalone Backups for Your Current Compartment 5-122
Configure Automatic Backups for a Database 5-122
Configure Automatic Backups for a Standby Database 5-125
Create an On-Demand Backup of a Database 5-127
View Details of a Protected Database 5-127
View Status of a Backup 5-128
Cancel a Backup 5-128
Delete Full Backups of a Database 5-129
Delete Standalone Backups of a Database 5-129
Back Up a Database to Object Storage Using RMAN 5-130
Install the Backup Module On the DB System 5-131
Configure RMAN 5-132
Back Up the Database 5-133
Recover a Database Using the Console 5-134
Recover a Database from Object Storage Using RMAN Backup 5-136
Set Up Storage on the DB system 5-136
Perform the Database Restore and Recovery 5-137
Recover a Database from the OCI Classic Object Store 5-141
Set Up Storage on the DB System 5-141
Choose an ORACLE_HOME 5-142
Copy the Source Database Wallets 5-143
Install the Oracle Database Backup Module 5-144
Set Environment Variables 5-144

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 Allocate an RMAN SBT Channel 5-145
Ensure Decryption is Turned On 5-145
Restore Spfile 5-145
Set the Database Parameters 5-145
Restore the Control File 5-146
Restore the Database 5-147
Reset the Logs 5-148
Prepare to Register the Database 5-148
Register the Database on the DB System 5-149
Update tnsnames.ora 5-150
Roll Back Patches on a Version 11.2 Database 5-150
Post Restore Checklist 5-152
Oracle Data Guard Association 5-153
Use Oracle Data Guard on a DB System 5-153
Prerequisites and General Information 5-153
Availability Domain and Fault Domain Considerations for Oracle Data Guard 5-155
Use the API 5-155
Enable Oracle Data Guard on a DB System 5-156
Perform Database Switchover and Failover 5-162
Perform Database Switchover 5-162
Perform Database Failover 5-162
Edit the Oracle Data Guard Association 5-163
Reinstate a Database 5-164
Terminate a Oracle Data Guard Association on a DB System 5-164
Use Oracle Data Guard with the Database CLI 5-165
Prerequisites 5-165
Create a Primary DB System 5-167
Create a Standby DB System 5-167
Prepare the Primary DB System 5-168
Prepare the Standby Database 5-171
Configure Data Guard 5-179
Configure Observer (Optional) 5-181

6 Secure
Security Guide for Base Database Service 6-1
Security Overview 6-1
Security Features 6-3
User Security 6-4
Security Settings 6-5
Security Processes 6-7

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 Network Security 6-7
User Responsibilities for Security Settings 6-10
Enable Additional Security Capabilities 6-11
Use Identity and Access Management Authentication with Base Database Service 6-13
About IAM Authentication 6-13
Prerequisites 6-14
Change External Identity Providers 6-17
Create IAM Groups and Policies for IAM Users 6-18
Add IAM Users 6-20
Add IAM Roles 6-21
Create IAM Database Password for IAM Users 6-22
Connect to Database with IAM Authentication 6-22
Configure a Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Database Password 6-24
Configure Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Token 6-24
Use Instance Principal to Access Database with IAM Authentication 6-27
Configure Proxy Authentication 6-27
Use Database Link with IAM Authenticated Users 6-28
Disable IAM Authentication 6-29
Use Azure Active Directory Authentication with Base Database Service 6-29
About Integrating Azure AD with Base Database Service 6-29
Prerequisites 6-29
Configure Base Database Service for Integration with Azure AD 6-32
Map Oracle Database Schemas and Roles 6-32
Configure Client Connections to Azure ADs 6-32
Trace Files Used for Troubleshooting Connections 6-32
Add SSH Keys to a DB System 6-32
Open Ports on the DB System 6-33
Manage Administrator and TDE Wallet Passwords 6-34
Database Encryption Keys 6-34
Administer Vault Encryption Keys 6-36
Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System Components 6-37
Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB System 6-39
Security Zone Integration 6-41
Policy Details for Base Database Service 6-41
Resource-Types 6-41
Supported Variables 6-42
Details for Verb + Resource-Type Combinations 6-42
Permissions Required for Each API Operation 6-46

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7 Reference
Oracle Database CLI Reference 7-1
Operational Notes 7-1
Syntax 7-1
CLI Update Command 7-1
Agent Commands 7-2
Autologcleanpolicy Commands 7-3
Backup Commands 7-4
Backupconfig Commands 7-8
Component Command 7-14
Database Commands 7-15
Dbhome Commands 7-22
Dbstorage Commands 7-26
Dgconfig Commands 7-30
Job Commands 7-30
Latestpatch Command 7-33
Logcleanjob Commands 7-34
Netsecurity Commands 7-35
Objectstoreswift Commands 7-37
Pendingjob Command 7-41
Rmanbackupreport Commands 7-41
Schedule Commands 7-43
Scheduledexecution Command 7-45
Server Command 7-45
System Command 7-47
TDE Commands 7-48
Tags for Base Database Service Resources 7-51
Importance of Tagging 7-51
Adding Tags 7-52
Oracle Standard Tags 7-52
List of Compliance Regulations 7-54
Oracle Application Name Tags 7-55
Manage Time Zone 7-55
Time Zone Options 7-56
View the Current Time Zone 7-56
Change the Time Zone of the DB System 7-57
Change the Time Zone of the Host on DB Systems that Use Grid Infrastructure 7-60
Manage Oracle Database Software Images 7-66
Create Database Software Images 7-66
Create Database Software Images from an Existing Database 7-67

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 View Update Details of Database Software Images 7-68
Delete Database Software Images 7-68
Provision a Database Using a Database Software Image 7-68
Update a Database Using a Database Software Image 7-68
Verify the Updates Applied to an Oracle Home 7-69
Using the API 7-69
Policy Details for Database Software Images 7-70
Network Time Protocol and Transparent Data Encryption 7-71
Network Time Protocol 7-71
Transparent Data Encryption 7-72
Troubleshoot 7-72
Troubleshoot Backup Failures 7-72
Identify the Cause of Failure 7-73
Database Service Agent Issues 7-74
Oracle Clusterware Issues 7-74
Object Store Connectivity Issues 7-75
Host Issues 7-75
Database Issues 7-76
TDE Wallet Issues 7-81
Other Causes of Backup Failures 7-86
Get Additional Help 7-88
Troubleshoot Update Failures 7-90
Identify the Cause of Failure 7-91
Database Service Agent Issues 7-92
Object Store Connectivity Issues 7-92
Host Issues 7-93
Oracle Clusterware Issues 7-93
Database Issues 7-94
Get Additional Help 7-99
Troubleshoot Shape Change Failures 7-102
Use the OCI Console to Troubleshoot 7-102
Use dbcli to Troubleshoot 7-102
Get Additional Help 7-103
Troubleshoot Network Connectivity Failures 7-106
Identify the Cause of Failure 7-106
Resolve Network Connectivity Failures 7-107
Get Additional Help 7-108

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Overview

What's New in Oracle Base Database Service

Oracle is constantly adding new capabilities to the Base Database Service. This article
provides a brief overview of the new features and enhancements made to the Base Database
Service. It is organized by the date a particular feature or capability became available.

Table 1-1 Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

December 13, Use SQL Worksheet for The SQL Worksheet provides a web-based SQL
2023 Pluggable Databases workspace where you can work with SQL
statements directly in the browser.
You can now launch and use the SQL Worksheet
for your Pluggable Databases from the Console.
For more information, see .
December 06, Upgrade operating system to You can now upgrade the operating system of your
2023 Oracle Linux 8 DB system to Oracle Linux 8 (OL8) using the
Console or APIs.
For more information, see Upgrade a DB System.
December 06, Backup and restore from a You can now backup and restore from a standby
2023 standby database in a Data database in a Data Guard association.
Guard association For more information, see Back Up and Recovery
in Base Database Service.
October 11, 2023 Enhancements to Pluggable You can now restore, relocate, and refresh
Database (PDB) Pluggable Databases.
management For more information, see .
September 19, Oracle Database 23c on Oracle Database 23c is the next long term support
2023 Base Database Service release of Oracle Database, and it is now available
on the Base Database Service.
For more information, see About Oracle Base
Database Service.
August 21, 2023 Autonomous Recovery You now have default limits for Autonomous
Service as the Default Recovery Service without having to request them.
Backup Destination This is now available in the following regions: GRU
Sao Paulo, VCP Vinhedo, YUL Montreal, YYZ
Toronto, HYD Hyderabad, and BOM Mumbai.
Other regions will be added in phased manner.
For more information, see Back Up a Database
Using the Console.

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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

July 26, 2023 Restore a backup to create a You can now use an existing backup and restore it
database across availability to create a new database (out-of-place restore),
domains within the same either within the same availability domain or in a
region different availability domain within the same
region, using a backup created with Object
Storage or Autonomous Recovery Service.
For more information, see Create a DB System
from a Backup Using the Console.
June 28, 2023 Ampere A1 flex shape You can now use Arm-based Ampere A1 flexible
shape for your DB system. Flexible shapes let you
customize the number of OCPUs allocated to an
instance.
For more information, see About Virtual Machine
DB Systems.
May 17, 2023 Enhanced controls to You can now use these enhanced controls for
configure automatic full (L0) database backups. With these enhanced controls,
and incremental (L1) backups you can:
• Specify whether you want the initial L0
backup to start immediately or according to
the L0 schedule.
• Choose a time window for the future full
backups to start.
• Choose a time window for the incremental
backups to start, which can be different from
the time window for the L0 backups.
The time windows will remain the same, two-hour
scheduling windows and the default six-hour
window.
For more information, see:
• Back Up and Recovery in Base Database
Service
• Back Up a Database Using the Console
April 26, 2023 Cancel a running full or You can now cancel an ongoing backup, allowing
incremental backup you to free up system resources. You will no
longer have to call the Oracle Cloud Operations
team to have this backup job canceled.
For more information, see:
• Back Up and Recovery in Base Database
Service
• Back Up a Database Using the Console
March 29, 2023 Health and performance You can now monitor the health, capacity, and
metrics for DB Systems and performance of your DB systems and databases
databases in the Console with metrics, alarms, and notifications.
You can use Console, Monitoring APIs, or
Database Management APIs to view metrics.
For more information, see:
• View Metrics for Base Database Service
Resources
• Available Metrics for Base Database Service
Resources

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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

March 22, 2023 Configure Oracle Database Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service
Autonomous Recovery provides an optimized policy-driven automatic
Service as a backup backup and recovery system for the Base
destination Database Service. It also offers a real-time data
protection feature that enables protected
databases with zero data loss recovery in the
event of a database failure. Since real-time data
protection is an extra cost option, you can choose
to enable or disable it.
For more information, see Back Up and Recovery
in Base Database Service.
January 20, 2023 Service gateway rules to To support upcoming features, OCI cloud
support upcoming features automation needs to communicate with various
OCI services such as Identity, Object Storage
Service (OSS) etc. either using an internet
gateway or a service gateway.
For more information, see VCN and Subnets.
January 11, 2023 Intel X9 flex shape You can now use Intel X9 flexible shape for your
DB system. Flexible shapes let you customize the
number of OCPUs allocated to an instance.
For more information, see About Virtual Machine
DB Systems.
January 11, 2023 Performance Metrics for You can now monitor the health and performance
Pluggable Databases of your PDBs by using Database Management
metrics and Performance Hub.
For more information, see:
• View Metrics for Base Database Service
Resources
• View Performance Hub Metrics for Base
Database Service Resources
December 21, Microsoft Azure Active You can now configure the database in the Base
2022 Directory integration with Database Service to use Microsoft Azure Active
Base Database Service Database authentication and authorization to allow
Azure AD users to access the database with
Azure AD credentials.
For more information, see Use Azure Active
Directory Authentication with Base Database
Service.
December 21, Documentation added on New articles have been added to the Base
2022 troubleshooting network Database Service documentation to help you in
connectivity failures troubleshooting network connectivity failures.
For more information, see Troubleshoot Network
Connectivity Failures.

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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

December 21, Documentation added on New articles have been added to the Base
2022 managing Database Database Service documentation to help you in
Management managing Database Management.
For more information, see:
• Manage Database Management for Base
Database Service Resources
• View Metrics for Base Database Service
Resources
• View Performance Hub Metrics for Base
Database Service Resources
December 1, 2022 Migration from Intel X7 to You can now migrate your DB system from Intel-
AMD E4 Shape based X7 shapes to AMD-based flexible shape E4
by using the Change shape operation.
For more information, see Change the Shape of a
DB System.
December 1, 2022 New documentation added New article have been added to the Base
on security Database Service documentation to help you with
security features.
For more information, see Security Guide for Base
Database Service.
November 16, Documentation added on New articles have been added to the Base
2022 troubleshooting failures Database Service documentation to help you in
troubleshooting failures.
For more information, see:
• Troubleshoot Backup Failures
• Troubleshoot Update Failures
• Troubleshoot Shape Change Failures
September 27, Identity and Access With the latest Release Update, you can now
2022 Management (IAM) configure the database in a DB system to use OCI
integration with Base Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Database Service authentication and authorization to allow IAM
users to access the database with IAM
credentials.
As of this release, IAM authentication and
authorization:
• will be available to enable on newly
provisioned databases in a DB system and for
existing virtual machines that have been
patched to set the WALLET_ROOT system
parameter.
• can not be used with databases configured
with Data Guard.
For more information, see Use Identity and Access
Management Authentication with Base Database
Service.

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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

September 20, Oracle Standard Tags for Using the OCI tagging system, Base Database
2022 Base Database Service Service resources may now be tagged according
Resources to your organizational scheme, allowing you to
group resources, manage costs, and gain usage
insights.
For more information, see Tags for Base Database
Service Resources.
August 30, 2022 Database Service Events and The diagnostics collection and notifications feature
Log Collection enables Oracle Cloud Operations and you to
identify, investigate, track, and resolve guest VM
issues quickly and effectively. Database Service
Events feature enables you to get notified about
health issues with your Oracle Databases or other
components on the DB system.
For more information, see:
• Manage Diagnostics Collection for the DB
System
• Database Service Events
• Incident Logs and Trace Files
• Manage Log and Diagnostic Files
• Remediation for Database Service Events
July 27, 2022 TCPS integration You can now use TCPS to connect when enabling
database management support for the Base
Database Service.
For more information, see Enable Database
Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
July 19, 2022 Database Service Events The event names for Base Database Service have
name change changed.
For more information, see Event Types for Base
Database Service.
July 14, 2022 Data Guard enhancements The Data Guard has now been enhanced with the
following functionalities:
• Select your desired time zone for the standby
database,
• Change the database image for the standby
database,
• Have a different fault domain for primary and
standby databases,
For more information, see Enable Oracle Data
Guard on a DB System.
July 07, 2022 Database upgrade with Data You can now upgrade the database that has a
Guard Data Guard association. The upgrade options are
available in the Console for Data Guard
associations created using the Console.
For more information, see Upgrade a Database.

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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Whats New in Oracle Base Database Service

Release Date Feature Description

May 18, 2022 AMD E4 flex shape Flexible shapes let you customize the number of
OCPUs allocated to an instance. When you create
a DB system using a flexible shape, you select the
number of OCPUs that you need for the workloads
that run on the instance. This flexibility lets you
build DB systems that match your workload,
enabling you to optimize performance and
minimize cost.
For more information, see About Virtual Machine
DB Systems.
April 30, 2022 Image based patching You can now update a database using the
database software images using the Console.
For more information, see Update a Database.
April 21, 2022 Upgrade operating system You can now upgrade the operating system and
and Oracle Grid Infrastructure the Oracle Grid Infrastructure using the Console or
APIs.
For more information, see Upgrade a DB System.

About Oracle Base Database Service

Oracle Base Database Service enables you to maintain absolute control over your
data while using the combined capabilities of Oracle Database and Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure.
Oracle Base Database Service offers database systems (DB systems) on virtual
machines. They are available as single-node DB systems and multi-node RAC DB
systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You can manage these DB systems by
using the OCI Console, the OCI API, the OCI CLI, the Database CLI (DBCLI),
Enterprise Manager, or SQL Developer.

Note:
This documentation is intended for Oracle Database administrators and
assumes familiarity with Oracle Database and tools.

Supported Database Editions

Oracle Base Database Service supports the following Oracle Database editions:
• Standard Edition
• Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Edition - High Performance
• Enterprise Edition - Extreme Performance

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Note:
Oracle Enterprise Edition - Extreme Performance is required for multi-node RAC DB
systems.

Supported Database Versions

Oracle Base Database Service supports the following Oracle Database versions:
• Oracle Database 23c
• Oracle Database 21c
• Oracle Database 19c

Note:
This is available for both standard provisioning of DB systems (using Automatic
Storage Management) and fast provisioning of single-node DB systems (using
Logical Volume Manager).

About Oracle Database 23c

Oracle Database 23c is the next long term support release of Oracle Database. Oracle
Database 23c accelerates Oracle's mission to make it simple to develop and run all data-
driven applications. It's the sum of all the features from the Oracle Database 21c innovation
release plus over 300 new features and enhancements. Key focus areas include JSON,
graphs, microservices, and developer productivity. Oracle Database 23c is now available on
the Base Database Service.
For more information about the new features in Oracle Database 23c, see Oracle Database
New Features.

Limitations of Database 23c on Base Database

The following are currently not supported on the Base Database when using Oracle
Database 23c:
• Oracle Database Standard Edition
• Multi-node RAC DB System
• Arm-based Ampere VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape
• Upgrades to Oracle Database 23c from earlier versions
• Backup destination as Oracle Database Zero Data Loss Autonomous Recovery Service
(ZRCV)
• Database Software Image
• OCI Vault integration

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Upgrade the DB System

You can upgrade the DB system that uses earlier versions to the current version. For
more information, see Upgrade a DB System.

Update the Operating System of a DB System

You must update the operating system (OS) of your DB systems periodically. You must
back up your database before performing an OS update. For more information, see
Update a DB System.

Upgrade the Database in a DB System

You can upgrade database instances that use earlier Oracle Database versions to
later Oracle Database versions. For more information, see Upgrade a Database.

Update the Database in a DB System

You must update the database in your DB system periodically to ensure proper
functioning. Oracle recommends updating the DB system before you update the
database within that DB system. For more information, see Update a Database.

Oracle Database Preview Version Availability

OCI periodically offers preview software versions of Oracle Database for testing
purposes. You can provision a DB system using preview version software to test
applications before the general availability of the software in the Database service.
When you provision a DB system with preview version software, the DB system
remains available to you until you decide to terminate it.
Preview version DB systems are provisioned in the same manner as generally
available DB systems. If available, preview version software is displayed as one of the
choices in the database version selector.

Oracle Database Preview Version Restrictions

Preview version software cannot be used for production databases. The following
restrictions apply to preview version software:
• Preview version software is not available for DB systems using RAC.
• Uses Logical Volume Manager (LVM) storage management software only.
Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is not available.
• Patching and database version upgrades are not available.
• You cannot upgrade the preview version software to its generally available
release.
• You cannot create a new DB system from a backup of a database that uses
preview version software.
• Standalone backups cannot be created.
• Data Guard is not available.

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• Preview version software DB systems cannot be created from backups.

• In-place restores are supported.

Per-Second Billing for DB Systems

OCI uses per-second billing. This means that OCPU and storage usage are billed by the
second, with a minimum usage period of one minute for the DB systems.

Customer Managed Keys for Databases

OCI provides customer-managed keys that enable you to encrypt your data using encryption
keys that you control using the OCI Vault service. The Vault service provides you with
centralized key management capabilities that are highly available and durable. For more
information, see Database Encryption Keys.

Backup and Recovery

OCI enables you to create and store automatic daily backups and on-demand full backups.
You can store backups in your DB system's local storage or in OCI Object Storage.
You can recover a database from the following sources:
• Object Storage using RMAN backup.
• OCI Classic Object Store.
You can create a DB system from the following sources:
• Daily automatic backups or on-demand full backups.
• The last archived redo log backup. Requires that you have automatic backups enabled.
This backup combines data from the most recent daily automatic backup and data from
archived redo logs, and represents the most current backup available.
• Daily automatic backup data used to create a point-in-time copy of the source database
based on a specified time stamp.
• Standalone Backups.
For more information, see Back Up and Recovery in Base Database Service.

Move Databases to Oracle Cloud Using Zero Downtime Migration

Oracle now offers two new solutions for migrating Oracle Database workloads from on-
premises and OCI Classic to a variety of Oracle Database Cloud Services: Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure Database Migration Service and Zero Downtime Migration.
Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) is an installable tool that provides you with a simplified and
automated migration experience, providing zero to negligible downtime for the production
system.
OCI Database Migration Service is based on the ZDM tool, and as a managed OCI service, it
provides you with a user interface to move Oracle Databases to Oracle Cloud.

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About Virtual Machine DB Systems

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers DB systems on virtual machines.
There are two types of database systems (DB systems) on virtual machines:
• Single-node DB system: A 1-node DB system consists of one virtual machine.
• Multi-node RAC DB system: A 2-node DB system consists of two virtual machines.
If you must provision a DB system for development or testing purposes, a special fast-
provisioning single-node DB system is available.
When you create a DB system, you select the Oracle Database edition and version
that applies to the database on that DB system. You cannot change the selected
edition. Depending on your selected Oracle Database edition and version, your DB
system can support multiple pluggable databases (PDB). See the following Oracle
Database licensing topic for information about the maximum number of pluggable and
container databases (CDB) available for your selected Oracle Database version.
• Oracle Database 19c: Permitted Features, Options, and Management Packs by
Oracle Database Offering
A DB system can have only a single Database Home, which in turn can have only a
single database. A DB system database uses OCI block storage instead of local
storage. You specify a storage size when you create the DB system, and you can
scale up the storage as required at any time. To change the number of CPU cores on
an existing DB system, you must change the shape of that DB system. For more
information, see Change the Shape of a DB System.

Note:
The shape change operation takes place in a rolling fashion for multi-node
RAC DB systems, enabling you to change the shape with no database
downtime.

Available Shapes and How It Determines the Resources Allocated

When you create a DB system, you select a shape, which determines the resources
allocated to the DB system. After you create the DB system, you can change its shape
to adapt to new processing capacity requirements. The following shapes are available:

Flexible Shapes
Flexible shapes let you customize the number of OCPUs allocated to an instance.
When you create an instance using a flexible shape, you select the number of OCPUs
that you require for the workloads that run on the instance. This flexibility lets you build
instances that match your workload, enabling you to optimize performance and
minimize cost. The amount of memory allowed is based on the number of OCPUs
selected, and the ratio of memory to OCPUs depends on the shape.
Flexible shapes are available with Ampere, AMD, and Intel processors. The following
table shows the available shapes.

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Table 1-2 Flexible Shapes

Shape CPU Cores Memory Network Bandwidth

Ampere Minimum is 1 OCPU 8 GB per OCPU. 1 Gbps per OCPU.
VM.Standard. and maximum is 57 Minimum is 8 GB and Minimum is 1 Gbps and
A1.Flex OCPUs. maximum is 456 GB total maximum is 40 Gbps
memory. network bandwidth.
AMD Minimum is 1 OCPU 16 GB per OCPU. 1 Gbps per OCPU.
VM.Standard. and maximum is 64 Minimum is 16 GB and Minimum is 1 Gbps and
E4.Flex OCPUs. maximum is 1024 GB total maximum is 40 Gbps
memory. network bandwidth.
Intel X9 Minimum is 1 OCPU 16 GB per OCPU. 1 Gbps per OCPU.
VM.Standard and maximum is 32 Minimum is 16 GB and Minimum is 1 Gbps and
3.Flex OCPUs. maximum is 512 GB total maximum is 32 Gbps
memory. network bandwidth.

Note:

• Arm-based Ampere VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape is available for Oracle

Database version 19c with the 19.19.0.0 and later release updates (RU) only.
• AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex shape is available for Oracle Database versions
23c, 21c, and 19c with the 23.3.0, 21.6.0.0, 19.15.0.0, and later release
updates (RU) only.
• Intel X9 VM.Standard3.Flex shape is available for Oracle Database versions
23c, 21c, and 19c with the 23.3.0, 21.8.0.0, 19.17.0.0, and later release
updates (RU) only.
• Multi-node RAC DB systems require a minimum of two OCPUs per node.

Arm-based Ampere A1 Shape

Arm-based Ampere A1 shapes are flexible and enable you to customize the number of
OCPUs allocated to an instance. The following are some additional details about Ampere A1
shapes:
• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on Logical Volume Manager.
• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on single-node DB systems.
• Oracle Database Standard Edition is not supported on Ampere A1 shape-based DB
systems.
• A database software image cannot be used for creating a database on Ampere A1
shape-based DB systems.
• Ampere A1 shape-based DB system provisioning and restoration are not supported if the
backup destination for the database is the Autonomous Recovery Service.
• Ampere A1 shape is not supported for databases that use OCI vault encryption.
• The shape of Ampere A1 shape-based DB systems cannot be changed to Intel or AMD
shape-based DB systems, and vice versa.

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• A backup of an Ampere A1 shape-based database cannot be restored on Intel or

AMD shape-based DB systems, and vice versa.
• Ampere A1 shape-based DB systems do not support Data Guard associations
with Intel or AMD shape-based DB systems.

Standard Shapes
Standard shapes are available with Intel processors.
The following table shows the available shapes in the X7 series.

Table 1-3 VM Available Shapes X7 Series

Shape CPU Cores Memory

VM.Standard2.1 1 15 GB
VM.Standard2.2 2 30 GB
VM.Standard2.4 4 60 GB
VM.Standard2.8 8 120 GB
VM.Standard2.16 16 240 GB
VM.Standard2.24 24 320 GB

Note:

• Intel X7 Shapes are available for Oracle Database versions 23c, 21c,
and 19c only.
• VM.Standard2.1 shape cannot be used for multi-node RAC DB system.

Available Database Versions

OCI supports the creation of DB systems using older database versions. For each
shape, the latest version and the two prior versions of the release are available at
provisioning with the following specifications.
• Arm-based Ampere VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape is available for Oracle Database
version 19c with the 19.19.0.0 and later release updates (RU) only.
• Intel X9 VM.Standard3.Flex shape is available for Oracle Database versions 23c,
21c, and 19c with the 23.3.0, 21.8.0.0, 19.17.0.0, and later release updates (RU)
only.
• AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex shape is available for Oracle Database versions 23c,
21c, and 19c with the 23.3.0, 21.6.0.0, 19.15.0.0, and later release updates (RU)
only.
• Intel X7 Shapes are available for Oracle Database versions 23c, 21c, and 19c
only.
• Migration to X9 is supported for instances using the base image with 21.8.0.0,
19.17.0.0, and later release updates only. For instances created before those
release updates, updating and migrating them is not possible as the base image
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• Migration to AMD is supported for instances using the base image with 21.6.0.0,
19.15.0.0, and later release updates only. For instances created before those release
updates, updating and migrating them is not possible as the base image itself does not
support migration.
If you must create a DB system with an older database version, see Critical Patch Updates
for information about known security issues with your chosen database version. You must
also analyze and patch known security issues for the operating system included with the
older database version. For information about security best practices for databases in OCI,
see Securing Databases.

How various configurations affect the usable storage

The DB systems use OCI block storage. The following table shows details of the available
storage options. Total storage includes available storage plus recovery logs.

General Information
• You can scale your data storage and recovery storage separately. Oracle recommends
keeping recovery storage at 20% of total storage or higher.
• For multi-node RAC DB systems, storage capacity is shared between the nodes.
• The recovery area storage is determined based on the storage selected. However, you
can change the recovery area storage independently after provisioning.

Available data storage for flexible shapes

Table 1-4 Available data storage for flexible shapes

Available data storage (GB) Recovery area storage (GB) Total storage (GB)
256 256 712
512 256 968
1024 512 1736
2048 512 2760
4096 1024 5320
8192 2048 10440
12288 4096 16584
16384 4096 20680
24576 8192 32968
32768 8192 41160
40960 10240 51400
49152 12288 61640
57344 14336 71880
65536 16384 82120
73728 18432 92360
81920 20480 102600

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Available data storage for standard shapes

Table 1-5 Available data storage for standard shapes

Available data storage (GB) Recovery area storage (GB) Total storage (GB)
256 256 712
512 256 968
1024 256 1480
2048 408 2656
4096 820 5116
6144 1228 7572
8192 1640 10032
10240 2048 12488
12288 2456 14944
14336 2868 17404
16384 3276 19860
18432 3688 22320
20480 4096 24776
22528 4504 27232
24576 4916 29692
26624 5324 32148
28672 5736 34608
30720 6144 37064
32768 6552 39520
34816 6964 41980
36864 7372 44436
38912 7784 46896
40960 8192 49352

Fast Provisioning Option

For single-node DB systems, OCI provides a "fast provisioning" option that enables
you to create a DB system using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) as your storage
management software. The standard way ("standard provisioning") is to provision with
Automatic Storage Management (ASM).
The following details apply to the fast provisioning option:
• When using the fast provisioning option, the number and size of the block volumes
specified during provisioning determines the maximum total storage available
through scaling.
• Multi-node RAC DB systems require ASM and cannot be created using the fast
provisioning option.
• You can clone DB systems that have been created using the fast provisioning
option.
• You cannot use a custom database software image when provisioning a DB
system with LVM.

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For more information, see:

• Logical Volume Manager
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management
• Oracle Database Software Images

Storage Scaling Considerations While Using Fast Provisioning

Note:
This topic applies only to single-node DB systems.

When you provision a DB system using the fast provisioning option, the Available storage
(GB) value you specify during provisioning determines the maximum total storage available
through scaling. The following table details the maximum storage value available through
scaling for each setting offered in the provisioning workflow:

Table 1-6 Storage Scaling Considerations While Using Fast Provisioning

Initial storage specified during provisioning Maximum storage available through scaling
(GB) (GB)
256 2560
512 2560
1024 5120
2048 10240
4096 20480
8192 40960

Fault Domain Considerations for Multi-Node RAC DB Systems

When you provision a multi-node RAC DB systems, the system assigns each node to a
different fault domain by default. Using the Advanced options link in the provisioning dialog,
you can select the fault domain(s) to be used for your multi-node RAC DB systems and the
system will assign the nodes to your selected fault domains. Oracle recommends that you
place each node of a multi-node RAC DB system in a different fault domain.
For more information on fault domains, see Regions and Availability Domains.

Reboot a DB System Node for Planned Maintenance

The DB system nodes use underlying physical hosts that periodically must undergo
maintenance. When such maintenance is required, OCI schedules a reboot of your DB
system node and notifies you of the upcoming reboot. The reboot enables your DB system
node to be migrated to a new physical host that is not in need of maintenance. (Stopping and
starting the node will also result in the migration to a new physical host.) The only effect to
your DB system node is the reboot itself. The planned maintenance of the original physical
hardware takes place after your node has been migrated to its new host and has no effect on
your DB system.

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If your DB system node is scheduled for a maintenance reboot, you can proactively
reboot your node (by stopping and starting it) using the Console or the API. This lets
you control how and when your node experiences downtime. If you choose not to
reboot before the scheduled time, then OCI will reboot and migrate your node at the
scheduled time.
To identify the DB system nodes that you can proactively reboot, navigate to your
system's DB System Details page in the Console and check the Node maintenance
reboot field. If the instance has a maintenance reboot scheduled and can be
proactively rebooted, this field displays the date and start time for the reboot. When
the Maintenance reboot field does not display a date, your DB system has no
scheduled node maintenance events.
To check for scheduled maintenance events using the API, use the GetDbNode
operation to check the timeMaintenanceWindowEnd field of the DbNode resource. This
field specifies when the system will begin the next scheduled node reboot.
To locate nodes that have scheduled maintenance reboots, you can use the Search
Service with a predefined query to find all DB systems that have a scheduled
maintenance reboot.
For instructions about using the Console to reboot a node, see Reboot a DB System.

Security Hardening Tool for DB systems

The DB systems provisioned using Oracle Linux 7 include a Python script, referred to
as the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) tool, that you can use to
perform security hardening for your DB system.
For more information, see:
• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB System.
• Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System Components.

Boot Volume Backups

Oracle maintains a weekly boot volume backup of your DB system so that the system
can be easily restored in the event of a serious error or system failure. Boot volume
backups are currently not accessible to users (there is no Console, API, or CLI access
to a DB system boot volume backup), and Oracle bears the cost of keeping and
maintaining the backup. In the event of a system failure, contact My Oracle Support to
request that Oracle perform a restore of your DB system from the boot volume backup.

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VCN and Subnets

This article describes how to manage virtual cloud networks (VCNs) and the subnets in them.
A VCN is a software-defined network that you set up in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
data centers in a particular region. A subnet is a subdivision of a VCN.
Before you set up a DB system, you must set up a VCN and other Networking service
components.
To launch a DB system, you must have:
• A VCN in the region where you want the DB system.
• At least one subnet in the VCN (either a public subnet or a private subnet).
• Connectivity to the Oracle Services Network.
• Custom route table with appropriate rules.
• Security rules.

Note:
Oracle recommends using the internet gateway for public subnets and service
gateway for private subnets along with the appropriate security list and routing table
rules.

You could use availability domain specific subnets or regional subnets which span all
availability domains in the region.

Note:

• Oracle recommends using regional subnets, which span all availability domains
in the region.
• Certain details of the VCN and subnet configuration depend on your choice for
DNS resolution within the VCN.

For more information on:

• VCN and subnets, see Overview of VCNs and Subnets.
• Networking, see Networking Overview.
• DNS, see DNS for the DB System.

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Private Subnet with Service Gateway

You can connect to the Oracle Services Network using the service gateway for private
subnets. The subnet is private and cannot be reached from the internet. Oracle
recommends this option for a production system. The following image provides the
architecture for private subnet with service gateway.

Figure 2-1 Architecture for Private Subnet with Service Gateway

Perform the following steps to setup private subnet with service gateway.
• Private subnet.
• Gateways for the VCN:
– Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG), with a FastConnect or Site-to-Site VPN to
your on-premises network.
– Service gateway to reach Oracle Services Network for database provisioning,
backups and patching, and to reach Oracle YUM repos for OS updates.
• Route table: A custom route table for the subnet, with these rules:

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– A route for the on-premises network's CIDR, and target = DRG.

– A rule for the CIDR label called All <region> Services in Oracle Services Network,
and target = the service gateway.
• Security rules to enable the desired traffic to and from the DB system nodes.
– The following rule enables the DB system to communicate with the Oracle services
(for public subnet with internet gateway), or with the Oracle Services Network, which
includes all the Oracle services (for private subnet with service gateway). It is
redundant with the general egress rule for basic connectivity (and in the default
security list). It is optional but recommended in case the general rule (or default
security list) is inadvertently changed.
* Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
* Destination Type: Service
* Destination Service:
* When using public subnet (with internet gateway), use the CIDR 0.0.0.0/0
* When using private subnet (with service gateway), use the CIDR label called
All <region> Services in Oracle Services Network
* IP Protocol: TCP
* Source Port Range: All
* Destination Port Range: 443 (HTTPS)
* Description: An optional description of the rule.
For more information on:
• private subnet, see Private Subnet.
• service gateway, see Access to Oracle Services: Service Gateway.
• Dynamic Routing Gateway, see Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG).
• FastConnect, see FastConnect.
• Site-to-Site VPN, see Site-to-Site VPN.
• route table, see Route Table.
• security rules, see Security Rules and Security Rules for the DB System.
• networking, see Networking Overview.

Public Subnet with Internet Gateway

You can connect to the Oracle Services Network using the internet gateway for public
subnets. You can use this setup in production if you want to use an internet gateway with the
VCN, or if you have services that run only on a public network and need access to the
database. This option can be useful when doing a proof-of-concept or development work.
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Figure 2-2 Architecture for Public Subnet with Internet Gateway

Perform the following steps to setup public subnet with internet gateway.
• Public subnet.
• Internet gateway.
• Route table: A custom route table for the subnet, with a rule for CIDR 0.0.0.0/0,
and target = internet gateway.
• Security rules to enable the desired traffic to and from the DB system nodes.
For more information on:
• public subnet, see Public Subnet.
• internet gateway, see Internet Gateway.
• route table, see Route Table.
• security rules, see Security Rules and Security Rules for the DB System.

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Note:
See this known issue for information about configuring route rules with service
gateway as the target on route tables associated with public subnets.

Requirements for IP Address Space

If you are setting up DB systems (and thus VCNs) in more than one region, make sure the IP
address space of the VCNs does not overlap.
The subnet you create for a DB system cannot overlap with 192.168.16.16/28, which is used
by the Oracle Clusterware private interconnect on the database instance.

WARNING:
Any change in the VCN may impact RAC DB functionality. Oracle recommends that
you assess the changes required on the CRS side before making any changes in
the VCN.
For more information, see How to Modify Public Network Information including VIP
in Oracle Clusterware (Doc ID 276434.1).

Note:
While the subnet itself uses 192.168.16.0/24 as default, the actual addresses the
Oracle Clusterware private interconnect uses is 192.168.16.16/28. Effectively,
even though you cannot deploy a DB system using 192.168.16.0/24, the private
interconnect will be able to communicate with hosts using these addresses if you
modify the private interconnect subnet to 192.168.16.16/28.

The following table lists the minimum required subnet size.

Note:
The Networking service reserves three IP addresses in each subnet. Allocating a
larger space for the subnet than the minimum required (for example, at least /25
instead of /28) can reduce the relative impact of those reserved addresses on the
subnet's available space.
For more information, see IP Addresses Reserved for Use by Oracle.

DB System Type # Required IP Addresses Minimum Subnet Size

1-node virtual machine 1 + 3 reserved in subnet = 4 /30 (4 IP addresses)

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DB System Type # Required IP Addresses Minimum Subnet Size

2-node RAC virtual machine (2 addresses * 2 nodes) + 3 for /28 (16 IP addresses)
SCANs + 3 reserved in subnet =
10

VCN Creation Wizard

Note:
Oracle recommends not to use this VCN creation wizard for production.

The Networking section of the Console includes a wizard that creates a VCN along
with related resources. It can be useful if you just want to try launching an instance.
However, the wizard automatically creates a public subnet and an internet gateway.
You may not want this for your production network, so Oracle recommends you create
the VCN and other resources individually yourself instead of using the wizard.
For more information on the wizard, see Virtual Networking Quickstart.

DNS for the DB System

You can use DNS and hostname resolution for the DB system.
Oracle recommends using a private DNS resolver to enable the use of hostnames
when on-premises hosts and VCN resources communicate with each other.
The following table shows which choices are supported with each type of DB system,
and the endpoints that need to be resolved for the DB system to function.

DB System Type Supported DNS Choices Endpoints to Be Resolved

Single-node virtual machine • Recommended: Default • Object Storage endpoints
(Internet and VCN (includes both the Object
resolver) Storage endpoints and
• Custom DNS resolver of Swift endpoints)
your choice • Oracle YUM repo
endpoints
Multi-node RAC virtual • Default (Internet and VCN • Object Storage endpoints
machine resolver) (includes both the Object
Storage endpoints and
Swift endpoints)
• Oracle YUM repo
endpoints
• Single Client Access
Names (SCANs)

The following sections give more details about the DNS choices.

Default (Internet and VCN Resolver)

See the preceding table for the types of DB systems that support the Internet and VCN
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Oracle recommends using the Internet and VCN resolver for DNS. It's the default, built-in
DNS functionality that comes with each VCN. It enables hosts in a VCN to resolve these
items:
• Hostnames of other hosts in the same VCN.
• Hostnames that are publicly published on the Internet.
For a DB system, the Internet and VCN resolver handles resolution of all necessary
endpoints: Object Storage endpoints (includes both the Object Storage endpoints and Swift
endpoints), YUM repos, and SCANs (SCANs are used only with multi-node RAC DB
systems).
By default, each VCN is configured to use the Internet and VCN resolver. If you plan to use a
custom DNS resolver, you must configure the VCN in a different way.
For more information, see:
• Private DNS resolvers
• Use private DNS in interconnected VCNs and On-premises
• Database Connection Strings
• DNS in Your Virtual Cloud Network
• Use the Internet and VCN Resolver With Your DB System
• Use a Custom DNS Resolver With Your DB System

Use the Internet and VCN Resolver With Your DB System

As part of the overall network setup, perform these tasks:
1. Create the VCN with the required DNS settings:
• When creating the VCN, select the check box for Use DNS hostnames in this VCN.
• Specify a DNS label for the VCN.
• Notice that you cannot change these VCN DNS settings after you create the VCN.
2. Create each subnet with the required DNS settings:
• When creating a subnet in the VCN, select the check box for Use DNS hostnames
in this subnet.
• Specify a DNS label for the subnet.
• Notice that you cannot change these subnet DNS settings after you create the
subnet.
3. Use the default set of DHCP options that come with the VCN:
• When creating each subnet, configure it to use the VCN's default set of
DHCP options.
• By default, the default set of DHCP options is configured to use the Internet and
VCN resolver.
4. Create the DB system with a hostname prefix:
• Later, when creating the DB system, specify a value in the Hostname prefix field.
• Notice that the DB system's Host domain name value is automatically assigned
based on the VCN and subnet DNS labels.

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The resulting DB system has a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) based on the
hostname prefix, VCN label, and subnet label you specify.
For more information, see:
• Overview of VCNs and Subnets
• DHCP Options

Hostname Restrictions for Using the Internet and VCN Resolver

When you create the VCN, subnet, and DB system, you must carefully set the
following identifiers, which are related to DNS in the VCN:
• VCN DNS label.
• Subnet DNS label.
• Hostname prefix for the DB system.
These values make up the node's FQDN:

<hostname_prefix><RAC_node_#>.<subnet_DNS_label>.<VCN_DNS_label>.oracle
vcn.com

For multi-node RAC DB systems, a node number is automatically appended after the
hostname prefix.
For example:
• Node 1: dbsys1.ad1.acmevcniad.oraclevcn.com
• Node 2: dbsys2.ad1.acmevcniad.oraclevcn.com

Requirement for the DB System's Hostname Prefix:

• Recommended maximum: 16 characters.
• Must start with an alphabetical character.
• Cannot be the string localhost.

Requirements for the VCN and Subnet DNS Labels:

• Recommended maximum: 15 characters.
• No hyphens or underscores.
• Recommended: Include the region name in the VCN's name, and include the
availability domain name in the subnet's name.
• The FQDN has a maximum total limit of 63 characters, so set the VCN and subnet
DNS labels short enough to meet that requirement. Here is a safe general rule:

<16_chars_max>#.<15_chars_max>.<15_chars_max>.oraclevcn.com

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Note:
The recommended maximums are not enforced when you create the VCN and
subnets. However, the DB system deployment fails if the FQDN has more than 63
characters.

Custom DNS Resolver

A custom DNS resolver is a DNS server that you set up in your on-premises network and
maintain yourself. It must resolve the endpoints required by the DB system.
By default, the VCN is configured to use the Internet and VCN resolver. Therefore, if you
instead want to use a custom DNS resolver, you must configure the VCN and DHCP options
in a different way.

Use a Custom DNS Resolver With Your DB System

As part of the overall network setup, perform these tasks:
1. Create the VCN with the recommended DNS settings:
• When creating the VCN, Oracle recommends that you select the check box for Use
DNS hostnames in this VCN and then specify a DNS label for the VCN.
• Notice that you cannot change the preceding VCN DNS settings after you create the
VCN. They are optional for a custom DNS server, but required if you use the Internet
and VCN resolver. Therefore, Oracle recommends that you configure them now in
case you later want to use the Internet and VCN resolver.
2. Create each subnet with the recommended DNS settings:
• When creating a subnet in the VCN, Oracle recommends that you select select the
check box for Use DNS hostnames in this subnet and then specify a DNS label for
the subnet.
• Notice that you cannot change the preceding subnet DNS settings after you create
the subnet. They are optional for a custom DNS server, but required if you use the
Internet and VCN resolver. Therefore, Oracle recommends that you configure them
now in case you later want to use the Internet and VCN resolver.
3. Edit the default set of DHCP options to use a custom resolver:
• When creating each subnet, configure it to use the VCN's default set of
DHCP options.
• Edit the default set of DHCP options so that DNS type is set to Custom resolver.
Provide the IP address for at least one DNS server (maximum three). Optionally
provide a single search domain (which will automatically be added to the host's /etc/
resolv.conf file).
4. Create the DB system with required DNS entries:
• Later, when creating the DB system, specify a Hostname prefix.
• For the Host domain name: If you selected the check box for Use DNS hostnames
in the preceding steps, the Host domain name is automatically generated from the
VCN and subnet DNS labels. Otherwise, you must provide a value for the Host
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• Notice that when launching the DB system, an IP address is automatically

assigned from the VCN's CIDR block and the address is resolved locally
based on the host's /etc/hosts file. Your custom DNS resolver does not need
to resolve the hostname in advance for the DB system launch to succeed.
For more information, see:
• Overview of VCNs and Subnets
• DHCP Options

Hostname Restrictions When Using a Custom DNS Resolver

Requirement for the DB System's Hostname Prefix:
• Recommended maximum: 16 characters.
• Must start with an alphabetical character.
• Cannot be the string localhost.

Requirements for the VCN and Subnet DNS Labels:

• You can provide a value for the DNS labels only if you select the check box for
Use DNS hostnames when creating the VCN and subnets. The resulting FQDN
for the DB system follows this format:

<hostname_prefix>.<subnet_DNS_label>.<VCN_DNS_label>.oraclevcn.com

• Recommended maximum for each DNS label: 15 characters.

• No hyphens or underscores.
• Recommended: Include the region name in the VCN's name, and include the
availability domain name in the subnet's name.
• The FQDN has a maximum total limit of 63 characters, so set the VCN and subnet
DNS labels short enough to meet that requirement. Here is a safe general rule:

<16_chars_max>.<15_chars_max>.<15_chars_max>.oraclevcn.com

Note:
The recommended maximums are not enforced when you create the VCN
and subnets. However, the DB system deployment fails if the FQDN has
more than 63 characters.

Requirements for the DB System's Host Domain Name:

• You can provide a value in the Host domain name field only if you did not select
the check box for Use DNS hostnames when creating the VCN and subnets.
• No hyphens or underscores.
• Ensure that the value results in an FQDN that is no longer than 63 characters.
Otherwise the DB system deployment will fail.

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DNS: Between On-Premises Network and VCN

If you are using the Internet and VCN resolver and want to enable the use of hostnames
when on-premises hosts and VCN resources communicate with each other, you can set up
an instance in the VCN to be a custom DNS server.
For an example of an implementation of this scenario with the Oracle Terraform provider, see
Hybrid DNS Configuration.

Set Up DNS for a DB System

DNS lets you use host names instead of IP addresses to communicate with a DB system.
You can use the Internet and VCN resolver (the DNS capability built into the VCN) as
described in DNS in Your Virtual Cloud Network.
Alternatively, you can use your choice of DNS server. You associate the host name and
domain name to the public or private IP address of the DB system. You can find the host and
domain names and IP addresses for the DB system on the Database page in the Console.
To associate the host name to the DB system's public or private IP address, contact your
DNS administrator and request a custom DNS record for the DB system's IP address. For
example, if your domain is example.com and you want to use clouddb1 as the host name, you
would request a DNS record that associates clouddb1.example.com to your DB system's IP
address.
If you provide the public IP address to your DNS administrator as described above, you
should also associate a custom domain name to the DB system's public IP address:
1. Register your domain name through a third-party domain registration vendor, such as
register.com.
2. Resolve your domain name to the DB system's public IP address, using the third-party
domain registration vendor console. For more information, refer to the third-party domain
registration documentation.

Security Rules for the DB System

This article lists the security rules to use with your DB system. Security rules control the types
of traffic allowed in and out of the DB system's compute nodes. The rules are pided into two
sections.
For more information about security rules, see Security Rules. For more information about
different ways to implement these rules, see Ways to Implement the Security Rules.

Note:
Your instances running Oracle-provided DB system images also have firewall rules
that control access to the instance. Make sure that both the instance's security rules
and firewall rules are set correctly. Also see Open Ports on the DB System.

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General Rules Required for Basic Connectivity

The following sections has several general rules that enable essential connectivity for
hosts in the VCN.
If you use security lists to implement your security rules, be aware that the rules that
follow are included by default in the default security list. Update or replace the list to
meet your particular security needs. The two ICMP rules (general ingress rules 2 and
3) are required for proper functioning of network traffic within the Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure environment. Adjust the general ingress rule 1 (the SSH rule) and the
general egress rule 1 to allow traffic only to and from hosts that require communication
with resources in your VCN.
For more information on default security list, see Security Lists.

General Ingress Rule 1: Allows SSH Traffic From Anywhere

• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Source Type: CIDR
• Source CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 22

General Ingress Rule 2: Allows Path MTU Discovery Fragmentation

Messages
This rule enables hosts in the VCN to receive Path MTU Discovery fragmentation
messages. Without access to these messages, hosts in the VCN can have problems
communicating with hosts outside the VCN.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Source Type: CIDR
• Source CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: ICMP
• Type: 3
• Code: 4

General Ingress Rule 3: Allows Connectivity Error Messages Within

the VCN
This rule enables the hosts in the VCN to receive connectivity error messages from
each other.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Source Type: CIDR

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• Source CIDR: Your VCN's CIDR

• IP Protocol: ICMP
• Type: 3
• Code: All

General Egress Rule 1: Allows All Egress Traffic

• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Destination Type: CIDR
• Destination CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: All

Custom Security Rules

The following rules are necessary for the DB system's functionality.

Note:
Custom ingress rules 1 and 2 only cover connections initiated from within the VCN.
If you have a client that resides outside the VCN, Oracle recommends setting up
two additional similar rules that instead have the Source CIDR set to the public IP
address of the client.

Custom Ingress Rule 1: Allows ONS and FAN Traffic From Within the VCN
This rule is recommended and enables the Oracle Notification Services (ONS) to
communicate about Fast Application Notification (FAN) events.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Source Type: CIDR
• Source CIDR: VCN's CIDR
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 6200
• Description: An optional description of the rule.

Custom Ingress Rule 2: Allows SQL*NET Traffic From Within the VCN
This rule is for SQL*NET traffic and is required only if you need to enable client connections
to the database.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Source Type: CIDR
• Source CIDR: VCN's CIDR

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• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 1521
• Description: An optional description of the rule.

Custom Egress Rule 1: Allows Outbound SSH Access

This rule enables SSH access between nodes in a 2-node DB system. It is redundant
with the general egress rule in General Rules Required for Basic Connectivity (and in
the default security list). It is optional but recommended in case the general rule (or
default security list) is inadvertently changed.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Destination Type: CIDR
• Destination CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 22
• Description: An optional description of the rule.

Custom Egress Rule 2: Allows Access To Oracle Services Network

This rule enables the DB system to communicate with the Oracle services (for public
subnet with internet gateway), or with the Oracle Services Network, which includes all
the Oracle services (for private subnet with service gateway). It is redundant with the
general egress rule in General Rules Required for Basic Connectivity (and in the
default security list). It is optional but recommended in case the general rule (or default
security list) is inadvertently changed.
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Destination Type: Service
• Destination Service:
– When using public subnet (with internet gateway), use the CIDR 0.0.0.0/0
– When using private subnet (with service gateway), use the CIDR label called
All <region> Services in Oracle Services Network
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 443 (HTTPS)
• Description: An optional description of the rule.
For more information about networking, see Networking Overview.

Ways to Implement the Security Rules

The Networking service offers two ways to implement security rules within your VCN:
• Network security groups

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• Security Lists
For a comparison of Security Lists and Network Security Groups, see Security Rules.

Use Network Security Groups

If you choose to use network security groups (NSGs), here is the recommended process:
1. Create a network security group for DB systems. Add the following security rules to that
NSG:
• The rules listed in General Rules Required for Basic Connectivity.
• The rules listed in Custom Security Rules.
2. When the database administrator creates the DB system, they must choose several
networking components (for example, which VCN and subnet to use). They can also
choose which NSG or NSGs to use. Make sure they choose the NSG you created.
You could instead create one NSG for the general rules and a separate NSG for the custom
rules. Then when the database administrator chooses which NSGs to use for the DB system,
make sure they choose both NSGs.

Use Security Lists

If you choose to use security lists, here is the recommended process:
1. Configure the subnet to use the required security rules:
a. Create a custom security list for the subnet and add the rules listed in Custom
Security Rules.
b. Associate the following two security lists with the subnet:
• VCN's default security list with all its default rules. This automatically comes with
the VCN.
• The new custom security list you created for the subnet
2. Later when the database administrator creates the DB system, they must choose several
networking components. When they select the subnet that you have already created and
configured, the security rules are automatically enforced for the compute nodes created
in the subnet.

Caution:
Do not remove the default egress rule from the default security list. If you do,
instead make sure to include the following replacement egress rule in the subnet's
custom security list:
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Destination Type: CIDR
• Destination CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: All

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Manage Network Security Groups for a DB System

Your DB system can use up to five network security groups (NSGs). Note that if you
choose a subnet with a security list, the security rules for the DB system will be a
union of the rules in the security list and the NSGs.
For more information, see Security Lists, Network Security Groups, and VCN and
Subnets.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to manage.
4. The details of the DB system is displayed.
5. In the Network details, click the Edit link to the right of the Network security
groups field.
6. In the Edit network security groups dialog, click + Another network security
group to add an NSG to the DB system.
To change an assigned NSG, click the drop-down menu displaying the NSG name,
then select a different NSG.
To remove an NSG from your DB system, click the X icon to the right of the
displayed NSG name.
7. Click Save.

Update the Security List for the DB System

You can update the security list for the DB systems using the following steps.
Review the list of ports in Open Ports on the DB System and for every port you open in
iptables, update the security list used for the DB system, or create a new security list.

Note:
The port 1521 for the Oracle default listener is included in iptables, but
should also be added to the security list.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to update.
4. Note down the DB system's Subnet name and click its Virtual cloud network.
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6. Click Edit all rules and add an ingress rule with source type = CIDR, source
CIDR=<source CIDR>, protocol=TCP, and port=<port number or port range>.
The source CIDR should be the CIDR block that includes the ports you open for the client
connection.
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Overview of Creating a DB System

This article provides an introduction to the various settings required to create DB systems.
When you create a DB system using the Console, the API, or the CLI, a system is
provisioned to support Oracle Database, and an Oracle Database is created based on the
options you provide and some default options described later in this article.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you want
to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database Service.

Prerequisites
You'll need the following items to create a DB system:
• The public key, in OpenSSH format, from the key pair that you plan to use for connecting
to the DB System via SSH. A sample public key, abbreviated for readability, is shown
below.

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAA....lo/gKMLVM2xzc1xJr/
Hc26biw3TXWGEakrK1OQ== rsa-key-20160304

• A correctly configured virtual cloud network (VCN) to launch the DB system. Its related
networking resources (gateways, route tables, security lists, DNS, and so on) must also
be configured as necessary.
• Oracle recommends using a service gateway to enable necessary access, if you plan to
back up your DB system or use the managed update feature.
• For a multi-node RAC DB system, ensure that port 22 is open for both ingress and
egress on the subnet, and that the security rules you create are stateful (the default).
Otherwise, the DB system might fail to provision successfully.
For more information, see:
• Managing Key Pairs on Linux Instances
• VCN and Subnets

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Default Options for the Database

To simplify creating a DB system in the Console, and when using the API, the following
default options are used for the database.
• Console enabled: False
• Create container database: True
• Create instance only (for standby and migration): False
• Database home ID: Creates a new database home
• Database language: AMERICAN
• Database sizing template: odb2
• Database storage: Automatic Storage Management (ASM). Optionally, for faster
provisioning, single-node DB systems can be provisioned using Logical Volume
Manager.
• Database territory: AMERICA
• Database unique name: The user-specified database name and a system-
generated suffix, for example, dbtst_phx1cs.
• PDB admin name: pdbuser
For more information, see:
• Create a DB System Using the Console
• Automatic Storage Management

Use a Backup to Create the Database

When creating a new DB system using a backup stored in the Recovery Service or
Object Storage as the source of the database, you have the following options:
• Daily automatic backup. Requires that you have automatic backups enabled and
an available backup to use. If you are creating a database from an automatic
backup, you can choose any level 0 weekly backup, or a level 1 incremental
backup created after the most recent level 0 backup.
• On-demand full backup.
• Standalone backup.
• Last archived redo log backup. Requires that you have automatic backups
enabled. This backup combines data from the most recent daily automatic backup
and data from archived redo logs, and represents the most current backup
available. The time of the last archived redo log backup is visible on the Database
Details page in the Last backup time field.
• Point-in-time out of place restore. Specify a timestamp to create a new copy of
the database that included data up to a specified point in time. The timestamp
must be earlier or equal to the Last backup time time displayed on the Database
Details page. Note the following limitations when performing a point-in-time out of
place restore:
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– The timestamp must be available within the database incarnation of the available
automatic backups.
– The timestamp cannot fall within two overlapping database incarnations.
– The create database operation will fail if the database has undergone structural
changes since the specified timestamp. Structural changes include operations such
as creating or dropping a tablespace.
– The create database operation cannot be started if another point-in-time database
copy operation is in progress.
For more information, see Back Up a Database Using the Console.

Custom IP Addresses for the DB Systems

When creating a new single-node DB system or cloning an existing DB system, you can
optionally define the IP address of the DB system being provisioned. This is useful in
development contexts where you create and delete the same DB system over and over, and
you need each new iteration of the DB system to use the same IP address.

Note:
This facility is not available when creating a multi-node RAC DB system.

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security
Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command
Line Interface.
Use these API operations to create DB system components.
DB systems:
• ListDbSystems
• GetDbSystem
• LaunchDbSystem
Database homes:
• ListDbHomes
• GetDbHome
• CreateDbHome
• DeleteDbHome
Databases:
• ListDatabases
• GetDatabase
Shapes and database versions:
• ListDbSystemShapes

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• ListDbVersions
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Create a DB System Using the Console

You can create a new DB system using the Console by using the following steps.

General Information
Before you begin, note the following:
• The DB systems will be provisioned with Oracle Linux 8 (OL8) for Oracle
Database versions 23c, 21c, and 19c with 23.3.0, 21.12.0.0, 19.21.0.0, and later
release updates (RU) only. All other prior Oracle Database versions will be
provisioned with Oracle Linux 7 (OL7).

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Click Create DB system.
3. On the Create DB system page, provide the basic information for the DB system
by performing the following steps.
4. Select a compartment: Select a compartment for your new DB system. By
default, the DB system is created in your current compartment and you can use
the network resources in that compartment.
5. Name your DB system: A nonunique, display name for the DB system. An Oracle
Cloud Identifier (OCID) uniquely identifies the DB system. Avoid entering
confidential information.
6. Select an availability domain: The availability domain in which the DB system
must reside.
7. Configure shape: The shape determines the type of DB system created and the
resources allocated to the system. By default, AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex shape
with 4 OCPUs is selected.
8. To specify a shape other than the default, click Change shape, and select an
available shape from the list. For a complete list of shapes, see Available Shapes
and How It Determines the Resources Allocated.
9. Shape series: Select Ampere, AMD, or Intel processor in the processor group.
• Ampere: Shapes that use Arm-based Ampere processors. The Ampere
shapes are flexible.
• AMD: Shapes that use current-generation AMD processors. The AMD shapes
are flexible.
• Intel: Standard and optimized shapes that use current-generation Intel
processors. Both fixed and flexible Intel shapes are available.

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Note:
If you select an Ampere A1, AMD E4, or Intel X9 flexible shape, the memory,
network bandwidth, and maximum theoretical IOPS scale proportionally.

10. Configure OCPU: Select the number of OCPUs you want to allocate to this instance. For
Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 flexible shapes, you can select the number of OCPUs
by using the slider in the Number of OCPUs per node field.
• For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 57 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 64 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 32 OCPUs can be
selected.
The following resources scale proportionately to the number of OCPUs you selected.
• Memory (GB): The amount of memory you want to allocate to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the memory will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected.
– For Ampere A1 shape, for each OCPU, 8 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 8 GB and a maximum of 456 GB of memory is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 16 GB and a maximum of 1024 GB of memory is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum of
16 GB and a maximum of 512 GB of memory is allocated.
• Network bandwidth (Gbps): The amount of network bandwidth you want to allocate
to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the bandwidth will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 1 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 32 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
• Theoretical max IOPS: The amount of input and output per second (IOPS) you want
to allocate to this instance. Theoretical max IOPS is also dependent on the storage
you select.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the theoretical max IOPS will scale
proportionally based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 16K
theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical
max IOPS is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical max
IOPS is allocated.

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– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 16K to a maximum of 512K theoretical

max IOPS is allocated.
11. Click Select shape.

12. Configure storage: To specify storage other than the default, click Change
storage and select an available storage from the list.
• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on Logical Volume Manager. When the
Ampere A1 shape is selected, the storage management software type
changes to Logical Volume Manager with the Higher Performance option.
13. Choose storage management software: Select one of the following:

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure to use Oracle Automatic Storage Management

(recommended for production workloads)
• Logical Volume Manager to quickly provision your DB system using Logical
Volume Manager storage management software.

Note:

• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on Logical Volume Manager.

• The Available storage (GB) value you specify during provisioning
determines the maximum total storage available through scaling. For
total storage available for each choice, see Storage Scaling
Considerations While Using Fast Provisioning.

14. In the Configure storage performance section, in the Storage volume

performance, select one of the following:
• Balanced for most workloads that require a good balance between
performance and cost savings.
• Higher performance for large databases and workloads with high I/O
requirement. It is the default performance level.
In the Available data storage (GB), select the amount of Block Storage in GB to
allocate to the DB system. Available storage can be scaled up or down as needed
after provisioning your DB system.
The read-only Recovery area storage (GB) field displays the amount of storage
available for recovery log data (RECO storage). The recovery area storage is
determined based on the storage selected. However, you can change the recovery
area storage independently after provisioning. For more information about
changing the recovery area storage, see Scale the DB System article.
The read-only Expected theoretical max IOPS for data storage displays the
maximum theoretical IOPS that is achievable for the storage you have selected.
15. Click Save changes.

16. Provide the following details in the Configure the DB system section.

17. Total node count: The number of nodes in the DB system. You can specify either
one or two nodes. It also depends on the shape and storage you select.
• Multi-node RAC DB systems require a minimum of two OCPUs per node and
are not available on Logical Volume Manager.

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• Ampere A1 shape and VM.Standard2.1 shape are only available on single-node DB

systems.
• Oracle Database 23c is only available on single-node DB systems.
18. Oracle Database software edition: The database edition supported by the DB system.
The database edition cannot be changed later.
• Oracle Database Standard Edition is not supported on Ampere A1 shape-based DB
systems.
• Oracle Database 23c on Base Database Service currently does not support Standard
Edition.
19. Total storage (GB): Read-only field. It displays the total amount of storage that will be
used by the DB system, including storage required by the DB system software. The size
of the backup determines the minimum value for available storage.
20. Cluster name: Displays only for multi-node DB systems to enable you to specify the
cluster to store the node.
21. Theoretical max IOPS: Displays the maximum IOPS that is supported for your instance.
It is the minimum of the network IOPS and storage IPOS you selected in the Configure
Shape and Configure storage sections.
• Maximum theoretical IOPS is calculated based on database with 8K block size.
22. IOPS limiting factor: Displays either Storage or Network based on which the theoretical
max IOPS is determined. It helps identify if you need to increase storage or increase the
network bandwidth (by increasing the number of OCPUs proportionally) for your shape if
more IOPS are required.
23. Add SSH key: Add the public key portion of each key pair you want to use for SSH
access. Select on of the following options:
• Generate SSH key pair: Use this option to create a new SSH key pair. Click both
Save private key and Save public key when using this option. The private key is
downloaded to your local system, and must be stored in a safe location. You cannot
download another copy of the private key generated during this operation after
completing the operation.
• Upload SSH key files: Select this option to browse or drag and drop your existing
public key (.pub) files.
• Paste SSH keys: Select this option to paste in individual public keys. To paste
multiple keys, click + Another SSH key, and supply a single key for each entry.
24. Choose a license type: The type of license you want to use for the DB system. Your
choice affects metering for billing.
• License included means the cost of this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database
service resource will include both the Oracle Database software licenses and the
service.
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL) means you will use your organization's Oracle
Database software licenses for this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database service
resource. For more information, see Bring Your Own License.
25. Provide the following details in the Specify the network information section.

26. Virtual cloud network: The VCN in which to create the DB system. Click Change
compartment to select a VCN in a different compartment.
27. Client subnet The subnet to which the DB system attaches. For both single-node and
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which is used by the Oracle Clusterware private interconnect on the database

instance. Specifying an overlapping subnet causes the private interconnect to
malfunction.
Click Change compartment to select a subnet in a different compartment.
28. Network security groups: Optionally, you can specify one or more network
security groups (NSGs) for your DB system. NSGs function as virtual firewalls,
enabling you to apply a set of ingress and egress security rules to your DB
system. A maximum of five NSGs can be specified.
For more information, see Access and Security and Security Rules for the DB
System.

Note:
If you select a subnet with a security list, the security rules for the DB
system will be a union of the rules in the security list and the NSGs.

To use network security groups:

a. Check the Use network security groups to control traffic check box. Note
that you must have a virtual cloud network selected to be able to assign NSGs
to your DB system.
b. Specify the NSG to use with the DB system. You may need to use more than
one NSG. If you're not sure, contact your network administrator.
c. To use additional NSGs, click + Another network security group.
29. Host name prefix: Your choice of host name prefix for the DB system. The host
name must begin with an alphabetic character, and can contain only alphanumeric
characters and hyphens (-). The maximum number of characters allowed is 16.

Note:
The host name must be unique within the subnet. If it is not unique, the
DB system will fail to provision.

30. Host domain name: The domain name for the DB system. If the selected subnet
uses the Oracle-provided Internet and VCN Resolver for DNS name resolution,
then this field displays the domain name for the subnet and it can't be changed.
Otherwise, you can provide your choice of a domain name. Hyphens (-) are not
permitted.
31. Host and domain URL: Combines the host and domain names to display the fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) for the database. The maximum length is 64
characters.
32. Private IP address: Optionally, for non-RAC DB systems, you can define the IP
address of the new DB system. This is useful in development contexts where you
create and delete a DB system over and over, and you need each new iteration of
the DB system to use the same IP address. If you specify an IP address that is
currently in use within the subnet, the provisioning operation will fail with an error
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33. Diagnostic collection: The diagnostics collection and notifications feature enables
Oracle Cloud Operations and you to identify, investigate, track, and resolve guest VM
issues quickly and effectively. Subscribe to events to get notified about resource state
changes. You can enable or disable this feature at anytime.
By default the options are selected for enabling. However, you can select to uncheck the
diagnostic collection check boxes if you do not require the diagnostic feature.
• Enable diagnostic events: Enables and allows Oracle to collect and send fault
notifications about critical, warning, and information events for you.
• Enable incident logs and trace collection: Enables and allows Oracle to receive
event notifications and collect incident logs and traces for fault diagnosis and issue
resolution.

Note:

• The Enable health monitoring diagnostics collection for Oracle Cloud

operations viewing is not available for the Base Database Service.
• You are opting-in with the understanding that the list of events and log files
can change in the future. You can opt-out of this feature at any time.

34. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the DB system and
provide the following details.
35. Fault domain: The fault domain(s) in which the DB system resides. You can select which
fault domain to use for your DB system. For multi-node RAC DB systems, you can
specify which two fault domains to use. Oracle recommends that you place each node of
a multi-node RAC DB system in a different fault domain. For more information about fault
domains, see About Regions and Availability Domains.
36. Time zone: The default time zone for the DB system is UTC, but you can specify a
different time zone. The time zone options are those supported in both the
Java.util.TimeZone class and the Oracle Linux operating system. For more information,
see DB System Time Zone. The following options are available:
• UTC: configures your DB system to use coordinated universal time.
• Browser-detected: The console displays the time zone detected by your browser for
this option.
• Select another time zone: To manually specify a time zone, first make a choice
using the Region or country selector to select a geographic region, then use the
Time zone selector to select your required time zone.

Tip:
If you want to set a time zone other than UTC or the browser-detected time
zone, and if you do not see the time zone you want, try selecting
"Miscellaneous" in the Region or country list.

37. Encryption: You can select to use encryption based on encryption keys that you
manage. By default, the database is configured using Oracle-managed encryption keys.
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a. Select Use customer-managed keys. You must have a valid encryption key
in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault service. For more information, see Let
security admins manage vaults, keys, and secrets topic in Common Policies.

Note:
You must use AES-256 encryption keys for your database.

b. Select a Vault.
c. Select a Master encryption key.
d. To specify a key version other than the latest version of the selected key,
check Choose the key version and enter the OCID of the key you want to
use in the Key version OCID field.

Note:
The key version will only be assigned to the container database
(CDB) and not to its pluggable database (PDB). The PDB will be
assigned an automatically generated new key version.

38. Tags: If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have
permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you
must have permissions to use the tag namespace. If you are not sure whether to
apply tags, skip this option (you can apply tags later) or ask your administrator. For
more information about tagging, see Resource Tags.
39. Click Next to advance to the Database information screen and provide the
following information for the initial database.
40. Database name: The name for the database, also known as the DB_NAME. The
database name must begin with an alphabetic character and can contain a
maximum of eight alphanumeric characters. Special characters are not permitted.
41. Database unique name suffix: Optional. The second portion of the database
unique name. The complete database unique name is created by appending the
database unique name suffix to the database name you specify.
42. Database unique name: This read-only field displays the complete database
unique name (DB_UNIQUE_NAME). The database unique name is a globally unique
name for the database. Primary and standby databases in a Data Guard
association can share the same database name, but must have different database
unique names.
43. Database image: Determines what Oracle Database version is used for the
database. You can mix database versions on the DB system, but not editions. By
default, the latest Oracle-published database software image is selected.
• Oracle Database 23c on Base Database Service currently does not support
Standard Edition.
Click Change database image to use a different Oracle-published image or a
custom database software image that you have created in advance, then select an
Image Type:

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• Oracle Database software images: These images contain generally available

versions of Oracle Database software.
• Custom database software images: These images are created by your
organization and contain customized configurations of software updates and patches.
Use the Select a compartment and Select a database version selectors to limit the
list of custom database software images to a specific compartment or Oracle
Database software major release version.

Note:
The custom database software image must be based on an Oracle
Database release that meets the following criteria:
– The release is currently supported by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
– The release is supported by the hardware model you are provisioning

For more information about database software images, see Oracle Database Software
Images.
After selecting a software image, click Select to return to the Create database dialog.
44. PDB name: Not applicable to Oracle Database 11g (11.2.0.4). The name of the pluggable
database. The PDB name must begin with an alphabetic character, and can contain a
maximum of eight alphanumeric characters. The only special character permitted is the
underscore ( _ ).
45. In the Create administrator credentials section, a database administrator named sys
will be created with the password you supply.
46. Username: sys (This is a read-only field).

47. Password: Supply the password for this user. The password must meet the following
criteria:
• A strong password for SYS, SYSTEM, TDE wallet, and PDB administrator.
• The password must be 9 to 30 characters and contain at least two uppercase, two
lowercase, two numeric, and two special characters.
• The special characters must be _, #, or -.
• The password must not contain the user name (SYS, SYSTEM, and so on) or the
word "oracle" either in forward or reversed order and regardless of casing.
48. Confirm password: Reenter the SYS password you specified.

49. Using a TDE wallet password password is optional. If you are using customer-managed
encryption keys stored in a vault in your tenancy, the TDE wallet password is not
applicable to your DB system. Use Show advanced options at the end of the Database
Information section to configure customer-managed keys.
If you are using customer-managed keys, or if you want to specify a different TDE wallet
password, uncheck the Use the administrator password for the TDE wallet box. If you
are using customer-managed keys, leave the TDE password fields blank. To set the TDE
wallet password manually, enter a password in the Enter TDE wallet password field,
and then confirm by entering it into the Confirm TDE wallet password field.

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50. In the Configure database backups dialog, check or uncheck Enable automatic
backups, as applicable. If you are enabling automatic backups, you can select to
configure Recovery Service or Object Storage as the Backup destination.
Your choice to use Recovery Service as the backup destination depends on the
available limits in your tenancy and the available capacity in the specific region.
The following restrictions apply when you enable automatic backups and want to
use Recovery Service as the backup destination:
• If you have available limits and if there is available capacity in the region, then
your choices are Recovery Service (default) and Object Storage.
• If you have exhausted the default available limits for the Recovery Service,
then you can only use Object Storage. However, you can make an additional
limits request and then use Recovery Service.
• If there is no available capacity in the region, then you can use only Object
Storage. However, after the required capacity becomes available in the region,
you can switch from Object Storage to Recovery Storage.
• The available limits are provided only in the following regions: GRU Sao
Paulo, VCP Vinhedo, YUL Montreal, YYZ Toronto, HYD Hyderabad, and BOM
Mumbai. Other regions will be added in phased manner.
• Ampere A1 shape-based DB systems can only be backed up in the Object
Storage.
• Oracle Database 23c can only be backed up in the Object Storage.
51. If Recovery Service is selected as the Backup destination, you can configure
the following options:
• Protection policy: You can select from one of the preset protection policies or
a custom policy. The system automatically deletes your backups at the end of
your chosen protection policy recovery window.
The following retention periods are available for Recovery Service. The
retention periods (in days) are defined in the Recovery Service protection
policy.
– Bronze (14 days)
– Silver (35 days) (default)
– Gold (65 days)
– Platinum (95 days)
– Custom (User defined protection policy)
• Real-time data protection: Real-time protection is the continuous transfer of
redo changes from a protected database to Recovery Service. This reduces
data loss and provides a recovery point objective (RPO) near 0. This is an
extra cost option.
• Deletion options after database termination: You can use the following
options to retain managed database backups after the database is terminated.
These options can also help restore the database from backups in case of
accidental or malicious damage to the database.
– Retain backups according to the retention period: When a database is
terminated, the automatic database backups associated with the
terminated database will be removed at the end of the specified retention
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– Retain backups for 72 hours, then delete: When a database is terminated, the
automatic database backups associated with the terminated database will be
retained for 72 hours and then deleted. The backups are retained for 72 hours to
safeguard against accidental deletion by the user.
• Scheduled day for initial backup: Select a day of the week for the initial backup to
begin.
• Scheduled time for initial backup (UTC): Select a time for the initial backup to
begin. The initial backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour
scheduling window.
• Scheduled time for daily backup (UTC): Select a time for the daily backup to begin.
The daily backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour scheduling
window.
• Take the first backup immediately: A full backup is an operating system backup of
all data files and the control file that constitute an Oracle Database. A full backup
must also include the parameter files associated with the database. You can take a
database backup when the database is shut down or while the database is open. You
must not typically take a backup after an instance failure or other unusual
circumstances. If you select to defer the initial backup, your database may not be
recoverable in the event of a database failure.
52. If Object Storage is selected as the Backup destination, you can configure the
following options:
• Backup retention period: If you select to enable automatic backups, you can select
a policy with one of the preset retention periods. The system automatically deletes
your incremental backups at the end of your chosen retention period. You can
change the backup retention period after provisioning.
The following retention periods are available for Object Storage.
– 7 days
– 15 days
– 30 days (default)
– 45 days
– 60 days
• Scheduled day for full backup: Select a day of the week for the initial and future full
backups to begin.
• Scheduled time for full backup (UTC): Select a time for the full backup to begin.
The full backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour scheduling
window.
• Scheduled time for incremental backup (UTC): Select a time for the incremental
backup to begin. The incremental backup could start at any time or within the chosen
two-hour scheduling window.
• Take the first backup immediately: A full backup is an operating system backup of
all data files and the control file that constitute an Oracle Database. A full backup
must also include the parameter files associated with the database. You can take a
database backup when the database is shut down or while the database is open. You
must not typically take a backup after an instance failure or other unusual
circumstances. If you select to defer the initial backup, your database may not be
recoverable in the event of a database failure.
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54. In the Management tab, you can set the following options:

• Character set: The character set for the database. The default is AL32UTF8.
• National character set: The national character set for the database. The
default is AL16UTF16.
55. In the Encryption tab, configure the encryption key management option for your
database. By default, the database is configured using Oracle-managed
encryption keys. To configure the database with encryption based on encryption
keys you manage:
a. Select Use customer-managed keys. You must have a valid encryption key
in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault service. For more information, see Let
security admins manage vaults, keys, and secrets topic in Common Policies.

Note:
You must use AES-256 encryption keys for your database.

b. Select a Vault.
c. Select a Master encryption key.
d. To specify a key version other than the latest version of the selected key,
check Choose the key version and enter the OCID of the key you want to
use in the Key version OCID field.

Note:
The key version will only be assigned to the container database
(CDB) and not to its pluggable database (PDB). The PDB will be
assigned an automatically generated new key version.

56. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You
must have permissions to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information
about using tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
57. Click Create DB system. The DB system appears in the list with a status of
Provisioning. The DB system's icon changes from yellow to green (or red to
indicate errors).
After the DB system's icon turns green, with a status of Available, you can click the
highlighted DB system name to display details about the DB system. Note the IP
addresses. You'll need the private or public IP address, depending on network
configuration, to connect to the DB system.

Create a DB System from a Backup Using the Console

You can create a new DB system from a backup using the Console by using the
following steps.

General Information
Before you begin, note the following:

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• When you create a DB system from a backup, the availability domain can be the same as
where the backup is hosted or a different one in the same region.
• The shape you specify must be the same type as the database from which the backup
was taken. For example, if you are using a backup of a single-node database, then the
DB system you select as your target must also be a single-node DB system.
• The Oracle Database version you specify must be an equal or greater version than that
of the backed up database.
• If you specify a DB system shape, then the available storage size will default to the data
size of the backup, rounded up to the closest storage size option. However, you can
specify a larger storage size.
• If you are creating a new DB system from an Object Storage, you may choose any level 0
weekly backup, or a level 1 incremental backup created after the most recent level 0
backup. For more information on backups, see Back Up and Recovery in Base Database
Service.
• If the backup being used to create a DB system is in a security zone compartment, the
DB system cannot be created in a compartment that is not in a security zone. For a full
list of policies that affect the resources, see Security Zone Policies.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. Navigate to the backup or standalone backup you want to use to create the new DB
system:

Note:
If you are creating a database from an automatic backup, you may choose any
level 0 weekly backup, or a level 1 incremental backup created after the most
recent level 0 backup.

• To select a daily automatic backup or on-demand full backup as the source:

a. Find the DB system where the database is located, and click the system name to
display details about it.
b. From the Databases list, click the source database name.
c. Find your desired backup in the Backups list. If you don't see the backups list on
the Database Details page, click Backups in the Resources menu.
d. Click the Actions menu for the backup, and then click Create database.
• To select the last archived redo log automatic backup as the source:
a. Find the DB system where the database is located, and click the system name to
display details about it.
b. Find the database associated with the backup you wish to use, and click its name
to display details about it.
c. On the Database Details page, click Create database from backup.
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a. Find the DB system where the database is located, and click the system
name to display details about it.
b. Find the database associated with the backup you wish to use, and click
its name to display details about it.
c. On the Database Details page, click Create database from backup.
d. In the Create database from backup dialog, do the following:
i. Select Create database from specified timestamp.
ii. In the Restore timestamp field, enter a timestamp. The restore
timestamp determines the most recent data that will be included in the
restored version of the database.
iii. Click Create.

• To select a standalone backup as the source

a. Click Standalone backups under Oracle Base Database.
b. In the list of standalone backups, find the backup you want to use to
create the database.
c. Click the Actions menu for the backup you are interested in, and then
click Create database.
4. In the Create database from backup dialog, enter the following DB system
information.
5. Select a compartment: Select a compartment for your new DB system. By
default, the DB system is created in your current compartment and you can use
the network resources in that compartment.
6. Name your DB system: A nonunique, display name for the DB system. An Oracle
Cloud Identifier (OCID) uniquely identifies the DB system. Avoid entering
confidential information.
7. Select an availability domain: The availability domain in which the DB system
should reside. The availability domain can be the same as where the backup is
hosted or a different one in the same region.
8. Configure shape: The shape determines the type of DB system created and the
resources allocated to the system. By default, AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex shape
with 4 OCPUs is selected.
9. To specify a shape other than the default, click Change shape, and select an
available shape from the list. For a complete list of shapes, see Available Shapes
and How It Determines the Resources Allocated.
10. Shape series: Select Ampere, AMD, or Intel processor in the processor group.

• Ampere: Shapes that use Arm-based Ampere processors. The Ampere

shapes are flexible.
• AMD: Shapes that use current-generation AMD processors. The AMD shapes
are flexible.
• Intel: Standard and optimized shapes that use current-generation Intel
processors. Both fixed and flexible Intel shapes are available.

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Note:
If you select an Ampere A1, AMD E4, or Intel X9 flexible shape, the memory,
network bandwidth, and maximum theoretical IOPS scale proportionally.

11. Configure OCPU: Select the number of OCPUs you want to allocate to this instance. For
Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 flexible shapes, you can select the number of OCPUs
by using the slider in the Number of OCPUs per node field.
• For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 57 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 64 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 32 OCPUs can be
selected.
The following resources scale proportionately to the number of OCPUs you selected.
• Memory (GB): The amount of memory you want to allocate to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the memory will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected.
– For Ampere A1 shape, for each OCPU, 8 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 8 GB and a maximum of 456 GB of memory is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 16 GB and a maximum of 1024 GB of memory is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum of
16 GB and a maximum of 512 GB of memory is allocated.
• Network bandwidth (Gbps): The amount of network bandwidth you want to allocate
to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the bandwidth will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 1 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 32 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
• Theoretical max IOPS: The amount of input and output per second (IOPS) you want
to allocate to this instance. Theoretical max IOPS is also dependent on the storage
you select.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the theoretical max IOPS will scale
proportionally based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 16K
theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical
max IOPS is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical max
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– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 16K to a maximum of 512K theoretical

max IOPS is allocated.
12. Click Select shape.

13. Configure storage: To specify storage other than the default, click Change
storage and select an available storage from the list.
• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on Logical Volume Manager. When the
Ampere A1 shape is selected, the storage management software type
changes to Logical Volume Manager with the Higher Performance option.
14. Choose storage management software: Select one of the following:

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure to use Oracle Automatic Storage Management

(recommended for production workloads)
• Logical Volume Manager to quickly provision your DB system using Logical
Volume Manager storage management software.

Note:

• Ampere A1 shape is only supported on Logical Volume Manager.

• The Available storage (GB) value you specify during provisioning
determines the maximum total storage available through scaling. For
total storage available for each choice, see Storage Scaling
Considerations While Using Fast Provisioning.

15. In the Configure storage performance section, in the Storage volume

performance, select one of the following:
• Balanced for most workloads that require a good balance between
performance and cost savings.
• Higher performance for large databases and workloads with high I/O
requirement. It is the default performance level.
In the Available data storage (GB), select the amount of Block Storage in GB to
allocate to the DB system. Available storage can be scaled up or down as needed
after provisioning your DB system.
The read-only Recovery area storage (GB) field displays the amount of storage
available for recovery log data (RECO storage). The recovery area storage is
determined based on the storage selected. However, you can change the recovery
area storage independently after provisioning. For more information about
changing the recovery area storage, see Scale the DB System article.
The read-only Expected theoretical max IOPS for data storage displays the
maximum theoretical IOPS that is achievable for the storage you have selected.
16. Click Save changes.

17. Provide the following details in the Configure the DB system section.

18. Total node count: The number of nodes in the DB system. You can specify either
one or two nodes. It also depends on the shape and storage you select.
• Multi-node RAC DB systems require a minimum of two OCPUs per node and
are not available on Logical Volume Manager.

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• Ampere A1 shape and VM.Standard2.1 shape are only available on single-node DB

systems.
• Oracle Database 23c is only available on single-node DB systems.
19. Oracle Database software edition: The database edition supported by the DB system.
The database edition cannot be changed later.
• Oracle Database Standard Edition is not supported on Ampere A1 shape-based DB
systems.
• Oracle Database 23c on Base Database Service currently does not support Standard
Edition.
20. Total storage (GB): Read-only field. It displays the total amount of storage that will be
used by the DB system, including storage required by the DB system software. The size
of the backup determines the minimum value for available storage.
21. Cluster name: Displays only for multi-node DB systems to enable you to specify the
cluster to store the node.
22. Theoretical max IOPS: Displays the maximum IOPS that is supported for your instance.
It is the minimum of the network IOPS and storage IPOS you selected in the Configure
Shape and Configure storage sections.
• Maximum theoretical IOPS is calculated based on database with 8K block size.
23. IOPS limiting factor: Displays either Storage or Network based on which the theoretical
max IOPS is determined. It helps identify if you need to increase storage or increase the
network bandwidth (by increasing the number of OCPUs proportionally) for your shape if
more IOPS are required.
24. Add SSH key: Add the public key portion of each key pair you want to use for SSH
access. Select on of the following options:
• Generate SSH key pair: Use this option to create a new SSH key pair. Click both
Save private key and Save public key when using this option. The private key is
downloaded to your local system, and must be stored in a safe location. You cannot
download another copy of the private key generated during this operation after
completing the operation.
• Upload SSH key files: Select this option to browse or drag and drop your existing
public key (.pub) files.
• Paste SSH keys: Select this option to paste in individual public keys. To paste
multiple keys, click + Another SSH key, and supply a single key for each entry.
25. Choose a license type: The type of license you want to use for the DB system. Your
choice affects metering for billing.
• License included means the cost of this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database
service resource will include both the Oracle Database software licenses and the
service.
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL) means you will use your organization's Oracle
Database software licenses for this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database service
resource. For more information, see Bring Your Own License.
26. Provide the following details in the Specify the network information section.

27. Virtual cloud network: The VCN in which to create the DB system. Click Change
compartment to select a VCN in a different compartment.
28. Client subnet The subnet to which the DB system attaches. For both single-node and
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which is used by the Oracle Clusterware private interconnect on the database

instance. Specifying an overlapping subnet causes the private interconnect to
malfunction.
Click Change compartment to select a subnet in a different compartment.
29. Network security groups: Optionally, you can specify one or more network
security groups (NSGs) for your DB system. NSGs function as virtual firewalls,
enabling you to apply a set of ingress and egress security rules to your DB
system. A maximum of five NSGs can be specified.
For more information, see Access and Security and Security Rules for the DB
System.

Note:
If you select a subnet with a security list, the security rules for the DB
system will be a union of the rules in the security list and the NSGs.

To use network security groups:

a. Check the Use network security groups to control traffic check box. Note
that you must have a virtual cloud network selected to be able to assign NSGs
to your DB system.
b. Specify the NSG to use with the DB system. You may need to use more than
one NSG. If you're not sure, contact your network administrator.
c. To use additional NSGs, click + Another network security group.
30. Host name prefix: Your choice of host name prefix for the DB system. The host
name must begin with an alphabetic character, and can contain only alphanumeric
characters and hyphens (-). The maximum number of characters allowed is 16.

Note:
The host name must be unique within the subnet. If it is not unique, the
DB system will fail to provision.

31. Host domain name: The domain name for the DB system. If the selected subnet
uses the Oracle-provided Internet and VCN Resolver for DNS name resolution,
then this field displays the domain name for the subnet and it can't be changed.
Otherwise, you can provide your choice of a domain name. Hyphens (-) are not
permitted.
32. Host and domain URL: Combines the host and domain names to display the fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) for the database. The maximum length is 64
characters.
33. Private IP address: Optionally, for non-RAC DB systems, you can define the IP
address of the new DB system. This is useful in development contexts where you
create and delete a DB system over and over, and you need each new iteration of
the DB system to use the same IP address. If you specify an IP address that is
currently in use within the subnet, the provisioning operation will fail with an error
message regarding the invalid IP address.

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34. Diagnostic collection: The diagnostics collection and notifications feature enables
Oracle Cloud Operations and you to identify, investigate, track, and resolve guest VM
issues quickly and effectively. Subscribe to events to get notified about resource state
changes. You can enable or disable this feature at anytime.
By default the options are selected for enabling. However, you can select to uncheck the
diagnostic collection check boxes if you do not require the diagnostic feature.
• Enable diagnostic events: Enables and allows Oracle to collect and send fault
notifications about critical, warning, and information events for you.
• Enable incident logs and trace collection: Enables and allows Oracle to receive
event notifications and collect incident logs and traces for fault diagnosis and issue
resolution.

Note:

• The Enable health monitoring diagnostics collection for Oracle Cloud

operations viewing is not available for the Base Database Service.
• You are opting-in with the understanding that the list of events and log files
can change in the future. You can opt-out of this feature at any time.

35. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the DB system and
provide the following details.
36. Fault domain: The fault domain(s) in which the DB system resides. You can select which
fault domain to use for your DB system. For multi-node RAC DB systems, you can
specify which two fault domains to use. Oracle recommends that you place each node of
a multi-node RAC DB system in a different fault domain. For more information about fault
domains, see About Regions and Availability Domains.
37. Time zone: The default time zone for the DB system is UTC, but you can specify a
different time zone. The time zone options are those supported in both the
Java.util.TimeZone class and the Oracle Linux operating system. For more information,
see DB System Time Zone. The following options are available:
• UTC: configures your DB system to use coordinated universal time.
• Browser-detected: The console displays the time zone detected by your browser for
this option.
• Select another time zone: To manually specify a time zone, first make a choice
using the Region or country selector to select a geographic region, then use the
Time zone selector to select your required time zone.

Tip:
If you want to set a time zone other than UTC or the browser-detected time
zone, and if you do not see the time zone you want, try selecting
"Miscellaneous" in the Region or country list.

38. Tags: If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to
apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions
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can apply tags later) or ask your administrator. For more information about
tagging, see Resource Tags.
39. Click Next to advance to the Database information screen and provide the
following information for the initial database.
40. Database name: The name for the database, also known as the DB_NAME. The
database name must begin with an alphabetic character and can contain a
maximum of eight alphanumeric characters. Special characters are not permitted.
41. Database unique name suffix: Optional. The second portion of the database
unique name. The complete database unique name is created by appending the
database unique name suffix to the database name you specify.
42. Database unique name: This read-only field displays the complete database
unique name (DB_UNIQUE_NAME). The database unique name is a globally unique
name for the database. Primary and standby databases in a Data Guard
association can share the same database name, but must have different database
unique names.
43. Database image: Optional. You can specify what Oracle Database version is used
for the database. You can mix database versions on the DB system, but not
editions. By default, the latest database software image as the source database is
used.
Click Change database image to choose a custom database software image that
you or someone in your organization have created in your tenancy.
Select a compartment and a database version. Then select a database image
from the table of available images for the Oracle Database version you selected.
After choosing a software image, click Select to return to the Database
information Screen.
44. In the Create administrator credentials section, a database administrator named
sys will be created with the password you supply.
45. Username: sys (This is a read-only field).

46. Password: Supply the password for this user. The password must meet the
following criteria:
• A strong password for SYS, SYSTEM, TDE wallet, and PDB administrator.
• The password must be 9 to 30 characters and contain at least two uppercase,
two lowercase, two numeric, and two special characters.
• The special characters must be _, #, or -.
• The password must not contain the user name (SYS, SYSTEM, and so on) or
the word "oracle" either in forward or reversed order and regardless of casing.
47. Confirm password: Reenter the SYS password you specified.

48. Enter the source database's TDE wallet or RMAN password:(Applies only to
databases using Oracle-managed encryption keys). Enter either the TDE wallet
password or the RMAN encryption password for the backup, whichever is
applicable. The TDE wallet password is the SYS password provided when the
database was created by using the Console, API, or CLI. The RMAN encryption
password is typically required instead if the password was subsequently changed
manually.

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49. Click Create DB system. The DB system appears in the list with a status of Provisioning.
The DB system's icon changes from yellow to green (or red to indicate errors).
After the DB system's icon turns green, with a status of Available, you can click the
highlighted DB system name to display details about the DB system. Note the IP
addresses. You'll need the private or public IP address, depending on network
configuration, to connect to the DB system.

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Upgrade a DB System
This article describes the procedures to upgrade the operating system (OS) and Grid
Infrastructure (GI) in DB systems using the Console and the API.
You can now upgrade the operating system to Oracle Linux 8 (OL8) and the Oracle Grid
Infrastructure to 19c in your DB system.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you want
to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database Service.

Prerequisites
The following are required to upgrade a DB system:
• The DB system must use Oracle Linux 6 (OL6) or Oracle Linux 7 (OL7).
• Oracle recommends having a complete standalone backup of the database.

About Upgrading a DB System

Direct OS upgrades from OL6 or OL7 to OL8 are not available. So to overcome this limitation
and provide a similar capability for the DB systems, the upgrade process creates a new
compute instance in the new GI and clones the data disks.
For DB system upgrades, note the following:
• You could upgrade any existing DB system OS from OL6 or OL7 to OL8 and GI to 19c.
• When you are on OL7, only the OS will be upgraded to OL8. The GI will not be upgraded.
• Databases earlier than 19.21 or 21.12 will be launched with OL7, which includes
restoring a backup or a Data Guard standby creation. Databases from 19.21 or 21.12
onwards will always be provisioned with OL8. The OS version of a new DB system
(restore or Data Guard) will therefore depend on the database version, regardless of the
OS of the source DB system. If you require OL7 with the latest (e.g., 19.21 or 21.12)

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database update, you need to launch with an older DB version (e.g., 19.20 or
21.11) and update to the latest version.
• DB system upgrades involve some downtime (even on RAC DB systems). Plan
and schedule your upgrade accordingly.
• Oracle recommends disabling the automatic backups before executing the
upgrade.

Note:
The upgrade process will itself disable and re-enable the automatic
backup. However, Oracle recommends you do it after careful
consideration.

• The private IP addresses and hostnames are carried over to the upgraded DB
system.
• The ephemeral public IP addresses are not carried over and will change in the
upgraded DB system.
• Oracle recommends not to launch any new instances within the subnet of the DB
system. There is a short interval when the private IP addresses and hostnames
are "free" during the upgrade process. During this interval, launching any new
instance could reserve the "free" IP addresses and block the upgrade process.

Note:
If any instances block the upgrade process, the upgrade process will
automatically continue after you terminate the blocking instance.

• All changes to the OS will be removed and are not carried over to the new OS.
• All changes to Clusterware other than the database and services will be removed
and are not carried over to the new GI stack.
• For databases with a Data Guard association, the upgrade is only allowed on the
standby site. It ensures no re-instantiation is required as the standby could be
ahead of the primary in case of rollback.
• Oracle recommends switching the Data Guard association to "Maximum
Performance" before the upgrade, as otherwise, the primary will run into
NET_TIMEOUT, and a reset of the configuration is required afterward. After the
upgrade, if required, you can turn it to "Maximum Availability".

Roll Forward a Failed Upgrade

You can roll forward upgrades that did not complete successfully for the following
reasons using the Oracle support team.
• Database registration failed.
• Database startup failed even after a successful upgrade of OS and GI.

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Roll Back a Failed Upgrade

You can roll back upgrades that did not complete successfully. A rollback resets your DB
system to the state before the upgrade. All changes to the DB system made during and after
the upgrade will be lost.

Note:
The public IP addresses present before the upgrade process would have changed
and cannot be reclaimed.

After the rollback, you can try upgrading the DB system again after finding and fixing the
cause of the earlier upgrade failure.

After your Upgrade is Complete

After a successful upgrade, note the following:
• Check that automatic backup is enabled for the database if you disabled them before
upgrading.
• The upgrade exchanges the boot volume. So all customization of the OS will be removed
(and have to be reapplied by the customer).
• As the GI stack is reinstalled, you have to reapply all Clusterware customizations (like
services, additional virtual IPs, etc.).
• Check that automatic backup is enabled for the database if you had disabled them before
upgrading.

Upgrade a DB System Using the Console

Upgrading a DB system will change the operating system and Grid Infrastructure to newer
software versions. Perform the following steps to upgrade a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to upgrade. Details
of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the DB system information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Upgrades available field.
5. Review the list of available upgrades for the DB system.
6. Click the Actions menu for the upgrade you are interested in, and then click one of the
following actions:
• Run precheck: Check for any prerequisites to ensure that the upgrade can be
successfully applied. To run precheck, click Run precheck and provide confirmation
in the Confirm precheck dialog.

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• Apply: Applies the selected upgrade. Oracle recommends that you run the
precheck operation for an upgrade before applying it. To apply the upgrade,
perform the following:
a. Click Apply.
b. Provide the name of the DB system you want to upgrade in the Enter the
DB system name to confirm the upgrade field.
c. Click Upgrade DB system.
In the list, the State displays the status of the operation. While an upgrade is being
applied, the State displays as Upgrading. The status of the DB system also displays
as Upgrading. Lifecycle operations on the DB system and its resources might be
temporarily unavailable. If the upgrade completes successfully, the State changes to
Applied and the status of the DB system changes to Available.

View the Upgrade History of a DB System Using the Console

Perform the following steps to view the upgrade history of a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to view the
upgrade details. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the DB system information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Upgrades available field.
5. On the Updates page, click Update history on the left-hand side menu.
6. The history of update and upgrade operations for that DB system is displayed.

Roll Back a Failed Upgrade Using the Console

Perform the following steps to roll back an unsuccessful upgrade of a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to view the
upgrade details. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the DB system information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Upgrades available field.
5. On the Updates page, click Update history on the left-hand side menu.
6. The history of update and upgrade operations for that DB system is displayed.
7. When there is an unsuccessful upgrade, an alert message will be displayed at the
top of the page.
8. Click Rollback and provide confirmation in the Confirm dialog.

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Update a DB System
This article describes the procedures to apply DB system updates and Database Home
updates using the Console and the API.
Oracle recommends using only the dbcli utility to update the operating system (OS) of the DB
systems, as the DB systems created after April 2022 will use an image based on the UEK5
kernel. The yum repo and versionlock files will not work with UEK5 systems, and Oracle
recommends not using UEK4 versionlock in the UEK5 system.

Note:
A DB system that uses an image with the kernel version 4.14 is a UEK5 system.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you want
to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database Service.

Prerequisites
DB systems require access to the Object Storage, including connectivity to the applicable
Swift endpoint for Object Storage. We recommend using a service gateway with the VCN to
enable this access. For more information, see these topics:

Note:
In addition to the prerequisites listed in this section, ensure that the following
conditions are met to avoid update failures:
• The /u01 directory on the database host file system has at least 15 GB of free
space to execute update processes.
• The Oracle Clusterware is running on the DB system.
• All DB system nodes are running.

For more information, see:

• Update the DB System Resources Using dbcli
• VCN and Subnets

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• Troubleshoot Update Failures

• Object Storage FAQ

Currently Available Updates

Version Architecture Type DB System Update Database Update
21.0.0.0 Linux.x64 October 2023, July 2023 October 2023, July 2023,
April 2023, January 2023
19.0.0.0 Linux.x64 October 2023, July 2023 October 2023, July 2023,
April 2023, January 2023
19.0.0.0 Linux.ARM Not applicable October 2023 (first update)
18.0.0.0 Linux.x64 October 2021 (final October 2021 (final update)
update)
12.2.0.1 Linux.x64 July 2023, April 2023 October 2023, July 2023,
April 2023, January 2023
12.1.0.2 Linux.x64 Not applicable October 2023, July 2023,
April 2023, January 2023
11.2.0.4 Linux.x64 Not applicable October 2023, July 2023,
April 2023, January 2023

Note:

• For DB systems running version 18.0.0.0 software, the October 2021

update is the final update that will be available.
• For bare metal DB systems, the October 2022 update is the final update
that will be available.

For more information, see:

• Update the Operating System of a DB System Node
• Upgrade a Database
For a list of Release Updates and Release Update Revisions for Oracle Database 19c,
see Oracle Database 19c Proactive Patch Information (Doc ID 2521164.1).

About Updating DB Systems

Planning and Preparation
Updating a DB system requires a reboot, which can take several minutes. To minimize
the impact on users, run the update at a time when the system has the fewest users.
To avoid system interruption, consider implementing a high availability strategy such
as Oracle Data Guard.
Oracle recommends that you back up your database and test the update on a test
system before you apply the update.

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Always update a DB system before you update the databases within that system. The
Console displays the latest DB system update and the previous update. You can use either of
these updates, but we recommend using the latest update when possible.

Update Availability for Older Oracle Database Software Versions

For the Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure major version releases available in
OCI, updates are provided for the current version plus the most recent older version (N and N
- 1). For example, if an instance is using Oracle Database 21c, and the latest version of 21c
offered is 21.9.0.0, updates are available for versions 21.8.0.0 and 21.7.0.0.
For more information, see:
• Use Oracle Data Guard on a DB System
• Back Up and Recovery in Base Database Service

Apply a DB System Update

Perform the following steps to update a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to update. Details of
the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the DB system information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the Latest
update available field.
5. Review the list of available updates for the DB system.
6. Click the Actions menu for the update you are interested in, and then click one of the
following actions:
• Run precheck: Check for any prerequisites to ensure that the update can be
successfully applied. To run precheck, click Run precheck and provide confirmation
in the Confirm precheck dialog.
• Apply: Applies the selected update. Oracle recommends that you run the precheck
operation for an update before applying it. To update the DB system, click Apply and
provide confirmation in the Apply update dialog.
In the list, the State displays the status of the operation. While an update is being applied, the
State displays as Updating. The status of the DB system also displays as Updating.
Lifecycle operations on the DB system and its resources might be temporarily unavailable. If
the update completes successfully, the State changes to Applied and the status of the DB
system changes to Available.

View the DB System Update History

Perform the following steps to view the update history of a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

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3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to view the
update details. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the DB system information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Latest update available field.
5. On the Updates page, click Update history on the left-hand side menu.
6. The history of update and upgrade operations for that DB system is displayed.

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and
Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and
Command Line Interface.
Use the following APIs to manage DB systems updates:
• ListDbSystemPatches
• ListDbSystemPatchHistoryEntries
• GetDbSystemPatch
• GetDbSystemPatchHistoryEntry
• UpdateDbSystem
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Update the DB System Resources Using dbcli

You can use the dbcli utility to update your DB system resources. This includes
updating the DB system, the operating system (OS) on the nodes within the DB
system, and Database Homes.
For more information on dbcli commands, see Oracle Database CLI Reference.

Prerequisites
1. Preparing for an OS update.
Before you update the OS, review the following important guidelines and
information:
• Back up the database in the DB system prior to attempting an OS update.
• Do not remove packages from a DB system. However, you might have to
remove custom RPMs (packages that were installed after the system was
provisioned) for the update to complete successfully.

Note:
Do not install Network Manager on the DB system. Installing this
package and rebooting the system results in severe loss of access to
the system.

• Oracle recommends that you test any updates thoroughly on a non-production

system before updating a production system.

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• The image used to launch a DB system is updated regularly with the necessary
updates. After you launch a DB system, you are responsible for applying the required
OS security updates published through the Oracle public YUM server.
• To apply OS updates, the virtual cloud network (VCN) in the DB system must be
configured to allow access to the YUM repository. For more information, see VCN
and Subnets.
2. Requirements for using SSH to connect to a DB system.
To connect to the DB system via SSH, you need the path to the private key associated
with the public key used when the DB system was launched.
You also need the public or private IP address of the DB system.
Use the private IP address to connect to the system from your on-premises network, or
from within the VCN. This includes connecting from a host located on-premises
connecting through a VPN or FastConnect to your VCN, or from another host in the same
VCN. Use the DB system's public IP address to connect to the system from outside the
cloud (with no VPN). You can find the IP addresses in the Console as follows:
a. On the DB System Details page, under Resources, click Nodes.
b. View the values that are displayed in the Public IP address and Private IP address
& DNS name columns of the table displaying the Nodes of the DB system.

Update the CLI With the Latest Commands

Perform the following steps to update the CLI to ensure you have the latest update
commands (older DB systems might not include them).
1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to invoke the
root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Update the CLI by using the CLI Update Command.

cliadm update-dbcli

Output:

{
"jobId" : "dc9ce73d-ed71-4473-99cd-9663b9d79bfd",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : "Dcs cli will be updated",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 18, 2017 10:19:34 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "dbcli patching",
"updatedTime" : "January 18, 2017 10:19:34 AM PST"
}

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4. Wait for the update job to complete successfully. Check the status of the job by
using the Job Commands.

dbcli list-jobs

Output:

ID Description
Created Status
------------------------------------ --------------
----------------------------------- ----------
dc9ce73d-ed71-4473-99cd-9663b9d79bfd dbcli patching January 18,
2017 10:19:34 AM PST Success

Check for Installed and Available Updates

Perform the following steps to check for installed and available updates.
1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to
invoke the root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/
oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Display the installed update versions by using the Component Command. If the
Available Version column indicates a version number for a component, you
should update the component.

dbcli describe-component

Output:

System Version
---------------
12.1.2.10.0

Component Name Installed Version Available Version

--------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK 12.1.2.10.0 up-to-date
GI 12.1.0.2.161018 up-to-date
ORADB12102_HOME1 12.1.0.2.160719 12.1.0.2.161018

4. Display the latest update versions available in Object Storage by using the
Latestpatch Command.

dbcli describe-latestpatch

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Output:

componentType availableVersion
--------------- --------------------
gi 12.1.0.2.161018
db 11.2.0.4.161018
db 12.1.0.2.161018
oak 12.1.2.10.0

Update Server Components

Perform the following steps to update the Grid Infrastructure (GI) and storage management
kit (OAK) server components.
1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to invoke the
root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Update the server components by using the Server Command.

dbcli update-server

Output:

{
"jobId" : "9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8",
"status" : "Created",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 19, 2017 09:37:11 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "Server Patching",
"updatedTime" : "January 19, 2017 09:37:11 AM PST"
}

Note down the jobId in the above example.

4. Check the job output by using the Job Commands with the jobId.

dbcli describe-job -i 9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8
Description: Server Patching
Status: Running

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Created: January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST

Message:

Task Name Start

Time End Time
Status
----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
----------------------------------- ----------
Create Patching Repository Directories January 19, 2017 9:37:11
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Download latest patch metadata January 19, 2017 9:37:11
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Update System version January 19, 2017 9:37:11
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Update Patching Repository January 19, 2017 9:37:11
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:38:35 AM PST Success
oda-hw-mgmt upgrade January 19, 2017 9:38:35
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST Success
Opatch updation January 19, 2017 9:38:58
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST Success
Patch conflict check January 19, 2017 9:38:58
AM PST January 19, 2017 9:42:06 AM PST Success
Apply cluster-ware patch January 19, 2017 9:42:06
AM PST January 19, 2017 10:02:32 AM PST Success
Updating GiHome version January 19, 2017 10:02:32
AM PST January 19, 2017 10:02:38 AM PST Success

5. Verify that the server components were updated successfully by using the
Component Command. The Available Version column should indicate update-
to-date.

Update Database Home Components

Perform the following steps to update the Database Home components.
1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to
invoke the root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/
oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Get the ID of the Database Home by using the Dbhome Commands.

dbcli list-dbhomes

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Output:

ID Name DB Version Home

Location
------------------------------------ ----------------- ----------
------------------------------------------
b727bf80-c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6 OraDB12102_home1
12.1.0.2 /u01/app/orauser/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1

4. Update the Database Home components by using the Dbhome Commands and providing
the ID from the previous step.

dbcli update-dbhome -i b727bf80-c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6

Output:

{
"jobId" : "31b38f67-f993-4f2e-b7eb-5bccda9901ae",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 20, 2017 10:08:48 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "DB Home Patching: Home Id is 52e2e799-946a-4339-964b-
c203dee35328",
"updatedTime" : "January 20, 2017 10:08:48 AM PST"
}

Note down the jobId in the above example.

5. Check the job output by using the Job Commands with the jobId.

dbcli describe-job -i 31b38f67-f993-4f2e-b7eb-5bccda9901ae

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 31b38f67-f993-4f2e-b7eb-5bccda9901ae
Description: DB Home Patching: Home Id is b727bf80-c99e-4846-
ac1f-28a81a725df6
Status: Success
Created: January 20, 2017 10:08:48 AM PST
Message:

Task Name Start

Time End Time Status
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
----------
Create Patching Repository Directories January 20, 2017 10:08:49 AM
PST January 20, 2017 10:08:49 AM PST Success
Download latest patch metadata January 20, 2017 10:08:49 AM

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PST January 20, 2017 10:08:49 AM PST Success

Update System version January 20, 2017 10:08:49
AM PST January 20, 2017 10:08:49 AM PST Success
Update Patching Repository January 20, 2017 10:08:49
AM PST January 20, 2017 10:08:58 AM PST Success
Opatch updation January 20, 2017 10:08:58
AM PST January 20, 2017 10:08:58 AM PST Success
Patch conflict check January 20, 2017 10:08:58
AM PST January 20, 2017 10:12:00 AM PST Success
db upgrade January 20, 2017 10:12:00
AM PST January 20, 2017 10:22:17 AM PST Success

6. Verify that the Database Home components were updated successfully by using
the Component Command. The Available Version column should indicate
update-to-date.

Check for Available Operating System Updates for DB System Nodes

Note:

• Oracle recommends rebooting the DB system if any kernel update is

present in OS update.
• Oracle does not recommend installing OS packages or dependencies
that are not part of the version lock that Oracle provides.

1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to
invoke the root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/
oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Use the get-availableospatches command to identify updates you want to apply

to the OS. Note that if the rebootIsRequired field is "true", you must reboot the
DB system after applying the update.

dbcli get-availableospatches

Output:

Update Available Reboot Required

-------------------- --------------------
Yes Yes

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To get the output in JSON, use the following command.

dbcli get-availableospatches -j

Output:

{
"updateAvailable" : true,
"rebootIsRequired" : true,
"updateableRpms" : [ "curl.x86_64::7.29.0-59.0.1.el7_9.1",
"freetype.x86_64::2.8-14.el7_9.1",
"kernel-devel.x86_64::3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7", "kernel-
headers.x86_64::3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7",
"kernel-uek.x86_64::4.1.12-124.45.6.el7uek", "kernel-uek-
firmware.noarch::4.1.12-124.45.6.el7uek",
"libX11.x86_64::1.6.7-3.el7_9", "libX11-
common.noarch::1.6.7-3.el7_9",
"libcurl.x86_64::7.29.0-59.0.1.el7_9.1",
"libsmbclient.x86_64::4.10.16-9.el7_9",
"libwbclient.x86_64::4.10.16-9.el7_9",
"python.x86_64::2.7.5-90.0.1.el7",
"python-libs.x86_64::2.7.5-90.0.1.el7", "samba-client-
libs.x86_64::4.10.16-9.el7_9",
"samba-common.noarch::4.10.16-9.el7_9", "samba-common-
libs.x86_64::4.10.16-9.el7_9",
"sudo.x86_64::1.8.23-10.el7_9.1" ],
"installedRpms" : [ "curl.x86_64::7.29.0-59.0.1.el7",
"freetype.x86_64::2.8-14.el7",
"kernel-devel.x86_64::3.10.0-1160.2.2.el7", "kernel-
headers.x86_64::3.10.0-1160.2.2.el7",
"kernel-uek.x86_64::4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek", "kernel-uek-
firmware.noarch::4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek",
"libX11.x86_64::1.6.7-2.el7", "libX11-common.noarch::1.6.7-2.el7",
"libcurl.x86_64::7.29.0-59.0.1.el7",
"libsmbclient.x86_64::4.10.16-7.el7_9",
"libwbclient.x86_64::4.10.16-7.el7_9",
"python.x86_64::2.7.5-89.0.1.el7",
"python-libs.x86_64::2.7.5-89.0.1.el7", "samba-client-
libs.x86_64::4.10.16-7.el7_9",
"samba-common.noarch::4.10.16-7.el7_9", "samba-common-
libs.x86_64::4.10.16-7.el7_9",
"sudo.x86_64::1.8.23-10.el7" ]
}

Update the Operating System of a DB System Node

This topic explains how to use the dbcli to run a precheck and then apply an update to the
OS running on a DB system node.

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Note:
Some OS update operations require a reboot after update is complete. Use
the dbcli get-availableospatches command as described in the previous
topic to determine if the update you are applying requires a reboot.

Perform the following steps to update the OS of a DB system node.

1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to
invoke the root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/
oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. Use the update-server -c os -p command to run a precheck:

dbcli update-server -c os -p

Output:

{
"jobId" : "7fc5cadd-d256-436a-be0d-c2bfe9fd4e95",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "March 01, 2021 07:36:19 AM UTC",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "OS Patching Prechecks",
"updatedTime" : "March 01, 2021 07:36:20 AM UTC",
"percentageProgress" : "0%"
}

4. If the precheck is successful and uncovers no issues that prevent a successful

update operation, you can update the OS. If the precheck is not successful,
address the issues identified by the precheck before trying to update the OS.

Note:
You can use the -l (--local) flag to update the server components only
in the current node.

To update the OS, use the dbcli update-server -c os command:

dbcli update-server -c os

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Output:

{
"jobId" : "bee1c6d9-45fb-4e5b-8ee8-f02e7cd192ab",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "March 01, 2021 07:37:43 AM UTC",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "OS Patching",
"updatedTime" : "March 01, 2021 07:37:43 AM UTC",
"percentageProgress" : "0%"
}

5. If the OS update requires a reboot, reboot the server after the update operation is
complete.

Upgrade a Database
This article describes the procedure to upgrade a database in a DB system by using the
Console and the API.
For Oracle Database release and software support timelines, see Release Schedule of
Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1) in the My Oracle Support portal.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you want
to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database Service.

Prerequisites
Review the following prerequisites to upgrade an Oracle Database in a DB system.
• The DB system must use Oracle Linux 7 (OL7).
• If your DB System uses Automatic Storage Management (ASM) storage management
software, the system must use Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) 19c.
• Upgrades from older versions to Oracle Database 23c are currently not supported.
For databases on DB systems not meeting the minimum software version requirements, you
can upgrade only after using the backup and restore operations to restore the database to a
DB system that uses OL7 and GI 19c.

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Note:
Currently, the only option available for upgrade is to 19c.

Your Oracle Database must be configured with the following settings in order to
upgrade:
• The database must be in archivelog mode.
• The database must have flashback enabled.
See the Oracle Database Documentation for your database's release version to learn
more about these settings.
For more information, see:
• Create an On-Demand Full Backup of a Database
• Create a DB System from a Backup Using the Console

About Upgrading Databases

Review the following information about database software version upgrades.
• Database upgrades involve database downtime. Oracle recommends considering
this when scheduling your database upgrade.
• Oracle recommends that you back up your database and test the new software
version on a test system before you upgrade.
For more information about creating an on-demand manual backup, see On-
Demand Full Backups.
• Oracle recommends running an upgrade precheck operation for your database
before you upgrade so that you can discover any issues that need mitigation
before the time you plan to perform the upgrade. The precheck operation does not
affect database availability. So you can perform it anytime.
• An upgrade operation cannot take place while an automatic backup operation is
underway. Before upgrading, Oracle recommends disabling automatic backups
and performing a manual backup.
For more information, see Configure Automatic Backups for a Database and
Create an On-Demand Full Backup of a Database.
• After upgrading, you cannot use automatic backups taken before the upgrade to
restore the database to an earlier point in time.
• If you are upgrading an database that uses version 11.2 software, the resulting
version 19c database will be a non-container database (non-CDB). You can
convert the resulting 19c database to a pluggable database (PDB) using the
Console or APIs after your upgrade is complete.
For more information about running a precheck and converting your non-CDB to a
PDB, see Convert a Non-Container Database To an Oracle Database 19c PDB.
• For upgrades using generally-available Oracle Database software releases, you
cannot use the dbcli utility to perform the upgrade. Use the Console to perform
your database upgrade. If your organization must upgrade using a customized
software version, contact Oracle to receive a pre-authenticated URL that you can
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Upgrading Databases that have Data Guard Association

For databases with a Data Guard association, you must always upgrade the standby
database first and then the primary database. The upgrade options are available in the
Console for Data Guard associations created using the Console. However, if you have a
database that does not have a Data Guard association but is configured as a primary or
standby database manually, then the following apply for upgrading such databases.
• The database service will be able to detect and identify whether a database is a primary
or standby.
• For database versions 11.2 and 12.1, you must disable the Data Guard configuration
before upgrading.
• You must first upgrade the standby database and then the primary database.
• The database service will set a Guaranteed Restore Point (GRP) on the database you
are upgrading. After a successful upgrade, the GRP will be removed automatically from
the primary database. However, on the standby database, you must manually remove the
GRP.
• While upgrading, the DB_HOME will be changed, the standby database will open in mount
mode, and the primary will open in read/write mode.
After successful upgrade of both primary and standby databases, perform the following.
1. For database versions 11.2 and 12.1, enable the Data Guard configuration you previously
disabled before the upgrade.
2. Check the open mode of the standby database.
3. Drop the GRP created on standby.

How the Database Upgrade Operation is Performed by the Database Service

During the database upgrade process, the following steps are automatically performed:
• Executes an automatic precheck. This enables the system to identify issues needing
mitigation and to stop the upgrade operation.
• Sets a GRP, enabling it to perform a flashback in the event of an upgrade failure.
• Creates a new Database Home based on the specified Oracle-published or custom
database software image.
• Runs the Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) software to perform the upgrade on the
database. For databases in Data Guard association, this step is executed only on the
primary database.

Roll Back a Failed Database Upgrade

Note:
The rollback operation is available for Oracle Database Enterprise Editions only.

If your database upgrade does not complete successfully, then you have the option of
performing a rollback. Following an unsuccessful database upgrade operation, the rollback
option is provided in a banner message displayed on the Database Details page.

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Review the following information before you begin rollback.

• Rollback resets your database to the state before the upgrade.
• All changes to the database made during and after the upgrade will be lost.
For databases in Data Guard associations, the rollback must be performed according
to the following steps.
• If the standby database upgrade has failed and you want to rollback, perform the
following steps.
1. Rollback the standby database.
• If the standby database upgrade has failed and you want to retry, perform the
following steps.
1. Rollback the standby database.
2. Upgrade the standby database.
• If the primary database upgrade has failed and you want to rollback, perform the
following steps.
1. Rollback the primary database.
2. Rollback the standby database using the CLI. The Console does not provide
an option to rollback a successful upgrade.
For more information about CLI, see, Upgrade Rollback.
3. Reenable Data Guard configuration on primary databases running on 11.2 and
12.1 database versions.
4. After a successful rollback, verify the Data Guard configurations.
• If the primary database upgrade has failed and you want to retry, perform the
following steps.
1. Rollback the primary database.
2. Execute flashback to GRP on the standby database.
For more information about GRP, see Managing Guaranteed Restore Points.
3. Upgrade the primary database.

Note:
You must always rollback the primary database first and then the standby
database.

Generally, when you rollback the database using the rollback option in the Console,
the following steps are taken care of by the database service automatically.
1. Execute flashback.
2. Change Database Home.
3. Drop GRP.
You can rollback a successful standby database upgrade only using CLI.
For more information about the steps to perform a rollback using the Console, see Roll
Back a Failed Database Upgrade.

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After Your Database Upgrade is Complete

After a successful upgrade, note the following:
• Oracle recommends that you remove the old Database Home using the dbcli ultility.
For more information, see Dbhome Commands.
• Check that automatic backups are enabled for the database if you disabled them prior to
upgrading.
• Edit the Oracle Database COMPATIBLE parameter to reflect the new Oracle Database
version.
For more information, see What Is Oracle Database Compatibility?.
• Ensure that the .bashrc file in the home directory of the Oracle User has been updated
to point to the 19c Database Home.
• If you upgraded a database from Oracle Database 11.2 to Oracle Database 19c, you can
convert the resulting non-container database to a pluggable database (PDB). You can
perform a precheck prior to the conversion to identify problems prior to the conversion
operation.
• The GRP that was created on the standby database must be dropped.

Managing Guaranteed Restore Points

Listing Guaranteed Restore Points
You can use the following statement to list all the GRPs using the V$RESTORE_POINT View.

SELECT NAME FROM V$RESTORE_POINT WHERE GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE='YES';

For more information, see Listing Restore Points Using the V$RESTORE_POINT view in
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide.

Dropping Guaranteed Restore Points

You can use the following statement to drop a GRP using the DROP RESTORE POINT
statement.

DROP RESTORE POINT <grp name>;

where, grp name is the name of the GRP that must be dropped.

For more information, see Dropping Restore Points in Oracle Database Backup and
Recovery User's Guide.

Apply a Database Upgrade

Perform the following steps to upgrade the database from an older release.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

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3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database you want to upgrade.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database that you want to upgrade.
6. In the Database information tab, under Version, click the View link in the
Database version field.
7. Select the required database from the corresponding Database Software Images
tab.
• The Oracle Database Software Images tab displays generally-available
database software images that you can use to upgrade your database to a
higher major release version. Oracle images that can be used for upgrading
have the Type as Upgrade.

Note:
Only the most recent update level of Oracle Database and the next-
most recent update level can be used for the upgrade operation.

• The Custom Database Software Images tab enables you to select a

database software image you have created in advance. Use the Select a
compartment selector to specify the compartment that contains the database
software image. Custom images that can be used for upgrading have the Type
as Upgrade.

Note:
Only the most recent update level of Oracle Database and the next-
most recent update level can be used for the upgrade operation.

For more information about database software images, see Manage Oracle
Database Software Images.
8. Review the list of available upgrades for the database you selected.
9. Click the Actions menu for the upgrade you are interested in, and then click one
of the following actions:
• Precheck: Check for any prerequisites to ensure that the upgrade can be
successfully applied. To run precheck, click Precheck and provide
confirmation in the Confirm dialog.
• Upgrade: Applies the selected upgrade. Oracle recommends that you run the
precheck operation for an upgrade before applying it. To apply the upgrade,
click Upgrade and provide confirmation in the Upgrade database dialog.

View the Database Upgrade History

Perform the following steps to view the upgrade history of a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.

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2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database you
want to view the upgrade details.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database that you want to view the upgrade
details.
6. In the Database information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Database Version field.
7. On the Updates page, click Update History on the left side menu.
8. The history of update and upgrade operations for that database is displayed.

Roll Back a Failed Database Upgrade

Note:

• The upgrade rollback operation is only available for Oracle Database Enterprise
Edition softwares that were unsuccessfully upgraded and are currently in the
"Failed" lifecycle state.
• Review the information in the Roll Back a Failed Database Upgrade topic
before proceeding with the following steps.

Perform the following steps to rollback a failed database upgrade.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system where the database is located, and click the
system name to display details about it.
A list of databases is displayed.
4. Find the database that was unsuccessfully upgraded, and click its name to display details
about it. The database will display a banner at the top of the details page that includes a
Rollback button.
5. Click Rollback. In the Confirm rollback dialog, confirm that you want to begin a rollback
to the previous Oracle Database version by clicking Rollback.

Convert a Non-Container Database To an Oracle Database 19c PDB

This topic applies to databases upgraded from Oracle Database 11.2 to Oracle Database
19c. As part of the conversion process, you create a new container database (CDB) to hold
the pluggable database (PDB) created by the conversion of the non-CDB. To convert a non-
container database to a PDB that uses a later version of Oracle Database than 19c, follow
the steps in this topic, then upgrade the resulting 19c database to a later software version, as
described in Apply a Database Upgrade.

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Prerequisites and Recommended Practices

• You must have the TDE wallet password of the non-CDB in order to convert it into
a PDB.
• Oracle recommends creating a manual backup of the database before attempting
the conversion. For more information, see Back Up and Recovery in Base
Database Service.
• The Console enables you to perform a precheck for your conversion operation to
ensure that the conversion can complete successfully. Oracle recommends
running the precheck before performing the conversion. To perform the precheck,
follow the steps in this procedure, and for the final step, click Run Precheck.
• You can clone the DB system and test the conversion operation on the database in
the cloned system before attempting the conversion on the source DB system. For
more information, see Clone a DB System.

Convert a Non-CDB to a PDB Using the Console

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database you want to convert.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database that you want to convert.
6. On the Database Details page, in the Database information tab, check the
Database architecture field to confirm that the database is a non-container
database.
7. On the Database Details page, click More actions, then click Convert to PDB.
8. In the Convert non-CDB database to pluggable database panel, provide the
following information in the Container database details section:
• Container database name: Provide a name for the new CDB that will hold
your converted PDB.
• Password: Provide a password for the new CDB.
• Confirm password: Reenter the CDB password.
• Use the administrator password for the TDE wallet: Uncheck this option if
you want to set a separate password for the TDE wallet. After you uncheck the
option, the following fields display:
– Enter TDE wallet password: Provide a TDE wallet password for the new
CDB.
– Confirm TDE wallet password: Reenter the TDE wallet password.
9. In the Non container database details section, enter the existing TDE wallet
password of the non-CDB that you are converting.
10. Click Run precheck to perform a precheck, or click Convert to PDB if you are
ready to convert the database.

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Note:
After you run a precheck, you are returned to the Database Details page in the
Console. To start the conversion operation, follow all the steps in this topic
again, and click the Convert to PDB option in the final step.

After the database has been successfully converted, the Database Details page in the
Console displays Container database in the Database architecture field. This field is located
in the Database information section of the Database Details page.

Troubleshooting Tips for Converting a Non-CDB to a PDB

If your conversion operation does not complete successfully, you can troubleshoot the issue
using the database cli (dbcli) command line utility. For more information about database cli,
see Oracle Database CLI Reference.
To troubleshoot:
1. Login to the DB system as described in Overview of Connecting to a DB System.
2. Use the dbcli list-jobs command to determine the job ID and status of the
unsuccessful database conversion operation.
3. Use the dbcli describe-job command to display details about the unsuccessful
database conversion operation.
Based on the information retuned by the dbcli describe-job command, you can try to
resolve the issue that caused the conversion operation to fail. For errors that occur during the
plugging in process (when the new PDB is being plugged into the new CDB), contact Oracle
Support for assistance in completing the conversion after the issue that caused the failure
has been resolved.
If a conversion operation fails, the console might display either 2 databases in the DB
system, or display only a terminated database. The DB system can take up to 2 hours to
reset itself. If the Console no longer shows 2 databases or a single terminated database, you
can try the conversion again. If the DB system does not reset itself and allow you to try again,
contact Oracle Support.

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security
Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command
Line Interface.
Use the following APIs to manage database upgrades:
• ListDatabaseUpgradeHistoryEntries
• UpgradeDatabase

Note:
When using the UpgradeDatabase API to upgrade a database on a DB system, you
must specify either DB_VERSION or DB_SOFTWARE_IMAGE as the upgrade source.

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For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Update a Database
This article describes the procedure to update a database in a DB system by using the
Console and the API.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you
want to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database
Service.

About Updating Databases

Oracle recommends updating the DB system before you update the database within
that DB system. The Console displays the latest and the previous DB system updates
available. You can use either of these updates, but Oracle recommends using the
latest.
You can also update your database using a custom database software image. When
updating with a software image, Oracle supports updating with any image based on
the current version or any of the three most recent past versions (N through N - 3).
The following applies only to Oracle based updates starting April 2022 updates for
12.1 and 12.2 and July 2022 updates for 19c.
If you have any interim updates (previously known as a one-off patch) installed, then
those interim updates will be rolled back automatically before installing the new
update. If the new update does not include the interim updates, you could install the
interim update again after you complete installing the new update.
If you have any interim updates installed in your database, then to avoid installing
interim updates after the new update, Oracle recommends using a custom database
software image and updating your database using that image.
After running precheck, you can identify if you have installed any additional interim
updates by executing the following command in dbcli.

dbcli describe-job -i <job id>

where job id (dbcli list-jobs) is the job id of the precheck run.

All the changes in the Oracle Home will be copied to the newly updated and installed
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Note:

• Oracle does not recommend changing any files within the Database Home.
• It is essential to ensure that all the changes you made to the Database Home
are copied correctly. If you have copied any files or folders in the Database
Home, like tnsnames.ora, listener.ora etc., you should back up those files
manually.

The DB system should have access to the Identity and Object Storage endpoints within OCI.
If the DB system running on a private subnet was only configured with a service gateway and
no additional gateway (e.g., NAT Gateway), you should ensure that the service gateway is set
to allow the access to all Oracle Services and not just the Object Storage. No change is
required if the Identity and Object Storage endpoints can be reached by other means.
For more information on the list of currently available database updates, see Currently
Available Updates.

Note:
OJVM updates have to be applied manually using the OPATCH tool.

Apply Interim Updates Using a Database Software Image

We do not recommend applying interim updates to the DB systems. Instead, you should
create and deploy a database software image that contains the necessary fixes. Only in
cases where you cannot use a database software image, for example, to apply an interim
update to a GI Home, you can file a Service Request (SR) and request support assistance to
download an interim update.
For more information on database software images, see Manage Oracle Database Software
Images.

Apply a Database Update

Perform the following steps to update the database from an older update release.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database you
want to update.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database that you want to update.
6. In the Database information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Database version field.
7. Review the list of available updates for the database.

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8. Select the required database from the corresponding Database Software Images
tab.
• The Oracle Database Software Images tab displays generally-available
Oracle Database software images that you can use to update your database.
Oracle images that can be used for updating have the Type as Update.
• The Custom Database Software Images tab allows you to select a database
software image you have created in advance. Use the Select a compartment
selector to specify the compartment that contains the database software
image. Custom images that can be used for updating have the Type as
Update. Oracle supports updating with any image based on the current
release or one of the three most recent past releases.
9. Review the list of available updates for the database you selected.
10. Click the Actions menu for the update you are interested in, and then click one of
the following actions:
• Precheck: Check for any prerequisites to ensure that the update can be
successfully applied. To run precheck, click Precheck and provide
confirmation in the Confirm precheck dialog.
• Apply: Applies the selected update. Oracle recommends that you run the
precheck operation for an update before applying it. To apply the update, click
Apply and provide confirmation in the Confirm dialog.

View the Database Update History

Perform the following steps to view the update history of a database.

Note:
Update history views in the Console do not show updates that were applied
by using command line tools like dbcli or the Patch utility.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database you want to view the update details.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database that you want to view the
update details.
6. In the Database information tab, under Version, click the View link beside the
Database version field.
7. On the Updates page, click Update history on the left-hand side menu.
8. The history of update and upgrade operations for that database is displayed.

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Apply an Interim Update

Note:
This topic applies only to database homes in single-node and multi-node RAC DB
systems.

To apply an interim update to fix a specific defect, follow the procedure in this section. Use
the Opatch utility to apply an interim update to the Database Home.

Note:
In the procedure example, the Database Home directory is /u02/app/oracle/
product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1 and the update number is 26543344.

1. Obtain the applicable interim update from My Oracle Support.

2. Review the information in the update README.txt file. This file might contain additional
and/or custom instructions to follow to apply the update successfully.
3. Use SCP or SFTP to place the update on your target database.
4. Shut down each database that is running in the Database Home.

srvctl stop database -db <db name> -stopoption immediate -verbose

5. Set the Oracle Home environment variable to point to the target Oracle Home.

sudo su - oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=/u02/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1

6. Change to the directory where you placed the update, and unzip the update.

cd <working directory where opatch is stored>

unzip p26543344_122010_Linux-x86-64.zip

7. Change to the directory with the unzipped update, and check for conflicts.

cd 26543344
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./

8. Apply the update.

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply

9. Verify that the update was applied successfully.

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory -detail -oh $ORACLE_HOME

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10. If the Database Home contains databases, restart them.

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl start database -db <db name>

Otherwise, run the following command as root user.

# /u01/app/<db version>/grid/bin/setasmgidwrap o=/u01/app/oracle/

product/<db version>/dbhome_1/bin/oracle

11. If the readme indicates that the update has a sqlpatch component, run the
datapatch command against each database.
Before you run datapatch, ensure that all pluggable databases (PDBs) are open.
To open a PDB, you can use SQL*Plus to execute the following against the PDB.

ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <pdb name> OPEN READ WRITE

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/datapatch

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and
Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and
Command Line Interface.
Use the following APIs to manage database updates:
• ListDbHomePatches
• ListDbHomePatchHistoryEntries
• GetDbHomePatch
• GetDbHomePatchHistoryEntry
• UpdateDbHome
• UpdateDatabase
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

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Pluggable Databases

This article provides details about pluggable databases and managing their various features,
such as backup, restore, relocate, and clone.
The multitenant architecture enables an Oracle database to be a container database. A
container database (CDB) contains one or more user-created, pluggable databases and
application containers. A pluggable database (PDB) is a portable collection of schemas,
schema objects, and nonschema objects that appears to an application as a separate
database. At the physical level, each PDB has its own set of data files that store the data for
the PDB. The CDB includes all the data files for the PDBs contained within it and a set of
system data files that store metadata for the CDB itself.
Oracle 19c or later databases created in a DB system include an initial PDB that you can
access from the Database details page in the Console. Using the Console or APIs, you can
start, stop, clone, and delete the PDB. You can also create additional PDBs in the CDB. All
PDB operations performed using the Console or APIs can be monitored using the work
request generated by the operation. For more information, see Work Requests.
You can create and manage PDBs in the DB system using the OCI Console and APIs.

Note:
Generally, the term 'database' refers to the container database (CDB).

Create
You can have more than one PDB in a CDB. PDBs must be created one at a time, and
creating a new PDB has no effect on existing PDBs in the CDB.
To create a PDB using the Console, see Create a Pluggable Database.

Backup
You can take a backup of the PDB optionally during create, clone, or relocate operations
when the CDB is configured with the auto-backup feature. The PDB backup destination will
always be the same as CDB, and the backups cannot be accessed directly or created on
demand. Oracle recommends immediately backing up the PDB after you create or clone it.
This is because the PDB will not be recoverable until the next daily auto-backup completes
successfully, leading to a possible data loss.

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Restore
A PDB can be restored from a backup.
• Out-of-place restore: You can restore a PDB by creating a CDB from the backup,
then selecting a PDB or a subset of them you want to restore on the new
database.
• In-place restore: You can restore a PDB within the same CDB to its last known
good state or to a specified time stamp.
You can perform an in-place restore when you want to move a PDB back to a specified
state or time. Both the CDB and PDB must be up and running, and only one PDB can
be restored at a time.
• If you have multiple PDBs in your CDB and want to restore multiple of them to the
same CDB, then you could restore each individual PDB, one PDB at a time, from
the CDB backup.
• When the CDB is down, you can restore the complete CDB, and all the PDBs in
that CDB will also be restored.
• You could either restore the database to the specified time stamp or to its last
known good state.
To restore a PDB using the Console, see Restore a Pluggable Database.

Relocate
You can relocate a PDB from one CDB to another CDB within the same availability
domain (AD) to the same or a later database version across compartments, DB
systems, or VCNs. If two different VCNs are used, then both VCNs must be peered
before relocating. During relocation, the PDB will be removed from the source CDB
and moved to the destination CDB that is up and running. In a Data Guard association,
a PDB relocated to the primary will be synchronized with the standby as well.
To relocate a PDB using the Console, see Relocate a Pluggable Database.

Clone
A clone is an independent and complete copy of the given database as it existed at the
time of the cloning operation. You can create clones of your PDB within the same CDB
or a different CDB and refresh the cloned PDB.
The following types of clones are supported:
• Local clone: A copy of the PDB is created within the same CDB.
• Remote clone: A copy of the PDB is created on a different CDB.
You can perform a remote clone of a PDB from one CDB to another CDB within
the same availability domain (AD) to the same or a later database version across
compartments, DB systems, or VCNs. If two different VCNs are used, then both
VCNs must be peered before cloning.
• Refreshable clone: A copy of the PDB is created on a different CDB, and you will
be able to refresh the cloned PDB.
You can perform a refreshable clone of a PDB from one CDB to another CDB
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across compartments, DB systems, or VCNs. If two different VCNs are used, then both
VCNs must be peered before cloning.
To clone a PDB using the Console, see Clone a Pluggable Database.

Refreshable Clone
A refreshable clone enables you to keep your remote clone updated with the source PDB.
You can only refresh while the PDB is in mount mode. The only open mode you can have is
read-only, and refresh cannot be performed while it is in read-only mode.
• A database link user credential is required for creating a refreshable clone.
• Clone, relocate, and in-place restore operations are not supported in the refreshable
clone. Relocate and in-place restore operations are not supported in the source, and the
source can only be deleted after disconnecting or deleting the refreshable clone.
• In a Data Guard association, a refreshable clone cannot be created on standby, but it can
be created on the primary. However, the primary will not be synced to the standby.

Note:
A PDB in standby cannot be used as the source for a refreshable PDB.

To create a refreshable clone using the Console, see Clone a Pluggable Database.
To refresh a clone using the Console, see Refresh a Pluggable Database.

Convert Refreshable Clone to Regular PDB

You can convert a refreshable clone to a regular PDB by disconnecting the refreshable clone
(destination PDB) from the source PDB at any time. If the refresh PDB is in a Data Guard
association, when it is converted to a regular PDB, then the PDB will be synced to the
standby as part of the conversion process.
To convert a PDB using the Console, see Convert a Refreshable Clone to a Regular
Pluggable Database.

Open Modes
On the Console, you can see the open modes of a PDB, such as read-write, read-only, and
mounted. If the PDB status is the same across all nodes, the system displays the same
status for all PDBs. If the PDB statuses are different across the nodes, the system displays a
message indicating on which nodes the PDBs are opened in read-write mode. You cannot
change the open mode of a PDB through the API or Console. However, you can start or stop
a PDB. Starting the PDB will start it in read-write mode. Stopping the PDB will close it, and it
will remain in mount mode.

Limitations of PDB Management

• New PDBs created with SQL are not immediately discovered and displayed in the
Console. However, OCI performs sync operations regularly to discover manually created
PDBs, and they should be visible in the Console and API-based tools within 6 hours of
creation. Oracle recommends using the Console or API-based tools (including the OCI
CLI, SDKs, and Terraform) to create PDBs.

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• PDB operations are supported only for databases using Oracle Database 19c and
later.
• PDBs are backed up at the CDB level, and each backup includes all the PDBs in
the CDB. OCI does not support the creation of backups for individual PDBs.

Clone a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to clone a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.

Note:
To clone the PDB, you must have the TDE wallet password of the PDB's
source database.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to
clone. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to clone.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to clone. Click the PDB name to display
details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click Clone.
8. In the Clone pluggable database window, provide the following details:
9. Select a clone type according to your requirements from one of the following
options:
• Local clone: Create a copy of the source PDB on the same CDB.
• Remote clone: Create a copy of the source PDB on a different CDB.
• Refreshable clone: Create a copy of the source PDB on a different CDB and
be able to refresh the cloned DPB.
10. In the Destination section, provide the following details:

11. DB System: Select the destination DB System to which the PDB must be cloned.

12. Database: Select the destination database to which the PDB must be cloned.

13. In the Configure new PDB section, provide the following details:

14. PDB name: Enter a name for the PDB. The name must begin with an alphabetic
character and can contain a maximum of 30 alphanumeric characters.
15. Database SYS password: Enter the admin password for the source CDB.

16. Database TDE wallet password: Enter the TDE wallet password for the source
CDB.

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17. Unlock PDB admin account: Optional for local clone and remote clone. Not applicable
for refreshable clone. Select this option to specify a PDB admin password and configure
the PDB to be unlocked at creation.
• PDB admin password: Create and enter a PDB admin password. The password
must contain:
– A minimum of 9 and a maximum of 30 characters
– At least two uppercase characters
– At least two lowercase characters
– At least two special characters. The valid special characters are: underscore
( _ ), a hash sign (#), and a dash (-). You can use two of the same characters or
any combination of two of the same characters.
– At least two numeric characters (0 - 9)
• Confirm PDB admin password: Reenter the PDB admin password.
18. In the Source section, provide the following details. This section is applicable only when
the selected clone type is a remote clone or refreshable clone.
19. Source database SYS password: Enter the database admin password of the source
database.
20. Database link: Required for refreshable clone and optional for remote clone. A common
user is created at the CDB level. If you do not provide the details, the system creates the
user and deletes it at the end of the operation. If the user name entered already exists in
the database, the remote clone will reuse the same username. However, the user's
password will be reset to the one you entered.
• Database link user name: Provide a user name for the database link.
• Database link password: Provide a password for the database link.
• Confirm database link password: Reenter the password for the database link.
21. Take a backup of the PDB immediately: You must enable auto-backup on the CDB to
back up a PDB immediately. This check box is checked by default if auto-backup is
enabled on the CDB.

Note:
If the check box is unchecked, the system displays a warning stating that PDB
cannot be recovered until the next daily backup has been successfully
completed.

22. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the database.

23. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You must
have permission to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information about using
tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
24. Click Clone pluggable database.

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Perform the following steps to refresh a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to
refresh. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to refresh.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to refresh. Click the PDB name to
display details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Refresh.
8. In the Refresh PDB dialog, click Refresh to confirm.

Perform the following steps to convert a refreshable clone to a regular Pluggable

Database using the Console.
• Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
• Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
• In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to
convert. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
• In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to convert.
Click the database name to display details about it.
• In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
• In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to convert. Click the PDB name to
display details about it.
• From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Convert to regular
PDB.
• In the Convert to regular PDB dialog, provide the following details:
• TDE wallet password of database: Enter the TDE wallet password for the source
CDB.
• Take a backup of the PDB immediately: You must enable auto-backup on the
CDB to back up a PDB immediately. This check box is checked by default if auto-
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Note:
If the check box is unchecked, the system displays a warning stating that PDB
cannot be recovered until the next daily backup has been successfully
completed.

• Click Convert.

Perform the following steps to restore a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.

In-Place Restore
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to restore.
Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to restore. Click
the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to restore. Click the PDB name to display
details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Restore.
8. In the Restore PDB dialog, select one of the following restore options:
• Restore to the latest: Restores the database to its last known good state with the
least possible data loss.
• Restore to a timestamp: Restores the database to the time stamp specified.

Note:
SCN-based restore is not supported by the Console but is available through the
API and OCI CLI.

9. Click Restore and confirm when prompted.

Out-of-Place Restore
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDBs you want to restore.
Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDBs you want to restore. Click
the database name to display details about it.

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5. In the Resources section of the page, click Backups.

6. In the list of backups, find the backup containing the PDBs you want to restore.
7. Click the Actions menu (three vertical dots) for the backup, and then click Create
database.
8. In the Create database from backup dialog, in the Configure PDB section,
select one of the following restore options:
• All PDBs: This includes all the PDBs from the backup.
• Choose the PDBs to restore: You can specify one or more PDBs to be
restored from the backup.
– PDB name: A comma-separated list of PDB names to be restored.
9. Click Next.
10. Provide details in the DB system information and Database information sections
by following the instructions provided in Create a DB System From a Backup
Using the Console.

Perform the following steps to relocate a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the
Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to
relocate. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to relocate.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to relocate. Click the PDB name to
display details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Relocate.
8. In the Relocate pluggable database window, provide the following details:
9. In the Destination section, provide the following details:
10. DB System: Select the destination DB system to which the PDB must be
migrated.
11. Database: Select the destination database to which the PDB must be migrated.

12. In the Configure new PDB section, provide the following details:

13. PDB name: Enter a name for the PDB. The name must begin with an alphabetic
character and can contain a maximum of 30 alphanumeric characters.
14. Database SYS password: Enter the admin password for the source CDB.

15. Database TDE wallet password: Enter the TDE wallet password for the source
CDB.

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16. Unlock PDB admin account: Optional. Select this option to specify a PDB admin
password and configure the PDB to be unlocked at creation.
• PDB admin password: Create and enter a PDB admin password. The password
must contain:
– A minimum of 9 and a maximum of 30 characters
– At least two uppercase characters
– At least two lowercase characters
– At least two special characters. The valid special characters are: underscore
( _ ), a hash sign (#), and a dash (-). You can use two of the same characters or
any combination of two of the same characters.
– At least two numeric characters (0 - 9)
• Confirm PDB admin password: Reenter the PDB admin password.
17. In the Source section, provide the following details:

• Source database SYS password: Enter the database admin password of the
source database.
• Database link: Optional. Enter the user name and password for the database link. A
common user is created at the CDB level. If you do not provide the details, the
system creates the user and deletes it at the end of the operation. If the user name
entered already exists in the database, relocate will re-use the same user name.
However, the user's password will be reset to the one you entered.
– Database link user name: Provide a user name for the database link.
– Database link password: Provide a password for the database link.
– Confirm database link password: Reenter the password for the database link.
18. Take a backup of the PDB immediately: You must enable auto-backup on the CDB to
back up a PDB immediately. This check box is checked by default if auto-backup is
enabled on the CDB.

Note:
If the check box is unchecked, the system displays a warning stating that PDB
cannot be recovered until the next daily backup has been successfully
completed.

19. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the database.

20. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You must
have permission to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information about using
tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
21. Click Relocate pluggable database.

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Note:

• After the relocation is successful, the state of the PDB will change from
Available to Relocated in the source CDB.
• In the destination CDB, the new PDB will be added, and its state will be
displayed as Available.
• Relocate will incur downtime during the process, and the time required is
based on the size of the PDB.

Create a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to create a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system in which you want to create the PDB.
Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database in which you want to create the PDB.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. Click Create pluggable database.
7. In the Create pluggable database window, provide the following details:
8. PDB name: Enter a name for the PDB. The name must begin with an alphabetic
character and can contain a maximum of 30 alphanumeric characters.
9. Unlock my PDB admin account: Optional. Select this option to specify a PDB
admin password and configure the PDB to be unlocked at creation.
• PDB admin password: Create and enter a PDB admin password. The
password must contain:
– A minimum of 9 and a maximum of 30 characters
– At least two uppercase characters
– At least two lowercase characters
– At least two special characters. The valid special characters are:
underscore ( _ ), a hash sign (#), and a dash (-). You can use two of the
same characters or any combination of two of the same characters.
– At least two numeric characters (0 - 9)
• Confirm PDB admin password: Reenter the PDB admin password.
10. TDE wallet password of database: Enter the TDE wallet password for the source
CDB.
11. Take a backup of the PDB immediately: You must enable auto-backup on the
CDB to back up a PDB immediately. This check box is checked by default if auto-
backup is enabled on the CDB.

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Note:
If the check box is unchecked, the system displays a warning stating that PDB
cannot be recovered until the next daily backup has been successfully
completed.

12. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the database.

13. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You must
have permission to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information about using
tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
14. Click Create pluggable database.

Note:
During the PDB creation operation, the source CDB is in the 'updating' status.

Stop a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to stop a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.

Note:
The PDB must be available and running (started) to use this procedure.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to stop. Click
the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to stop. Click the
database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to stop. Click the PDB name to display details
about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Stop.
8. In the Stop PDB dialog, click Stop PDB to confirm.

Start a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to start a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

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3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to start.
Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to start.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to start. Click the PDB name to display
details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click Start.
8. In the Start PDB dialog, click Start PDB to confirm.

Delete a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to delete a Pluggable Database (PDB) using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to
delete. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to delete.
Click the database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to delete. Click the PDB name to display
details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click More actions, and then click Delete.
8. In the Delete PDB dialog, click Delete PDB to confirm.

Get Connection Strings for a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to get the connection strings for a Pluggable Database
(PDB) using the Console.

Note:
This article explains how to get connection strings for the administrative
service of a PDB. Oracle recommends that you connect applications to an
application service, using strings created for the application service.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to get
connection strings for. Click the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to get
connection strings for. Click the database name to display details about it.

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5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.

6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB you want to get connection strings for. Click the PDB
name to display details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click PDB connection.
8. In the Pluggable database connection dialog, use the Show and Copy links to display
and copy connection strings, as needed.
9. Click Close to exit the dialog.

The SQL Worksheet provides a web-based SQL workspace where you can enter SQL
statements directly in the browser using a database connection. From the SQL Worksheet,
you can run SQL statements or scripts against the database, and create database objects.
You need to create a connection to use the SQL Worksheet. The SQL Worksheet utilizes the
connection you create with the service to provide you the ability to run SQL commands and
scripts from the Console. Scripts used in the SQL Worksheet can reside in either OCI Object
Storage or on your local drive. Using the Connection selection menu, you can change the
connection that the SQL Worksheet is using instantly.
Connections are resources that contain the necessary information for accessing an Oracle
Database in OCI. Connections are created by simply providing information about the location
of the database. The connection also contains the user used to access the database and the
location of the password that is stored in the OCI Vault.
For more information about:
• connection, see Managing a Connection.
• SQL Worksheet, see Using the SQL Worksheet.
This article describes how to create a connection, launch, and use the SQL worksheet using
the Console.

Create a Connection
Perform the following steps to create a connection.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to use. Click
the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to use. Click the
database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB, and click the PDB name to display details about it.
7. Click Create connection.
8. Provide the following information about the connection:
9. Name: A user-friendly informative name to describe the connection.

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10. Compartment: Choose a compartment you have permission to work in for the
connection.
11. Username: The database user you want to use for the connection.

12. Role: Use this menu to select a high-level, system wide administrative privileged
role to be granted to the user you provided. If no role is needed, you can leave the
default value.
13. User password secret: This menu is populated with any secrets you have access
to from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault. Click Change compartment to find
a secret in a different compartment.
14. Create password secret: If no secrets are listed or a new secret must created,
use this and provide the following information in the Create password secret
dialog:
a. Name: Give the secret a name. Do not use the password or hints of the
password in the name. For example, if a connection to the sales PDB is
needed for the DBA user, the name could be salesPDB-DBA.
b. Description: Optionally, provide a description of the secret.
c. Compartment: Select a compartment which you would like to create the
secret in.
d. Vault: Choose an OCI vault that you have access to where the secret will be
kept. Click Change compartment to find a vault in a different compartment.
e. Encryption key: Select an encryption key to be used to encrypt the supplied
password in the vault. Click Change compartment to find an encryption key
in the same vault that is contained a different compartment.
f. User password: Provide the password for the user.
g. Confirm user password: Retype the password previously entered.
h. Click Create when done to create the secret in the vault.
15. The Connection string field is pre-populated.

16. Use the Access database via a private network checkbox to designate that this
connection will use a Private Endpoint. Then select the endpoint using the select
private endpoint menu. Click Change compartment to find a private endpoint in
a different compartment.
17. After you complete the Connection Details section, click Next.

18. In the SSL details section, provide secure connection details.

19. A wallet must be provided when the use of mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication is
required, or when TLS authentication is used and the database returns a
certificate not signed by a trusted certificate authority. Oracle recommends using
an SSO wallet.
Choose one of the following options in the Wallet format menu:
• None
• Java Key Store (e.g., keystore.jks, truststore.jks)
• PKCS#12
• SSO wallet (e.g, cwallet.sso)
20. Click Create to create the Database Connection.

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For more information, see Managing a Connection.

Launch SQL Worksheet

Perform the following steps to launch the SQL Worksheet.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system containing the PDB you want to use. Click
the DB system name to display details about it.
4. In the list of databases, find the database containing the PDB you want to use. Click the
database name to display details about it.
5. In the Resources section of the page, click Pluggable Databases.
6. In the list of PDBs, find the PDB, and click the PDB name to display details about it.
7. From the PDB details page, click Launch SQL Worksheet.
8. Select the Connection you want to use and click Launch SQL Worksheet.

Use SQL Worksheet

For detailed steps about using SQL Worksheet, see Using the SQL Worksheet.

DB Systems
Check the Status of a DB System
You can check the status of your DB systems using the following steps.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of database systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the system you're interested in and check its icon. The
color of the icon and the text next to it indicates the status of the system.
• Provisioning: Yellow icon. Resources are being reserved for the DB system, the
system is booting, and the initial database is being created. Provisioning can take
several minutes. The system is not ready to use yet.
• Available: Green icon. The DB system was successfully provisioned. A few minutes
after the system enters this state, you can SSH to it and begin using it.
• Terminating: Gray icon. The DB system is being deleted by the terminate action in
the Console or API.
• Terminated: Gray icon. The DB system has been deleted and is no longer available.
• Failed: Red icon. An error condition prevented the provisioning or continued
operation of the DB system.
To view the status of a database node, under Resources, click Nodes to see the list of
nodes. In addition to the states listed for a DB system, a node's status can be one of the
following:

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• Starting: Yellow icon. The database node is being powered on by the start or
reboot action in the Console or API.
• Stopping: Yellow icon. The database node is being powered off by the stop or
reboot action in the Console or API.
• Stopped: Yellow icon. The database node was powered off by the stop action
in the Console or API.
You can also check the status of database systems and database nodes by using the
ListDbSystems or ListDbNodes API operations, which return the lifecycleState
attribute.

Start a DB System
DB system nodes are started individually. For multi-node DB systems, you may need
to act on only one node (as in the case of proactively rebooting a virtual machine node
with scheduled maintenance).
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of database systems is displayed.
3. In the list of database systems, find the DB system you want to stop or start, and
then click its name to display details about it.
4. In the list of nodes, click the Actions menu for a node.
5. Click Start.
It restarts a stopped node. After the node is restarted, the Stop action is enabled.

Note:
After you restart or reboot a node, the floating IP address might take several
minutes to be updated and display in the Console.

Stop a DB System
DB system nodes are stopped individually. For multi-node RAC DB systems, you may
need to act on only one node (as in the case of proactively rebooting a node with
scheduled maintenance).
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system you want to stop, and then click its
name to display details about it.
4. In the list of nodes, click the Actions menu for a node.
5. Click Stop.
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Note:

• Stopping a node stops billing for all OCPUs associated with that node. Billing
resumes if you restart the node.
• After you restart or reboot a node, the floating IP address might take several
minutes to be updated and display in the Console.

Reboot a DB System
DB system nodes are rebooted individually. For multi-node DB systems, you may need to act
on only one node (as in the case of proactively rebooting a virtual machine node with
scheduled maintenance).
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of database systems is displayed.
3. In the list of database systems, find the DB system you want to stop or start, and then
click its name to display details about it.
4. In the list of nodes, click the Actions menu for a node.
5. Click Reboot.
It shuts down the node, and then restarts it.

Note:
After you restart or reboot a node, the floating IP address might take several
minutes to be updated and display in the Console.

Scale the DB System

You can perform the following scaling operation on a DB system.

Scale Up the Storage for a DB System

If a DB system requires more block storage, you can increase the storage at any time.

Limitations
If you are scaling either data storage or recovery area storage from a value less than 10,240
GB (10 TB) to a value exceeding 10,240 GB, perform the scaling in two operations. First,
scale the system to 10,240 GB. After this first scaling operation is complete and the system is
in the "available" state, perform a second scaling operation, specifying your target storage
value above 10,240 GB. Attempting to scale from a value less than 10,240 GB to a value
higher than 10,240 GB in a single operation can lead to a failure of the scaling operation.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.

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2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system you want to scale up and click its
highlighted name. The DB system details are displayed.
4. Click Scale storage up.
5. In the Scale storage up panel, scale your storage as needed:

Note:
The Available storage (GB) value you specify during provisioning
determines the maximum total storage available through scaling. The
total storage available for each choice is detailed in Storage Scaling
Considerations for Databases Using Fast Provisioning.

The Choose storage management software and Configure storage

performance sections display the values you had selected while provisioning and
cannot be changed.
In the Available data storage (GB), select the amount of BlockStorage in GB to
allocate to the DB system. Available storage can be scaled up as needed after
provisioning your DB system.
In the Recovery area storage (GB), select the amount of storage required for
recovery log data (RECO storage). The recovery area storage is determined
based on the storage selected.
The read-only Total storage (GB) field displays the total amount of storage that
will be used by the DB system, including storage required by Oracle's DB system
software. The size of the backup determines the minimum value for available
storage.
The Expected theoretical max IOPS for data storage displays the maximum
theoretical IOPS that is achievable for storage you have selected.

Note:
Oracle recommends keeping recovery storage at 20% of total storage or
higher. Oracle charges for the total storage used, including data storage,
recovery storage, and storage required for the system software.

6. Click Update.

Change the Shape of a DB System

After you provision a DB system, you can change the shape at any time to adapt to
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more number of OCPUs, or you might want to reduce costs by reducing the number of
OCPUs.

Note:
The shape-changer operation takes place in a rolling fashion for multi-node RAC
DB systems, allowing you to change the shape with no database downtime.

Changing the shape does not affect the amount of storage available to the DB system.
However, the new shape can have different memory and network bandwidth characteristics,
and you can reapply any customizations to these aspects after the change.

Prerequisites
• DB system and database are in the 'Available' state.
• DB system is registered with the Cluster Ready Services (CRS) Grid Infrastructure stack.
By default, the DB systems use CRS.
• Database can be successfully restarted.
• Database is configured to use SPFILE (server parameter file), not PFILE. By default,
databases in the DB systems use the SPFILE configuration.
• The SGA_TARGET parameter for Automatic Shared Memory Management (ASMM) has a
nonzero value. By default, the DB systems use this ASMM configuration.

Migration from Intel to AMD Shapes

You can now migrate your DB system from Intel-based X7 shapes to AMD-based flexible
shape E4 by using the Change shape operation. The following prerequisites and restrictions
apply to the migration of DB systems.
1. The DB system must use the kernel UEK5. If the DB system is on UEK4, the migration
operation will automatically update it to UEK5.
2. The DB system must use Oracle Linux 7 (OL7). If a DB system is running on a version
below OL7, you must upgrade the DB system to OL7 before migration.
3. The DB system must use an Oracle Grid Infrastructure version later than or equal to
19.15.
4. The DB system must use the following Oracle Database versions or later versions for
respective database version series.
• 23.3.0.23.09
• 21.6.0.0.0
• 19.15.0.0.0
• 12.2.0.1.220418
• 12.1.0.2.220419
5. The DB systems based on Oracle Database 11.2 cannot be migrated.
6. You can migrate from Intel-based 2.X to AMD-based X OCPUs only. For example, if you
are in the Intel VM.Standard2.2 shape, you will be able to migrate to the AMD 2 OCPU
shape. However, after you have migrated, you will be able to change the AMD shape
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7. After migrating to an AMD shape, you can scale up the storage to a maximum of
40 TB (the maximum allowed storage options available on Intel X7 shapes).
8. After migration to an AMD shape, you will be on the balanced storage volume
performance option. You will not be able to change to the Higher performance
option.
9. While creating a clone for a migrated DB system, the clone will have the same
characteristics as the migrated DB system.
10. While creating Oracle Data Guard for a database in a migrated DB system, the
standby will have the same characteristics as the migrated DB system.
11. After successful migration, you will not be able to migrate back from AMD to Intel
shapes.
12. After successful migration, you will not be able to restore to an old boot volume
backup.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the system you want to scale and click its highlighted
name. The system details are displayed.
4. Click Change shape, and select an available shape from the list. For a complete
list of shapes, see Available Shapes and How It Determines the Resources
Allocated.
5. The Shape series section display the values you had selected while provisioning
and cannot be changed.

Note:
If you are changing the shape from Intel-based X7 shapes to AMD-
based flexible shape E4, then the number of OCPUs cannot be changed.
You can migrate from Intel-based 2.X to AMD-based X OCPUs only. For
example, if you are in the Intel VM.Standard2.2 shape, you will be able
to migrate to the AMD 2 OCPU shape. However, after you have
migrated, you will be able to change the AMD shape OCPUs according
to the available options.

6. Configure OCPU: Select the number of OCPUs you want to allocate to this
instance. For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 flexible shapes, you can select
the number of OCPUs by using the slider in the Number of OCPUs per node
field.
• For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 57 OCPUs
can be selected.
• For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 64 OCPUs can
be selected.
• For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 32 OCPUs can
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The following resources scale proportionately to the number of OCPUs you selected.
• Memory (GB): The amount of memory you want to allocate to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the memory will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected.
– For Ampere A1 shape, for each OCPU, 8 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 8 GB and a maximum of 456 GB of memory is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 16 GB and a maximum of 1024 GB of memory is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum of
16 GB and a maximum of 512 GB of memory is allocated.
• Network bandwidth (Gbps): The amount of network bandwidth you want to allocate
to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the bandwidth will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 1 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 32 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
• Theoretical max IOPS: The amount of input and output per second (IOPS) you want
to allocate to this instance. Theoretical max IOPS is also dependent on the storage
you select.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the theoretical max IOPS will scale
proportionally based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 16K
theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical
max IOPS is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K theoretical max
IOPS is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 16K to a maximum of 512K theoretical max
IOPS is allocated.
7. Review the information about the confirmation dialog, and click Change shape.

Note:
Changing shape requires a restart.

Tip:
If your shape change operation is not successful, see troubleshooting tips in the
Troubleshoot Shape Change Failures article.

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Clone a DB System
This article explains how to clone a DB system.
Cloning creates a copy of a source DB system as it exists at the time of the cloning
operation, including the storage configuration software and database volumes. When
creating a clone, you can specify a new SSH key and admin password.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you
want to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database
Service.

General Information
• To clone a DB system that has a Data Guard association, initiate the operation
from the primary DB system. The clone operation does not clone Data Guard
associations themselves, or Data Guard connections.
• When cloning a DB system that uses customer-managed encryption keys, the
cloned database will be configured to use the same key version as the source
database. For information on using customer-managed keys, see Database
Encryption Keys.

Limitations
• When cloning a DB system that uses Real Application Clusters (RAC), a new
Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) configuration is created. The new GI is required to
avoid conflicts with the source DB system. Therefore, the clone DB system does
not include the following from the source system:
– manually added clusterware resources,
– database application services,
– customized settings from the source database such as environment variables,
– manually-added application IP addresses (application virtual IPs),
– additional listener ports (such as those configured for Transport Layer Security
or other purposes),
– or any other resource or customization that is not present after the creation of
a new DB system
• Cloning a RAC DB system takes longer than cloning a single-node DB system due
to the time needed to create a new GI stack. Expect a RAC DB system cloning
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• For DB systems using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), the GI software
must be 19.9 or later.
• Cloning is not currently supported for DB systems using Oracle Database 21c with Oracle
Automatic Storage Management.
• You can't clone a DB system in a security zone to create a DB system that isn't in a
security zone. See the security zone policies topic for a full list of policies that affect
Database service resources.
For more information, see Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Security Zone
Policies.

Procedure
Perform the following steps to clone a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system you want to clone and click its highlighted
name.
4. On the DB System Details page of your source DB system, click Clone.
5. Select a compartment: Select a compartment for your new DB system. By default, the
DB system is created in your current compartment and you can use the network
resources in that compartment.
6. Display name:A non-unique, display name for the DB system. An Oracle Cloud Identifier
(OCID) uniquely identifies the DB system. Avoid entering confidential information.
7. Add SSH key: Add the public key portion of each key pair you want to use for SSH
access. Select on of the following options:
• Generate SSH key pair: Use this option to create a new SSH key pair. Click both
Save private key and Save public key when using this option. The private key is
downloaded to your local system, and must be stored in a safe location. You cannot
download another copy of the private key generated during this operation after
completing the operation.
• Upload SSH key files: Select this option to browse or drag and drop your existing
public key (.pub) files.
• Paste SSH keys: Select this option to paste in individual public keys. To paste
multiple keys, click + Another SSH key, and supply a single key for each entry.
8. The clone uses the SSH keys specified during the cloning operation. The source DB
system continues to use the SSH keys that were in place before the cloning operation.
9. Choose a license type: The type of license you want to use for the DB system. Your
choice affects metering for billing.
• License included means the cost of this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database
service resource will include both the Oracle Database software licenses and the
service.
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL) means you will use your organization's Oracle
Database software licenses for this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database service
resource. For more information, see Bring Your Own License.

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10. This license selection only applies to the clone, and does not affect the source DB
system.
11. Provide the following details in the Configure networking section.

12. Virtual cloud network: The VCN in which to create the DB system. Click Change
compartment to select a VCN in a different compartment.
13. The clone can use a different VCN and subnet from the source DB system.

14. Client subnet The subnet to which the DB system attaches. For both single-node
and multi-node RAC DB systems, do not use a subnet that overlaps with
192.168.16.16/28, which is used by the Oracle Clusterware private interconnect on
the database instance. Specifying an overlapping subnet causes the private
interconnect to malfunction.
Click Change compartment to select a subnet in a different compartment.
15. Network security groups: Optionally, you can specify one or more network
security groups (NSGs) for your DB system. NSGs function as virtual firewalls,
enabling you to apply a set of ingress and egress security rules to your DB
system. A maximum of five NSGs can be specified.
For more information, see Access and Security and Security Rules for the DB
System.

Note:
If you select a subnet with a security list, the security rules for the DB
system will be a union of the rules in the security list and the NSGs.

To use network security groups:

a. Check the Use network security groups to control traffic check box. Note
that you must have a virtual cloud network selected to be able to assign NSGs
to your DB system.
b. Specify the NSG to use with the DB system. You may need to use more than
one NSG. If you're not sure, contact your network administrator.
c. To use additional NSGs, click + Another network security group.
16. Host name prefix: Your choice of host name prefix for the DB system. The host
name must begin with an alphabetic character, and can contain only alphanumeric
characters and hyphens (-). The maximum number of characters allowed is 16.

Note:
The host name must be unique within the subnet. If it is not unique, the
DB system will fail to provision.

17. If the clone is created in a different subnet from the source, the same host name
can be used for both the clone and the source DB system.
18. Host domain name: The domain name for the DB system. If the selected subnet
uses the Oracle-provided Internet and VCN Resolver for DNS name resolution,
then this field displays the domain name for the subnet and it can't be changed.

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Otherwise, you can provide your choice of a domain name. Hyphens (-) are not
permitted.
19. Host and domain URL: Combines the host and domain names to display the fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) for the database. The maximum length is 64 characters.
20. Private IP address: Optionally, for non-RAC DB systems, you can define the IP address
of the new DB system. This is useful in development contexts where you create and
delete a DB system over and over, and you need each new iteration of the DB system to
use the same IP address. If you specify an IP address that is currently in use within the
subnet, the provisioning operation will fail with an error message regarding the invalid IP
address.
21. Fault domain: The fault domain(s) in which the DB system resides. You can select which
fault domain to use for your DB system. For multi-node RAC DB systems, you can
specify which two fault domains to use. Oracle recommends that you place each node of
a multi-node RAC DB system in a different fault domain. For more information about fault
domains, see About Regions and Availability Domains.
22. Diagnostic collection: The diagnostics collection and notifications feature enables
Oracle Cloud Operations and you to identify, investigate, track, and resolve guest VM
issues quickly and effectively. Subscribe to events to get notified about resource state
changes. You can enable or disable this feature at anytime.
By default the options are selected for enabling. However, you can select to uncheck the
diagnostic collection check boxes if you do not require the diagnostic feature.
• Enable diagnostic events: Enables and allows Oracle to collect and send fault
notifications about critical, warning, and information events for you.
• Enable incident logs and trace collection: Enables and allows Oracle to receive
event notifications and collect incident logs and traces for fault diagnosis and issue
resolution.

Note:

• The Enable health monitoring diagnostics collection for Oracle Cloud

operations viewing is not available for the Base Database Service.
• You are opting-in with the understanding that the list of events and log files
can change in the future. You can opt-out of this feature at any time.

23. Provide the following details in the Configure database section.

24. Database name: The name for the database, also known as the DB_NAME. The database
name must begin with an alphabetic character and can contain a maximum of eight
alphanumeric characters. Special characters are not permitted.
25. Database unique name suffix: Optional. The second portion of the database unique
name. The complete database unique name is created by appending the database
unique name suffix to the database name you specify.
26. Database unique name: This read-only field displays the complete database unique
name (DB_UNIQUE_NAME). The database unique name is a globally unique name for the
database. Primary and standby databases in a Data Guard association can share the
same database name, but must have different database unique names.
27. Username: sys (This is a read-only field).

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28. Password: Supply the password for this user. The password must meet the
following criteria:
• A strong password for SYS, SYSTEM, TDE wallet, and PDB administrator.
• The password must be 9 to 30 characters and contain at least two uppercase,
two lowercase, two numeric, and two special characters.
• The special characters must be _, #, or -.
• The password must not contain the user name (SYS, SYSTEM, and so on) or
the word "oracle" either in forward or reversed order and regardless of casing.
29. The TDE wallet password is inherited from the source DB system for databases
using Oracle-managed encryption keys. When cloning a DB system that uses
customer-managed encryption keys, the cloned database will be configured to use
the same key version as the source database. For more information, see
Database Encryption Keys.
30. Confirm password: Reenter the SYS password you specified.

31. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the database.

32. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You
must have permissions to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information
about using tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
33. Click Clone DB system.

Manage Tags for the DB System

Perform the following steps to manage tags for the DB systems.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. Find the DB system or database resource you're interested in, and click the name.
4. Click the Tags tab to view or edit the existing tags. Or click More actions and then
Apply tags to add new ones.
For more information on tags, see Resource Tags.

Manage Licenses on a DB System

This article explains you how to manage your licenses on a DB system.

Change the License Type of a DB System

Perform the following steps to change the license type of a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the DB system you want to administer and click its
highlighted name.
4. On the DB system details page, click Update license type.
The dialog displays the options with your current license type selected.

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5. Select the new license type.

6. Click Save.

Move a DB System to Another Compartment

You can move your DB systems between the compartments.

Note:

• To move resources between compartments, resource users must have

sufficient access permissions on the compartment that the resource is being
moved to, as well as the current compartment. For more information about
permissions for database resources, see Details for the Database Service.
• If your DB system is in a security zone, the destination compartment must also
be in a security zone. For a full list of policies that affect database service
resources, see Security Zone Policies.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, find the system you want to move and click its highlighted
name.
4. Click Move resource.
5. Select the new compartment.
6. Click Move resource.
For more information about dependent resources for database resources, see Moving
Database Resources to a Different Compartment in Overview of the Database Service.

Terminate a DB System
Terminating a DB system permanently deletes it and any databases running on it.
Consider the following factors while terminating a DB system.
• The database data is local to the DB system and will be lost when the system is
terminated. Oracle recommends that you back up any data in the DB system prior to
terminating it.
• Terminating a DB system removes all automatic incremental backups of all databases in
the DB system from the Recovery Service and Object Storage. Full backups remain in
the Recovery Service and Object Storage as standalone backups which you can use to
create a new DB system. For information on creating a new DB system from a backup,
see Create a DB System from a Backup Using the Console.
• If your DB system has Data Guard enabled, you must terminate the standby DB system
before terminating the primary DB system. If you try to terminate a primary DB system
that has a standby, the terminate operation will not complete. For more information on
Data Guard, see Use Oracle Data Guard on a DB System.

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Procedure
Perform the following steps to terminate a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. For the DB system you want to terminate, click the Actions menu and then click
Terminate.
4. Confirm when prompted.
The database system's icon indicates Terminating.
After this point, you cannot connect to the system and any open connections will be
terminated.

View Work Request for the DB System

Perform the following steps to view work request for a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. Find the DB system or database resource you want to view the work request, and
click the name.
4. In the Resources section, click Work requests. The status of all work requests
appears on the page.
5. To see the log messages, error messages, and resources that are associated with
a specific work request, click the operation name. Then, select an option in the
More information section.
For associated resources, you can click the Actions menu next to a resource to
copy the resource's OCID.
For more information, see Work Requests.

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Overview of Connecting to a DB System
This article provides an introduction about various settings required to connect to an
active DB system. How you connect depends on the client tool or protocol you use, the
purpose of the connection, and how your cloud network is set up.

Note:
You can find information on various networking scenarios in Networking
Overview, but for specific recommendations on how you should connect to a
database in the cloud, contact your network security administrator.

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Prerequisites
This topic describes prerequisites you'll need to perform various tasks in this article.
• To use the Console or the API to get the default administration service connection strings,
you must be given the required type of access in a policy written by an administrator,
whether you're using the Console or the REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you
try to perform an action and get a message that you don't have permission or are
unauthorized, confirm with your administrator the type of access you've been granted and
which compartment you should work in.
• To connect to the database, you'll need the public or private IP address of the DB system.
Use the private IP address to connect to the system from your on-premises network, or
from within the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). This includes connecting from a host
located on-premises connecting through a VPN or FastConnect to your VCN, or from
another host in the same VCN. Use the public IP address to connect to the system from
outside the cloud (with no VPN). You can find the IP addresses in the Console as follows:
– On the DB System Details page, under Resources, click Nodes.
– The Public IP address and Private IP address & DNS name are displayed in the
table columns.
• For Secure Shell (SSH) access to the DB system, you'll need the full path to the file that
contains the private key associated with the public key used when the DB system was
launched.
If you have problems connecting, see Troubleshoot Connection Issues.

Database Services and Connection Strings

Database services allow you to control client access to a database instance depending on
the functionality needed. For example, you might need to access the database for
administration purposes only or you might need to connect an application to the database.
Connection strings are specific to a database service.
When you provision a DB system, a default database administration service is automatically
created. For 12c and later Oracle Databases, this service is for administrating the database
at the CDB level. Because this service provides limited functionality, it is not suitable for
connecting an application. Oracle recommends that you create a default application service
for the initial database after you create your DB system. For 12c and later Oracle Databases,
application services connect at the PDB level. Here are some important functions an
application service can provide:
• Workload identification
• Load balancing
• Application continuity and Transaction Guard
• Fast Application Notification
• Resource assignment based on the service name
For details about these and other High Availability capabilities, see Client Failover Best
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Create an Application Service

You use the srvctl utility to create an application service. Before you can connect to
the service, you must start it.
You can create an application service for a PDB or an 11g Oracle database using the
following steps.
1. Log in to the DB system host as opc.
2. Switch to the oracle user, and set your environment to the Oracle Database you
want to administer.

sudo su - oracle
. oraenv

ORACLE_SID = [oracle] ? <database_name>

The Oracle base has been set to /u01/app/oracle

3. Create the application service for the database. Include the pdb option only if you
are creating an application service for a PDB.

srvctl add service

-db <DB_unique_name>
-pdb <PDB_name>
-service <app_service_name>
-role PRIMARY
-notification TRUE
-session_state dynamic
-failovertype transaction
-failovermethod basic
-commit_outcome TRUE
-failoverretry 30
-failoverdelay 10
-replay_init_time 900
-clbgoal SHORT
-rlbgoal SERVICE_TIME
-preferred <rac_node1>,<rac_node2>
-retention 3600

Note that the preferred option is required only for multi-node databases to specify
the hostname of the node in the RAC.
4. Start the application service.

srvctl start service -db <DB_unique_name> -s <app_service_name>

For more information about services for a PDB, see Administering PDBs.

Database Connection Strings

You must use the appropriate connection string to access a database administration or
application service. You can use the Console or the API to get the string for connecting
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Databases, this service is for administrating the database at the CDB level. The string is
provided in both the Easy Connect and in the full connect descriptor (long) format. Use the
long format for the connection if hostname resolution is not available. You can also use the
long format to create an alias in the tnsnames.ora file.
For accessing a database service within the VCN, the connection string for a Real Application
Cluster (RAC) DB system uses the Single Client Access Name (SCAN) while the connection
string for single instance DB system uses the hostname instead.
The private SCAN name is a Round Robin DNS entry created when you launch a 2-node
RAC DB system. The private SCAN name is resolvable only within the VCN. If the client and
the database are in the same VCN, the connection mechanism is the same as an on-
premises RAC database; all the features provided by VIPs and SCAN VIPs, such as server
side load balancing and VIP failover, are available.

Note:
If you manually change the DB_UNIQUE_NAME, DB_DOMAIN, or listener port on
the DB system, the connection strings you see in the Console or API will not reflect
your changes. Ensure that you use the actual values of these parameters when you
make a connection.

Get the Connection Strings

You can get the connection strings for the default administration service using the following
steps.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the database for which
you require the connection string.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you require the
connection string.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. On the Database Details page, click the DB connection menu. A list of connection
strings is displayed.
8. Click the applicable link to view or copy the connection string.
You can derive the connection strings for other database services by replacing part of the
default application service connection string with the applicable values.

Derive the Connection String

You can follow these steps to derive the connection string for a PDB administration service or
an application service.

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1. Follow the procedure to get the Easy Connect string for the default administration
service. That string should have the following format:

<hostname|SCAN>:1521/<DB_unique_name>.<DB_domain>

2. Make the appropriate substitution:

• For the PDB administration service, replace DB_unique_name with the PDB
name.

<hostname|SCAN>:1521/<PDB_name>.<DB_domain>

• For an application service, replace DB_UNIQUE_NAME with the name of the

application service.

<hostname|SCAN>:1521/<app_service_name>.<DB_domain>

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and
Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and
Command Line Interface.
Use the GetDatabase API operation to get the default administration service
connection strings.
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Connect to a Database by Using SQLNet

This section describes how to connect to a database service from a computer that has
a SQL*Net client installed. Port 1521 must be open to support the SQL*Net protocol.

Connect From Within the VCN

For security reasons, Oracle recommends that you connect to your database services
from within the VCN. You can use this method whether you are connecting to an
administration service or to an application service.
To connect using SQL*Plus, you run the following command using the applicable
connection string:

sqlplus system/<password>@<connection_string>

Consider the following:

• If your system is not using the VCN Resolver, ensure that the DB system's
hostname (for single-node systems) or SCAN name (for multi-node systems) can
be resolved. For information about DNS name resolution, see DNS in Your Virtual
Cloud Network.
• For connecting to the administration service of a PDB, ensure that the PDB is
open or the service will not be available.
• For connecting to an application service, ensure that the service is started. For
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information about Fast Application Notification, see Client Failover Best Practices for
Highly Available Oracle Databases.

Connect From the Internet

Although Oracle does not recommend connecting to your database from the Internet, you can
connect to a database service by using a public IP address if port 1521 is open to the public
for ingress.
To use this method, you run the following command using the public IP address instead of the
hostname or SCAN in the connection string:

sqlplus system/<password>@<public_IP>:1521/<service_name>.<DB_domain>

Consider the following:

• SCANs and hostnames are not resolvable on the Internet, therefore load balancing and
failover for multi-node DB systems, which rely on these names, cannot work.
• For multi-node DB systems, which normally use SCANs, you must specify the IP address
of one of the RAC hosts to access the database.

Note:
Do not use this method to connect to the database from within the VCN. Doing so
negatively impacts performance because traffic to the database is routed out of the
VCN and back in through the public IP address.

Example: Connecting in SQL Developer Using SQL*Net

Prerequisites:
• Ensure that port 1521 is open for the Oracle default listener. (You can do this by checking
the DB system's security list.)
• If port 1521 is open only to hosts in the VCN, then you must run your SQL Developer
client from a machine that has direct access to the VCN. If you are connecting to the
database from the Internet instead, then the public IP address of your computer must be
granted access to port 1521 in the security list. (Alternatively, the security list can grant
full access to port 1521, however, this is not recommended for security reasons.) You
must use the public IP address of the host because connecting from the Internet does not
support SCAN name resolution.

Connect From Within the VCN Using a Private IP Address

After the prerequisites are met, start SQL Developer and create a connection by supplying
the following connection details:
• Username: sys as sysdba
• Password: The Database Admin Password that was specified in the Launch DB
System dialog in the Console.
• Hostname: The hostname as it appears in the Easy Connect format of the connection
string.For help with getting the connection string and identifying the hostname, see
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• Port: 1521
• Service name: The concatenated name of the service and host domain name, for
example, db1_phx1tv.example.com. You can identify this value as the last part of
the Easy Connect string, <service_name>.<DB_domain>.

Connect to a Database with a Public IP by Using SSH Tunneling

You can access the services of DB system databases with public IP addresses by
using SSH tunneling.
The main advantage of this method is that port 1521 does not need to be opened to
the public internet. However, just like accessing the database with a public IP using a
SQL*Net client, load balancing and failover for multi-node DB systems cannot work
because they rely on SCANs and hostnames.
Oracle SQL Developer and Oracle SQLcL and are two tools that facilitate the use of
tunneling for Oracle Database access.
To open a tunnel, and then connect to a database service by using SQLcL, you run the
following commands:

sshtunnel opc@<public_IP> -i <private_key> -L

<local_port>:<private_IP>:1521

connect system/<password>@localhost:<local_port>/
<service_name>.<DB_domain>

For more information about these tools, see Oracle SQL Developer and Oracle
SQLcL.

Connect to a Database By Using SSH and the Bequeath Protocol

This method allows you to connect to the database without using the network listener.
It should be used to connect only for administration purposes.
When connecting to a multi-node DB system, you'll SSH to each individual node in the
cluster.

Connect From a UNIX-style System

Use the following SSH command to access the DB system:

ssh –i <private_key> opc@<DB_system_IP_address>

<private_key> is the full path and name of the file that contains the private key
associated with the DB system you want to access.
Use the DB system's private or public IP address depending on your network
configuration.
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Connect From a Windows System

1. Open putty.exe.
2. In the Category pane, select Session and enter the following fields:
• Host Name (or IP address): opc@<DB_system_IP_address>
Use the DB system's private or public IP address depending on your network
configuration.
• Connection type: SSH
• Port: 22
3. In the Category pane, expand Connection, expand SSH, and then click Auth, and
browse to select your private key.
4. Optionally, return to the Session category screen and save this session information for
reuse later.
5. Click Open to start the session.
For more information, see prerequisites in Overview of Connecting to a DB System.

Access a Database After You Connect

1. Log in as opc.

login as: opc

2. sudo to the grid user.

sudo su - grid

3. List all the databases on the system.

srvctl config database -v

Output:

cdbm01 /u02/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_2 12.1.0.2.0

exadb /u02/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_2 11.2.0.4.0
mmdb /u02/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_3 12.1.0.2.0

4. Connect as the oracle user.

[root@ed1db01 ~]# su - oracle

[oracle@ed1db01 ~]$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [oracle] ? cdbm01
The Oracle base has been set to /u02/app/oracle

5. Get the details about one of the databases by using the srvctl command.

srvctl config database -d cdbm01

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Output:

Database unique name: cdbm01 <<== DB unique name

Database name:
Oracle home: /u02/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_2
Oracle user: oracle
Spfile: +DATAC1/cdbm01/spfilecdbm01.ora
Password file: +DATAC1/cdbm01/PASSWORD/passwd
Domain: data.customer1.oraclevcn.com
Start options: open
Stop options: immediate
Database role: PRIMARY
Management policy: AUTOMATIC
Server pools:
Disk Groups: DATAC1,RECOC1
Mount point paths:
Services:
Type: RAC
Start concurrency:
Stop concurrency:
OSDBA group: dba
OSOPER group: racoper
Database instances: cdbm011,cdbm012 <<== SID
Configured nodes: ed1db01,ed1db02
Database is administrator managed

6. Set the ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_UNIQUE_NAME using the values from the previous
step.

export ORACLE_SID=cdbm011
export ORACLE_UNIQUE_NAME=cdbm01
sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Apr 19 04:10:12 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c EE Extreme Perf Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit
Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage
Management, Oracle Label Security,
OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

Troubleshoot Connection Issues

The following issues might occur when connecting to a DB system or database.

ORA-28365: Wallet is Not Open Error

For a 1-node DB system or 2-node RAC DB system, regardless of how you connect to
the DB system, before you use OS authentication to connect to a database (for
example, sqlplus / as sysdba) be sure to set the ORACLE_UNQNAME variable.

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Otherwise, commands that require the TDE wallet will result in the error ORA-28365: wallet
is not open.

Note:
This is not an issue when using a TNS connection because ORACLE_UNQNAME
is automatically set in the database CRS resource.

SSH Access Stops Working

If the DB system’s root volume becomes full, you might lose the ability to SSH to the system
(the SSH command will fail with permission denied errors). Before you copy a large amount
of data to the root volume, for example, to migrate a database, use the dbcli create-
dbstorage command to set up storage on the system’s NVMe drives and then copy the
database files to that storage. For more information, see Setting Up Storage on the DB
System.

Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB System

Serial console connection enables you to manage and troubleshoot the DB system in single-
user mode using an SSH connection. You can create and delete serial console connection to
the DB system.

Create a Serial Console Connection to the DB System

Perform the following steps to create a serial console connection.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system for which you want to create a
serial console connection.
4. The details of the DB system are displayed.
5. Under Resources, click Console connections.
6. A list of existing console connections is displayed.
7. Click Create console connection. This is disabled if all nodes have existing console
connections.
8. In the Create console connection dialog, specify the following:
• DB system node: For multi-node DB systems, select which node or nodes for which
you want to create a connection. No node selector will display if the DB system has
only one node, or if there is only one node in a multi-node system that currently lacks
a connection.
• SSH key: You can browse or drag and drop .pub files, or paste in individual public
keys.
9. Click Create console connection.

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Delete a Serial Console Connection to your DB System

Perform the following steps to delete a serial console connection.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system for which you want to
delete the serial console connection.
4. The details of the DB system are displayed.
5. Under Resources, click Console connections.
6. A list of existing console connections is displayed.
7. Click the Actions menu next to the connection you want to delete.
8. Click Delete.

Monitor
Monitor Base Database Service
You can monitor the health, capacity, and performance of your DB systems and
databases with metrics, alarms, and notifications. You can use the OCI Console,
Monitoring APIs, or Database Management APIs to view metrics.

Monitoring Service
You can use the metrics feature in the Monitoring service to monitor Oracle Cloud
resources. These metrics are available by default for Base Database Service
resources.
• For a complete list of available metrics, see Available Metrics for Base Database
Service Resources.
• For detailed instructions about viewing metrics, see View Metrics for Base
Database Service Resources.
• For more information about the Monitoring service, see Overview of Monitoring.

Database Management
You can use the Database Management service to monitor and manage Oracle
Databases. You must enable Database Management for Base Database Service
resources before using it.
• For more information about monitoring using Database Management, see Monitor
Using Database Management Service.
• For more information about enabling, disabling, or editing Database Management,
see Manage Database Management for Base Database Service Resources.
• For a complete list of available metrics, see Oracle Cloud Database Metrics.
• For detailed instructions about viewing metrics, see View Metrics for Base
Database Service Resources.

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• For more information about Database Management, see Database Management for
Oracle Databases.

Performance Hub
You can use Performance Hub to monitor Oracle Databases for defined time periods and
download statistical reports. You must enable Database Management for Base Database
Service resources before using the Performance Hub.
• For detailed instructions about viewing Performance Hub metrics, see View Performance
Hub Metrics for Base Database Service Resources.
• For more information about Performance Hub, see About Performance Hub.

Enterprise Manager
You can use Enterprise Manager to manage and monitor the Base Database Service.
• For more information about monitoring using Enterprise Manager, see Monitor Using
Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• For more information about Enterprise Manager, see About Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 13c.

Available Metrics for Base Database Service Resources

This article describes the metrics emitted by the Base Database service in the
oci_database_cluster and oci_database namespaces.

Dimensions
All the metrics discussed in this article include the following dimensions.
• RESOURCEID - The OCID of the DB system.
• RESOURCENAME - The name of the DB system.

Metrics for the DB System in the oci_database_cluster Namespace

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Table 5-1 Metrics in oci_database_cluster Namespace

Metric Metric Unit Description and Collect Dimensions Wheth

Name Display Metric Chart ion er
Name Defaults Freque Visible
ncy in the
DB
System
Details
page
ASMDiskgro ASM percent Percentage of usable 10 hostName Yes
upUtilizat Diskgroup age space used in a Disk minutes deploymentT
ion Utilization Group. Usable space ype
is the space available
diskgroupNa
for growth. DATA disk
me
group stores our
Oracle database files.
RECO disk group
contains database
files for recovery such
as archives and
flashback logs.
Filesystem Filesystem percent Percent utilization of 1 hostName No
Utilizatio Utilization age provisioned filesystem. minute deploymentT
n ype
filesystemNa
me
CpuUtiliza CPU percent Percent CPU 1 hostName Yes
tion Utilization age utilization. minute deploymentT
ype
MemoryUtil Memory percent Percentage of memory 1 hostName Yes
ization Utilization age available for starting minute deploymentT
new applications, ype
without swapping. The
available memory can
be obtained via the
following command:
cat/proc/meminfo.
SwapUtiliz Swap percent Percent utilization of 1 hostName Yes
ation Utilization age total swap space. minute deploymentT
ype
LoadAverag Load integer System load average 1 hostName Yes
e Average over 5 minutes. minute deploymentT
ype
NodeStatus Node Status integer Indicates whether the 1 hostName Yes
host is reachable in minute deploymentT
RAC environments. ype
OcpusAlloc OCPU integer The number of 1 deploymentT No
ated Allocated OCPUs allocated. minute ype

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Note:
Some of the above metrics are not displayed on the DB System Details page.
Instead, you can view them using the Monitoring service.

Metrics for the Database in the oci_database Namespace

The metrics listed in the following table are automatically available for the database.

Table 5-2 Metrics in oci_database Namespace

Metric Name Metric Unit Description and Metric Collecti Dimensions Whethe
Display Chart Defaults on r Visible
Name Freque in the
ncy DB
System
Details
page
CpuUtilizat CPU percenta The CPU utilization 5 instanceNum Yes
ion Utilization ge expressed as a minutes ber
percentage, aggregated instanceNam
across all consumer e
groups. The utilization
hostName
percentage is reported
with respect to the deploymentTy
number of CPUs the pe
database is allowed to resourceId_{d
use, which is two times atabase|pdb}
the number of OCPUs. resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
StorageUtil Storage percenta The percentage of 1 hour deploymentTy Yes
ization Utilization ge provisioned storage pe
capacity currently in resourceId_{d
use. Represents the atabase|pdb}
total allocated space for
resourceNam
all tablespaces.
e_{database|
pdb}
BlockChange DB Block Changes The Average number of 5 instanceNum Yes
s Changes per blocks changed per minutes ber
second second. instanceNam
e
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}

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Table 5-2 (Cont.) Metrics in oci_database Namespace

Metric Name Metric Unit Description and Metric Collecti Dimensions Whethe
Display Chart Defaults on r Visible
Name Freque in the
ncy DB
System
Details
page
ExecuteCoun Execute Count The number of user and 5 instanceNum Yes
t Count recursive calls that minutes ber
executed SQL instanceNam
statements during the e
selected interval.
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
CurrentLogo Current Count The number of 5 instanceNum Yes
ns Logons successful logons minutes ber
during the selected instanceNam
interval. e
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
Transaction Transaction Count The combined number 5 instanceNum No
Count Count of user commits and minutes ber
user rollbacks during the instanceNam
selected interval. e
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
UserCalls User Calls Count The combined number 5 instanceNum No
of logons, parses, and minutes ber
execute calls during the instanceNam
selected interval. e
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}

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Table 5-2 (Cont.) Metrics in oci_database Namespace

Metric Name Metric Unit Description and Metric Collecti Dimensions Whethe
Display Chart Defaults on r Visible
Name Freque in the
ncy DB
System
Details
page
ParseCount Parse Count Count The number of hard and 5 instanceNum Yes
soft parses during the minutes ber
selected interval. instanceNam
e
hostName
deploymentTy
pe
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
StorageUsed Storage GB Total amount of storage 1 hour deploymentTy No
Space Used space used by the pe
database at the resourceId_{d
collection time. atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
StorageAllo Storage GB Total amount of storage 1 hour deploymentTy No
cated Space space allocated to the pe
Allocated database at the resourceId_{d
collection time. atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
StorageUsed Storage GB Total amount of storage 1 hour tablespaceNa No
ByTablespac Space Used space used by me,
e By tablespace at the tablespaceTy
Tablespace collection time. In case pe
of container database,
deploymentTy
this metric provides root
pe
container tablespaces.
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}

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Table 5-2 (Cont.) Metrics in oci_database Namespace

Metric Name Metric Unit Description and Metric Collecti Dimensions Whethe
Display Chart Defaults on r Visible
Name Freque in the
ncy DB
System
Details
page
StorageAllo Allocated GB Total amount of storage 1 hour tablespaceNa No
catedByTabl Storage space allocated to the me,
espace Space By tablespace at the tablespaceTy
Tablespace collection time. In case pe
of container database,
deploymentTy
this metric provides root
pe
container tablespaces.
resourceId_{d
atabase|pdb}
resourceNam
e_{database|
pdb}
StorageUtil Storage percenta This indicates the 1 hour tablespaceNa No
izationByTa Space ge percentage of storage me,
blespace Utilization By space utilized by the tablespaceTy
Tablespace tablespace at the pe
collection time. In case
deploymentTy
of container database,
pe
this metric provides root
container tablespaces.

Note:
Some of the above metrics are not displayed on the Database Details page.
Instead, you can view them using the Monitoring service.

View Metrics for Base Database Service Resources

This article describes the procedures to view metrics for Base Database service using
the Console.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• General Information
• Prerequisites for Viewing Metrics
• View Metrics for a DB System
• View Metrics for a Database
• View Metrics for a Database in a Compartment
• View Metrics for a Pluggable Database

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Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you want
to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database Service.

General Information
The following are some general information for viewing the metrics:
• By default, the metrics for the last one hour are displayed.
• By default, the metrics from the oci_database namespace are displayed. If Database
Management is enabled, then the metrics from oracle_oci_database are displayed. To
enable Database Management for databases, see Enable Database Management for a
Database.
• When there is a network problem and Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) is unable to post
metrics, TFA will wait for one hour before attempting to retry posting the metrics. This is
required to avoid creating a backlog of metrics processing on TFA.
• Potentially one hour of metrics will be lost between network restore and the first metric
posted.
• If you don't see any metrics, check the network settings and AHF version listed in the
prerequisites section.

Note:
Known Issue: When the DB System is deployed using the Logical Volume
Manager storage management software, there may be missing metric collections,
resulting in graphs with missing data points.

Prerequisites for Viewing Metrics

The following prerequisites are necessary for the DB system to generate metrics.
1. Metrics on the DB system depends on TFA agent. Ensure that these components are up
and running. AHF version 22.3.3 or higher is required for capturing metrics from the DB
system. To start, stop, or check the status of TFA, see Manage Oracle Trace File
Analyzer.
2. The following network configurations are required.
a. Egress rules for outgoing traffic: The default egress rules are sufficient to enable
the required network path: For more information, see Default Security Lists in
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rules on your Virtual Cloud Network (VCN), you will need to revert the settings
to allow outgoing traffic. The default egress rule allowing outgoing traffic (as
shown in the Security Rules for the DB System article) is as follows:
• Stateless: No (all rules must be stateful)
• Destination Type: CIDR
• Destination CIDR: All <region> Services in Oracle Services Network
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Destination Port: 443 (HTTPS)
b. Public IP or Service Gateway: The database server host must have either a
public IP address or a service gateway to be able to send database server
host metrics to the Monitoring service.
If the instance does not have a public IP address, set up a service gateway on
the VCN. The service gateway lets the instance send database server host
metrics to the Monitoring service without the traffic going over the internet.
Here are special notes for setting up the service gateway to access the
Monitoring service:
i. When creating the service gateway, enable the service label called All
<region> Services in Oracle Services Network. It includes the
Monitoring service.
ii. When setting up routing for the subnet that contains the instance, set up a
route rule with Target Type set to Service Gateway, and the Destination
Service set to All <region> Services in Oracle Services Network.
For detailed instructions, see Access to Oracle Services: Service Gateway.

View Metrics for a DB System

Perform the following steps to view the metrics for a DB system using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system for which you want to view the
metrics. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the Resources section, click Metrics. A chart for each metrics is displayed.
5. By default, the metrics for the last one hour are displayed.
6. If you want to change the interval, select the required start time and end time.
Alternatively, you can select the interval from the Quick Selects drop down menu.
The metrics are refreshed immediately for the selected interval.
7. For each metric, you can choose the interval and statistic independently.
• Interval: The time period for which the metric is calculated.
• Statistic: The mathematical method for which the metric is calculated.
8. For each metric, you can choose the following options from the Options drop down
menu.
• View query in Metrics Explorer
• Copy chart URL

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• Copy query (MQL)

• Create an alarm on this query
• Table view

Note:
If you don't see any metrics, check the network settings and AHF version listed in
the prerequisites section.

View Metrics for a Database

Perform the following steps to view the metrics for a database using the console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which you
want to view the metrics. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to view the metrics.
5. In the Resources section, click Metrics. A chart for each metrics is displayed.
6. Choose the metrics you want to view using the Metric namespace dropdown.

Note:
By default, the metrics from the oci_database namespace are displayed. If
Database Management is enabled, then the metrics from oracle_oci_database
are displayed. To enable Database Management for databases, see Enable
Database Management for a Database.

7. If you want to change the interval, select the required start time and end time.
Alternatively, you can select the interval from the Quick Selects drop down menu. The
metrics are refreshed immediately for the selected interval.
8. For each metric, you can choose the interval and statistic independently.
• Interval: The time period for which the metric is calculated.
• Statistic: The mathematical method for which the metric is calculated.
9. For each metric, you can choose the following options from the Options drop down menu.
• View query in Metrics Explorer
• Copy chart URL
• Copy query (MQL)
• Create an alarm on this query
• Table view

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Note:
If you don't see any metrics, check the network settings and AHF version
listed in the prerequisites section.

View Metrics for a Database in a Compartment

Perform the following steps to view the metrics for databases in a compartment using
the console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Observability & Management.
2. Under Monitoring, click Service Metrics.
3. On the Service Metrics page, under Compartment, select your compartment.
4. Select oci_database under Metric namespace.
5. If there are multiple databases in the compartment you can show metrics
aggregated across the databases by selecting Aggregate metric streams.
6. If you want to limit the metrics you see, next to Dimensions click Add (click Edit if
you have already added dimensions).
7. In the Dimension name, select a dimension.
8. In the Dimension Value, select a value.
9. Click Done.
10. In the Edit dimensions dialog click +Additional dimension to add an additional
dimension. Click X to remove a dimension.
11. To create an alarm on a specific metric, click Options and select Create an alarm
on this query. See Managing Alarms for information on setting and using alarms.

Note:
If you don't see any metrics, check the network settings and AHF version
listed in the prerequisites section.

View Metrics for a Pluggable Database

To view the metrics for a pluggable database , the following prerequisites are
additionally required.
• The Database Management for databases with Full Management option must be
enabled. To enable Database Management for databases, see Enable Database
Management for a Database.
• The Database Management for pluggable databases must be enabled. To enable
Database Management for pluggable databases, see Enable Database
Management for a Pluggable Database.
Perform the following steps to view the metrics for pluggable databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base
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2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which you
want to view the metrics. Details of the DB system you selected are displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to view the metrics. Details
of the database you selected are displayed.
5. Click Pluggable Databases in the Resources section of the page.
6. In the list of pluggable databases, click the pluggable database for which you want to
view the metrics. Details of the pluggable database you selected are displayed.
7. Click Metrics in the Resources section of the page. The metrics for the database are
displayed.

Monitor Using Database Management Service

You can use the Database Management Service to manage and monitor the health of the
Oracle Databases in the Base Database Service.
Using Database Management, you can monitor single instance and RAC databases, which
include Container Databases (CDBs), Pluggable Databases (PDBs), and Non-Container
Databases (Non-CDBs). Database Management supports Oracle Database version 11.2.0.4
and later.
Using the Database Management Service, you can:
• Monitor the key performance and configuration metrics.
• Compare and analyze database metrics over a selected period.
• Group your resources, which reside across compartments, into a group and monitor
them.
Database Management features for Oracle Cloud Databases are available as part of the Full
management and Basic management options. The Basic management option is available
at no additional cost.
• Full management: This option includes all Database Management features at an
additional service cost. The Full management option is available for the Oracle
Database Enterprise Editions and the Oracle Database Standard Edition, however, for
the Oracle Database Standard Edition, the Full management option does not include
Performance Hub features.
• Basic management: This option is available for Oracle Cloud Databases at no additional
cost.
To enable Database Management for the databases, see Manage Database Management for
Base Database Service Resources.
After enabling Database Management, you can perform the following actions:
• View Metrics for Base Database Service Resources
• View Performance Hub Metrics for Base Database Service Resources
For a complete list of available metrics, see Oracle Cloud Database Metrics.
For more information about Database Management, see Database Management for Oracle
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Manage Database Management for Base Database Service

Resources
This article describes the procedure to enable, edit, and disable Database
Management for Base Database Service resources.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• Enable Database Management for a Database
• Edit Database Management for a Database
• Disable Database Management for a Database
• Enable Database Management for a Pluggable Database
• Edit Database Management for a Pluggable Database
• Disable Database Management for a Pluggable Database

Prerequisites
You must perform the following tasks before enabling Database Management for your
databases.
• Obtain the permissions required to enable Database Management as detailed in
Permissions Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud
Databases.
• Complete the prerequisite tasks listed in Oracle Cloud Database-related
Prerequisite Tasks.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you
want to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database
Service.

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and
Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and
Command Line Interface.
Use the following APIs for managing Database Management:
• enableDatabaseManagement
• disableDatabaseManagement

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• updateDatabaseManagement
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Enable Database Management for a Database

Note:
You can also enable Database Management for a database from the Database
Management Administration page. For more information, see Enable Database
Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.

Perform the following steps to enable Database Management for a database.

1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which you
want to enable Database Management. Details of the DB system you selected are
displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to enable Database
Management. Details of the database you selected are displayed.
5. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the status
of Database Management.
6. If the Database Management is displayed as Not Enabled, perform the following steps to
enable Database Management.
7. Click on Enable.
8. The Enable Database Management window opens up.
9. In the Database information section, provide the following details.
a. Database type: Read-only. Type of the database.
b. Database system: Read-only. Compartment in which the database is located.
c. Database home: Read-only. Database home of the database.
d. Database name: Read-only. Name of the database.
e. Service name: The unique service name of the database. A default unique name is
displayed which can be changed if required.
f. Protocol: Select either the TCP or TCPS protocol to connect to the database. By
default, the TCP protocol is selected.

Note:
If Oracle Data Guard is enabled after Database Management was enabled
for a DB system using the TCPS protocol, then TCPS will have to be
reconfigured. Enabling Oracle Data Guard is causing TCPS configuration to
be overwritten, and it's recommended that TCPS is configured on a DB
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Note:
Database Management currently does not support Oracle Data
Guard configuration and Database Management features are not
available for standby databases.

g. Port: Specify the port number. If TCP is selected in the Protocol field, then port
number 1521 is displayed by default and you can change it, if required. You
can select the port number from a range of 1 to 65535.
h. Database wallet secret: This field is only displayed if TCPS is selected in the
Protocol field.
Select the secret that contains the database wallet from the drop-down list. If
an existing database wallet secret is not available, then select Create new
secret... in the drop-down list. The Create database wallet secret panel is
displayed and you can create a new secret. For information on database
wallets and creating a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-
related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
wallet is not created, then the 'System policies are required..' message is
displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically create the
service policy. For information on Vault service permissions required to use
existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions Required to Enable
Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
10. In the Specify credentials for the connection section, provide the following
details.
a. Database user name: Enter the database user name.
b. Database user password secret:
Select the secret that contains the database user password from the drop-
down list. If the compartment in which the secret resides is different from the
compartment displayed, then click Change compartment and select another
compartment. If an existing secret with the database user password is not
available, then select Create new secret... in the drop-down list. The Create
password secret panel is displayed and you can create a new secret. For
information on database monitoring user credentials and saving the database
user password as a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-
related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
user password is not created, then the 'System policies are required..'
message is displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically
create the service policy. For information on Vault service permissions
required to use existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions
Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
11. In the Private endpoint information section, select the private endpoint that will
act as a representation of Database Management in the VCN in which the
database can be accessed. You can choose the private endpoint from a different
compartment as well. You must ensure that the appropriate Database
Management private endpoint is available. Here are the two types of Database
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a. Private endpoint for single instance databases in the DB systems.

b. Private endpoint for RAC databases in the DB system.
c. If a Database Management private endpoint is not available, then you must create
one. For information on how to create a private endpoint, see Create a Database
Management Private Endpoint.
12. In the Management options section, choose between the following options.

a. Full management: This includes fleet management, advanced Performance Hub

and other SKU features along with basic management capabilities.
b. Basic management: This includes basic monitoring metrics and the ASH Analytics
and SQL Monitoring features in Performance Hub for databases.
For more information on Database Management options, see About Management
Options section in Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
13. Click Enable Database Management.

14. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the Database
information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of the work request.
15. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if the status
of Database Management is enabled.
If you encounter issues when enabling Database Management, to know about likely causes
and solutions, see Issues Encountered When Enabling Database Management for Oracle
Cloud Databases.

Edit Database Management for a Database

Perform the following steps to edit Database Management settings for a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which you
want to edit Database Management. Details of the DB system you selected are
displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to edit Database
Management. Details of the database you selected are displayed.
5. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the status
of Database Management.
6. If the Database Management is displayed as enabled, perform the following steps to edit
Database Management.
7. Click on Edit.
8. The Edit Database Management window opens up.
9. In the Database information section, provide the following details.
a. Database type: Read-only. Type of the database.
b. Database system: Read-only. Compartment in which the database is located.
c. Database home: Read-only. Database home of the database.
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e. Service name: The unique service name of the database. A default unique
name is displayed which can be changed if required.
f. Protocol: Select either the TCP or TCPS protocol to connect to the database.
By default, the TCP protocol is selected.

Note:
If Oracle Data Guard is enabled after Database Management was
enabled for a DB system using the TCPS protocol, then TCPS will
have to be reconfigured. Enabling Oracle Data Guard is causing
TCPS configuration to be overwritten, and it's recommended that
TCPS is configured on a DB system after enabling Oracle Data
Guard.

Note:
Database Management currently does not support Oracle Data
Guard configuration and Database Management features are not
available for standby databases.

g. Port: Specify the port number. If TCP is selected in the Protocol field, then port
number 1521 is displayed by default and you can change it, if required. You
can select the port number from a range of 1 to 65535.
h. Database wallet secret: This field is only displayed if TCPS is selected in the
Protocol field.
Select the secret that contains the database wallet from the drop-down list. If
an existing database wallet secret is not available, then select Create new
secret... in the drop-down list. The Create database wallet secret panel is
displayed and you can create a new secret. For information on database
wallets and creating a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-
related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
wallet is not created, then the 'System policies are required..' message is
displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically create the
service policy. For information on Vault service permissions required to use
existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions Required to Enable
Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
10. In the Specify credentials for the connection section, provide the following
details.
a. Database user name: Enter the database user name.
b. Database user password secret:
Select the secret that contains the database user password from the drop-
down list. If the compartment in which the secret resides is different from the
compartment displayed, then click Change compartment and select another
compartment. If an existing secret with the database user password is not
available, then select Create new secret... in the drop-down list. The Create
password secret panel is displayed and you can create a new secret. For
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user password as a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-related
Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database Management
the permission to read the secret that contains the database user password is not
created, then the 'System policies are required..' message is displayed. You can click
Add policy to view and automatically create the service policy. For information on
Vault service permissions required to use existing secrets or create new secrets, see
Permissions Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud
Databases.
11. In the Private endpoint information section, select the private endpoint that will act as a
representation of Database Management in the VCN in which the database can be
accessed. You can choose the private endpoint from a different compartment as well. You
must ensure that the appropriate Database Management private endpoint is available.
Here are the two types of Database Management private endpoints:
a. Private endpoint for single instance databases in the DB systems.
b. Private endpoint for RAC databases in the DB system.
c. If a Database Management private endpoint is not available, then you must create
one. For information on how to create a private endpoint, see Create a Database
Management Private Endpoint.
12. In the Management options section, choose between the following options.

a. Full management: This includes fleet management, advanced Performance Hub

and other SKU features along with basic management capabilities.
b. Basic management: This includes basic monitoring metrics and the ASH Analytics
and SQL Monitoring features in Performance Hub for databases.
For more information on Database Management options, see About Management
Options section in Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
13. Click Save Changes.

14. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the Database
information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of the work request.
15. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if the status
of Database Management is enabled.
If you encounter issues when enabling Database Management, to know about likely causes
and solutions, see Issues Encountered When Enabling Database Management for Oracle
Cloud Databases.

Disable Database Management for a Database

Perform the following steps to disable Database Management for a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which you
want to disable Database Management. Details of the DB system you selected are
displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to disable Database
Management. Details of the database you selected are displayed.

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5. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the
status of Database Management.
6. If the Database Management is displayed as enabled, then click on Disable to
disable Database Management.
7. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the
Database information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of
the work request.
8. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if
the status of Database Management is disabled.

Enable Database Management for a Pluggable Database

Note:
You can also enable Database Management for a database from the
Database Management Administration page. For more information, see
Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.

Prerequisite
To enable the Database Management for a pluggable database, the following
prerequisite is required.
1. The Database Management must be enabled for the associated database with
Full Management option. To enable Database Management for databases, see
Enable Database Management for a Database.
For more information on Database Management options, see About Management
Options section in Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.

Procedure
Perform the following steps to enable Database Management for pluggable databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the pluggable
database for which you want to enable Database Management. Details of the DB
system you selected are displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database that contains the pluggable database
for which you want to enable Database Management. Details of the Database you
selected are displayed.
5. Click Pluggable Databases in the Resources section of the page.
6. In the list of pluggable databases, click the pluggable database for which you want
to enable Database Management. Details of the pluggable database you selected
are displayed.
7. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the
status of Database Management.

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8. If the Database Management is displayed as Not Enabled, perform the following steps to
enable Database Management.
9. Click on Enable.
10. The Enable Database Management window opens up.
11. In the Database information section, provide the following details.

a. Database type: Read-only. Type of the database.

b. Database system: Read-only. Compartment in which the database is located.
c. Database home: Read-only. Database home of the database.
d. Database name: Read-only. Name of the database.
e. Service name: The unique service name of the database. A default unique name is
displayed which can be changed if required.
f. Protocol: Select either the TCP or TCPS protocol to connect to the database. By
default, the TCP protocol is selected.

Note:
If Oracle Data Guard is enabled after Database Management was enabled
for a DB system using the TCPS protocol, then TCPS will have to be
reconfigured. Enabling Oracle Data Guard is causing TCPS configuration to
be overwritten, and it's recommended that TCPS is configured on a DB
system after enabling Oracle Data Guard.

Note:
Database Management currently does not support Oracle Data Guard
configuration and Database Management features are not available for
standby databases.

g. Port: Specify the port number. If TCP is selected in the Protocol field, then port
number 1521 is displayed by default and you can change it, if required. You can
select the port number from a range of 1 to 65535.
h. Database wallet secret: This field is only displayed if TCPS is selected in the
Protocol field.
Select the secret that contains the database wallet from the drop-down list. If an
existing database wallet secret is not available, then select Create new secret... in
the drop-down list. The Create database wallet secret panel is displayed and you
can create a new secret. For information on database wallets and creating a secret in
the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database Management
the permission to read the secret that contains the database wallet is not created,
then the 'System policies are required..' message is displayed. You can click Add
policy to view and automatically create the service policy. For information on Vault
service permissions required to use existing secrets or create new secrets, see
Permissions Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud
Databases.
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a. Database user name: Enter the database user name.

b. Database user password secret:
Select the secret that contains the database user password from the drop-
down list. If the compartment in which the secret resides is different from the
compartment displayed, then click Change compartment and select another
compartment. If an existing secret with the database user password is not
available, then select Create new secret... in the drop-down list. The Create
password secret panel is displayed and you can create a new secret. For
information on database monitoring user credentials and saving the database
user password as a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-
related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
user password is not created, then the 'System policies are required..'
message is displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically
create the service policy. For information on Vault service permissions
required to use existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions
Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
13. In the Private endpoint information section, select the private endpoint that will
act as a representation of Database Management in the VCN in which the
database can be accessed. You can choose the private endpoint from a different
compartment as well. You must ensure that the appropriate Database
Management private endpoint is available. Here are the two types of Database
Management private endpoints:
a. Private endpoint for single instance databases in the DB systems.
b. Private endpoint for RAC databases in the DB system.
c. If a Database Management private endpoint is not available, then you must
create one. For information on how to create a private endpoint, see Create a
Database Management Private Endpoint.
14. Click Enable Database Management.

15. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the
Database information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of
the work request.
16. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if
the status of Database Management is enabled.
If you encounter issues when enabling Database Management, to know about likely
causes and solutions, see Issues Encountered When Enabling Database Management
for Oracle Cloud Databases.

Edit Database Management for a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to edit Database Management for pluggable databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the pluggable
database for which you want to edit Database Management. Details of the DB
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4. In the list of databases, click the database that contains the pluggable database for which
you want to edit Database Management. Details of the Database you selected are
displayed.
5. Click Pluggable Databases in the Resources section of the page.
6. In the list of pluggable databases, click the pluggable database for which you want to edit
Database Management. Details of the pluggable database you selected are displayed.
7. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the status
of Database Management.
8. If the Database Management is displayed as enabled, perform the following steps to edit
Database Management.
9. Click on Edit.
10. The Edit Database Management window opens up.
11. In the Database information section, provide the following details.

a. Database type: Read-only. Type of the database.

b. Database system: Read-only. Compartment in which the database is located.
c. Database home: Read-only. Database home of the database.
d. Database name: Read-only. Name of the database.
e. Service name: The unique service name of the database. A default unique name is
displayed which can be changed if required.
f. Protocol: Select either the TCP or TCPS protocol to connect to the database. By
default, the TCP protocol is selected.

Note:
If Oracle Data Guard is enabled after Database Management was enabled
for a DB system using the TCPS protocol, then TCPS will have to be
reconfigured. Enabling Oracle Data Guard is causing TCPS configuration to
be overwritten, and it's recommended that TCPS is configured on a DB
system after enabling Oracle Data Guard.

Note:
Database Management currently does not support Oracle Data Guard
configuration and Database Management features are not available for
standby databases.

g. Port: Specify the port number. If TCP is selected in the Protocol field, then port
number 1521 is displayed by default and you can change it, if required. You can
select the port number from a range of 1 to 65535.
h. Database wallet secret: This field is only displayed if TCPS is selected in the
Protocol field.
Select the secret that contains the database wallet from the drop-down list. If an
existing database wallet secret is not available, then select Create new secret... in
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can create a new secret. For information on database wallets and creating a
secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-related Prerequisite
Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
wallet is not created, then the 'System policies are required..' message is
displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically create the
service policy. For information on Vault service permissions required to use
existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions Required to Enable
Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
12. In the Specify credentials for the connection section, provide the following
details.
a. Database user name: Enter the database user name.
b. Database user password secret:
Select the secret that contains the database user password from the drop-
down list. If the compartment in which the secret resides is different from the
compartment displayed, then click Change compartment and select another
compartment. If an existing secret with the database user password is not
available, then select Create new secret... in the drop-down list. The Create
password secret panel is displayed and you can create a new secret. For
information on database monitoring user credentials and saving the database
user password as a secret in the Vault service, see Oracle Cloud Database-
related Prerequisite Tasks.
If the Database Management (dpd) service policy that grants Database
Management the permission to read the secret that contains the database
user password is not created, then the 'System policies are required..'
message is displayed. You can click Add policy to view and automatically
create the service policy. For information on Vault service permissions
required to use existing secrets or create new secrets, see Permissions
Required to Enable Database Management for Oracle Cloud Databases.
13. In the Private endpoint information section, select the private endpoint that will
act as a representation of Database Management in the VCN in which the
database can be accessed. You can choose the private endpoint from a different
compartment as well. You must ensure that the appropriate Database
Management private endpoint is available. Here are the two types of Database
Management private endpoints:
a. Private endpoint for single instance databases in the DB systems.
b. Private endpoint for RAC databases in the DB system.
c. If a Database Management private endpoint is not available, then you must
create one. For information on how to create a private endpoint, see Create a
Database Management Private Endpoint.
14. Click Save Changes.

15. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the
Database information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of
the work request.
16. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if
the status of Database Management is enabled.

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If you encounter issues when enabling Database Management, to know about likely causes
and solutions, see Issues Encountered When Enabling Database Management for Oracle
Cloud Databases.

Disable Database Management for a Pluggable Database

Perform the following steps to disable Database Management for pluggable databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the pluggable database for
which you want to disable Database Management. Details of the DB system you selected
are displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database that contains the pluggable database for which
you want to disable Database Management. Details of the Database you selected are
displayed.
5. Click Pluggable Databases in the Resources section of the page.
6. In the list of pluggable databases, click the pluggable database for which you want to
disable Database Management. Details of the pluggable database you selected are
displayed.
7. In the Database information section, under the Associated Services, check the status
of Database Management.
8. If the Database Management is displayed as Enabled, perform the following steps to
disable Database Management.
9. Click on Disable.
10. A confirmation message with a link to the Work requests section on the Database
information page is displayed. Click the link to monitor the progress of the work request.
11. In the Database Information section, under the Associated Services, verify if the status
of Database Management is Disabled.

View Performance Hub Metrics for Base Database Service Resources

You can use the Performance Hub to monitor database activity, diagnose issues, and tune
queries to improve the performance of Oracle Databases. This article describes the
procedure to view Performance Hub in Base Database Service.
Performance Hub displays information about the performance of your database for the time
period you specify. With this tool, you can view real-time and historical performance data. For
more information about Performance Hub, see About Performance Hub.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• View Performance Hub Metrics for a Database
• View Performance Hub Metrics for a Pluggable Database

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
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unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you
want to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database
Service.

View Performance Hub Metrics for a Database

To view the Performance Hub metrics for a database, the following prerequisite is
required.
• The Database Management for databases must be enabled. To enable Database
Management for databases, see Enable Database Management for a Database.
Perform the following steps to view the Performance Hub for databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which
you want to view the Performance Hub. Details of the DB system you selected are
displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to view the
Performance Hub. Details of the database you selected are displayed.
5. Click Performance Hub. The Performance Hub for the database are displayed.

View Performance Hub Metrics for a Pluggable Database

To view the Performance Hub metrics for a Pluggable Database , the following
prerequisites are required.
1. The Database Management for databases with Full Management option must be
enabled. To enable Database Management for databases, see Enable Database
Management for a Database.
2. The Database Management for Pluggable Databases must be enabled. To enable
Database Management for Pluggable Databases, see Enable Database
Management for a Pluggable Database.
Perform the following steps to view the Performance Hub for Pluggable Databases.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system that contains the database for which
you want to view the Performance Hub . Details of the DB system you selected are
displayed.
4. In the list of databases, click the database for which you want to view the
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5. Click Pluggable Databases in the Resources section of the page.

6. In the list of Pluggable Databases, click the Pluggable Database for which you want to
view the Performance Hub . Details of the Pluggable Database you selected are
displayed.
7. Click Performance Hub. The Performance Hub for the Pluggable Database are
displayed.

Monitor Using Oracle Enterprise Manager

You can use Oracle Enterprise Manager to manage and monitor the Base Database Service.
Enterprise Manager is Oracle’s management platform, providing a single pane of glass for
managing all your Oracle deployments, whether in your data centers or the Oracle Cloud.
Through deep integration with Oracle’s product stack, Enterprise Manager provides market-
leading management and automation support for Oracle applications, databases,
middleware, hardware, and engineered systems.
For more information about the Enterprise Manager, see About Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 13c.

Note:
Enterprise Manager versions 13.3 and above support monitoring and management
of the Base Database Service.

To use Enterprise Manager to manage and monitor your database, you perform these high-
level tasks:
• Configure connectivity between your Enterprise Manager deployment (whether on-
premises or on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Marketplace) and your database.
• Use the Enterprise Manager console, CLI, or REST API to discover the database and
add it as a target.
For detailed steps to perform these tasks, see Discovering an Oracle Public Cloud Machine.
After performing the discovery tasks, you can use Enterprise Manager to:
• Monitor the health and performance of your database and perform deep diagnostics on
the Performance Hub.
• Perform database administration tasks such as storage management and schema
management tasks such as creating database objects.
For details about how to use these features, see Administering and Monitoring a PaaS Cloud.

Monitor a Database with Enterprise Manager Express

This article explains how to set up an Enterprise Manager Express console to monitor the
database.
On 1- and 2-node RAC DB Systems, by default, the EM Express console is not enabled on
version 18.1.0.0, 12.2.0.1, and 12.1.0.2 databases. You can enable it for an existing database
as described below, or you can enable it when you create a database by using the Database
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You must also update the security list and iptables for the DB system as described
later in this topic.
When you enable the console, you'll set the port for the console. The procedure below
uses port 5500, but each additional console enabled on the same DB system will have
a different port.

Required IAM Policy

Some of the procedures below require permission to create or update security lists.
For more information about security list policies, see Security Lists.

Enable the EM Express Console and Determine its Port Number

1. SSH to the DB system, log in as opc, sudo to the oracle user, and log in to the
database as SYS.

sudo su - oracle
. oraenv
<provide the database SID at the prompt>
sqlplus / as sysdba

2. Do one of the following:

• To enable the console and set its port, use the following command.

exec DBMS_XDB_CONFIG.SETHTTPSPORT(<port>);

For example:

exec DBMS_XDB_CONFIG.SETHTTPSPORT(5500);

• To determine the port for a previously enabled console, use the following
command.

select dbms_xdb_config.getHttpsPort() from dual;

For example:

select dbms_xdb_config.getHttpsPort() from dual;

Output:

DBMS_XDB_CONFIG.GETHTTPSPORT()
------------------------------
5500

3. Return to the operating system by typing exit and then confirm that the listener is
listening on the port:

lsnrctl status | grep HTTP

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Output:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcps)(HOST=xxx.xx.xxxxxx.xxx)(PORT=5500))
(Security=(my_wallet_directory=/u01/app/oracle/admin/prod/xdb_wallet))
(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))

4. If you are using a 2-node RAC DB system, see Set the Required Permissions On a 2-
node RAC DB System.
5. Open the console's port as described in Open Ports on the DB System.
6. Update the security list for the console's port as described in Update the Security List for
the DB System.

Set the Required Permissions On a 2-node RAC DB System

If you're using a 2-node RAC DB system, you'll need to add read permissions for the
asmadmin group on the wallet directory on both nodes in the system.

1. SSH to one of the nodes in the DB system, log in as opc, and sudo to the grid user.

sudo su - grid
. oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [+ASM1] ?
The Oracle base has been set to /u01/app/grid

2. Get the location of the wallet directory by executing the following command.

lsnrctl status | grep xdb_wallet

Output:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcps)
(HOST=dbsysHost1.sub04061528182.dbsysapril6.oraclevcn.com)(PORT=5500))
(Security=(my_wallet_directory=/u01/app/oracle/admin/dbsys12_phx3wm/
xdb_wallet))(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))

3. Return to the opc user, switch to the oracle user, and change to the wallet directory.

sudo su - oracle
cd /u01/app/oracle/admin/dbsys12_phx3wm/xdb_wallet

4. List the directory contents and note the permissions.

ls -ltr

Output:

total 8
-rw------- 1 oracle asmadmin 3881 Apr 6 16:32 ewallet.p12
-rw------- 1 oracle asmadmin 3926 Apr 6 16:32 cwallet.sso

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5. Change the permissions:

chmod 640 /u01/app/oracle/admin/dbsys12_phx3wm/xdb_wallet/*

6. Verify that read permissions were added.

ls -ltr

Output:

total 8
-rw-r----- 1 oracle asmadmin 3881 Apr 6 16:32 ewallet.p12
-rw-r----- 1 oracle asmadmin 3926 Apr 6 16:32 cwallet.sso

7. Repeat the steps above on the other node in the cluster.

Connect to the EM Express Console

After you've enabled the Console and opened its port in the security list and iptables,
you can connect as follows:
1. From a web browser, connect to the Console using the following URL format:

https://<ip_address>:<port>/em

For example, https://129.145.0.164:5500/em

Use the DB system's private or public IP address depending on your network
configuration.
Use the private IP address to connect to the system from your on-premises
network, or from within the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). This includes connecting
from a host located on-premises connecting through a VPN or FastConnect to
your VCN, or from another host in the same VCN. Use the public IP address to
connect to the system from outside the cloud (with no VPN). You can find the IP
addresses in the Console as follows:
• On the DB System Details page, under Resources, click Nodes.
• The Public IP address and Private IP address & DNS name are displayed in
the table columns.
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3. The Database Home page is displayed.

To learn more about EM Express, see Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database
Express.

Note:
If you're using a 1-node DB system, and you are unable to connect to the EM
Express console, see Database Known Issues.

Monitor a Database with Enterprise Manager Database Control

This article explains how to set up an Enterprise Manager Database Control console to
monitor the database.
By default, the Enterprise Manager Database Control console is not enabled on version
11.2.0.4 databases. You can enable the console:
• when you create a container database by using the Database Commands with the -co
parameter.
• for an existing container database as described in Configuring Database Control Using
EMCA.
Port 1158 is the default port used for the first console enabled on the DB system, but each
additional console enabled on the DB system will have a different port.

Note:
For a version 11.2.0.4 database on a 2-node RAC DB system, see Enable the
Console For a Version 11.2.0.4 Database On a Multi-node DB System.

Required IAM Policy

Some of the procedures below require permission to create or update security lists. For more
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Determine the Port For the Enterprise Manager Database Control Console
1. SSH to the DB system, log in as opc, and sudo to the oracle user.

sudo su - oracle
. oraenv
<provide the database SID at the prompt>

2. Use the following command to get the port number.

emctl status dbconsole

The port is in the URL, as shown in the following output:

Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.2.0.4.0

Copyright (c) 1996, 2013 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
https://dbprod:1158/em/console/aboutApplication
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g is running.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs are generated in directory /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/
dbhome_2/dbprod_db11/sysman/log

3. Open the console's port as described in Open Ports on the DB System.

4. Update the security list for the console's port as described in Update the Security
List for the DB System.

Connect to the Enterprise Manager Database Control Console

After you've enabled the console and opened its port in the security list and iptables,
you can connect as follows:
1. From a web browser, connect to the console using the following URL format:

https://<ip_address>:<port>/em

For example, https://129.145.0.164:1158/em

Use the DB system's private or public IP address depending on your network
configuration.
Use the private IP address to connect to the system from your on-premises
network, or from within the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). This includes connecting
from a host located on-premises connecting through a VPN or FastConnect to
your VCN, or from another host in the same VCN. Use the public IP address to
connect to the system from outside the cloud (with no VPN). You can find the IP
addresses in the Console as follows:
• On the DB System Details page, under Resources, click Nodes.
• The Public IP address and Private IP address & DNS name are displayed in
the table columns.
2. A login page will be displayed and you can log in with any valid database
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To learn more about Enterprise Manager Database Control, see Introduction to Oracle
Enterprise Manager Database Control.

Enable the Console For a Version 11.2.0.4 Database On a Multi-node DB System

A few extra steps are required to enable the console for a version 11.2.0.4 database on a
multi-node DB system.

Configure SSH Equivalency Between the Two Nodes

You'll create SSH keys on each node and copy the key to the other node, so that each node
has the keys for both nodes. The following procedure uses the sample names node1 and
node2.
1. SSH to node1, log in as opc, and sudo to the oracle user.

sudo su - oracle

2. Create a directory called .ssh, set its permissions, create an RSA key, and add the public
key to the authorized_keys file.

mkdir .ssh
chmod 755 .ssh
ssh-keygen -t rsa
cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys

3. Repeat the previous steps on the other node in the cluster.

4. On each node, add the id_rsa.pub key for the other node to the authorized_keys file.
When you're done, you should see both keys in authorized_keys on each node.
5. On node1, create the known_hosts file by doing the following:
• SSH to node1 and reply yes to the authentication prompt.
• SSH to node2 and reply yes to the authentication prompt.
6. On node2, create the known_hosts file by doing the following:
• SSH to node2 and reply yes to the authentication prompt.
• SSH to node1 and reply yes to the authentication prompt.
7. On node1, verify that SSH equivalency is now configured by using the following Cluster
Verification Utility (CVU) command.

cluvfy stage -pre crsinst -n all -verbose

Configure the Console

1. On node1, create a file called emca.rsp with the following entries.

DB_UNIQUE_NAME=<pdb_unique_name>
SERVICE_NAME=<db_unique_name>.<db_domain>
PORT=<scan listener port>
LISTENER_OH=$GI_HOME
SYS_PWD=<admin password>
DBSNMP_PWD=<admin password>

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SYSMAN_PWD=<admin password>
CLUSTER_NAME=<cluster name> <=== to get the cluster name,
run: $GI_HOME/bin/cemutlo -n
ASM_OH=$GI_HOME
ASM_SID=+ASM1
ASM_PORT=<asm listener port>
ASM_USER_NAME=ASMSNMP
ASM_USER_PWD=<admin password>

2. On node1, run Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant (EMCA) using the

emca.rsp file as input.

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emca
-config dbcontrol db
-repos create
-cluster
-silent
-respFile <location of response file above>

3. On node2, configure the console so the agent in node1 reports to the console in
node1, and the agent in node2 reports to the console in node2.

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emca
-reconfig dbcontrol
-silent
-cluster
-EM_NODE <node2 host>
-EM_NODE_LIST <node2 host>
-DB_UNIQUE_NAME <db_unique_name>
-SERVICE_NAME <db_unique_name>.<db_domain>

4. On each node, verify that console is working properly.

export ORACLE_UNQNAME=<db_unique_name>

emctl status agent

Output:

Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.2.0.4.0

Copyright (c) 1996, 2013 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Agent Version : 10.2.0.4.5
OMS Version : 10.2.0.4.5
Protocol Version : 10.2.0.4.5
Agent Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_x/
<host>_<db_unique_name>
Agent binaries : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_x
Agent Process ID : 26194
Parent Process ID : 25835
Agent URL : https://<node host>:1831/emd/main
Repository URL : https://<node host>:5501/em/upload/
Started at : 2017-03-15 20:20:34
Started by user : oracle

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Last Reload : 2017-03-15 20:27:00

Last successful upload : 2017-03-15 21:06:36
Total Megabytes of XML files uploaded so far : 22.25
Number of XML files pending upload :
0 <=== should be zero
Size of XML files pending upload(MB) : 0.00
Available disk space on upload filesystem : 42.75%
Data channel upload directory : /u01/app/oracle/product/
11.2.0.4/dbhome_x/<host>_<db_unique_name>/sysman/recv
Last successful heartbeat to OMS : 2017-03-15 21:08:45
---------------------------------------------------------------

Update iptables and Security List

1. On each node, edit iptables to open the console's port as described in Open Ports on the
DB System.
2. Update the security list for the console's port as described in Update the Security List for
the DB System.

Events
Manage Diagnostics Collection for the DB System
The diagnostics collection and notifications feature enables Oracle Cloud Operations and you
to identify, investigate, track, and resolve guest VM issues quickly and effectively. Subscribe
to events to get notified about resource state changes. You can enable or disable this feature
at anytime.
Diagnostic events: Allow Oracle to collect and publish critical, warning, error, and
information events for you. For more information, see Database Service Events.
Incident logs and trace collection: Allow Oracle to collect incident logs and traces to
enable fault diagnosis and issue resolution. For more information, see Incident Logs and
Trace Files.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, and then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the DB system for which you want to manage the
diagnostic collection.
4. The details of the DB system are displayed.
5. In the General information tab, the Diagnostics collection status is displayed. The
status would be any of the following:
• Enabled - Both the diagnostic events and incident logs and trace file collection are
opted-in.
• Disabled - Both the diagnostic events and incident logs and trace file collection are
opted-out.

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• Partially enabled - Either the diagnostic events or incident logs and trace file
collection are opted-in.
6. Click the Edit button beside the Diagnostic collection status.
7. The Edit diagnostics collection settings panel is displayed.
8. Choose the Diagnostics collection as per your requirements from the following
options. Unchecking all the available options will disable diagnostics collection and
notification.
• Enable diagnostic events - Enables and allows Oracle to collect and send
fault notifications about critical, warning, and information events for you.
• Enable incident logs and trace collection - Enables and allows Oracle to
receive event notifications and collect incident logs and traces for fault
diagnosis and issue resolution.

Note:
The Enable health monitoring diagnostics collection for Oracle Cloud
operations viewing is not available for the Oracle Base Database
service.

9. Click Save changes.

Note:

• You are opting-in with the understanding that the list of events and log
files can change in the future. You can opt-out of this feature at any time.
• Disabling diagnostic events and health monitoring will only prevent the
collection and notification of data/events from the time you opt-out.
However, historical data will not be purged from Oracle Cloud Operations
data repositories.
• If you had previously opted-in for incident log and trace file collection and
then decide to opt-out when Oracle Cloud operations run a log collection
job, the job will run its course and will not be canceled. However,
subsequent log collections won't happen till you opt-in again to the
incident logs and trace file collection option.

Database Service Events

Database Service Events feature implementation enables you to get notified about
health issues with your Oracle Databases or other components on the DB system.
It is possible that Oracle Database or Clusterware may not be healthy or various
system components may be running out of space on the DB system. Customers are
not notified of this situation. Database Service Events feature implementation
generates events for Data Plane operations and conditions, as well as Notifications for
customers by leveraging the existing OCI Events service and Notification mechanisms
in their tenancy. Customers can then create topics and subscribe to these topics
through email, functions, or streams.

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Note:
Events flow on the DB system depends on Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) and
Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) agent. Ensure that these components are
up and running.

Receive Notifications about Database Service Events

Subscribe to the Database Service Events and get notified. To receive notifications, subscribe
to Database Service Events and get notified using the Oracle Notification service, see
Notifications Overview. For more information about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Events, see
Overview of Events.

Events Service - Event Types

• Database - Critical
• DB Node - Critical
• DB Node - Error
• DB Node - Warning
• DB Node - Information
• DB System - Critical

Database Service Event Types

The following table lists the event types that the Database Service emits.

Note:

• Critical events are triggered due to several types of critical conditions and
errors that cause disruption to the database and other critical components. For
example, database hang errors, and availability errors for databases, database
nodes, and database systems to let you know if a resource becomes
unavailable.
• Information events are triggered when the database and other critical
components work as expected. For example, a clean shutdown of CRS, CDB,
client, or scan listener, or a startup of these components will create an event
with the severity of INFO.
• Threshold limits reduce the number of notifications customers will receive for
similar incident events whilst at the same time ensuring they receive the
incident events and are reminded in a timely fashion.

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Database Service Events

Table 5-3 Database Service Events

Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
Resour HEALTH.DB_GUE This event is HEALTH- com.oracleclo Critical
ce ST.FILESYSTEM reported when DB_GUEST- ud.databasese threshol
Utilizati .FREE_SPACE VM guest file FILESYSTEM- rvice.dbnode. d: 90%
on - system free FREE_SPACE critical
Disk space falls below
Usage 10% free, as
determined by
the operating
system df(1)
command, for the
following file
systems:
• /
• /u01
• /u02
• /var (X8M
and later
only)
• /tmp (X8M
and later
only)
CRS AVAILABILITY. An event of type AVAILABILITY- com.oracleclo NA
status DB_GUEST.CRS_ CRITICAL is DB_GUEST- ud.databasese
Up/ INSTANCE.DOWN. created when the CRS_INSTANCE. rvice.dbnode.
Down Cluster Ready DOWN critical
Service (CRS) is (if .DOWN and
detected to be NOT
down. "user_action")
AVAILABILITY. An event of type NA com.oracleclo NA
DB_GUEST.CRS_ INFORMATION is ud.databasese
INSTANCE.DOWN created once it is rvice.dbnode.
_CLEARED determined that information
the event for CRS (if .DOWN_CLEA
down has RED)
cleared.
AVAILABILITY. An event of type AVAILABILITY- com.oracleclo NA
DB_GUEST.CRS_ CRITICAL is DB_GUEST- ud.databasese
INSTANCE.EVIC created. CRS_INSTANCE- rvice.dbnode.
TION EVICTION critical

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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Database Service Events

Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
SCAN AVAILABILITY. A DOWN event is AVAILABILITY- com.oracleclo NA
Listener DB_CLUSTER.SC created when a DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese
Up/ AN_LISTENER.D SCAN listener SCAN_LISTENE rvice.dbnode.
Down OWN goes down. The R-DOWN critical
event is of type (if .DOWN and
INFORMATION NOT
when a SCAN "user_action")
listener is
shutdown due to
user action, such
as with the
Server Control
Utility (srvctl)
or Listener
Control
(lsnrctl)
commands, or
any Oracle Cloud
maintenance
action that uses
those commands,
such as
performing a grid
infrastructure
software update.
The event is of
type CRITICAL
when a SCAN
listener goes
down
unexpectedly. A
corresponding
DOWN_CLEARE
D event is
created when a
SCAN listener is
started.
There are three
SCAN listeners
per cluster called
LISTENER_SCA
N[1,2,3].
AVAILABILITY. An event of type NA com.oracleclo NA
DB_CLUSTER.SC INFORMATION is ud.databasese
AN_LISTENER.D created once it is rvice.dbnode.
OWN_CLEARED determined that information
the event for (if .DOWN_CLEA
SCAN Listener RED)
down has
cleared.

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Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
Net AVAILABILITY. A DOWN event is AVAILABILITY- com.oracleclo NA
Listener DB_GUEST.CLIE created when a DB_GUEST- ud.databasese
Up/ NT_LISTENER.D client listener CLIENT_LISTEN rvice.databas
Down OWN goes down. The ER.DOWN e.critical
event is of type (if .DOWN and
INFORMATION NOT
when a client "user_action")
listener is
shutdown due to
user action, such
as with the
Server Control
Utility (srvctl)
or Listener
Control
(lsnrctl)
commands, or
any Oracle Cloud
maintenance
action that uses
those commands,
such as
performing a grid
infrastructure
software update.
The event is of
type CRITICAL
when a client
listener goes
down
unexpectedly. A
corresponding
DOWN_CLEARE
D event is
created when a
client listener is
started.
There is one
client listener per
node, each called
LISTENER.
AVAILABILITY. An event of type NA com.oracleclo NA
DB_GUEST.CLIE INFORMATION is ud.databasese
NT_LISTENER.D created once it is rvice.databas
OWN_CLEARED determined that e.information
the event for (if .DOWN_CLEA
Client Listener RED)
down has
cleared.

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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Database Service Events

Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
CDB AVAILABILITY. A DOWN event is AVAILABILITY- com.oracleclo NA
Up/ DB_GUEST.CDB_ created when a DB_GUEST- ud.databasese
Down INSTANCE.DOWN database CDB_INSTANCE- rvice.databas
instance goes DOWN e.critical
down. The event (if .DOWN and
is of type NOT
INFORMATION "user_action")
when a database
instance is
shutdown due to
user action, such
as with the
SQL*Plus
(sqlplus) or
Server Control
Utility (srvctl)
commands, or
any Oracle Cloud
maintenance
action that uses
those commands,
such as
performing a
database home
software update.
The event is of
type CRITICAL
when a database
instance goes
down
unexpectedly. A
corresponding
DOWN_CLEARE
D event is
created when a
database
instance is
started.
AVAILABILITY. An event of type NA com.oracleclo NA
DB_GUEST.CDB_ INFORMATION is ud.databasese
INSTANCE.DOWN created once it is rvice.databas
_CLEARED determined that e.information
the event for the (if .DOWN_CLEA
CDB down has RED)
cleared.

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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Database Service Events

Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
Critical HEALTH.DB_CLU Database HEALTH- com.oracleclo NA
DB STER.CDB.CORR corruption has DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese
Errors UPTION been detected on CDB- rvice.databas
your primary or CORRUPTION e.critical
standby
database. The
database
alert.log is parsed
for any specific
errors that are
indicative of
physical block
corruptions,
logical block
corruptions, or
logical block
corruptions
caused by lost
writes.
Other HEALTH.DB_CLU An event of type HEALTH- com.oracleclo NA
DB STER.CDB.ARCH CRITICAL is DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese
Errors IVER_HANG created if a CDB CDB- rvice.databas
is either unable to ARCHIVER_HAN e.critical
archive the active G
online redo log or
unable to archive
the active online
redo log fast
enough to the log
archive
destinations.
HEALTH.DB_CLU An event of type HEALTH- com.oracleclo NA
STER.CDB.DATA CRITICAL is DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese
BASE_HANG created when a CDB- rvice.databas
process/session DATABASE_HAN e.critical
hang is detected G
in the CDB.
Backup HEALTH.DB_CLU An event of type HEALTH- com.oracleclo NA
Failures STER.CDB.BACK CRITICAL is DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese
UP_FAILURE created if there is CDB- rvice.databas
a CDB backup BACKUP_FAILU e.critical
with a FAILED RE
status reported in
the
v$rman_status
view.
HEALTH.DB_CLU An event of type NA com.oracleclo NA
STER.CDB.BACK INFORMATION is ud.databasese
UP_FAILURE_CL created. rvice.databas
EARED e.information

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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Database Service Events

Friendl Event Name Description Remediation Event Type Thresh

y Name old
Disk HEALTH.DB_CLU An event of type HEALTH- com.oracleclo Notificat
Group STER.DISK_GRO CRITICAL is DB_CLUSTER- ud.databasese ions are
Usage UP.FREE_SPACE created when an DISK_GROUP- rvice.dbsyste sent
ASM disk group FREE_SPACE m.critical when
reaches space the
usage of 90% or com.oracleclo usage
higher. An event ud.databasese hits
of type rvice.dbsyste 70%,
INFORMATION is m.information 80%,
created when the (if < 90%) 90%,
ASM disk group and
space usage 100%
drops below 90%. with a
corresp
onding
severity
of 4, 3,
2, and
1.

Temporarily Restrict Automatic Diagnostic Collections for Specific Events

Use the tfactl blackout command to temporarily suppress automatic diagnostic
collections.
If you set blackout for a target, then Oracle Trace File Analyzer stops automatic diagnostic
collections if it finds events in the alert logs for that target while scanning. By default, blackout
will be in effect for 24 hours.
You can also restrict automatic diagnostic collection at a granular level, for example, only for
ORA-00600 or even only ORA-00600 with specific arguments.

Syntax

tfactl blackout add|remove|print

-targettype host|crs|asm|asmdg|database|dbbackup|db_dataguard|
db_tablespace|pdb_tablespace|pdb|listener|service|os
-target all|name
[-container name]
[-pdb pdb_name]
-event all|"event_str1,event_str2"|availability
[-timeout nm|nh|nd|none]
[-c|-local|-nodes "node1,node2"]
[-reason "reason for blackout"]
[-docollection]

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Parameters

Table 5-4 Parameters

Parameter Description
add|remove|print| Adds, removes, or prints blackout conditions.
-targettype type Limits blackout only to the specified target type.
Target type:host|crs| host: The whole node is under blackout. If there is host blackout, then
asm|asmdg|database| every blackout element that's shown true in the Telemetry JSON will
dbbackup| have the reason for the blackout.
db_dataguard| crs: Blackout the availability of the Oracle Clusterware resource or
db_tablespace| events in the Oracle Clusterware logs.
pdb_tablespace| asm: Blackout the availability of Oracle Automatic Storage
pdb|listener| Management (Oracle ASM) on this machine or events in the Oracle
service|os ASM alert logs.
asmdg: Blackout an Oracle ASM disk group.
database: Blackout the availability of an Oracle Database, Oracle
Database backup, tablespace, and so on, or events in the Oracle
Database alert logs.
dbbackup: Blackout Oracle Database backup events (such as CDB or
archive backups).
db_dataguard: Blackout Oracle Data Guard events.
db_tablespace: Blackout Oracle Database tablespace events
(container database).
pdb_tablespace: Blackout Oracle pluggable database tablespace
events (pluggable database).
pdb: Blackout Oracle pluggable database events.
listener: Blackout the availability of a listener.
service: Blackout the availability of a service.
os: Blackout one or more operating system records.
-target all|name Specify the target for blackout. You can specify a comma-delimited list
of targets.
By default, the target is set to all.
-container name Specify the database container name (db_unique_name) where the
blackout will take effect (for PDB, DB_TABLESPACE, and
PDB_TABLESPACE).
-pdb pdb_name Specify the PDB where the blackout will take effect (for
PDB_TABLESPACE only).
-events Limits blackout only to the availability events, or event strings, which
all|"str1,str2" should not trigger auto collections, or be marked as blacked out in
telemetry JSON.
all: Blackout everything for the target specified.
string: Blackout for incidents where any part of the line contains the
strings specified.
Specify a comma-delimited list of strings.
-timeout nh|nd| Specify the duration for blackout in number of hours or days before
none timing out. By default, the timeout is set to 24 hours (24h).
-c|-local Specify if blackout should be set to cluster-wide or local.
By default, blackout is set to local.

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Table 5-4 (Cont.) Parameters

Parameter Description
-reason comment Specify a descriptive reason for the blackout.
-docollection Use this option to do an automatic diagnostic collection even if a
blackout is set for this target.

Examples
The following are the examples to use tfactl blackout command.
To blackout event: ORA-00600 on targettype: database, target: mydb

tfactl blackout add -targettype database -target mydb -event "ORA-00600"

To blackout event: ORA-04031 on targettype: database, target: all

tfactl blackout add -targettype database -target all -event "ORA-04031" -

timeout 1h

To blackout db backup events on targettype: dbbackup, target: mydb

tfactl blackout add -targettype dbbackup -target mydb

To blackout db dataguard events on targettype: db_dataguard, target: mydb

tfactl blackout add -targettype db_dataguard -target mydb -timeout 30m

To blackout db tablespace events on targettype: db_tablespace, target: system, container:

mydb

tfactl blackout add -targettype db_tablespace -target system -container mydb

-timeout 30m

To blackout ALL events on targettype: host, target: all

tfactl blackout add -targettype host -event all -target all -timeout 1h
-reason "Disabling all events during patching"

To print blackout details:

tfactl blackout print

.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------.
|

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myhostname
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----------
+------------------------------+------------------------------+--------
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
| Target Type | Target | Events | Start
Time | End Time | Status | Do
Collection | Reason |
+---------------+---------------------+-----------
+------------------------------+------------------------------+--------
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
| HOST | ALL | ALL | Thu Mar 24
16:48:39 UTC 2022 | Thu Mar 24 17:48:39 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | Disabling all events during patching |
| DATABASE | MYDB | ORA-00600 | Thu Mar 24
16:39:03 UTC 2022 | Fri Mar 25 16:39:03 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | NA |
| DATABASE | ALL | ORA-04031 | Thu Mar 24
16:39:54 UTC 2022 | Thu Mar 24 17:39:54 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | NA |
| DB_DATAGUARD | MYDB | ALL | Thu Mar 24
16:41:38 UTC 2022 | Thu Mar 24 17:11:38 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | NA |
| DBBACKUP | MYDB | ALL | Thu Mar 24
16:40:47 UTC 2022 | Fri Mar 25 16:40:47 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | NA |
| DB_TABLESPACE | SYSTEM_CDBNAME_MYDB | ALL | Thu Mar 24
16:45:56 UTC 2022 | Thu Mar 24 17:15:56 UTC 2022 | ACTIVE |
false | NA |
'---------------+---------------------+-----------
+------------------------------+------------------------------+--------
+---------------+--------------------------------------'

To remove blackout for event: ORA-00600 on targettype: database, target: mydb

tfactl blackout remove -targettype database -event "ORA-00600" -target

mydb

To remove blackout for db backup events on targettype: dbbackup, target: mydb

tfactl blackout remove -targettype dbbackup -target mydb

To remove blackout for db tablespace events on targettype: db_tablespace, target:

system, container: mydb

tfactl blackout remove -targettype db_tablespace -target system -

container mydb

To remove blackout for host events on targettype: all, target: all

tfactl blackout remove -targettype host -event all -target all

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Manage Oracle Trace File Analyzer

To check the run status of Oracle Trace File Analyzer, run the tfactl status command as
root or a non-root user:

tfactl status

.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------.
| Host | Status of TFA | PID | Port | Version | Build ID
| Inventory Status |
+-------+---------------+--------+------+------------+----------------------
+------------------+
| node1 | RUNNING | 41312 | 5000 | 22.1.0.0.0 | 22100020220310214615
| COMPLETE |
| node2 | RUNNING | 272300 | 5000 | 22.1.0.0.0 | 22100020220310214615
| COMPLETE |
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------'

To start the Oracle Trace File Analyzer daemon on the local node, run the tfactl start
command as root user:

tfactl start

Starting TFA..
Waiting up to 100 seconds for TFA to be started..
. . . . .
Successfully started TFA Process..
. . . . .
TFA Started and listening for commands

To stop the Oracle Trace File Analyzer daemon on the local node, run the tfactl stop
command as root user:

tfactl stop

Stopping TFA from the Command Line

Nothing to do !
Please wait while TFA stops
Please wait while TFA stops
TFA-00002 Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) is not running
TFA Stopped Successfully
Successfully stopped TFA..

Manage Database Service Agent

View the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.log file to identify issues with the agent.

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To check the status of the Database Service Agent, run the systemctl status
command:

systemctl status dbcsagent.service

dbcsagent.service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbcsagent.service; enabled;
vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-04-01 13:40:19 UTC; 6min ago
Process: 9603 ExecStopPost=/bin/bash -c kill `ps -fu opc |grep
"java.*dbcs-agent.*jar" |
awk '{print $2}' ` (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 10055 (sudo)
CGroup: /system.slice/dbcsagent.service
‣ 10055 sudo -u opc /bin/bash -c umask 077; /bin/java -
Doracle.security.jps.config=/opt/oracle/...

To start the agent if it is not running, run the systemctl start command as the root
user:

systemctl start dbcsagent.service

Incident Logs and Trace Files

This article lists all the files that can be collected by Oracle Support if you opt-in for
incident logs and trace collection.

Note:

• Oracle will create a service request (SR) against the infrastructure

Customer Support Identifier (CSI) when an issue is detected and needs
customer interaction to resolve.
• The customer's Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancy admin email will be
used as the CSI contact to create SR and attach logs to it. Ensure
tenancy admin email is added as a CSI contact in My Oracle Support
(MOS).

Oracle Trace File Analyze (TFA) Component Driven Logs Collections

The directories are generally assigned to a component and that component can then
be used to guide TFA to the files it needs to collect, for example, requesting the
Cluster Ready Services (CRS) component would tell TFA to look at directories
mapped to the CRS component and find files that match the required collection time
frame.

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Note:

• If have previously opted-in for incident log and trace file collection and decide to
opt-out when Oracle Cloud operations run a log collection job, then the job will
run its course and will not cancel. Future log collections won't happen until you
opt-in again to the incident logs and trace file collection option.
• TFA is shipped with scripts that run when a particular component is requested,
for example, for CRS component, crscollect.pl will run a number of crsctl
commands and gather the input. By default, TFA does not redact collected logs.

Table 5-5 Oracle Trace File Analyze (TFA) Component Driven Logs Collections

Component Script Files/Directories

OS: Operating system oscollect.pl • /var/log/messages
logs • OSWatcher archive

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Table 5-5 (Cont.) Oracle Trace File Analyze (TFA) Component Driven Logs Collections

Component Script Files/Directories

CRS: Grid Infrastructure crscollect.pl • /etc/oracle
and cluster logs • GIHOME/crf/db/HOSTNAME1
• GIHOME/crs/log
• GIHOME/css/log
• GIHOME/cv/log
• GIHOME/evm/admin/log
• GIHOME/evm/admin/logger
• GIHOME/evm/log
• GIHOME/log/-/client
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/admin
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/client
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/crflogd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/crfmond
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/crsd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/cssd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/ctssd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/diskmon
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/evmd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/gipcd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/gnsd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/gpnpd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/mdnsd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/ohasd
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/racg
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/srvm
• GIHOME/log/HOSTNAME1/xag
• GIHOME/log/diag/asmtool
• GIHOME/log/diag/clients
• GIHOME/log/procwatcher/
PRW_SYS_HOSTNAME1
• GIHOME/network/log
• GIHOME/opmn/logs
• GIHOME/racg/log
• GIHOME/scheduler/log
• GIHOME/srvm/log
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/@global/cvu
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/core
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/
crsconfig
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/crsdiag
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/cvu
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/evm
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/output
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/
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Table 5-5 (Cont.) Oracle Trace File Analyze (TFA) Component Driven Logs Collections

Component Script Files/Directories

• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/scripts
• GRIDBASE/crsdata/HOSTNAME1/trace
• GRIDBASE/diag/crs/-/crs/cdump
• GRIDBASE/diag/crs/HOSTNAME1/crs/
cdump
• GRIDBASE/diag/crs/HOSTNAME1/crs/
incident
• GRIDBASE/diag/crs/HOSTNAME1/crs/
trace
Database: Oracle No database specific • ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbname>/
Database logs script - runs opatch <instance_name>/cdump
lsinventory for the • ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbname>/
ORACLE_HOME the <instance_name>/trace
database runs from TFA • ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbname>/
will run ipspack based
<instance_name>/incident
on the time range for
certain database
incidents.

DCS Agent Logs

• /opt/oracle/dcs/log/

Tooling-Related Grid Infrastructure/Database Logs

• Grid Infrastructure: GI_HOME/cfgtoollogs
• Database alertlog: /u02/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/*/*/alert*.log

Event Types for Base Database Service

Base Database service resources emit events, which are structured messages that indicate
changes in resources.
For more information about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Events, see Overview of Events. You
may subscribe to events and be notified when they occur using the Oracle Notification
service, see Notifications Overview.

Prerequisites
The following prerequisite is required to receive events for databases and DB systems.
• Telemetry must be enabled for databases and DB systems using the dbcli utility.
For more information, see AHF Telemetry Commands.

Database Event Types

The following are the event types that the database in the DB system emits:

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Table 5-6 Database Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

Database - Automatic com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.automaticbackupdata
Backup Begin base.begin
Database - Automatic com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.automaticbackupdata
Backup End base.end
Database - Create Backup com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.backupdatabase.begi
Begin n
Database - Create Backup com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.backupdatabase.end
End
Database - Critical com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.critical
Database - Delete Backup com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletebackup.begin
Begin
Database - Delete Backup com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletebackup.end
End
Database - Information com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.informatio
n
Database - Migrate to KMS com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.migratedatabasekmsk
Key Begin ey.begin
Database - Migrate to KMS com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.migratedatabasekmsk
Key End ey.end
Database - Move Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.movedatabase.begin
Database - Move End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.movedatabase.end
Database - Restore Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.restoredatabase.beg
in
Database - Restore End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.restoredatabase.end
Database - Rotate KMS com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.rotatedatabasekmske
Key Begin y.begin
Database - Rotate KMS com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.rotatedatabasekmske
Key End y.end
Database - Terminate com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.terminate.
Begin begin
Database - Terminate End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.terminate.
end
Database - Update Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updatedatabase.begi
n
Database - Update End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updatedatabase.end
Database - Upgrade Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.upgradedatabase.beg
in
Database - Upgrade End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.upgradedatabase.end

Example 5-1 Database Example Event

This is a reference event for databases.

{
"eventType" :
"com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.backupdatabase.begin",

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"cloudEventsVersion" : "0.1",
"eventTypeVersion" : "2.0",
"source" : "DatabaseService",
"eventTime" : "2020-01-08T17:31:43.666Z",
"contentType" : "application/json",
"data" : {
"compartmentId" : "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "example_compartment_name",
"resourceName": "my_backup",
"resourceId": "ocid1.dbbckup.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"availabilityDomain": "<availability_domain>",
"additionalDetails" : {
"timeCreated" : "2020-01-08T17:31:44Z",
"lifecycleState" : "CREATING",
"dbSystemId" : "ocid1.dbsystem.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"dbHomeId" : ocid1.dbhome.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"dbUniqueName" : DB1115_iad1dv",
"dbVersion" : "11.2.0.4.190716",
"databaseEdition" : "ENTERPRISE_EDITION_HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
"autoBackupsEnabled" : "false",
"backupType" : "FULL",
"databaseId" : "ocid1.database.oc1.<unique_ID>",
},
"definedTags" : {
"My_example_tag_name" :
{ "Example_key" : "Example_value" }
},
},
"eventID": "<unique_ID>",
"extensions" : {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
}
}

Database Information Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.information event delivers details about
several types of information in the additionalDetails section of the database information
event payload.
The following table lists the sub-types of the database information event.

Table 5-7 Database Information Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.C An event of type INFORMATION is created once it is determined that
DB_INSTANCE.DOWN_CLEARE the event for the CDB down has cleared.
D
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.B An event of type INFORMATION is created once it is determined that
ACKUP_FAILURE_CLEARED the event for the backup failure has cleared.

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Database Critical Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.critical event delivers details
about several types of critical conditions and errors in the additionalDetails section
of the Database critical event payload.
The following table lists the sub-types of the database critical event.

Table 5-8 Database Critical Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST A DOWN event is created when a database instance goes down.
.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN The event is of type INFORMATION when a database instance is
shutdown due to user action, such as with the SQL*Plus
(sqlplus) or Server Control Utility (srvctl) commands, or any
Oracle Cloud maintenance action that uses those commands,
such as performing a database home software update. The event
is of type CRITICAL when a database instance goes down
unexpectedly. A corresponding DOWN_CLEARED event is
created when a database instance is started.
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB An event of type CRITICAL is created if a CDB is either unable to
.ARCHIVER_HANG archive the active online redo log or unable to archive the active
online redo log fast enough to the log archive destinations.
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB An event of type CRITICAL is created when a process/session
.DATABASE_HANG hang is detected in the CDB.
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB An event of type CRITICAL is created if there is a CDB backup
.BACKUP_FAILURE with a FAILED status reported in the v$rman_status view.
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB Database corruption has been detected on your primary or
.CORRUPTION standby database. The database alert.log is parsed for any
specific errors that are indicative of physical block corruptions,
logical block corruptions, or logical block corruptions caused by
lost writes.

Example 5-2 Database Critical Example Event

The Database Critical, DB Node Critical, and DB System Critical events originate in
the data plane and contain details about a critical condition in the additionalDetails
section of the payload. See the preceding tables for details about these event
subtypes.
The following is a reference "critical" data plane event for DB systems, DB system
nodes, and databases.

{
"eventType": "com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.database.critical",
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"source": "DataPlane",
"eventTime": "2020-11-10T19:52:15Z",
"contentType": "application/json",
"data": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "VMDBSI-Dev",

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"resourceName": "DB0422_iad3x7",
"resourceId": "ocid1.database.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"availabilityDomain": "zvXp:US-ASHBURN-AD-3",
"additionalDetails": {
"serviceType": "dbcs",
"hostName": "singlenodegi-sales",
"component": "cdb",
"instanceName": "db0422",
"dbName": "db0422_iad3x7",
"description": "Database : DB0422_iad3x7 Instance : DB0422,
status is offline",
"eventName": "AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN",
"dbSystemId": "ocid1.dbsystem.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"status": "offline"
}
},
"eventID": "91653791-7aab-45dd-b57f-e2e9013acdb9",
extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
}
}

DB System Event Types

The following are the event types that the DB system emits.

Table 5-9 DB System Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

DB System - Change com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.changedbsystemcompartme
Compartment Begin nt.begin
DB System - Change com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.changedbsystemcompartme
Compartment End nt.end
DB System - Create Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.launchdbsystem.begin
DB System - Create End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.launchdbsystem.end
DB System - Critical com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbsystem.critical
DB System - Information com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbsystem.information
DB System - Terminate Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.terminatedbsystem.begin
DB System - Terminate End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.terminatedbsystem.end
DB System - Update IORM com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updateiormconfig.begin
Begin
DB System - Update IORM com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updateiormconfig.end
End

Example 5-3 DB System Example Event

This is a reference event for DB systems.

{
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"contentType": "application/json",
"data": {

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"additionalDetails": {
"cpuCoreCount": 1,
"dataStoragePercentage": 80,
"dataStorageSizeInGBs": 256,
"exadataIormConfig": "null",
"licenseType": "LICENSE_INCLUDED",
"lifecycleMessage": null,
"lifecycleState": "PROVISIONING",
"nsgIds": "null",
"patchHistoryEntries": "null",
"sshPublicKeys": "...",
"version": null
},
"availabilityDomain": "XXIT:US-ASHBURN-AD-1",
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "example_compartment_name",
"resourceId": "ocid1.dbsystem.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"resourceName": "myDBsystem"
},
"eventID": "0c1f15b1-4bf2-4f27-8a78-a48d446aeb6f",
"eventTime": "2019-10-25T20:30:46.836Z",
"eventType":
"com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.launchdbsystem.begin",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
},
"source": "DatabaseService"
}

DB System Information Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbsystem.information event delivers
details about information in the additionalDetails section of the information event
payload.
The following table documents the sub-types of the DB system information event.

Table 5-10 DB System Information Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DIS An event of type INFORMATION is created when the ASM disk
K_GROUP.FREE_SPACE group space usage drops below 90%.

DB System Critical Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbsystem.critical event delivers details
about critical conditions and errors in the additionalDetails section of the critical
event payload.
The following table documents the sub-types of the DB system critical event.

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Table 5-11 DB System Critical Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_ An event of type CRITICAL is created when an ASM disk group
GROUP.FREE_SPACE reaches space usage of 90% or higher.

For a JSON example of a critical event, see Example 5-2.

DB Node Event Types

The following table lists the event types that database nodes emit.

Table 5-12 DB Node Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

DB Node - Update Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnodeaction.begin
DB Node - Update End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnodeaction.end
DB Node - Critical com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnode.critical
DB Node - Information com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnode.information

Example 5-4 DB System Node Example Event

This is a reference event for DB system nodes.

{
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"eventID": "<unique_ID>",
"eventType": "com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnodeaction.begin",
"source": "databaseservice",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"eventTime": "2019-07-29T04:43:24Z",
"contentType": "application/json",
"extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
},
"data": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "example_compartment",
"resourceName": "",
"resourceId": "ocid1.dbnode.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>",
"availabilityDomain": "TGjA:PHX-AD-2",
"freeFormTags": null,
"definedTags": null,
"additionalDetails": {
"cpuCoreCount": null,
"lifecycleState": "STARTING",
"dataStorageSizeInTBs": null,
"timeCreated": "2019-06-13T04:31:05.190Z",
"timeUpdated": "2019-07-29T04:43:06.455Z",
"hostName": "ora18c",

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"lifecycleDetails": null,
"dbSystemId": "ocid1.dbsystem.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>",
"dbHostId": "DbHost-<unique_ID>",
"nodeNumber": null
}
}
}

DB Node Information Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnode.information event delivers details
about several types of information in the additionalDetails section of the DB node
information event payload.
The following table documents the sub-types of the DB node information event.

Table 5-13 DB Node Information Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUST An event of type INFORMATION is created once it is determined
ER.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN that the event for SCAN Listener down has cleared.
_CLEARED
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST An event of type INFORMATION is created once it is determined
.CLIENT_LISTENER.DOWN that the event for Client Listener down has cleared.
_CLEARED
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST An event of type INFORMATION is created once it is determined
.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN_CL that the event for CRS down has cleared.
EARED
HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILES An event of type INFORMATION is created once the VM guest file
YSTEM.FREE_SPACE system free space increases above 10%.

DB Node Critical Event Details

The com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.dbnode.critical event delivers details
about several types of critical conditions in the additionalDetails section of the DB
node critical event payload.
The following table documents the sub-types of the DB node critical event.

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Table 5-14 DB Node Critical Event Details

EventName (in Description

additionalDetails)
AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUSTER A DOWN event is created when a SCAN listener goes down. The event
.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN is of type INFORMATION when a SCAN listener is shutdown due to
user action, such as with the Server Control Utility (srvctl) or Listener
Control (lsnrctl) commands, or any Oracle Cloud maintenance
action that uses those commands, such as performing a grid
infrastructure software update. The event is of type CRITICAL when a
SCAN listener goes down unexpectedly. A corresponding
DOWN_CLEARED event is created when a SCAN listener is started.
There are three SCAN listeners per cluster called
LISTENER_SCAN[1,2,3].
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.C A DOWN event is created when a client listener goes down. The event
LIENT_LISTENER.DOWN is of type INFORMATION when a client listener is shutdown due to user
action, such as with the Server Control Utility (srvctl) or Listener
Control (lsnrctl) commands, or any Oracle Cloud maintenance
action that uses those commands, such as performing a grid
infrastructure software update. The event is of type CRITICAL when a
client listener goes down unexpectedly. A corresponding
DOWN_CLEARED event is created when a client listener is started.
There is one client listener per node, each called LISTENER.
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.C An event of type CRITICAL is created when the Cluster Ready Service
RS_INSTANCE.DOWN (CRS) is detected to be down.
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.C An event of type CRITICAL is created when the Cluster Ready Service
RS_INSTANCE.EVICTION (CRS) evicts a node from the cluster.
HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILESYS This event is reported when VM guest file system free space falls below
TEM.FREE_SPACE 10% free, as determined by the operating system df(1) command, for
the following file systems:
• /
• /u01
• /u02
• /var
• /tmp

For a JSON example of a critical event, see Example 5-2.

Oracle Database Home Event Types

The following table lists the event types that Oracle Database Homes emit.

Table 5-15 Oracle Database Home Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

DB Home - Create Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdbhome.begin
DB Home - Create End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdbhome.end
DB Home - Patch Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.patchdbhome.begin
DB Home - Patch End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.patchdbhome.end
DB Home - Terminate Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletedbhome.begin

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Table 5-15 (Cont.) Oracle Database Home Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

DB Home - Terminate End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletedbhome.end
DB Home - Update Begin com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updatedbhome.begin
DB Home - Update End com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.updatedbhome.end

Example 5-5 Oracle Database Home Example Event

This is a reference event for Database Homes.

{
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"eventID": "60600c06-d6a7-4e85-b56a-1de3e6042f57",
"eventType": "com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdbhome.begin",
"source": "databaseservice",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"eventTime": "2019-08-29T21:16:04Z",
"contentType": "application/json",
"extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
},
"data": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "example_compartment",
"resourceName": "my_dbhome",
"resourceId": "DbHome-unique_ID",
"availabilityDomain": "all",
"freeFormTags": {},
"definedTags": {},
"additionalDetails": {
"id": "ocid1.id.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"lifecycleState": "PROVISIONING",
"timeCreated": "2019-08-29T12:00:00.000Z",
"timeUpdated": "2019-08-29T12:30:00.000Z",
"lifecycleDetails": "detail message",
"dbSystemId": "DbSystem-unique_ID",
"dbVersion": "19.0.0.0",
"recordVersion": 4,
"displayName": "example_display_name"
}
}
}

Pluggable Database Event Types

The following table lists the event types that pluggable databases emit.

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Table 5-16 Pluggable Database Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

Pluggable Database - Create com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createpluggabledatabase
Begin .begin
Pluggable Database - Create com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createpluggabledatabase
End .end
Pluggable Database - Delete com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletepluggabledatabase
Begin .begin
Pluggable Database - Delete com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.deletepluggabledatabase
End .end
Pluggable Database - Local com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.localclonepluggabledata
Clone Begin base.begin
Pluggable Database - Local com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.localclonepluggabledata
Clone End base.end
Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.remoteclonepluggabledat
Remote Clone Begin abase.begin
Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.remoteclonepluggabledat
Remote Clone End abase.end
Start Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.startpluggabledatabase.
Begin begin
Start Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.startpluggabledatabase.
End end
Stop Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.stoppluggabledatabase.b
Begin egin
Stop Pluggable Database - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.stoppluggabledatabase.e
End nd

Example 5-6 Pluggable Database Example Event

This is a reference event for pluggable databases (PDBs).

{
"eventID": "unique_id",
"eventTime": "2021-03-23T00:49:14.123Z",
"extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
},
"eventType":
"com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.remoteclonepluggabledatabase.begin",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"source": "databaseservice",
"contentType": "application/json",
"definedTags": {},
"data": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "MyCompartment",
"resourceName": "11092020_PKS_PDB1",
"resourceId": "ocid1.pluggabledatabases.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>",
"availabilityDomain": "XXIT:PHX-AD-1",

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"freeFormTags": {},
"definedTags": {},
"additionalDetails": {
"id": "ocid1.pluggabledatabases.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>",
"timeCreated": "2021-03-13T21:15:59.000Z",
"timeUpdated": "2021-03-13T21:15:59.000Z",
"databaseId": "ocid1.database.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"lifecycleState": "AVAILABLE",
"lifecycleDetails": "Pluggable Database is available",
"displayName": "Pluggable Database - Remote Clone Begin"
}
}
}

Data Guard Association Event Types

The following table lists the event types that Data Guard associations emit.

Table 5-17 Data Guard Association Event Types

Friendly Name Event Type

Change Protection Mode com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.changeprotectionmod
Begin e.begin
Change Protection Mode com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.changeprotectionmod
End e.end
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdataguardasso
Create Begin ciation.begin
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdataguardasso
Create End ciation.end
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.failoverdataguardas
Failover Begin sociation.begin
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.failoverdataguardas
Failover End sociation.end
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.reinstatedataguarda
Reinstate Begin ssociation.begin
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.reinstatedataguarda
Reinstate End ssociation.end
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.switchoverdataguard
Switchover Begin association.begin
Data Guard Association - com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.switchoverdataguard
Switchover End association.end

Example 5-7 Data Guard Association example event

This is a reference event for Data Guard associations.

{
"cloudEventsVersion": "0.1",
"contentType": "application/json",
"data": {
"additionalDetails": {

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"ApplyLag": null,
"DGConfigId": "7e8eff2b-a4cd-474a-abd5-940b05c0b1fd",
"DGConfigState": "null",
"DatabaseId": "ocid1.database.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"DbHomeId": "ocid1.dbhome.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"DbSystemId": "ocid1.dbsystem.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>",
"LastSyncedTime": null,
"SyncState": "null",
"dcsDgUpdateTimestamp": null,
"lastUpdatedIdentifier": null,
"lifeCycleMessage": null,
"lifecycleState": "PROVISIONING",
"timeCreated": "2019-10-25T21:42:19.041Z",
"timeUpdated": "2019-10-25T21:42:19.041Z"
},
"availabilityDomain": "XXIT:US-ASHBURN-AD-1",
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>",
"compartmentName": "example_compartment",
"resourceId": "ocid1.dgassociation.oc1.iad.<unique_ID>"
},
"eventID": "5b8b7fbf-2e9a-4730-9761-e52715b7bc79",
"eventTime": "2019-10-25T21:42:16.579Z",
"eventType":
"com.oraclecloud.databaseservice.createdataguardassociation.begin",
"eventTypeVersion": "2.0",
"extensions": {
"compartmentId": "ocid1.compartment.oc1.<unique_ID>"
},
"source": "DatabaseService"
}

Remediation for Database Service Events

This article describes the fixes needed for problems encountered while using Database
Service Events.
The following remediations are available:
• HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILESYSTEM.FREE_SPACE
• AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN
• AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.EVICTION
• AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUSTER.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN
• AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CLIENT_LISTENER.DOWN
• AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN
• HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.CORRUPTION
• HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.ARCHIVER_HANG
• HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.DATABASE_HANG
• HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.BACKUP_FAILURE
• HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_GROUP.FREE_SPACE

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HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILESYSTEM.FREE_SPACE
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_GUEST.FILESYSTEM.FREE_SPACE

Event Description
This event is reported when VM guest file system free space falls below 10% free, as
determined by the operating system df(1) command, for the following file systems:

• /
• /u01
• /u02
• /var
• /tmp

Problem Statement
One or more VM guest file systems has free space below 10% free.

Risk
Insufficient VM guest file system free space can cause disk space allocation failure,
which can result in wide-ranging errors and failures in Oracle software (Database,
Clusterware, Cloud Tooling).

Action/Repair
Oracle Cloud and DCS Agent run automatically to purge old log files and trace files
created by cloud tooling to reclaim file system space.
If the automatic file system space reclamation utilities cannot sufficiently purge old files
to clear this event, then perform the following actions:
1. Remove unneeded files and/or directories created manually or by customer-
installed applications or utilities. Files created by customer-installed software are
outside the scope of Oracle's automatic file system space reclamation utilities. The
following operating system command, run as the root user, is useful for identifying
directories consuming excessive disk space:

sudo du -hx <file system mount point> | sort -hr

Only remove files or directories you are certain can be safely removed.
2. Set the automatic purging policy using cloud tooling. For more information, see
Autologcleanpolicy Commands.
3. Open service request to receive additional guidance about reducing file system
space use.

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AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN
Event Name
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN

Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created when the Cluster Ready Service (CRS) is detected to
be down.

Problem Statement
The Cluster Ready Stack is in an offline state or has failed.

Risk
If the CRS is offline on a node, the node cannot provide database services for the application.

Action/Repair
1. Check if CRS was stopped by your administrator, as part of a planned maintenance
event, or a scale up or down of local storage
a. The following patching events will stop CRS
i. GRID Update
ii. Update of Guest
iii. Update of Host

2. If CRS has stopped unexpectedly, the current status can be checked by issuing the
crsctl check crs command.
a. If the node is not responding, the VM node may be rebooting. Wait for the node
reboot to finish, CRS will normally be started through the init process.
3. If CRS is still down, investigate the cause of the failure by referring to the alert.log
found in /u01/app/grid/diag/crs/<node_name>/crs/trace. Review the log entries
corresponding to the date/time of the down event and act on any potential remediation.
4. Restart the CRS, by issuing the crsctl start crs command.
5. A successful restart of CRS will generate the clearing event:
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN_CLEARED

Clearing Event
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.DOWN_CLEARED

Clearing Event Description

An INFORMATION event is created once the CRS is successfully started.

AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.EVICTION
Event Name
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CRS_INSTANCE.EVICTION

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Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created when the Cluster Ready Service (CRS) evicts a
node from the cluster. The CRS alert.log is parsed for the CRS-1632 error indicating
that a node is being removed from the cluster.

Problem Statement
The Oracle Clusterware is designed to perform a node eviction by removing one or
more nodes from the cluster if some critical problem is detected. A critical problem
could be a node not responding via a network heartbeat, a node not responding via a
disk heartbeat, a hung or severely degraded machine, or a hung ocssd.bin process.
The purpose of this node eviction is to maintain the overall health of the cluster by
removing unhealthy members.

Risk
During the time it takes to restart the evicted node, the node cannot provide database
services for the application.

Action/Repair
A CRS node eviction could be caused by OCSSD (aka CSS daemon), CSSDAGENT
or CSSDMONITOR processes. This requires determining which process was
responsible for the node eviction and reviewing the relevant log files. Common causes
of OCSSD eviction are network failures/latencies, IO issues with CSS voting disks, a
member kill escalation. CSSDAGENT or CSSDMONITOR evictions could be OS
scheduler problem or a hung thread within CSS daemon. Log files to review include
clusterware alert log, cssdagent log, cssdmonitor log, ocssd log, lastgasp log, /var/log/
messages, CHM/OS Watcher data, and opatch lsinventory detail.
For more information on collecting files together, see Autonomous Health Framework
(AHF) Trace File Analyzer (TFA) & ORAchk/EXAchk . For more information on
troubleshooting CRS node eviction, see Troubleshooting Clusterware Node Evictions
(Reboots).

AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUSTER.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN
Event Name
AVAILABILITY.DB_CLUSTER.SCAN_LISTENER.DOWN

Event Description
A DOWN event is created when a SCAN listener goes down. The event is of type
INFORMATION when a SCAN listener is shutdown due to user action, such as with
the Server Control Utility (srvctl) or Listener Control (lsnrctl) commands, or any
Oracle Cloud maintenance action that uses those commands, such as performing a
grid infrastructure software update. The event is of type CRITICAL when a SCAN
listener goes down unexpectedly. A corresponding DOWN_CLEARED event is created
when a SCAN listener is started.
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Problem Statement
A SCAN listener is down and unable to accept application connections.

Risk
If all SCAN listeners are down, application connections to the database through the SCAN
listener will fail.

Action/Repair
Start the SCAN listener to receive the DOWN_CLEARED event.
DOWN event of type INFORMATION
1. If the event was caused by an Oracle Cloud maintenance action, such as performing a
grid infrastructure software update, then no action is required. The affected SCAN
listener will automatically failover to an available instance.
2. If the event was caused by user action, then start the SCAN listener at the next
opportunity.
DOWN event of type CRITICAL
1. Check SCAN status and restart the SCAN listener
• Login to the VM as opc user and sudo to the grid user:

[opc@vm ~] sudo su - grid

• Check the SCAN listeners status on any node:

[grid@vm ~] srvctl status scan_listener

• Start the SCAN listener:

[grid@vm ~] srvctl start scan_listener

• Recheck the SCAN listeners status on any node: if the scan_listener is still down,
investigate the cause of the scan listener failure:
a. Collect both the CRS and OS logs 30 minutes prior and 10 minutes for the
<hostName> indicated in log. Note the time in the event payload is always
provided in UTC: For tfactl collection, adjust the time to the timezone of the VM
cluster.

[grid@vm ~] tfactl diagcollect -crs -os -node <hostName>

–from "<eventTime adjusted for local vm timezone> - 30 minute
"
-to "<eventTime adjusted for local vm timezone> + 10 minutes"

b. SCAN listener issues are logged:

/u01/app/grid/diag/tnslsnr/<hostName>/<listenerName>/trace

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AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CLIENT_LISTENER.DOWN
Event Name
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CLIENT_LISTENER.DOWN

Event Description
A DOWN event is created when a client listener goes down. The event is of type
INFORMATION when a client listener is shutdown due to user action, such as with the
Server Control Utility (srvctl) or Listener Control (lsnrctl) commands, or any Oracle
Cloud maintenance action that uses those commands, such as performing a grid
infrastructure software update. The event is of type CRITICAL when a client listener
goes down unexpectedly. A corresponding DOWN_CLEARED event is created when a
client listener is started.
There is one client listener per node, each called LISTENER.

Problem Statement
A client listener is down and unable to accept application connections.

Risk
If the node's client listener is down, the database instances on the node cannot
provide services for the application.
If the client listener is down on all nodes, any application that connects to any
database using the SCAN or VIP will fail.

Action/Repair
Start the client listener to receive the DOWN_CLEARED event.
DOWN event of type INFORMATION
1. If the event was caused by an Oracle Cloud maintenance action, such as
performing a grid infrastructure software update, then no action is required. The
affected client listener will automatically restart when maintenance affecting the
grid instance is complete.
2. If the event was caused by user action, then start the client listener at the next
opportunity.
DOWN event of type CRITICAL
1. Check client listener status and restart the client listener:
• Login to the VM as opc user and sudo to the grid user:

[opc@vm ~] sudo su - grid

• Check the client listener status on any node:

[grid@vm ~] srvctl status listener

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• Start the client listener:

[grid@vm ~] srvctl start listener

• Recheck the client listener status on any node: if client listener is still down.
Investigate the cause of the client listener failure:
a. Use tfactl to collect both the CRS and OS logs 30 minutes prior and 10
minutes for the hostName indicated in log. Note the time in the event payload is
always provided in UTC: For tfactl collection, adjust the time to the timezone of
the VM cluster.

[grid@vm ~] tfactl diagcollect -crs -os -node <hostName>

–from "<eventTime adjusted for local vm timezone> - 30 minute
"
-to "<eventTime adjusted for local vm timezone> + 10 minutes"

b. Review the listener log located under:

/u01/app/grid/diag/tnslsnr/<hostName>/<listenerName>/trace

AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN
Event Name
AVAILABILITY.DB_GUEST.CDB_INSTANCE.DOWN

Event Description
A DOWN event is created when a database instance goes down. The event is of type
INFORMATION when a database instance is shutdown due to user action, such as with the
SQL*Plus (sqlplus) or Server Control Utility (srvctl) commands, or any Oracle Cloud
maintenance action that uses those commands, such as performing a database home
software update. The event is of type CRITICAL when a database instance goes down
unexpectedly. A corresponding DOWN_CLEARED event is created when a database
instance is started.

Problem Statement
A database instance has gone down.

Risk
A database instance has gone down., which may result in reduced performance if database
instances are available on other nodes in the cluster, or complete downtime if database
instances on all nodes are down.

Action/Repair
Start the database instance to receive the DOWN_CLEARED event.
DOWN event of type INFORMATION
1. If the event was caused by an Oracle Cloud maintenance action, such as performing a
database home software update, then no action is required. The affected database
instance will automatically restart when maintenance affecting the instance is complete.

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2. If the event was caused by user action, then start the affected database instance
at the next opportunity.
DOWN event of type CRITICAL
1. Check database status and restart the down database instance.
a. Login to the VM as oracle user:
b. Set the environment:

[oracle@vm ~] . <dbName>.env

c. Check the database status:

[oracle@vm ~] srvctl status database -db <dbName>

d. Start the database instance:

[oracle@vm ~] srvctl start instance -db <dbName> -instance

<instanceName>

2. Investigate the cause of the database instance failure.

a. Review Trace File Analyzer (TFA) events for the database:

[oracle@vm ~] tfactl events -database <dbName> -instance

<instanceName>

b. Review the database alert log located at:

$ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbName>/<instanceName>/trace/
alert_<instanceName>.log

HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.CORRUPTION
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.CORRUPTION

Event Description
Database corruption has been detected on your primary or standby database. The
database alert.log is parsed for any specific errors that are indicative of physical
block corruptions, logical block corruptions, or logical block corruptions caused by lost
writes.

Problem Statement
Corruptions can lead to application or database errors and in worse case result in
significant data loss if not addressed promptly.
A corrupt block is a block that was changed so that it differs from what Oracle
Database expects to find. Block corruptions can be categorized as physical or logical:
• In a physical block corruption, which is also called a media corruption, the
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contains all zeros. An example of a more sophisticated block corruption is when the block
header and footer do not match.
• In a logical block corruption, the contents of the block are physically sound and pass the
physical block checks; however, the block can be logically inconsistent. Examples of
logical block corruption include incorrect block type, incorrect data or redo block
sequence number, corruption of a row piece or index entry, or data dictionary corruptions.
Block corruptions can also be divided into interblock corruption and intrablock corruption:
• In an intra-block corruption, the corruption occurs in the block itself and can be either a
physical or a logical block corruption.
• In an inter-block corruption, the corruption occurs between blocks and can only be a
logical block corruption.
Oracle checks for the following errors in the alert.log:

• ORA-01578
• ORA-00752
• ORA-00753
• ORA-00600 [3020]
• ORA-00600 [kdsgrp1]
• ORA-00600 [kclchkblk_3]
• ORA-00600 [13013]
• ORA-00600 [5463]

Risk
A data corruption outage occurs when a hardware, software, or network component causes
corrupt data to be read or written. The service-level impact of a data corruption outage may
vary, from a small portion of the application or database (down to a single database block) to
a large portion of the application or database (making it essentially unusable). If remediation
action is not taken promptly, potential downtime and data loss can increase.

Action/Repair
The current event notification currently triggers on physical block corruptions (ORA-01578),
lost writes (ORA-00752, ORA-00753, and ORA-00600 with first argument 3020) and logical
corruptions (typical detected from ORA-00600 with first argument of kdsgrp1, kdsgrp1,
kclchkblk_3, 13013, or 5463).

We recommend the following steps:

1. Confirm that these corruptions were reported in the alert.log trace file. Log a Service
Request (SR) with latest EXAchk report, excerpt of the alert.log and trace file
containing the corruption errors, any history of recent application, database or software
changes and any system, clusterware and database logs for the same time period. For all
these cases, a TFA collection should be available and should be attached to the SR.
2. For more information on repair recommendations, see Primary Note for Handling Oracle
Database Corruption Issues.
For physical corruptions or ORA-1578 errors, the following notes will be helpful:

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• OERR: ORA-1578 "ORACLE data block corrupted (file # %s, block # %s)" Primary
Note (Doc ID 1578.1)
• How to identify all the Corrupted Objects in the Database with RMAN (Doc ID
472231.1)
• How to identify the corrupt Object reported by ORA-1578 / RMAN / DBVERIFY
(Doc ID 819533.1)
• Primary Note for Handling Oracle Database Corruption Issues

Note:
RMAN can be used to recover one or many data block that are physically
corrupted. Also using Active Data Guard with real time apply, auto block
repair of physical data corruptions would have occurred automatically.

For logical corruptions caused by lost writes (ORA-00752, ORA-00753, and ORA-00600
with first argument 3020) on the primary or standby databases, they will be detected on
the primary or with standby's redo apply process. The following notes will be helpful:
• Primary Note for Handling Oracle Database Corruption Issues
• If you have a standby and lost write corruption on the primary or standby, see
Resolving ORA-00752 or ORA-600 [3020] During Standby Recovery (Doc ID
1265884.1).
For logical corruptions (typical detected from ORA-00600 with arguments of kdsgrp1,
kclchkblk_3, 13013, or 5463)

• For more information on the error that was detected, see Primary Note for
Handling Oracle Database Corruption Issues.
• If you have a standby and logical corruption on the primary, see Resolving Logical
Block Corruption Errors in a Physical Standby Database (Doc ID 2821699.1).

HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.ARCHIVER_HANG
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.ARCHIVER_HANG

Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created if a container database (CDB) is either unable to
archive the active online redo log or unable to archive the active online redo log fast
enough to the log archive destinations.

Problem Statement
CDB RAC Instance may temporarily or permanently stall due to the log writer's
(LGWR) inability to write the log buffers to an online redo log. This occurs because all
online logs need archiving. Once the archiver (ARC) can archive at least one online
redo log, LGWR will be able to resume writing the log buffers to online redo logs and
the application impact will be alleviated.

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Risk
If the archiver hang is temporary, this can result in a small application brown out or stall for
application processes attempting to commit their database changes. If the archiver is not
unblocked, applications can experience extended delay in processing.

Action/Repair
• To determine the hourly frequency for each thread/instance, see Script To Find Redolog
Switch History And Find Archivelog Size For Each Instances In RAC (Doc ID 2373477.1).
– If any hourly bucket is greater than 12, consider resizing the online redo logs. See
item 2 below for resizing steps.
• If the database hangs are temporary, the archiver may be unable to keep up with the
redo log generated.
– Check the alert.log, $ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbName>/<instanceName>/
trace/alert_<instanceName>.log, for "All online logs need archiving", multiple
events in a short period can indicate 2 possible solutions.
1. If the number of redo logs groups per thread is less than 4, consider adding
additional logs groups to reach 4, see item1 below for add redo log steps.
2. The other possible solution is to resize the redo logs, see item 2 below for
resizing steps.
• For sizing guidelines for Data Guard and non Data Guard, see Configure Online Redo
Logs Appropriately.
• Add a redo log group for each thread. The additional redo log should equal the current
log size.
1. Use the following query:

select max(group#) Ending_group_number, thread#,

count(*) number_of_groups_per_thread,
bytes redo_size_in_bytes from v$log group by thread#,bytes

2. Add one new group per thread using the same size as the current redo logs.

alter database add logfile thread <thread_number>

group <max group + 1> ('<DATA_DISKGROUP>') size
<redo_size_in_bytes>

• Resize the online redo logs by adding larger redo logs and dropping the current smaller
redo logs.
1. Use the following query:

select max(group#) Ending_group_number, thread#,

count(*) number_of_groups_per_thread,
bytes redo_size_in_bytes from v$log group by thread#,bytes

2. Add the same number of redo logs for each thread number_of_groups_per_thread
that currently exist. The new_redo_size_in_bytes should be based on Configure
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a. alter database add logfile thread <thread_number>

group <max group + 1> ('<DATA_DISKGROUP>') size
<new_redo_size_in_bytes>

b. The original smaller redo logs should be deleted. A redo log can only be
deleted if its status is inactive. To determine the status of a redo logs issue
the following select.

select group#, thread#, status, bytes from v$log order by

bytes, group#, thread#;

Delete the original smaller redo logs:

alter database drop logfile <group#>;

• If the database is hung, the primary log archive destination and alternate may be
full.
– For more information on freeing space in RECO and DATA disk groups, see
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_GROUP.FREE_SPACE.

HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.DATABASE_HANG
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.DATABASE_HANG

Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created when a process/session hang is detected in the
container database (CDB).

Problem Statement
Hang management detected a process hang and generated a ORA-32701 error
message. Additional, this event may be raised if Diagnostic Process (DIA0) process
detects a hang in a critical database process.

Risk
A hang can indicate resource, OS or application coding related issues.

Action/Repair
Investigate the cause of the session hang.
• Review TFA events for the database for the following message patterns
corresponding to the date/time of the event: ORA-32701, "DIA0 Critical Database
Process Blocked", or "DIA0 Critical Database Process As Root".

tfactl events -database <dbName> -instance <instanceName>

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• Review the alert.log associated at the following location:

$ORACLE_BASE/diag/rdbms/<dbName>/<instanceName>/trace/
alert_<instanceName>.log

• For ORA-32701: An overloaded system can cause slow progress, which can be
interpreted as a hang. The hang manager may attempt to resolve the hang by terminating
the final blocker process.
• For DIA0 Critical Database Process messages: Review the related diagnostic lines
indicating the process and the reason for the hang.

HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.BACKUP_FAILURE
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.CDB.BACKUP_FAILURE

Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created if there is a CDB backup with a FAILED status reported
in the v$rman_status view.

Problem Statement
A daily incremental BACKUP of the CDB failed.

Risk
A failure of the backup can compromise the ability to use the backups for restore/
recoverability of the database. Recoverability Point Object (RPO) and the Recoverability Time
Object (RTO) can be impacted.

Action/Repair
Review the RMAN logs corresponding to the date/time of the event. Note the event time
stamp eventTime is in UTC, adjust as necessary for the VM's timezone.

For Oracle managed backups:

• RMAN output can be found at /opt/oracle/dcs/log/<hostname>/rman.
• Review the log for any failures:
– If the failure is due to an external event outside of RMAN, for example the backup
location was full or a networking issue, resolve the external issue.
– For other RMAN script errors, collect the diagnostic logs and open a Service
Request.

dbcli collect-diagnostics -h

Usage: collect-diagnostics [options]

Options:
--components, -c
Supported components: [all, dcs, crs, acfs, asm, db]
all -- Collects diagnosis for all supported components [all,

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dcs, crs, acfs, asm, db]

dcs -- Collects diagnosis for dcs
crs -- Collects diagnosis for crs
acfs -- Collects diagnosis for acfs
asm -- Collects diagnosis for asm.
db -- Collects diagnosis for db.
For multiple parameter values, follow the example as "-c
c1 c2"
Default: [dcs]
--dbNames, -d
Comma separated database names. Valid only if 'db' or
'all' specified in Components list.
--endTime, -et
End time of diagnostic logs. Please give time in yyyy-MM-
dd HH:mm:ss format
--help, -h
get help
--json, -j
json output
--objectstoreuri, -ou
Pre Authenticated Request URI
--redaction, -r
Diagnostic logs redaction. Might take longer time with
some components.
--startTime, -st
Start time of diagnostic logs. Please give time in yyyy-MM-
dd HH:mm:ss format

• If the issue is transient or is resolved, then take a new incremental backup. For
more information, see Back Up a Database Using the Console.
For customer owned and managed backup taken through RMAN:
• Review the RMAN logs for the backup.

HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_GROUP.FREE_SPACE
Event Name
HEALTH.DB_CLUSTER.DISK_GROUP.FREE_SPACE

Event Description
An event of type CRITICAL is created when an ASM disk group reaches space usage
of 90% or higher. An event of type INFORMATION is created when the ASM disk
group space usage drops below 90%.

Problem Statement
ASM disk group space usage is at or exceeds 90%.

Risk
Insufficient ASM disk group space can cause database creation failure, tablespace
and data file creation failure, automatic data file extension failure, or ASM rebalance
failure.

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Action/Repair
ASM disk group used space is determined by the running the following query while
connected to the ASM instance.

sudo su - grid
sqlplus / as sysasm

select 'ora.'||name||'.dg', total_mb, free_mb,

round ((1-(free_mb/total_mb))*100,2) pct_used from v$asm_diskgroup;

NAME TOTAL_MB FREE_MB PCT_USED

---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
ora.DATAC1.dg 75497472 7408292 90.19
ora.RECOC1.dg 18874368 17720208 6.11

ASM disk group capacity can be increased in the following ways:

1. Scale the VM Cluster storage to add more ASM disk group capacity. For more
information, see the Scale Up the Storage for a Virtual Machine DB System.
DATA disk group space use can be reduced in the following ways:
1. Drop unused data files and temp files from databases. For more information, see
Dropping Data Files.
RECO disk group space use can be reduced in the following ways:
1. Drop unnecessary Guaranteed Restore Points. For more information, see Using Normal
and Guaranteed Restore Points.
2. Delete archived redo logs or database backups already backed up outside the Flash
Recovery Area (FRA). For more information, see Maintaining the Fast Recovery Area.

Back Up and Recovery

Back Up and Recovery in Base Database Service
Backing up your database is critical to ensure the safety of your data. Oracle offers several
methods for backing up your database.
The Oracle-managed automatic backups feature is the preferred method for backing up
Oracle Cloud databases because you can easily configure backup settings using the
Console. The automatic backups feature supports Recovery Service and Object Storage as
the backup destination to provide you with a fully automated cloud backup solution. You do
not need to perform any manual backups or backup storage administration tasks. You can
also store backups in local storage. Each backup destination has its advantages and
requirements that you should consider, as described below.

Recovery Service (Recommended)

• Backups are stored as protected databases in the Recovery Service.
• Durability: High

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• Availability: High
• Back Up and Recovery Rate: High
• Advantages: High durability, performance, and availability.
For more information on Recovery Service, see About Oracle Database Autonomous
Recovery Service.

Object Storage
• Backups are stored in the Object Storage.
• Durability: High
• Availability: High
• Back Up and Recovery Rate: Medium
• Advantages: High durability, performance, and availability.
For more information on Object Storage, see Overview of Object Storage.

Local Storage
• Backups are stored locally in the Fast Recovery Area of the DB system.
• Durability: Low
• Availability: Medium
• Back Up and Recovery Rate: High
• Advantages: Optimized back up and fast point-in-time recovery.
• Disadvantages: If the DB system becomes unavailable, the backup is also
unavailable.
Currently, Oracle does not provide the ability to attach block storage volumes to a DB
system, so you cannot back up to network attached volumes.
For unmanaged backups, you can use RMAN or dbcli, and you must create and
manage your own Object Storage buckets for backups.

Note:
If you previously used RMAN or dbcli to configure backups and then you
switch to using the Console or the API for backups, a new backup
configuration is created and associated with your database. This means that
you can no longer rely on your previously configured unmanaged backups to
work.

For detailed instructions on creating backups, see:

• Back Up a Database Using the Console
• Back Up a Database to Object Storage Using RMAN
For detailed instructions on recovering from backups, see:
• Recover a Database Using the Console
• Recover a Database from Object Storage Using RMAN Backup

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• Recover a Database from the OCI Classic Object Store

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies.

Prerequisites
Review and ensure that the following prerequisites are met for the back up and recovery
operation:

Recovery Service
• Create the necessary IAM policies. See Policies to Enable Access to Recovery Service
and Related Resources.
• Configure network resources and register a Recovery Service subnet. See Creating a
Recovery Service Subnet in the Database VCN.
• Review the protection policies. See Review Protection Policies for Database Backup
Retention.
For more information on the Recovery Service, see About Oracle Database Autonomous
Recovery Service.

Object Storage
• The DB system requires access to the Object Storage including connectivity to the
applicable Swift endpoint. Oracle recommends using a service gateway with the VCN to
enable this access. See VCN and Subnets.
• An existing Object Storage bucket to use as the backup destination. You can use the
Console or the Object Storage API to create the bucket. See Managing Buckets.
• An auth token generated by OCI. You can use the Console or the IAM API to generate
the password. See Managing User Credentials.
• The user name specified in the backup configuration file must have tenancy-level access
to Object Storage. An easy way to do this is to add the user name to the Administrators
group. However, that allows access to all of the cloud services. Instead, an administrator
should create a policy like the following that limits access to only the required resources
in Object Storage for backing up and restoring the database:

Allow group <group_name> to manage objects in compartment

<compartment_name> where target.bucket.name = '<bucket_name>'
Allow group <group_name> to read buckets in compartment <compartment_name>

For more information about adding a user to a group, see Managing Groups.
For more information on Object Storage, see Overview of Object Storage.

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General Information
Your database and DB system must be in an "Available" state for a backup operation
to run successfully. Oracle recommends that you avoid performing actions that could
interfere with availability (such as patching and Data Guard operations) while a backup
operation is in progress. If an automatic backup operation fails, the Database service
retries the operation during the next day's backup window. If an on-demand full backup
fails, you can try the operation again when the DB system and database availability
are restored.
In addition to the prerequisites listed, ensure that the following conditions are met to
avoid backup failures:
• The database's archiving mode is set to ARCHIVELOG (the default).
• The /u01 directory on the database host file system has sufficient free space for
the execution of backup processes.
• The .bash_profile file for the oracle user does not include any interactive
commands (such as oraenv or one that could generate an error or warning
message).
• (For automatic backups) No changes were made to the default WALLET_LOCATION
entry in the sqlnet.ora file.
• No changes were made to RMAN backup settings by using standard RMAN
commands.
For more information on problems that can result from not following these guidelines,
see Troubleshoot Backup Failures.

Managed Backup Features

The following information applies to managed backups configured using the Console
or API.

Note:
Databases in a security zone compartment must have automatic backups
enabled. For a full list of policies that affect Base Database Service
resources, see Security Zone Policies.

Currently, the following two types of automatic backups are supported:

• Recovery Service: A centralized, fully managed, and standalone backup solution
for databases.
• Object Storage: A secure, scalable, on-demand storage solution for databases.
To align with the Oracle recommended practice of using SYSBACKUP administrative
privileges for backup and recovery operations, cloud automation creates a common
administrative user named C##DBLCMUSER with the SYSBACKUP role at the
CDB$ROOT container level. Backup and recovery operations are therefore performed
with the user having the least required privileges. Credentials for this user are
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found or is LOCKED and EXPIRED, then cloud automation will recreate or unlock this user
during the backup or recovery operations.

Automatic Incremental and Archived Redo Log Backups

When you enable the Object Storage backup feature for a database, the service creates the
following on an on-going basis:
• Weekly level 0 backup, generally created on a specified weekend day. A level 0 backup is
the equivalent of a full backup. Note that in the Console, weekly level 0 backups appear
in the list of backups with backup type "incremental", as do the daily level 1 backups.
• Daily level 1 backups, which are incremental backups created on each day for the six
days following the level 0 backup day.
• Level 0 and level 1 backups are stored in Object Store and have an assigned OCID.
• Ongoing archived redo log backups (with a minimum frequency of every 60 minutes). The
Last backup time field on the database details page in the OCI Console displays the
time of the last archived redo logs. This backup differs from the level 0 and level 1
automatic backups in that it is based on log data and does not have an assigned OCID.
The last archived redo log backup can be used to create a new database or to recover a
database with minimal data loss.

Backup Retention
If you choose to enable automatic backups, you can choose from one of the provided
retention periods or a custom policy. The system automatically deletes your incremental
backups at the end of your chosen retention period.
The following retention periods are available for Recovery Service. The retention periods (in
days) are defined in the Recovery Service protection policy.
• Bronze (14 days)
• Silver (35 days) (default)
• Gold (65 days)
• Platinum (95 days)
• Custom (User defined protection policy)
The following retention periods are available for Object Storage.
• 7 days
• 15 days
• 30 days (default)
• 45 days
• 60 days

Restore Options
The following restore options are available for the database.
• Restore to the latest: Restores the database to the last known good state with the least
possible data loss.
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• Restore to SCN: Restores the database using the System Change Number (SCN)
specified. This SCN must be valid.

Note:
You can determine the SCN number to use either by accessing and
querying your database host or by accessing any online or archived logs.

Protection Policies
Recovery Service uses protection policies to control database backup retention in
Oracle Cloud.
Protection Policies provide automated retention management for protected databases,
satisfying requirements for regulated environments. Each protected database must be
associated with one protection policy.
A protection policy determines the maximum period (in days) allowed to retain
backups created by Recovery Service. Based on your business requirements, you can
assign separate policies for each protected database or use a single policy across all
protected databases in a VCN.
For more information, see Managing Protection Policies.

Protected Databases
Protected database refers to an Oracle Cloud database that uses Recovery Service
for backup operations.
For more information, see Managing Protected Databases.

Real-time Data Protection

Recovery Service offers real-time data protection so that you can recover a database
within a few sub-seconds of a database failure.
Real-time protection is the continuous transfer of redo changes from a protected
database to Recovery Service. This reduces data loss and provides a recovery point
objective (RPO) near 0. This is an extra cost option.
For more information, see Real-time Data Protection.

Backup Deletion Options After Database Termination

When you terminate a database, all of its resources are deleted, along with any
automatic backups. Managed backups using the Recovery Service and Object
Storage destination will be deleted according to the retention policy options selected.
You can use the following options to retain managed database backups after the
database is terminated. These options can also help restore the database from
backups in case of accidental or malicious damage to the database.
• Retain backups according to the retention period: When a database is
terminated, the automatic database backups associated with the terminated
database will be removed at the end of the specified retention period.

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• Retain backups for 72 hours, then delete: When a database is terminated, the
automatic database backups associated with the terminated database will be retained for
72 hours and then deleted. The backups are retained for 72 hours to safeguard against
accidental deletion by the user.

Backup Scheduling
For Recovery Service backups, the automatic backup process starts at any time or within the
assigned window.
For Object Storage backups, the automatic backup process used to create level 0 and level 1
backups can run at any time within the daily backup window (between midnight and 6:00
AM). You can optionally specify a 2-hour scheduling window for your database during which
the automatic backup process will begin. There are 12 scheduling windows to choose from,
each starting on an even-numbered hour (for example, one window runs from 4:00-6:00 AM,
and the next from 6:00-8:00 AM). Backups jobs do not necessarily complete within the
scheduling window.
For Object Storage backups, the default backup window of 00:00 to 06:00 in the time zone of
the DB system's region is assigned to your database if you do not specify a window. Note that
the default backup scheduling window is six hours long, while the windows you specify are
two hours long.
Consider the following factors while scheduling backups.
• Backup window time zone: Automatic backups enabled for the first time after
November 20, 2018 on any database will run between midnight and 6:00 AM in the time
zone of the DB system's region. If you have enabled automatic backups on a database
before this date, the backup window for the database will continue to be between
midnight and 6:00 AM UTC. You can create a My Oracle Support service request to have
your automatic backups run in a backup window of your choice.
• Data Guard: In a Data Guard association, you can configure automatic backups and
create backups of the primary database. However, you cannot configure automatic
backups or create backups of the standby database. Also, after a switchover operation,
you must again configure automatic backups for the database that has assumed the
primary role in the Data Guard association.
• Retention period changes: If you shorten your database's automatic backup retention
period in the future, existing backups falling outside the updated retention period are
deleted by the system.
• Object Storage costs: Automatic backups incur Object Storage usage costs.

On-Demand Full Backups

You can create a full backup of your database at any time unless your database is assuming
the standby role in a Data Guard association.

Standalone Backups
When you terminate a DB system or a database, all of its resources are deleted, along with
any automatic backups. Managed backups using the Recovery Service and Object Storage
destination will be deleted according to the retention policy options selected. Full backups
remain in Object Storage as standalone backups. You can use a standalone backup to create
a new database.

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Note:

• The list of backups you see in the Console does not include any
unmanaged backups (backups created directly by using RMAN or dbcli).
• All backups are encrypted with the same master key used for
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) wallet encryption.

Cancel a Running Full or Incremental Backup

You can cancel an ongoing backup, allowing you to free up system resources. As part
of the Create Database workflow and independently (after the database has been
created), you may enable automatic backup and select the desired backup destination.
Depending on the backup destination selected, you may have one or more full
backups and several incremental backups. Once any of these backups have started,
you have the option to cancel them midway. You can cancel any running backup
(automatic or standalone) from the Console or the API. You can cancel a manual
backup, which is triggered when you click the Create backup button. You can also
delete a canceled manual backup.

Backup and Restore from a Standby Database in a Data Guard Association

You can backup and restore from a standby database in a Data Guard association.
By using this feature, you can:
• Offload backups to the standby database in a Data Guard association, thereby
freeing up resources in the production database environment.
• Schedule automatic backups on the standby database in a Data Guard
association and configure retention periods and backup schedules.
• Create a database in another availability domain (AD) within the same region from
a backup of the standby database.
• Restore and recover a standby database using a backup of the standby database.
• Take backups on only the primary database, on only the standby database, or on
both primary and standby databases.
• Enable or disable backup on the standby database only if the backup destination
of the primary database is Object Storage.
Also,
• You cannot change the backup destination of the primary database to Autonomous
Recovery Service if the backup destination of the primary and standby databases
is Object Storage.
• To change the backup destination of the primary database to Autonomous
Recovery Service, first, disable backup on the standby database.
• You cannot use the backups of the standby database to perform restore or recover
operations on the primary database.
• Switchover scenarios:

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– If automatic backup was configured on the primary with Object Storage as the
backup destination, upon switchover, the backups will continue on the new standby
database.
– If automatic backup was configured on the primary with Autonomous Recovery
Service as the backup destination, upon switchover, backup and restore will be
disabled on the new standby database.
– If automatic backup was configured on the standby with Object Storage as the
backup destination, upon switchover, the backups will continue on the new primary
database.
• Failover scenarios:
– If automatic backup was configured on the primary with Object Storage or
Autonomous Recovery Service as the backup destination, upon failover, the backups
will be disabled on the new disabled standby database.
– If automatic backup was configured on the standby with Object Storage as the
backup destination, upon failover, the backups will continue on the new primary
database.
For detailed steps to configure automatic backups using the Console, see Configure
Automatic Backups for a Standby Database.

Audit and Trace File Retention for Databases Using Automatic Backups
Oracle Database writes audit and trace files to your database's local storage in the /u01
directory. These files are retained for 30 days by default, though you can change this interval.
Once a day, audit and trace files older than 30 days (or the user-specified interval, if
applicable) are discarded by a Oracle Scheduler job. You can also disable the Scheduler job
if you want to retain these files permanently. Use the following dbcli commands to make
changes to this Scheduler job.
• To change the retention period from the default setting of 30 days:

dbcli update-database -in <dbName> -lr <number_of_days_to_retain_files>

For example:

dbcli update-database -in inventorydb -lr 15

• To disable the daily discard Scheduler job for older audit and trace files:

dbcli update-schedule -i <schedulerID> -d

For example:

dbcli update-schedule -i 5678 -d

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security
Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command
Line Interface.

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Use these API operations to manage database backups:

• ListBackups
• GetBackup
• CreateBackup
• DeleteBackup
• RestoreDatabase
• UpdateDatabase - To enable and disable automatic backups.
• CreateDbHome - For creating a DB system database from a standalone backup.
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Back Up a Database Using the Console

This article explains how to manage backups in the Recovery Service and the Object
Storage using the Console.
For more information about backups, see Back Up and Recovery in Base Database
Service.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies.

Navigate to the List of Standalone Backups for Your Current Compartment

Perform the following steps to navigate to the list of standalone backups in your
compartment.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Under Resources, click Standalone Backups. A list of standalone backups is
displayed.

Configure Automatic Backups for a Database

When you start a DB system, you can optionally enable automatic backups for the
initial database. Use this procedure to configure or disable automatic backups after the
database is created.

Note:
Switching the backup destination will trigger an immediate full backup by
default. This full backup cannot be rescheduled.

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1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database for
which you want to configure automatic backups.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to configure
automatic backups.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. On the Database Details page, in the Database information tab, the Backup details
indicate whether automatic backups are enabled. When backups are enabled, the details
also indicate the selected backup retention period.
8. To configure automatic backups, on the Database Details page, click Configure
automatic backups.
9. In the Configure database backups dialog, check or uncheck Enable automatic
backups, as applicable. If you are enabling automatic backups, you can select to
configure Recovery Service or Object Storage as the Backup destination.
Your choice to use Recovery Service as the backup destination depends on the available
limits in your tenancy and the available capacity in the specific region. The following
restrictions apply when you enable automatic backups and want to use Recovery Service
as the backup destination:
• If you have available limits and if there is available capacity in the region, then your
choices are Recovery Service (default) and Object Storage.
• If you have exhausted the default available limits for the Recovery Service, then you
can only use Object Storage. However, you can make an additional limits request
and then use Recovery Service.
• If there is no available capacity in the region, then you can use only Object Storage.
However, after the required capacity becomes available in the region, you can switch
from Object Storage to Recovery Storage.
• The available limits are provided only in the following regions: GRU Sao Paulo, VCP
Vinhedo, YUL Montreal, YYZ Toronto, HYD Hyderabad, and BOM Mumbai. Other
regions will be added in phased manner.
• Ampere A1 shape-based DB systems can only be backed up in the Object Storage.
• Oracle Database 23c can only be backed up in the Object Storage.
10. If Recovery Service is selected as the Backup destination, you can configure the
following options:
• Protection policy: You can select from one of the preset protection policies or a
custom policy. The system automatically deletes your backups at the end of your
chosen protection policy recovery window.
The following retention periods are available for Recovery Service. The retention
periods (in days) are defined in the Recovery Service protection policy.
– Bronze (14 days)
– Silver (35 days) (default)
– Gold (65 days)
– Platinum (95 days)

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– Custom (User defined protection policy)

• Real-time data protection: Real-time protection is the continuous transfer of
redo changes from a protected database to Recovery Service. This reduces
data loss and provides a recovery point objective (RPO) near 0. This is an
extra cost option.
• Deletion options after database termination: You can use the following
options to retain managed database backups after the database is terminated.
These options can also help restore the database from backups in case of
accidental or malicious damage to the database.
– Retain backups according to the retention period: When a database is
terminated, the automatic database backups associated with the
terminated database will be removed at the end of the specified retention
period.
– Retain backups for 72 hours, then delete: When a database is
terminated, the automatic database backups associated with the
terminated database will be retained for 72 hours and then deleted. The
backups are retained for 72 hours to safeguard against accidental deletion
by the user.
• Scheduled day for initial backup: Select a day of the week for the initial
backup to begin.
• Scheduled time for initial backup (UTC): Select a time for the initial backup
to begin. The initial backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-
hour scheduling window.
• Scheduled time for daily backup (UTC): Select a time for the daily backup to
begin. The daily backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour
scheduling window.
• Take the first backup immediately: A full backup is an operating system
backup of all data files and the control file that constitute an Oracle Database.
A full backup must also include the parameter files associated with the
database. You can take a database backup when the database is shut down
or while the database is open. You must not typically take a backup after an
instance failure or other unusual circumstances. If you select to defer the initial
backup, your database may not be recoverable in the event of a database
failure.
11. If Object Storage is selected as the Backup destination, you can configure the
following options:
• Backup retention period: If you select to enable automatic backups, you can
select a policy with one of the preset retention periods. The system
automatically deletes your incremental backups at the end of your chosen
retention period. You can change the backup retention period after
provisioning.
The following retention periods are available for Object Storage.
– 7 days
– 15 days
– 30 days (default)
– 45 days
– 60 days

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• Scheduled day for full backup: Select a day of the week for the initial and future full
backups to begin.
• Scheduled time for full backup (UTC): Select a time for the full backup to begin.
The full backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour scheduling
window.
• Scheduled time for incremental backup (UTC): Select a time for the incremental
backup to begin. The incremental backup could start at any time or within the chosen
two-hour scheduling window.
• Take the first backup immediately: A full backup is an operating system backup of
all data files and the control file that constitute an Oracle Database. A full backup
must also include the parameter files associated with the database. You can take a
database backup when the database is shut down or while the database is open. You
must not typically take a backup after an instance failure or other unusual
circumstances. If you select to defer the initial backup, your database may not be
recoverable in the event of a database failure.
12. Click Save changes.

13. The Database Details page displays the automatic backup status and details in the
Backup section.

Configure Automatic Backups for a Standby Database

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system containing the primary
database of the standby database for which you want to configure automatic backups.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the primary database.
6. Under Resources, click Data Guard associations.
7. In the list of standby databases, click the name of the database for which you want to
configure automatic backups.
8. The details of the database are displayed.
9. On the Database Details page, in the Database information tab, the Backup details
indicate whether automatic backups are enabled. When backups are enabled, the details
also indicate the selected backup retention period.
10. To configure automatic backups, on the Database Details page, click Configure
automatic backups.
11. In the Configure automatic backups dialog, check or uncheck Enable automatic
backups, as applicable. If you are enabling automatic backups, Object Storage is
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Note:

• Only Object Storage can be configured as the backup destination.

• If automatic backup is enabled on the primary database and the
backup destination is Autonomous Recovery Service, then you
cannot enable backup on the standby database.
• If automatic backup is enabled on the primary database and the
backup destination is Object Storage, then you can enable backup
on the standby database.
• If automatic backup is disabled on the primary database, you can
enable backup on the standby database.

12. Backup retention period: If you select to enable automatic backups, you can
select a policy with one of the preset retention periods. The system automatically
deletes your incremental backups at the end of your chosen retention period. You
can change the backup retention period after provisioning.
The following retention periods are available for Object Storage.
• 7 days
• 15 days
• 30 days (default)
• 45 days
• 60 days
13. Deletion options after database termination: You can use the following options
to retain managed database backups after the database is terminated. These
options can also help restore the database from backups in case of accidental or
malicious damage to the database.
• Retain backups according to the retention period: When a database is
terminated, the automatic database backups associated with the terminated
database will be removed at the end of the specified retention period.
• Retain backups for 72 hours, then delete: When a database is terminated,
the automatic database backups associated with the terminated database will
be retained for 72 hours and then deleted. The backups are retained for 72
hours to safeguard against accidental deletion by the user.
14. Scheduled day for full backup: Select a day of the week for the initial and future
full backups to begin.
15. Scheduled time for full backup (UTC): Select a time for the full backup to begin.
The full backup could start at any time or within the chosen two-hour scheduling
window.
16. Scheduled time for incremental backup (UTC): Select a time for the incremental
backup to begin. The incremental backup could start at any time or within the
chosen two-hour scheduling window.
17. Take the first backup immediately: A full backup is an operating system backup
of all data files and the control file that constitute an Oracle Database. A full
backup must also include the parameter files associated with the database. You
can take a database backup when the database is shut down or while the

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database is open. You must not typically take a backup after an instance failure or other
unusual circumstances. If you select to defer the initial backup, your database may not be
recoverable in the event of a database failure.
18. Click Save changes.
19. The Database Details page displays the automatic backup status and details in the
Backup section.

Create an On-Demand Backup of a Database

Perform the following steps to create an on-demand backup of a database.

Note:
Object Storage creates a full backup, while the Recovery Service creates an
incremental backup of the database.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database for
which you want to create an on-demand full backup.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to create an
on-demand full backup.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. Under Resources, click Backups. A list of backups is displayed.
8. Click Create backup.
9. Provide a name for the backup database.
10. Click Create backup.

View Details of a Protected Database

Perform the following steps to view the details of the protected database using the Console.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database for
which you want to configure automatic backups.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to configure
automatic backups.
6. The details of the database are displayed.

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7. On the Database Details page, in the Database information tab, the Backup
details indicate whether automatic backups are enabled. When backups are
enabled, the details also indicate the chosen backup details.
8. Click the Recovery Service link in the backup destination to view the details of the
protected database.
For more information, see Managing Protected Databases.

View Status of a Backup

Perform the following steps to view the backup status of a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database for which you want to view the backup status.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to view
the backup status.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. Under Resources, click Backups. A list of backups is displayed.
8. The State column displays the status of the backup.
9. The following are the various states of the backup: Active, Creating, Canceled,
Canceling, or Failed.

Cancel a Backup
Perform the following steps to cancel a backup of a database.

Note:
Only backups in the Creating state can be canceled.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database for which you want to cancel the backup.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to
cancel the backup.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. Under Resources, click Backups. A list of backups is displayed.

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8. The State column displays the status of the backup. The following are the various states
of the backup: Active, Creating, Canceled, Canceling, or Failed.
9. In the list of backups, click the Actions menu for the backup you want to cancel.
10. Click Cancel backup and confirm when prompted.
11. The status of the backup changes to Canceling.

If the cancel backup fails, in the Work requests pane under Resources, you will see a line
item called Cancel database backup in Failed state. There will also be a work request for
the backup initiated by Create database backup that will reflect the state of the backup
operation.

Delete Full Backups of a Database

Perform the following steps to delete the full backup of a database.

Note:
You cannot explicitly delete automatic backups. Unless you terminate the database,
automatic backups remain in the Recovery Service and Object Storage for the
number of days specified by the user, after which time they are automatically
deleted.

1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database for
which you want to delete the backup.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to delete the
backup.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. Under Resources, click Backups. A list of backups is displayed.
8. In the list of backups, click the Actions menu for the backup you want to delete.
9. Click Delete and confirm when prompted.

Delete Standalone Backups of a Database

Perform the following steps to delete a standalone backup of a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Under Resources, click Standalone Backups. A list of standalone backups is displayed.
3. In the list of standalone backups, click the Actions menu for the backup you want to
delete.
4. Click Delete and confirm when prompted.

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Back Up a Database to Object Storage Using RMAN

This article explains how to use Recovery Manager (RMAN) to manage backups of
your DB system database to your own Object Storage.
To back up to the service you'll need to create an Object Storage bucket for the
backups, generate a password for the service, install the Oracle Database Cloud
Backup Module, and then configure RMAN to send backups to the service. The
backup module is a system backup to tape (SBT) interface that's tightly integrated with
RMAN, so you can use familiar RMAN commands to perform backup and recovery
operations.
You'll notice Swift mentioned in the Console and in the endpoint URL for the service.
That's because the backup module is typically used to back up to the Oracle Database
Backup Cloud Service, which is an OpenStack Swift object store.

Tip:
On a single-node DB system, you can use the DBCLI to back up to Object
Storage. This is an alternative to installing the backup module and using
RMAN for backups. For more information, see Objectstoreswift Commands.
Note that the dbcli commands are not available for multi-node RAC DB
systems.

Prerequisites
You'll need the following:
• A DB system and a database to back up.
• The DB system's cloud network (VCN) must be configured with access to Object
Storage:
– For Object Storage access in the same region as the DB system: Oracle
recommends using a service gateway.
– For Object Storage access in a different region than the DB system: Use an
internet gateway. Note that the network traffic between the DB system and
Object Storage does not leave the cloud and never reaches the public
internet.
For more information, see VCN and Subnets.
• An existing Object Storage bucket to use as the backup destination. You can use
the Console or the Object Storage API to create the bucket.
For more information, see Managing Buckets.
• An auth token generated by OCI. You can use the Console or the IAM API to
generate the password.
For more information, see working with auth tokens in Managing User Credentials.
• The user name (specified when you install and use the backup module) must have
tenancy-level access to Object Storage. An easy way to do this is to add the user
name to the Administrators group. However, that allows access to all of the cloud
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limits access to only the required resources in Object Storage for backing up and
restoring the database:

Allow group <group_name> to manage objects in compartment

<compartment_name> where target.bucket.name = '<bucket_name>'

Allow group <group_name> to read buckets in compartment <compartment_name>

For more information about adding a user to a group, see Managing Groups. For more
information about policies, see Getting Started with Policies.

Install the Backup Module On the DB System

1. SSH to the DB system.

ssh -i <SSH_key_used_when_launching_the_DB_system>
opc@<DB_system_IP_address_or_hostname>

2. Log in as opc user.

login as: opc

3. sudo to the oracle user.

sudo su - oracle

4. Change to the directory that contains the backup module opc_install.jar file.

cd /opt/oracle/oak/pkgrepos/oss/odbcs

5. Use the following command syntax to install the backup module.

java -jar opc_install.jar -opcId <user_id> -opcPass '<auth_token>' -

container <bucket_name>;-walletDir ~/hsbtwallet/ -libDir ~/lib/ -
configfile ~/config -host https://
swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>

The parameters are:

Parameter Description
-opcId The user name for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user account, for example:
-opcId <username>@<example>.com.
This is the user name you use to sign in to the Console.
The user name must be a member of the Administrators group, as described
in the Prerequisites section.
You can also specify the user name in single quotes. This might be necessary
if the name contains special characters, for example: -opcId
'j~smith@<example>.com'
Make sure to use straight single quotes and not slanted apostrophes.

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Parameter Description
-opcPass The auth token generated by using the Console or IAM API, in single quotes,
for example: -opcPass <password>
Make sure to use straight single quotes and not slanted apostrophes.
For more information, see Managing User Credentials.
This is not the password for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user.
-container The name of an existing bucket in Object Storage to use as the backup
destination, for example: -container DBBackups
-walletDir The directory where the install tool will create an Oracle Wallet containing the
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user name and auth token.
-walletDir ~/hsbtwallet creates the wallet in the current user (oracle)
home directory.
-libDir The directory where the SBT library is stored. The directory must already
exist before you run the command. This parameter causes the latest SBT
library to be downloaded.
-libDir ~/lib/ downloads the libopc.so file to the current user's home
directory, for example, /home/oracle/lib/libopc.so.
-configfile The name of the initialization parameter file that will be created by the install
tool. This file will be referenced by your RMAN jobs.
-configfile ~/config creates the file in the current user's home directory,
for example, /home/oracle/config.
-host The endpoint URL to which backups are to be sent:
https://swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>
where object_storage_namespace is your tenancy's Object Storage
namespace. For more information, see Understanding Object Storage
Namespaces.
Do not add a slash after the Object Storage namespace.
To look up the region name, see Regions and Availability Domains.

Configure RMAN
This topic describes how to configure RMAN to use the bucket as the default backup
destination. The following assumes you are still logged in to the DB system.
1. On the DB system, set the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID environment variables
using the oraenv utility.

. oraenv

2. Connect to the database using RMAN.

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3. Configure RMAN to use the SBT device and point to the config file that was created
when you installed the backup module. A sample command for a version 12 database is
shown here.

CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARMS

'SBT_LIBRARY=/home/oracle/lib/libopc.so,
SBT_PARMS=(OPC_PFILE=/home/oracle/config)';

4. Configure RMAN to use SBT_TAPE by default. The following sample enables the
controlfile and spfile autobackup to SBT_TAPE and configures encryption. There are
other settings that may apply to your installation such as compression, number of backup
and recovery channels to use, backup retention policy, archived log deletion policy, and
more. See the Oracle Backup and Recovery documentation for your version of Oracle for
more information on choosing the appropriate settings.

CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO SBT_TAPE;

CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE SBT_TAPE TO '%F';
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE ON;

Note:
Backups must be encrypted. You will specify encryption when you perform a
backup. You will get an error if a backup is not encrypted.

Once the RMAN configuration is complete, you can use the same RMAN commands that you
regularly use for tape backups.

Back Up the Database

This topic provides examples of commonly used backup commands.
1. Set the database encryption:

SET ENCRYPTION IDENTIFIED BY "password" ONLY;

Note that this setting is not permanent; you must set it for each new RMAN session.
2. Back up the database and archivelogs. Below are some example commands. See the
Oracle Backup and Recovery documentation for your version of Oracle for more
information about choosing a back up procedure that meets your needs. Be sure to back
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controlfile. Note that the example below uses multi-section incremental backups,
which is a feature introduced in 12c. When using 11g, omit the section size
clause.

BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 SECTION SIZE 512M DATABASE PLUS

ARCHIVELOG;

BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 SECTION SIZE 512M DATABASE PLUS

ARCHIVELOG;

BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 CUMULATIVE SECTION SIZE 512M DATABASE

PLUS ARCHIVELOG;

3. Backup archivelogs frequently to minimize potential data loss, and keep multiple
backup copies as a precaution.

BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ALL NOT BACKED UP 2 TIMES;

When the backup job completes, you can display the backup files in your bucket in the
Console on the Storage page, by selecting Object Storage.

Recover a Database Using the Console

This article explains how to recover a database from an automatic backup stored in
the Recovery Service or Object Storage using the Console.
You can recover a database using the Console, API, or by using RMAN.
For more information on backups, see Back Up and Recovery in Base Database
Service.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies.

Prerequisites
The DB system requires access to the Recovery Service or the Object Storage
service, including connectivity to the applicable Swift endpoint for Object Storage.
Oracle recommends using a service gateway with the VCN to enable this access. The
Recovery Service requires a dedicated network path in each database VCN.
For more information on:
• setting up your VCN for the DB system, including the service gateway, see VCN
and Subnets
• the Swift endpoints to use, see Can I use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object
Storage as a destination for my on-premises backups?

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You can use the Console to restore the database from an automatic backup that was created
by using the Console or the API. You can restore to the last known good state of the
database, or you can specify a point in time or an existing System Change Number (SCN).
You can also create a new database by using a standalone backup.

Note:
The list of backups you see in the Console does not include any unmanaged
backups (backups created directly by using RMAN or dbcli).

Procedure
Perform the following steps to restore a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the database you
want to restore.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database you want to restore.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. On the Database Details page, click Restore.

Note:
You can also access the list of backups by clicking on Backups under
Resources.

8. Select one of the following restore options:

• Restore to the latest: Restores the database to the last known good state with the
least possible data loss.
• Restore to a timestamp: Restores the database to the timestamp specified.
• Restore to SCN: Restores the database using the System Change Number (SCN)
specified. This SCN must be valid.

Note:
You can determine the SCN number to use either by accessing and
querying your database host or by accessing any online or archived logs.

9. Click Restore database and confirm when prompted.

If the restore operation fails, the database will be in a "Restore failed" state. You can try
restoring again using a different restore option. However, Oracle recommends that you
review the RMAN logs on the host and fix any issues before reattempting to restore the
database.

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Note:
If the database you are restoring was configured to use customer-managed
encryption keys after the specified timestamp or SCN, the database will be
restored without customer-managed keys enabled. You can change the
encryption settings after restoring to use customer-managed keys. For more
information, see Database Encryption Keys.

Recover a Database from Object Storage Using RMAN Backup

This article explains how to recover a Recovery Manager (RMAN) backup stored in
Object Storage.

Prerequisites
You'll need the following:
• A new DB system to restore the database to (see assumptions below). For more
information, see Overview of Creating a DB System.
• The Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module must be installed on the DB system.
For more information, see Installing the Backup Module on the DB System in Back
Up a Database to Object Storage Using RMAN.

Assumptions
The procedures below assume the following:
• A new DB system has been created to host the restored database and no other
database exists on the new DB system. It is possible to restore to a DB system
that has existing databases, but that is beyond the scope of this topic.
• The original database is lost and all that remains is the latest RMAN backup. The
procedure assumes the DB system (inclusive of the database) no longer exists.

Note:
Any data not included in the most recent backup will be lost.

• The Oracle Wallet and/or encryption keys used by the original database at the time
of the last backup is available.
• The RMAN backup contains a copy of the control file and spfile as of the most
recent backup as well as all of the datafile and archivelog backups needed to
perform a complete database recovery.
• An RMAN catalog will not be used during the restore.

Set Up Storage on the DB system

1. SSH to the DB System.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

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2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to invoke the
root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/oracle/dcs/bin).

login as: opc

sudo su -

3. You can use an existing empty database home or create a new one for the restore. Use
the applicable commands to help you complete this step.
If you will be using an existing database home:
• Use the Dbhome Commands to list the database homes.

dbcli list-dbhomes

Output:

ID Name DB
Version Home Location
---------------------------------------- --------------------
---------- ---------------------------------------------
2e743050-b41d-4283-988f-f33d7b082bda OraDB12102_home1
12.1.0.2 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1

• Use the Database Commands to ensure the database home is not associated with
any database.
If necessary, use the Dbhome Commands to create a database home for the restore.
4. Use the Dbstorage Commands to set up directories for DATA, RECO, and REDO
storage. The following example creates 10GB of ACFS storage for the rectest database.

dbcli create-dbstorage --dbname rectest --dataSize 10 --dbstorage ACFS

Note:
When restoring a version 11.2 database, ACFS storage must be specified.

Perform the Database Restore and Recovery

1. SSH to the DB system, log in as opc, and then become the oracle user.

sudo su - oracle

2. Create an entry in /etc/oratab for the database. Use the same SID as the original
database.

db1:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1:N

3. Set the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID environment variables using the oraenv utility.

. oraenv

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4. Obtain the DBID of the original database. This can be obtained from the file name
of the controlfile autobackup on the backup media. The file name will include a
string that contains the DBID. The typical format of the string is c-DDDDDDDDDDDD-
YYYYMMDD-NN where DDDDDDDDDDDD is the DBID, YYYYMMDD is the date the backup
was created, and NN is a sequence number to make the file name unique. The
DBID in the following examples is 1508405000. Your DBID will be different.
Use the following curl syntax to perform a general query of Object Storage. The
parameters in red are the same parameters you specified when installing the
backup module as described in Installing the Backup Module on the DB System in
Back Up a Database to Object Storage Using RMAN.

curl -u '<user_ID>.com:<auth_token>' -v https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>

To look up the region name, see Regions and Availability Domains.

For example:

curl -u 'djones@mycompany.com:1cnk!d0++ptETd&C;tHR' -v https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
myobjectstoragenamespace

To get the DBID from the control file name, use the following syntax:

curl -u '<user_id>.com:<auth_token>' -v https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>/<bucket_name>?prefix=sbt_catalog/c-

For example:

curl -u 'djones@mycompany.com:1cnk!d0++ptETd&C;tHR' -v https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
myobjectstoragenamespace/dbbackups/?prefix=sbt_catalog/c-

In the sample output below, 1508405000 is the DBID.

{
"bytes": 1732,
"content_type": "binary/octet-stream",
"hash": "f1b61f08892734ed7af4f1ddaabae317",
"last_modified": "2016-08-11T20:28:34.438000",
"name": "sbt_catalog/c-1508405000-20160811-00/metadata.xml"
}

5. Run RMAN and connect to the target database. There is no need to create a
pfile or spfile or use a backup controlfile. These will be restored in the
following steps. Note that the target database is (not started). This is normal
and expected at this point.

rman target /

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Output:

Recovery Manager: Release 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on Wed Jun 22 18:36:40

2016
Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.
connected to target database (not started)

6. Set the DBID using the value obtained above.

set dbid 1508405000;

7. Run the following command. If the server parameter file is not available, RMAN attempts
to start the instance with a dummy server parameter file. The ORA-01078 and
LRM-00109 errors are normal and can be ignored.

STARTUP NOMOUNT

startup failed: ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/u01/app/oracle/product/
12.1.0.2/dbhome_1/dbs/initdb1.ora'

starting Oracle instance without parameter file for retrieval of spfile

Oracle instance started

Total System Global Area 2147483648 bytes

Fixed Size 2944952 bytes

Variable Size 847249480 bytes
Database Buffers 1254096896 bytes
Redo Buffers 43192320 bytes

8. Restore the server parameter file from autobackup.

The SBT_LIBRARY is the same library specified with the -libDir parameter when the
Backup Module was installed, for example /home/oracle/lib/.
The OPC_PFILE is the same file specified with the -configfile parameter when the
Backup Module was installed, for example /home/oracle/config.

set controlfile autobackup format for device type sbt to '%F';

run {
allocate channel c1 device type sbt PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/home/
oracle/lib/libopc.so, SBT_PARMS=(OPC_PFILE=/home/oracle/config)';
restore spfile from autobackup;
}

9. Create the directory for audit_file_dest. The default is /u01/app/oracle/

admin/$ORACLE_SID/adump. You can see the setting used by the original database by
searching the spfile for the string, audit_file_dest.

strings ${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs/spfile${ORACLE_SID}.ora | grep audit_file_dest

*.audit_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/db1/adump'

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mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/admin/db1/adump

10. If block change tracking was enabled on the original database, create the directory
for the block change tracking file. This will be a directory under
db_create_file_dest. Search the spfile for the name of the directory.

strings ${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs/spfile${ORACLE_SID}.ora | grep

db_create_file_dest
*.db_create_file_dest='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/db1'

mkdir -p /u02/app/oracle/oradata/db1/<$ORA_UNQNAME if available or

database name>/changetracking

11. Restart the instance with the restored server parameter file.

STARTUP FORCE NOMOUNT;

12. Restore the controlfile from the RMAN autobackup and mount the database.

set controlfile autobackup format for device type sbt to '%F';

run {
allocate channel c1 device type sbt PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/home/
oracle/lib/libopc.so, SBT_PARMS=(OPC_PFILE=/home/oracle/config)';
restore controlfile from autobackup;
alter database mount;
}

13. Restore and recover the database.

RESTORE DATABASE;
RECOVER DATABASE;

14. RMAN will recover using archived redo logs until it can't find any more. It is normal
for an error similar to the one below to occur when RMAN has applied the last
archived redo log in the backup and can't find any more logs.

unable to find archived log

archived log thread=1 sequence=29
RMAN-00571:
===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS
===============
RMAN-00571:
===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 06/28/2016 00:57:35
RMAN-06054: media recovery requesting unknown archived log for
thread 1 with sequence 29 and starting SCN of 2349563

15. Open the database with resetlogs.

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The recovery is complete. The database will have all of the committed transactions as of the
last backed up archived redo log.

Recover a Database from the OCI Classic Object Store

This article explains how to recover a database using a backup created by the Oracle
Database Backup Module and stored in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic.
The following terms are used throughout this topic:
• Source database: The database backup in Object Storage Classic.
• Target database: The new database on a DB system in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Prerequisites
You'll need the following:
• The service name, identity name, container, user name, and password for Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure Object Storage Classic.
• The backup password if password-based encryption was used when backing up to
Object Storage Classic.
• The source database ID, database name, database unique name (required for setting up
storage).
• If the source database is configured with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), you'll need
a backup of the wallet and the wallet password.
• Tnsnames to setup for any database links.
• The output of Opatch lsinventory for the source database Oracle_home, for reference.
• A copy of the sqlpatch directory from the source database home. This is required for
rollback in case the target database does not include these patches.

Set Up Storage on the DB System

1. SSH to the DB System.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to invoke the
root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/oracle/dcs/bin).

login as: opc

sudo su -

3. Use the Dbstorage Commands to set up directories for DATA, RECO, and REDO
storage. The following example creates 10GB of ACFS storage for the tdetest database.

dbcli create-dbstorage --dbname tdetest --dataSize 10 --dbstorage ACFS

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Note:
When migrating a version 11.2 database, ACFS storage must be
specified.

4. Use the Dbstorage Commands to list the storage ID. You'll need the ID for the next
step.

dbcli list-dbstorages

Output:

ID Type DBUnique
Name Status
---------------------------------------- ------
-------------------- ----------
9dcdfb8e-e589-4d5f-861a-e5ba981616ed Acfs
tdetest Configured

5. Use the Dbstorage Commands with the storage ID from the previous step to list
the DATA, RECO and REDO locations.

dbcli describe-dbstorage --id 9dcdfb8e-e589-4d5f-861a-e5ba981616ed

Output:

DBStorage details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 9dcdfb8e-e589-4d5f-861a-e5ba981616ed
DB Name: tdetest
DBUnique Name: tdetest
DB Resource ID:
Storage Type: Acfs
DATA Location: /u02/app/oracle/oradata/tdetest
RECO Location: /u03/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/
REDO Location: /u03/app/oracle/redo/
State: ResourceState(status=Configured)
Created: August 24, 2016 5:25:38 PM UTC
UpdatedTime: August 24, 2016 5:25:53 PM UTC

6. Note down the DATA, RECO and REDO locations. You'll need them later to set the
db_create_file_dest, db_create_online_log_dest, and
db_recovery_file_dest parameters for the database.

Choose an ORACLE_HOME
Decide which ORACLE_HOME to use for the database restore and then switch to that
home with the correct ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME, and PATH settings. The
ORACLE_HOME must not already be associated with a database.

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To get a list of existing ORACLE_HOMEs and to ensure that the ORACLE_HOME is empty,
use the Dbhome Commands and the Database Commands, respectively. To create a new
ORACLE_HOME, use the Dbhome Commands.

Copy the Source Database Wallets

Skip this section if the source database is not configured with TDE.
1. On the DB system, become the oracle user:

sudo su - oracle

2. Create the following directory, if it does not already exist:

mkdir /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/<db_unique_name>

3. Copy the ewallet.p12 file from the source database to the directory you created in the
previous step.
4. On the target host, make sure that $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora contains
the following line:

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION=(SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)
(METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/
wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME)))

Add the line if it doesn't exist in the file. (The line might not be there if this is a new home
and no database has been created yet on this host.)
5. Create the autologin wallet from the password-based wallet to allow auto-open of the
wallet during restore and recovery operations.
For a version 12.1 or later database, use the ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT command:

$cat create_autologin_12.sh

#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <dbuniquename><remotewalletlocation>"
exit 1;
fi

mkdir /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/$1
cp $2/ewallet.p12* /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/$1
rm -f autokey.ora
echo "db_name=$1" > autokey.ora
autokeystoreLog="autologinKeystore_`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N`.log"
echo "Enter Keystore Password:"
read -s keystorePassword
echo "Creating AutoLoginKeystore -> "
sqlplus "/as sysdba" <<EOF
spool $autokeystoreLog
set echo on
startup nomount pfile=autokey.ora
ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT CREATE AUTO_LOGIN KEYSTORE
FROM KEYSTORE '/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/$1' -- Keystore

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location
IDENTIFIED BY "$keystorePassword";
shutdown immediate;
EOF

Adjust the cwallet.sso permissions from oracle:asmadmin to oracle:oinstall.

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/<db_unique_name>

Output:

total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 5680 Jul 6 11:39 ewallet.p12
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle asmadmin 5725 Jul 6 11:39 cwallet.sso

For a version 11.2 database, use the orapki command:

orapki wallet create -wallet wallet_location -auto_login [-pwd

password]

Install the Oracle Database Backup Module

The backup module JAR file is included on the DB system but you need to install it.
1. SSH to the DB system, log in as opc, and then become the oracle user.

ssh -i <path to SSH key used when launching the DB System> opc@<DB
System IP address or hostname>
sudo su - oracle

2. Change to the directory that contains the backup module opc_install.jar file.

cd /opt/oracle/oak/pkgrepos/orapkgs/oss/<version>/

3. To install the backup module, see the command syntax described in Installing the
Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module for OCI Classic in Using Oracle Database
Backup Cloud Service.

Set Environment Variables

Set the following environment variables for the RMAN and SQL*Plus sessions for the
database:

ORACLE_HOME=<path of Oracle Home where the database is to be restored>

ORACLE_SID=<database instance name>
ORACLE_UNQNAME=<db_unique_name in lower case>
NLS_DATE_FORMAT="mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss"

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Allocate an RMAN SBT Channel

For each restore operation, allocate an SBT channel and set the SBT_LIBRARY parameter to
the location of the libopc.so file and the OPC_FILE parameter to the location of the
opc_sbt.ora file, for example:

ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT '%d_%I_%U' PARMS

'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/<ORACLE_HOME>/dbs/
opc_sbt.ora)';

For more information about these files, see Files Created When the Oracle Database Cloud
Backup Module for OCI Classic is Installed in Using Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service.

Ensure Decryption is Turned On

Make sure that decryption is turned on for all the RMAN restore sessions.

set decryption wallet open identified by <keystore password>;

For more information, see Providing the Password Required to Decrypt Encrypted Backups.

Restore Spfile
The following sample shell script restores the spfile. Set the $dbID variable to the dbid of the
database being restored. By default, spfile is restored to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/
spfile<sid>.ora.

rman target / <<EOF

spool log to "`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N`_dbid_${dbID}_restore_spfile.log"

startup nomount
set echo on
run {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT '%d_%I_%U' PARMS
'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/opc_sbt.ora)';
SET DBID=$dbID;
RESTORE SPFILE FROM AUTOBACKUP;
shutdown immediate;
EOF

Set the Database Parameters

1. Start the database in nomount mode.

startup nomount

2. Update spfile and modify the following parameters.

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• If the database storage type is ACFS, use the DATA, RECO, and REDO
locations obtained from the dbcli describe-dbstorage command output, as
described in Set Up Storage on the DB System:

alter system set db_create_file_dest='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/'

scope = spfile;
alter system set db_create_online_log_dest_1='/u03/app/oracle/
redo' scope = spfile;
alter system set db_recovery_file_dest='/u03/app/oracle/
fast_recovery_area' scope = spfile;

• If the database storage type is ASM:

alter system set db_create_file_dest='+DATA' scope = spfile;

alter system set db_create_online_log_dest_1='+RECO' scope =
spfile;
alter system set db_recovery_file_dest='+RECO' scope = spfile;

• Set db_recovery_file_dest_size is not set or is set incorrectly:

alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size=<sizeG> scope=spfile;

• Set audit_file_dest to the correct value:

alter system set audit_file_dest=/u01/app/oracle/admin/

<db_unique_name in lower case>/adump

3. Remove the control_files parameter. The Oracle Managed Files (OMF)

parameters will be used to create the control file.

alter system reset control_files scope=spfile;

4. Restart the database in nomount mode using the newly added parameters.

shutdown immediate
startup nomount

Restore the Control File

Modify the following sample shell script for your environment to restore the control file.
Set the $dbID variable to the dbid of the database being restored. Set SBT_LIBRARY
to the location specified in the -libDir parameter when you installed the Backup
Module. Set OPC-PFILE to the location specified in the -configFile parameter, which
defaults to ORACLE_HOME/dbs/opcSID.ora.

rman target / <<EOF

spool log to "`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N`_dbid_$

{dbID}_restore_controlfile.log"
set echo on
run {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT '%d_%I_%U'
PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/<Backup Module libDir>/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/

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<Backup Module configFile>/opcSID.ora)';

SET DBID=$dbID;
RESTORE CONTROLFILE FROM AUTOBACKUP;
alter database mount;
}

exit;
EOF

Restore the Database

1. Preview and validate the backup. The database is now mounted and RMAN should be
able to locate the backup from the restored controlfile. This step helps ensure that the list
of archivelogs is present and that the backup components can be restored.
In the following examples, modify SBT_LIBRARY and OPC_PFILE as needed for your
environment.

rman target / <<EOF

spool log to "`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N`_restore_database_preview.log"

set echo on
run {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c2 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c3 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
restore database validate header preview;
}

Review the output and if there are error messages, investigate the cause of the problem.
2. Redirect the restore using set newname to restore the data files in OMF format and use
switch datafile all to allow the control file to update with the new data file copies.

rman target / <<EOF

spool log to "`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N`_restore_database_preview.log"

set echo on
run {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c2 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c3 DEVICE TYPE sbt MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/tmp/oss/libopc.so ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/tmp/oss/
opc_sbt.ora)';
set newname for database to new;

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restore database;
switch datafile all;
switch tempfile all;
recover database;
}

This recovery will attempt to use the last available archive log backup and then fail
with an error, for example:

RMAN-00571:
===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS
===============
RMAN-00571:
===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 07/20/2016 12:09:02
RMAN-06054: media recovery requesting unknown archived log for
thread 1 with sequence 22 and starting SCN of 878327

3. To complete the incomplete recovery, run a recovery using the sequence number
and thread number shown in the RMAN-06054 message, for example:

recover database until sequence 22 thread 1;

Reset the Logs

Reset the logs.

alter database open resetlogs;

Prepare to Register the Database

Before you register the database:
1. Make sure the database COMPATIBLE parameter value is acceptable. If the value
is less than the minimum, the database cannot be registered until you upgrade the
database compatibility.
2. Verify that the database has registered with the listener and the service name.

lsnrctl services

3. Make sure the password file was restored or created for the new database.

ls -ltr $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw<oracle sid>

If the file does not exist, create it using the orapwd utility.

orapwd file=<$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw<$ORACLE_SID>> password=<sys

password>

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4. Make sure the restored database if open in read write mode.

select open_mode from v$database;

The command output should indicate read write mode. The dbcli register-database
command will attempt to run datapatch, which requires read write mode. If there are
PDBs, they should also be in read write mode to ensure that datapatch runs on them.
5. From oracle home on the restored database, use the following command verify the
connection to SYS:

conn sys/<password>@//<hostname>:1521/<database service name>

This connection is required to register the database later. Fix any connection issues
before continuing.
6. Make sure the database is running on spfile by using the SQL*Plus command.

SHOW PARAMETERS SPFILE

7. (Optional) If you would like to manage the database backup with the dbcli command line
interface, you can associate a new or existing backup configuration with the migrated
database when you register it or after you register it. A backup configuration defines the
backup destination and recovery window for the database. Use the Backupconfig
Commands to create, list, and display backup configurations.
8. Copy the folder $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch from source database to the target database.
This will enable the dbcli register-database command to roll back any conflicting
patches.

Note:
If you are migrating a version 11.2 database, additional steps are required after
you register the database. For more information, see Roll Back Patches on a
Version 11.2 Database.

Register the Database on the DB System

The Database Commands registers the restored database to the dcs-agent so it can be
managed by the dcs-agent stack.

Note:
The dbcli register-database command is not available on 2-node
RAC DB systems.

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As the root user, use the dbcli register-database command to register the
database on the DB system, for example:

dbcli register-database --dbclass OLTP --dbshape odb1 --servicename

tdetest --syspassword

Output:

Password for SYS:

{
"jobId" : "317b430f-ad5f-42ae-bb07-13f053d266e2",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "August 08, 2016 05:55:49 AM EDT",
"description" : "Database service registration with db service name:
tdetest",
"updatedTime" : "August 08, 2016 05:55:49 AM EDT"
}

Update tnsnames.ora
Check the tnsnames.ora in the backup location, check the database links used in the
cloned database, and then add any relevant connection strings to the cloned database
file at $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora.

Roll Back Patches on a Version 11.2 Database

For version 11.2 databases, the sqlpatch application is not automated, so any interim
patches (previously known as a "one-off" patches) applied to the source database that
are not part of the installed PSU must be rolled back manually in the target database.
After registering the database, execute the catbundle.sql script and then the
postinstall.sql script with the corresponding PSU patch (or the overlay patch on top
of the PSU patch), as described below.

Tip:
Some interim patches may include files written to the $ORACLE_HOME/
rdbms/admin directory as well as the $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch directory.
Oracle recommends that you roll back these patches in the source database
using the instructions in the patch read-me prior to migrating the database to
OCI environment. Contact Oracle Support if you need assistance with rolling
back these patches.

1. On the DB System, use the dbcli list-dbhomes command to find the PSU patch
number for the version 11.2 database home. In the following sample command
output, the PSU patch number is the second number in the DB Version column:

dbcli list-dbhomes

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Output:

ID Name DB
Version Home
Location Status
------------------------------------ -----------------
-------------------------------------
----------------------------------------- ----------
59d9bc6f-3880-4d4f-b5a6-c140f16f8c64 OraDB11204_home1 11.2.0.4.160719
(23054319, 23054359) /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1
Configured

(The first patch number, 23054319 in the example above, is for the OCW component in
the database home.)
2. Find the overlay patch, if any, by using the lsinventory command. In the following
example, patch number 24460960 is the overlay patch on top of the 23054359 PSU
patch.

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory

Output:

...
Installed Top-level Products (1):

Oracle Database 11g

11.2.0.4.0
There are 1 products installed in this Oracle Home.

Interim patches (5) :

Patch 24460960 : applied on Fri Sep 02 15:28:17 UTC 2016

Unique Patch ID: 20539912
Created on 31 Aug 2016, 02:46:31 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
23513711, 23065323, 21281607, 24006821, 23315889, 22551446, 21174504
This patch overlays patches:
23054359
This patch needs patches:
23054359
as prerequisites

3. Start SQL*Plus and execute the catbundle.sql script, for example:

startup
connect / as sysdba
@$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catbundle.sql psu apply
exit

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4. Apply the sqlpatch, using the overlay patch number from the previous step, for
example:

connect / as sysdba
@$ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch/24460960/postinstall.sql
exit

Note:
If the source database has one-off patches installed and those patches are
not part of the installed PSU in the cloud environment, then the SQL
changes that correspond to those one-off patches need to be rolled back. To
rollback the SQL changes, copy the $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch/<patch#>/
postdeinstall.sql script from the source environment to the cloud
environment and execute the postdeinstall.sql script.

Post Restore Checklist

After the database is restored and registered on the DB system, use the following
checklist to verify the results and perform any post-restore customizations.
1. Make sure the database files were restored in OMF format.
2. Make sure the database is listed in the Database Commands output.
3. Check for the following external references in the database and update them if
necessary:
• External tables: If the source database uses external tables, back up that data
and migrate it to the target host.
• Directories: Customize the default directories as needed for the restored
database.
• Database links: Make sure all the required TNS entries are updated in the
tnsnames.ora file in ORACLE_HOME.
• Email and URLs: Make sure any email addresses and URLs used in the
database are still accessible from the DB system.
• Scheduled jobs: Review the jobs scheduled in source database and schedule
similar jobs as needed in the restored database.
4. If you associated a backup configuration when you registered the database, run a
test back up using the Backup Commands.
5. If the restored database contains a CDB and PDBs, verify that patches have been
applied to all PDBs.

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Oracle Data Guard Association

Use Oracle Data Guard on a DB System
Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for
enterprise data.
The Data Guard implementation requires two databases: one in a primary role and one in a
standby role. The two databases, primary database and standby database, together make a
Data Guard association. Most of your applications access the primary database, while the
standby database is a transactionally consistent copy of the primary database.
The Data Guard maintains the standby database by transmitting and applying redo data from
the primary database. If the primary database becomes unavailable, then you can use Data
Guard to switch or fail over the standby database to the primary role.

Note:
The standby databases in OCI are physical standbys.

This article explains how to use the Console to manage Data Guard associations in your DB
system.
For more information on Data Guard, see Introduction to Oracle Data Guard.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy by an
administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the REST API with
an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have permission or are
unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you have and which
compartment to work in.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies.

Prerequisites and General Information

A Data Guard implementation requires two DB systems, one containing the primary database
and one containing the standby database. When you enable Data Guard for a database, a
new DB system with the standby database is created and associated with the primary
database.

Note:
A Data Guard configuration is limited to one standby database for each primary
database.

Requirement details are as follows:

• Both the DB systems must be in the same compartment.

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• The database versions and editions must be identical. Data Guard does not
support Oracle Database Standard Edition. (Active Data Guard requires Enterprise
Edition Extreme Performance.)
• Each database in a Data Guard association must have a unique name
(DB_UNIQUE_NAME) value that is not in use by other databases in the DB systems
that house the Data Guard association. However, the primary and standby
database can use the same database name DB_NAME value.
• The database edition determines whether Active Data Guard (ADG) can be used.
ADG is only available with Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance. If you are
using the BYOL licensing model and if your license does not include ADG, then
you must ensure that ADG is not enabled when configuring Data Guard for
Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance. Alternately, you can use Enterprise
Edition or Enterprise Edition High Performance, which do not enable ADG by
default. See Use Oracle Data Guard with the Database CLI.
• If your primary and standby databases are in the same region, then both must use
the same virtual cloud network (VCN).
• If your primary and standby databases are in different regions, then you must peer
the virtual cloud networks (VCNs) for each database. See Remote VCN Peering
using an RPC.
• Configure the security list ingress and egress rules for the subnets of both DB
systems in the Data Guard association to enable TCP traffic to move between the
applicable ports. Ensure that the rules you create are stateful (the default).
For example, if the subnet of the primary DB system uses the source CIDR
10.0.0.0/24 and the subnet of the standby DB system uses the source CIDR
10.0.1.0/24, then create rules as shown in the subsequent example.

Note:
The egress rules in the example show how to enable TCP traffic only for port
1521, which is a minimum requirement for the Data Guard to work. If TCP
traffic is already enabled on all of your outgoing ports (0.0.0.0/0), then you do
not need to explicitly add these specific egress rules.

Security List for Subnet on the Primary DB System

Ingress Rules:
Stateless: No
Source: 10.0.1.0/24
IP Protocol: TCPSource Port Range: All
Destination Port Range: 1521
Allows: TCP traffic for ports: 1521

Egress Rules:
Stateless: No
Destination: 10.0.1.0/24
IP Protocol: TCP
Source Port Range: All
Destination Port Range: 1521
Allows: TCP traffic for ports: 1521

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Security List for Subnet on the Standby DB System

Ingress Rules:
Stateless: No
Source: 10.0.0.0/24
IP Protocol: TCP
Source Port Range: All
Destination Port Range: 1521
Allows: TCP traffic for ports: 1521

Egress Rules:
Stateless: No
Destination: 10.0.0.0/24
IP Protocol: TCP
Source Port Range: All
Destination Port Range: 1521
Allows: TCP traffic for ports: 1521

For information about creating and editing rules, see Security Lists.

Availability Domain and Fault Domain Considerations for Oracle Data Guard
Oracle recommends that the DB system that contains the standby database be in a different
availability domain from that of the DB system containing the primary database to improve
availability and disaster recovery. If you enable Oracle Data Guard for a database and your
standby database is in the same availability domain as the primary database (either by
choice, or because you are working in a single availability domain region), then Oracle
recommends that you place the standby database in a different fault domain from that of the
primary database.

Note:
If your primary and standby databases are two-node Oracle RAC databases and
both are in the same availability domain, then only one of the two nodes of the
standby database can be in a fault domain that does not include any other nodes
from either the primary or standby database. This is because each availability
domain has only three fault domains, and the primary and standby databases have
a combined total of four nodes. For more information on availability domains and
fault domains, see Regions and Availability Domains.

Use the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security
Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command
Line Interface.
Use these API operations to manage Data Guard associations:
• CreateDataGuardAssociation
• GetDataGuardAssociation
• ListDataGuardAssociations

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• SwitchoverDataGuardAssociation
• FailoverDataGuardAssociation
• ReinstateDataGuardAssociation
• TerminateDbSystem
For the complete list of APIs for the Database service, see Database Service API.

Enable Oracle Data Guard on a DB System

When you enable Oracle Data Guard, a separate Data Guard association is created
for the primary and the standby databases. Also, a new DB system must be created
for the standby database.

Procedure
Perform the following steps to enable Data Guard on a DB system by creating a DB
system and a database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose the Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system that contains the
database you want to assume the primary role for Data Guard.
4. On the DB System Details page, in the Databases section, click the name of the
database you want to make primary.
5. On the Database Details page, in the Resources section, click Data Guard
Associations.
6. In the Data Guard Associations section, click Enable Data Guard.
7. On the Enable Data Guard page, create a new peer DB system for the standby
by providing the following information.
8. In the Create peer DB system section, provide the following information.
• Display name: Enter a user-friendly name to help you easily identify the
resource. Display name can be changed at any time.
• Region: Select the region of the new peer DB system. For more information
on regions and availability domain, see About Regions and Availability
Domains.
• Availability domain: Select the availability domain of the new peer DB
system.
9. Configure shape: The shape determines the type of DB system created and the
resources allocated to the system. By default, the same shape as the primary is
selected for standby.
• Ampere A1 shape-based DB systems do not support Data Guard associations
with Intel or AMD shape-based DB systems.
10. To specify a shape other than the default, click Change shape, and select an
available shape from the list. For a complete list of shapes, see Available Shapes
and How It Determines the Resources Allocated.
11. Shape series: Select Ampere, AMD, or Intel processor in the processor group.

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• Ampere: Shapes that use Arm-based Ampere processors. The Ampere shapes are
flexible.
• AMD: Shapes that use current-generation AMD processors. The AMD shapes are
flexible.
• Intel: Standard and optimized shapes that use current-generation Intel processors.
Both fixed and flexible Intel shapes are available.

Note:
If you select an Ampere A1, AMD E4, or Intel X9 flexible shape, the memory,
network bandwidth, and maximum theoretical IOPS scale proportionally.

12. Configure OCPU: Select the number of OCPUs you want to allocate to this instance. For
Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 flexible shapes, you can select the number of OCPUs
by using the slider in the Number of OCPUs per node field.
• For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 57 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 64 OCPUs can be
selected.
• For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 OCPU and a maximum of 32 OCPUs can be
selected.
The following resources scale proportionately to the number of OCPUs you selected.
• Memory (GB): The amount of memory you want to allocate to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the memory will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected.
– For Ampere A1 shape, for each OCPU, 8 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 8 GB and a maximum of 456 GB of memory is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum
of 16 GB and a maximum of 1024 GB of memory is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, for each OCPU, 16 GB of memory is allocated. A minimum of
16 GB and a maximum of 512 GB of memory is allocated.
• Network bandwidth (Gbps): The amount of network bandwidth you want to allocate
to this instance.
For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the bandwidth will scale proportionally
based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each OCPU, 1 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 40 Gbps of
network bandwidth is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 1 Gbps and a maximum of 32 Gbps of network
bandwidth is allocated.
• Theoretical max IOPS: The amount of input and output per second (IOPS) you want
to allocate to this instance. Theoretical max IOPS is also dependent on the storage
you select.

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For Ampere A1, AMD E4, and Intel X9 shapes, the theoretical max IOPS will
scale proportionally based on the number of OCPUs selected. For each
OCPU, 16K theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For Ampere A1 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K
theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For AMD E4 shape, a minimum of 16K and a maximum of 640K
theoretical max IOPS is allocated.
– For Intel X9 shape, a minimum of 16K to a maximum of 512K theoretical
max IOPS is allocated.
13. Click Select shape.

14. Provide the following details in the Configure the DB system section.

15. Total node count: (Read-only) The number of nodes that is allocated to the
standby instance. The node count will be the same as the primary node count.
16. Choose a license type: The type of license you want to use for the DB system.
Your choice affects metering for billing.
• License included means the cost of this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Database service resource will include both the Oracle Database software
licenses and the service.
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL) means you will use your organization's
Oracle Database software licenses for this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Database service resource. For more information, see Bring Your Own
License.
17. Provide the following details in the Specify the network information section.

18. Virtual cloud network: The VCN in which to create the DB system. Click Change
compartment to select a VCN in a different compartment.
19. Client subnet The subnet to which the DB system attaches. For both single-node
and multi-node RAC DB systems, do not use a subnet that overlaps with
192.168.16.16/28, which is used by the Oracle Clusterware private interconnect on
the database instance. Specifying an overlapping subnet causes the private
interconnect to malfunction.
Click Change compartment to select a subnet in a different compartment.
20. Network security groups: Optionally, you can specify one or more network
security groups (NSGs) for your DB system. NSGs function as virtual firewalls,
enabling you to apply a set of ingress and egress security rules to your DB
system. A maximum of five NSGs can be specified.
For more information, see Access and Security and Security Rules for the DB
System.

Note:
If you select a subnet with a security list, the security rules for the DB
system will be a union of the rules in the security list and the NSGs.

To use network security groups:

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a. Check the Use network security groups to control traffic check box. Note that you
must have a virtual cloud network selected to be able to assign NSGs to your DB
system.
b. Specify the NSG to use with the DB system. You may need to use more than one
NSG. If you're not sure, contact your network administrator.
c. To use additional NSGs, click + Another network security group.
21. Host name prefix: Your choice of host name prefix for the DB system. The host name
must begin with an alphabetic character, and can contain only alphanumeric characters
and hyphens (-). The maximum number of characters allowed is 16.

Note:
The host name must be unique within the subnet. If it is not unique, the DB
system will fail to provision.

22. Host domain name: The domain name for the DB system. If the selected subnet uses
the Oracle-provided Internet and VCN Resolver for DNS name resolution, then this field
displays the domain name for the subnet and it can't be changed. Otherwise, you can
provide your choice of a domain name. Hyphens (-) are not permitted.
23. Host and domain URL: Combines the host and domain names to display the fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) for the database. The maximum length is 64 characters.
24. Private IP address: Optionally, for non-RAC DB systems, you can define the IP address
of the new DB system. This is useful in development contexts where you create and
delete a DB system over and over, and you need each new iteration of the DB system to
use the same IP address. If you specify an IP address that is currently in use within the
subnet, the provisioning operation will fail with an error message regarding the invalid IP
address.
25. In the Data Guard association details section, provide the following information.

Note:
You can also edit the association details after provisioning if you need to. For
more information, see Edit the Oracle Data Guard Association.

26. Data Guard type: Select Active Data Guard or Data Guard. Active Data Guard
provides additional features including: Real-Time Query and DML Offload, Automatic
Block Repair, Standby Block Change Tracking, Far Sync, Global Data Services, and
Application Continuity.

Note:
The Active Data Guard requires an Oracle Active Data Guard license. For more
information on Active Data Guard, see Active Data Guard. For a complete
overview of both Data Guard types, see Introduction to Oracle Data Guard.

27. Protection mode: The protection mode can be Maximum Performance or Maximum
Availability. For information on these options, see Oracle Data Guard Protection Modes.

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28. Transport type: The redo transport type used for this Oracle Data Guard
association. For information on these options, see Managing Redo Transport
Services for Data Protection Modes.

Note:

• For Oracle Database 12.1 and later, the Maximum Availability

protection mode supports the ASYNC and FASTSYNC transport
types. The Maximum Performance protection mode supports only
the ASYNC transport type.
• For Oracle Database 11.2, the Maximum Availability protection
mode supports the SYNC transport type only, while the Max
Performance mode supports the ASYNC transport type only.

29. Diagnostic collection: The diagnostics collection and notifications feature

enables Oracle Cloud Operations and you to identify, investigate, track, and
resolve guest VM issues quickly and effectively. Subscribe to events to get notified
about resource state changes. You can enable or disable this feature at anytime.
By default the options are selected for enabling. However, you can select to
uncheck the diagnostic collection check boxes if you do not require the diagnostic
feature.
• Enable diagnostic events: Enables and allows Oracle to collect and send
fault notifications about critical, warning, and information events for you.
• Enable incident logs and trace collection: Enables and allows Oracle to
receive event notifications and collect incident logs and traces for fault
diagnosis and issue resolution.

Note:

• The Enable health monitoring diagnostics collection for Oracle

Cloud operations viewing is not available for the Base Database
Service.
• You are opting-in with the understanding that the list of events and
log files can change in the future. You can opt-out of this feature at
any time.

30. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the DB system
and provide the following details.
31. Fault domain: The fault domain(s) in which the DB system resides. You can select
which fault domain to use for your DB system. For multi-node RAC DB systems,
you can specify which two fault domains to use. Oracle recommends that you
place each node of a multi-node RAC DB system in a different fault domain. For
more information about fault domains, see About Regions and Availability
Domains.
32. Time zone: The default time zone for the DB system is UTC, but you can specify a
different time zone. The time zone options are those supported in both the

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Java.util.TimeZone class and the Oracle Linux operating system. For more information,
see DB System Time Zone. The following options are available:
• UTC: configures your DB system to use coordinated universal time.
• Browser-detected: The console displays the time zone detected by your browser for
this option.
• Select another time zone: To manually specify a time zone, first make a choice
using the Region or country selector to select a geographic region, then use the
Time zone selector to select your required time zone.

Tip:
If you want to set a time zone other than UTC or the browser-detected time
zone, and if you do not see the time zone you want, try selecting
"Miscellaneous" in the Region or country list.

33. Tags: If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to
apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions
to use the tag namespace. If you are not sure whether to apply tags, skip this option (you
can apply tags later) or ask your administrator. For more information about tagging, see
Resource Tags.
34. Click Next to advance to the Database information screen and provide the following
information for the initial database.
35. In the Configure standby database section, provide the following information.

36. Database image: Optional. You can specify what Oracle Database version is used for
the database. You can mix database versions on the DB system, but not editions. By
default, the latest database software image as the source database is used.
Click Change database image to choose a custom database software image that you or
someone in your organization have created in your tenancy.
Select a compartment and a database version. Then select a database image from the
table of available images for the Oracle Database version you selected.
After choosing a software image, click Select to return to the Database information
Screen.
37. Database password: Enter the database administrator password of the primary
database in the Database password field. Use this same database administrator
password for the standby database.
38. Click Show advanced options to specify advanced options for the database.
39. In the Tags tab, you can add free-form tags or defined tags to this resource. You must
have permissions to use the tag namespace for defined tags. For information about using
tags to manage your OCI resources, see Resource Tags.
40. Click Enable Data Guard.
When you create the association, the details for a database and its peer display their
respective roles as Primary or Standby.

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Perform Database Switchover and Failover

You initiate a switchover or failover operation by using the Data Guard association of
the standby database.

Switchover
A switchover reverses the primary and standby database roles. Each database
continues to participate in the Oracle Data Guard association in its new role. A
switchover ensures no data loss. You can use a switchover before you perform
planned maintenance on the primary database. Performing planned maintenance on a
DB system with an Oracle Data Guard association is typically done by switching the
primary database to the standby role, performing maintenance on the standby
database, and then switching it back to the primary role.

Failover
A failover transitions the standby database into the primary role after the existing
primary database fails or becomes unreachable. A failover might result in some data
loss when you use Maximum Performance protection mode.

Perform Database Switchover

You initiate a switchover operation by using the Data Guard association of the primary
database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the primary
database you want to switch over.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the primary database.
6. Under Resources, click Data Guard associations.
7. For the Data Guard association on which you want to perform a switchover, click
the Actions menu, and then click Switchover.
8. In the Switchover database dialog box, enter the database admin password, and
then click OK.
This database should now assume the role of the standby, and the standby should
assume the role of the primary in the Data Guard association.

Perform Database Failover

You initiate a failover operation by using the Data Guard association of the standby
database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.

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3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the primary database's
peer standby you want to fail over to.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the standby database.
6. Under Resources, click Data Guard associations.
7. For the Data Guard association on which you want to perform a failover, click Failover.
8. In the Failover database dialog box, enter the database admin password, and then click
OK.
This database should now assume the role of the primary, and the old primary's role
should display as Disabled standby.

Edit the Oracle Data Guard Association

You can edit the Oracle Data Guard association by performing the following steps.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the primary database you
want to switch over.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the primary database.
6. Under Resources, click Data Guard associations.
7. For the Data Guard association on which you want to perform a switchover, click the
Actions menu, and then click Edit Data Guard association.
8. In the Edit Data Guard association panel, configure the Data Guard association:
• Data Guard type: Select Active Data Guard or Data Guard. Active Data Guard
provides additional features including: Real-Time Query and DML Offload, Automatic
Block Repair, Standby Block Change Tracking, Far Sync, Global Data Services, and
Application Continuity. Note that Active Data Guard requires an Oracle Active Data
Guard license. For more information on Active Data Guard, see Active Data Guard.
For a complete overview of both Data Guard types, see Introduction to Oracle Data
Guard.
• Protection mode: The protection mode can be Maximum Performance or
Maximum Availability. For information on these options, see Oracle Data Guard
Protection Modes.
• Transport type: The redo transport type used for this Oracle Data Guard
association. For information on these options, see Managing Redo Transport
Services for Data Protection Modes.
• Database admin password: Enter the ADMIN password for the database.
9. Click Edit Data Guard.

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Reinstate a Database
The reinstate moves a database into the standby role in an Oracle Data Guard
association. You can use the reinstate command to return a failed database into
service after correcting the cause of failure.
After you fail over a primary database to its standby, the standby assumes the primary
role and the old primary is identified as a disabled standby. After you correct the cause
of failure, you can reinstate the failed database as a functioning standby for the current
primary by using its Data Guard association.

Note:
Before you can reinstate a 12.2 database, you must perform some steps on
the database host to stop the database or start it in MOUNT mode.
Set your ORACLE_UNQNAME environment variable to the value of the Database
Unique Name (as seen in the Console), and then run these commands:

srvctl stop database -d db-unique-name -o abort

srvctl start database -d db-unique-name -o mount

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the failed database
you want to reinstate.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the failed database.
6. Under Resources, click Data Guard associations.
7. For the Data Guard association on which you want to reinstate this database, click
the Actions menu, and then click Reinstate.
8. In the Reinstate database dialog box, enter the database admin password, and
then click OK.
This database should now be reinstated as the standby in the Data Guard association.

Terminate a Oracle Data Guard Association on a DB System

This article describes about terminating the Data Guard association on a DB system.
You can terminate a Data Guard association by terminating the DB system with the
standby database.
You must terminate the DB system with the standby database before terminating the
DB system with the primary database. Terminating the DB system with the standby
database automatically terminates the Data Guard association. If you try terminating a

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DB system that has the primary before terminating the standby, the terminate operation will
not complete.
Alternatively, you can switch over the primary database to the standby role, and then
terminate it.
For more instructions on terminating a DB system, see Terminate a DB System.

Procedure
Perform the following steps to remove a Data Guard association by terminating the DB
system with the standby database.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Choose the Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the standby database that
you want to terminate.
4. Click the Actions menu, and then click Terminate.
5. Confirm when prompted.
6. The DB system's icon indicates Terminating.

Use Oracle Data Guard with the Database CLI

This article explains how to use the database CLI to set up Data Guard with Fast-Start
Failover (FSFO) in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The topics in this article explain how to
prepare the primary and standby databases, and then configure Data Guard to transmit redo
data from the primary database and apply it to the standby database.
Oracle recommends that you use the Console instead of the database CLI to set up and work
with Data Guard in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Note:
This article assumes that you are familiar with Data Guard and FSFO. To learn
more about them, see Use Oracle Data Guard on a DB System.

Prerequisites
To perform the procedures in this topic, you'll need the following information for the primary
and standby databases.
• db_name (or oracle_sid)
• db_unique_name
• oracle home directory (or database home)

Finding the Database Information

After you've launched the primary and standby DB systems and created databases as
described later in this topic, you can use the CLI on those systems to find the needed
database information.

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1. SSH to the DB System.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to
invoke the root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/
oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

3. To find the db_name (or oracle_sid) and db_uniqueName, run the dbcli list-
databases -j command.

dbcli list-databases -j

Output:

[ {
"id" : "80ad855a-5145-4f8f-a08f-406c5e4684ff",
"name" : "dbtst",
"dbName" : "dbtst",
"databaseUniqueName" : "dbtst_phx1cs",
"dbVersion" : "12.1.0.2",
"dbHomeId" : "2efe7af7-0b70-4e9b-ba8b-71f11c6fe287",
"instanceOnly" : false,
.
.
.

4. To find the oracle home directory (or database home), run the dbcli list-
dbhomes command. If there are multiple database homes on the DB system, use
the one that matches the "dbHomeId" in the dbcli list-databases -j command
output shown above.

dbcli list-dbhomes

Output:

ID Name DB
Version Home
Location Status
---------------------------------------- --------------------
----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------- ----------
2efe7af7-0b70-4e9b-ba8b-71f11c6fe287 OraDB12102_home1
12.1.0.2.160719 (23739960, 23144544) /u01/app/oracle/product/
12.1.0.2/dbhome_1 Configured
33ae99fe-5413-4392-88da-997f3cd24c0f OraDB11204_home1
11.2.0.4.160719 (23054319, 23054359) /u01/app/oracle/product/
11.2.0.4/dbhome_1 Configured

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Create a Primary DB System

If you don't already have a primary DB system, create one as described in Overview of
Creating a DB System. The DB system will include an initial database. You can create
additional databases by using the Database Commands available on the DB system.

Create a Standby DB System

Note:
The standby database must have the same db_name as the primary database, but
it must have a different db_unique_name. If you use the same database name for
the standby and primary, you will have to delete the database from the standby DB
system by using the dbcli delete-database command before you can run the
dbcli create-database command described below. Deleting and creating the
database will take several minutes to complete. The dbcli commands must be run
as the root user.

1. Create a standby DB system as described in Overview of Creating a DB System and wait

for the DB system to finish provisioning and become available.
You can create the standby DB system in a different availability domain from the primary
DB system for availability and disaster recovery purposes (this is strongly
recommended). You can create the standby DB system in the primary DB system's cloud
network so that both systems are in a single, routable network.
2. SSH to the DB System.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

3. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user. Use sudo su - with a hyphen to invoke the
root user's profile, which will set the PATH to the dbcli directory (/opt/oracle/dcs/bin).

sudo su -

4. The DB system will include an initial database, but you'll need to create a standby
database by using the dbcli create-database command with the --instanceonly
parameter. This parameter creates only the database storage structure and starts the
database in nomount mode (no other database files are created).
When using --instanceonly, both the --dbname and --adminpassword parameters are
required and they should match the dbname and admin password of the primary
database to avoid confusion.
The following sample command prompts for the admin password and then creates a
storage structure for a database named dbname.

dbcli create-database --dbname <same as primary dbname>;--

databaseUniqueName <different from primary uniquename>;--instanceonly --
adminpassword

If you are using pluggable databases, also specify the --cdb parameter.

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For complete command syntax, see Database Commands.

5. Wait a few minutes for the dbcli create-database command to create the
standby database.
You can use the dbcli list-jobs command to verify that the creation job ran
successfully, and then the dbcli list-databases command verify that the
database is configured.

Prepare the Primary DB System

To prepare the primary DB system, you'll need to configure static listeners, update
tnsnames.ora, and configure some database settings and parameters.

Configuring the Static Listeners

Create static listeners to be used by RMAN and Data Guard Broker.
1. SSH to the primary DB system, log in as the opc or root user, and sudo to the grid
OS user.

sudo su - grid

2. Edit /u01/app/<version>/grid/network/admin/listener.ora and add the

following content to it. The first static listener shown here is optional. The second
DGMGRL static listener is optional for version 12.1 or later databases, but required
for version 11.2 databases.

SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(SDU=65535)
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = <primary_db_unique_name>.<primary_db_domain>)
(SID_NAME = <primary_oracle_sid>)
(ORACLE_HOME=<oracle_home_directory>)
(ENVS="TNS_ADMIN=<oracle_home_directory>/network/admin")
)
(SID_DESC=
(SDU=65535)
(GLOBAL_DBNAME =
<primary_db_unique_name>_DGMGRL.<primary_db_domain>)
(SID_NAME = <primary_oracle_sid>)
(ORACLE_HOME=<oracle_home_directory>)
(ENVS="TNS_ADMIN=<oracle_home_directory>/network/admin")
)
)

3. Save your changes and then restart the listener.

srvctl stop listener

srvctl start listener

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Adding Net Service Names to tnsnames.ora

As the oracle user, edit $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora and add the standby
database net service name to it.

<standby db_unique_name> =
(DESCRIPTION =
(SDU=65535)
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <standby_server>.<domain>) (PORT =
1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = <standby db_unique_name>.<standby db_domain>)
)
)

The sample above assumes that name resolution is working and that the
<standby_server>.<domain> is resolvable at the primary database. You can also use the
private IP address of the standby server if the IP addresses are routable within a single cloud
network (VCN).

Configuring Primary Database Parameters

Tip:
If the primary and standby hosts have different directory structures, you might need
to set additional parameters that are not discussed here, such as the
log_file_name_convert parameter. See the RMAN documentation for more
information about how to create standbys for hosts with different directory
structures.

1. As the oracle user, enable automatic standby file management.

alter system set standby_file_management=AUTO;

2. Identify the Broker configuration file names and locations. The commands used for this
depend on the type of database storage. If you're not sure of the database storage type,
use the Database Commands on the DB system.
For ACFS database storage, use the following commands to set the Broker configuration
files.

alter system set dg_broker_config_file1='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Primary

db_unique_name>/dbs/dr1<Primary db_unique_name>.dat';
alter system set dg_broker_config_file2='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Primary
db_unique_name>/dbs/dr2<Primary db_unique_name>.dat';

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For ASM database storage, use the following commands to set the Broker
configuration files.

alter system set dg_broker_config_file1='+DATA/<Primary

db_unique_name>/dr1<db_unique_name>.dat';
alter system set dg_broker_config_file2='+DATA/<Primary
db_unique_name>/dr2<db_unique_name>.dat';

3. Enable Broker DMON process for the database.

alter system set dg_broker_start=true;

4. Force database logging for all database transactions.

alter database force logging ;

5. Add Standby Redo Logs (SRLs), based on the Online Redo Logs (ORLs). On a
newly launched DB system, there will be three ORLs of size 1073741824, so
create four SRLs of the same size.
You can use the query below to determine the number and size (in bytes) of the
ORLs.

select group#, bytes from v$log;

Output:

GROUP# BYTES
---------- ----------
1 1073741824
2 1073741824
3 1073741824

All of the ORLs must be the same size.

The SRLs must be the same size as the ORLs, but there must be at least one
more SRL than the ORLs. In the example above, there are three ORLs, so four
SRLs are required. So specify the current redo logs plus one, and use the same
size as the redo logs.

alter database add standby logfile thread 1 size <size>;

There should be only one member in the SRL group (by default, a DB system is
created with only one member per SRL group). To ensure this, you can name the
file with the following syntax.

alter database add standby logfile thread 1 group 4 (<logfile name

with full path>) size 1073741824, group 5(<logfile name with full
path>) size 1073741824 ...

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For ASM/OMF configurations, the above command uses the diskgroup instead of <logfile
name with full path>.

alter database add standby logfile thread 1 group 4 (+RECO) size

1073741824, group 5(+RECO) size 1073741824 ...

Tip:
ORLs and SRLs should be sized so that log switches do not occur more
frequently than every 10 minutes. This requires knowledge of the application
and may need to be adjusted after deployment. For more information, see Use
Standby Redo Logs and Configure Size Appropriately.

6. Verify that you created the correct number of SRLs.

select group#, bytes from v$standby_log;

7. Make sure the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode.

archive log list

8. Enable database FLASHBACK. The minimum recommended value for

db_flashback_retention_target is 120 minutes.

alter database flashback on ;

alter system set db_flashback_retention_target=120;

9. Perform a single switch redo log to activate archiving if database is newly created. (At
least one log must be archived prior to running the RMAN duplicate.)

alter system switch logfile;

Prepare the Standby Database

Before you prepare the standby database, make sure the database home on the standby is
the same version as on the primary. (If the primary and standby databases are both newly
created with the same database version, the database homes will be the same.) If it is not,
create a database home that is the same version. You can use the Dbhome Commands to
verify the versions and create a new database home as needed.
To prepare the standby DB system, you'll need to configure static listeners, update
tnsnames.ora, configure TDE Wallet, create a temporary password file, verify connectivity,
run RMAN DUPLICATE, enable FLASHBACK, and then create the database service.

Configuring the Static Listeners

Create static listeners to be used by RMAN and Data Guard Broker.
1. SSH to the standby DB system, log in as the opc or root user, and sudo to the grid OS
user.

sudo su - grid

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2. Append the following content to /u01/app/<db_version>/grid/network/admin/

listener.ora.
The first static listener shown below is required for RMAN DUPLICATE. The
second DGMGRL static listener is optional for database versions 12.2.0.1 and
12.1.0.2, but required for database version 11.2.0.4.

SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(SDU=65535)
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = <standby db_unique_name>.<standby db_domain>)
(SID_NAME = <standby oracle_sid>)
(ORACLE_HOME=<oracle home directory>)
(ENVS="TNS_ADMIN=<oracle home directory>/network/admin")
)
(SID_DESC=
(SDU=65535)
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = <standby db_unique_name>_DGMGRL.<standby
db_domain>)
(SID_NAME = <standby oracle_sid>)
(ORACLE_HOME=<oracle home directory>)
(ENVS="TNS_ADMIN=<oracle home directory>/network/admin")
)
)

3. Restart the listener.

srvctl stop listener

srvctl start listener

4. Verify that the static listeners are available. The sample output below is for
database version 12.1.0.2. Note that the ...status UNKNOWN messages are
expected at this point.

lsnrctl status

Output:

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on 29-SEP-2016

21:09:25

Copyright (c) 1991, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=LISTENER)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 -
Production
Start Date 29-SEP-2016 21:09:19
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 5 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF

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Listener Parameter File /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/network/admin/

listener.ora
Listener Log File /u01/app/grid/diag/tnslsnr/dg2/listener/alert/
log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=LISTENER)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.0.1.24)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "dg2_phx2hx.oratst.org" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "dg2", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "dg2_phx2hx_DGMGRL.oratst.org" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "dg2", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully

Adding Net Service Names to tnsnames.ora

As the oracle user, add the standby database net service name to $ORACLE_HOME/network/
admin/tnsnames.ora. $ORACLE_HOME is the database home where the standby database
is running.

<Primary db_unique_name> =
(DESCRIPTION =
(SDU=65535)
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <primary_server>.<domain>) (PORT =
1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = <primary db_unique_name).<primary db_domain>)
)
)

<Standby db_unique_name> =
(DESCRIPTION =
(SDU=65535)
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = <standby_server>.<domain>) (PORT =
1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = <standby db_unique_name>.<db_domain>)
)
)

Copying the TDE Wallets to the Standby System

Copy the TDE wallet files from the primary DB system to standby DB system using SCP. The
following sample command assumes the SCP command is being run by the oracle OS user
and that the private key for oracle has been created and exists on the host where SCP is
being run.

scp -i <private key> primary_server:/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/

<primary db_unique_name>/* standby_server:/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/
wallets/tde/<standby db_unique_name>

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Setting Up the Standby System Configuration

As the oracle user, create the following directory for database version 11.2.0.4. This
step is optional for version 12.2.0.1 and version 12.1.0.2.

mkdir -pv /u03/app/oracle/redo/<standby db_unique_name uppercase>/

controlfile

Creating the Audit File Destination

As the oracle user, create the following directory to use as the audit file destination.

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/admin/<db_name>/adump

Otherwise, the RMAN duplicate command used later will fail.

Creating a Temporary Password File

As the oracle user, create a temporary password file.

orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw<standby oracle_sid>

password=<admin password for primary> entries=5

The password must be the same as the admin password of the primary database.
Otherwise, the RMAN duplicate step below will fail with: RMAN-05614: Passwords for
target and auxiliary connections must be the same when using active
duplicate.

Verifying the Standby Database is Available

1. As the oracle user, set the environment variables.

. oraenv

2. Replace $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<standby sid_name>.ora with the following

content:

db_name=<Primary db_name>
db_unique_name=<standby db_unique_name>
db_domain=<standby db_domain>

3. Remove the spfile from the standby.

/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<standby db_unique_name>/dbs/
spfile$ORACLE_SID.ora

The database needs to be started in nomount mode with no spfile specified, but
the original init file contains an spfile parameter which will prevent the RMAN
duplicate step from working.

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4. Set the ORACLE_UNQNAME environment variable to point to your DB_UNIQUE_NAME.

export ORACLE_UNQNAME =db_unique_name

Note:
If you do not perform this step, the wallet will not be opened, and running the
RMAN DUPLICATE command in the subsequent step will fail.

5. The dbcli create-database --instanceonly command used earlier opens the standby
database as a primary in read/write mode, so the database needs to be brought down
before proceeding to the nomount step below.

sqlplus / as sysdba

shutdown immediate

6. Start the database in nomount mode.

startup nomount

Verifying the Database Connections

Verify the connection between the primary and standby databases.
1. Make sure that the listener port 1521 is open in the security list(s) used for the primary
and standby DB systems. For more information, see Update the Security List for the DB
System.
2. From the primary database, connect to standby database.

sqlplus sys/<password>@<standby net service name> as sysdba

3. From standby database, connect to primary database.

sqlplus sys/<password>@<primary net service name> as sysdba

Running the RMAN DUPLICATE Command

Run the RMAN DUPLICATE command on the standby DB system, as the oracle user.
If the primary database is large, you can allocate additional channels to improve
performance. For a newly installed database, one channel typically runs the database
duplication in a couple of minutes.
Make sure that there are no errors generated by the RMAN DUPLICATE command. If errors
occur, restart the database using the init.ora file (not spfile) in case it is generated
under $ORACLE_HOME/dbs as part of RMAN DUPLICATE.

In the following examples, use lowercase for the <Standby db_unique_name> unless
otherwise specified.

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For ACFS storage layout, run the following commands.

rman target sys/<password>@<primary alias> auxiliary sys/

<password>@<standby alias> log=rman.out

run { allocate channel prim1 type disk;

allocate auxiliary channel sby type disk;
duplicate target database for standby from active database
dorecover
spfile
parameter_value_convert '/<Primary db_unique_name>/','/<Standby
db_unique_name>/','/<Primary db_unique_name uppercase>/','/<Standby
db_unique_name uppercase >/'
set db_unique_name='<Standby db_unique_name>'
set db_create_file_dest='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Standby
db_unique_name>'
set dg_broker_config_file1='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Standby
db_unique_name>/dbs/dr1<Standby db_unique_name>.dat'
set dg_broker_config_file2='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Standby
db_unique_name>/dbs/dr2<Standby db_unique_name>.dat'
set dispatchers ='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=<Standby
db_unique_name>XDB)'
set instance_name='<Standby db_unique_name>'
;
}

For ASM storage layout, run the following commands.

rman target sys/<password>@<primary alias> auxiliary sys/

<password>@<standby alias> log=rman.out

run {
allocate channel prim1 type disk;
allocate auxiliary channel sby type disk;
duplicate target database for standby from active database
dorecover
spfile
parameter_value_convert '/<Primary db_unique_name>/','/<Standby
db_unique_name>/','/<Primary db_unique_name uppercase>/','/<Standby
db_unique_name uppercase>/'
set db_unique_name='<Standby db_unique_name>'
set dg_broker_config_file1='+DATA/<Standby db_unique_name>/
dr1<Standby db_unique_name>.dat'
set dg_broker_config_file2='+DATA/<Standby db_unique_name>/
dr2<Standby db_unique_name>.dat'
set dispatchers ='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=<Standby
db_unique_name>XDB)'
set instance_name='<Standby db_unique_name>'
;
}

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Enabling Database FLASHBACK

1. As a Data Guard best practice, enable flashback and set
db_flashback_retention_target to at least 120 minutes on both the primary and
standby databases.

alter database flashback on;

alter system set db_flashback_retention_target=120;

2. Verify that the standby database is created properly.

select FORCE_LOGGING, FLASHBACK_ON, OPEN_MODE,

DATABASE_ROLE,SWITCHOVER_STATUS, DATAGUARD_BROKER, PROTECTION_MODE from
v$database ;

Creating a Database Service

Oracle recommends creating a database service for the standby database by using srvctl.
For ACFS storage layout.
1. Create a shared directory and copy the spfile file to it.

mkdir -pv /u02/app/oracle/oradata/<Standby db_unique_name>/dbs

cp $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfile<standby oracle_sid>.ora /u02/app/oracle/
oradata/<Standby db_unique_name>/dbs

2. Stop and remove the existing database service.

srvctl stop database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

srvctl remove database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

3. Create the database service.

srvctl add database

-d <standby db_unique_name>
-n <standby db_name>
-o $ORACLE_HOME
-c SINGLE
-p '/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<standby db_unique_name>/dbs/
spfile<standby db_name>.ora'
-x <standby hostname>
-s "READ ONLY"
-r PHYSICAL_STANDBY
-i <db_name>

srvctl setenv database

-d <standby db_unique_name>
-t "ORACLE_UNQNAME=<standby db_unique_name>"

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srvctl config database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

4. Start the database service.

srvctl start database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

5. Clean up the files from $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

rm $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfile<standby oracle_sid>.ora
rm $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<standby oracle_sid>.ora

6. Create the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<standby oracle_sid>.ora file to reference

the new location of the spfile file.

SPFILE='/u02/app/oracle/oradata/<standby db_unique_name>/dbs/
spfile<standby db_name>.ora'

7. Stop the standby database and then start it by using srvctl.

srvctl stop database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

srvctl start database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

For ASM storage layout.

1. Consider generating the spfile file under +DATA.

create pfile='init<standby oracle_sid>.ora' from spfile ;

create spfile='+DATA' from pfile='init<standby oracle_sid>.ora' ;

2. Stop and remove the existing database service.

srvctl stop database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

srvctl remove database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

3. Create the database service.

srvctl add database

-d <standby db_unique_name>
-n <standby db_name>
-o $ORACLE_HOME
-c SINGLE
-p '+DATA/<standby db_unique_name>/PARAMETERFILE/
spfile.xxx.xxxxxx'
-x <standby hostname>
-s "READ ONLY"
-r PHYSICAL_STANDBY

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-i <db_name>

srvctl setenv database

-d <standby db_unique_name>
-t "ORACLE_UNQNAME=<standby db_unique_name>"

srvctl config database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

4. Start the database service.

srvctl start database

-d <standby db_unique_name>

5. Clean up the files from $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

rm $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<standby oracle_sid>.ora
rm $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfile<standby oracle_sid>.ora

6. Create $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<standby oracle_sid>.ora file to reference the new

location of the spfile file.

SPFILE='+DATA/<standby db_unique_name>/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.xxx.xxxxxx'

7. Stop the database and start the standby database by using srvctl.

srvctl start database -d <standby db_unique_name>

Configure Data Guard

Perform the following steps to complete the configuration of Data Guard and enable redo
transport from the primary database and redo apply in the standby database.
1. Run the dgmgrl command line utility from either the primary or standby DB system and
connect to the primary database using sys credentials.

connect sys/<sys password>@<primary tns alias>

2. Create the Data Guard configuration and identify for the primary and standby databases
in the dgmgrl command line utility.

create configuration mystby as primary database is <primary

db_unique_name> connect identifier is <primary tns alias>;
add database <standby db_unique_name> as connect identifier is <standby
tns alias> maintained as physical;

3. Enable Data Guard configuration the dgmgrl command line utility.

enable configuration;

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4. Verify that Data Guard setup was done properly. Run the following SQL in both
the primary and standby databases in the SQL prompt.

select FORCE_LOGGING, FLASHBACK_ON, OPEN_MODE, DATABASE_ROLE,

SWITCHOVER_STATUS, DATAGUARD_BROKER, PROTECTION_MODE from
v$database;

5. Verify that Data Guard processes are initiated in the standby database.

select PROCESS,PID,DELAY_MINS from V$MANAGED_STANDBY;

6. Verify parameter configuration on primary and standby.

show parameter log_archive_dest_

show parameter log_archive_config
show parameter fal_server
show parameter log_archive_format

7. Verify that the Data Guard configuration is working in the dgmgrl command line
utility. Specifically, make sure redo shipping and redo apply are working and that
the standby is not unreasonably lagging behind the primary.

show configuration verbose

show database verbose <standby db_unique_name>
show database verbose <primary db_unique_name>

Any discrepancies, errors, or warnings should be resolved. You can also run a
transaction on the primary and verify that it's visible in the standby.
8. Verify that the Data Guard configuration is functioning as expected by performing
switchover and failover in both directions. Run show configuration after each
operation and make sure there are no errors or warnings in the dgmgrl command
line utility.

Caution:
This step is optional, based on your discretion. If for any reason the
configuration is not valid, the switchover and/or failover will fail and it
might be difficult or impossible to start the primary database. A recovery
of the primary might be required, which will affect availability.

switchover to <standby db_unique_name>

switchover to <primary db_unique_name>
#connect to standby before failover:

connect sys/<sys password>@<standby db_unique_name>

failover to <standby db_unique_name>
reinstate database <primary db_unique_name>
#connect to primary before failover:

connect sys/<sys password>@<primary db_unique_name>

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failover to <primary db_unique_name>

reinstate database <standby db_unique_name>

Configure Observer (Optional)

The best practice for high availability and durability is to run the primary, standby, and
observer in separate availaility domains. The observer determines whether or not to failover
to a specific target standby database. The server used for observer requires the Oracle Client
Administrator software, which includes the Oracle SQL NET and Broker. Execute following
commands in dgmgrl command line utility.

1. Configure TNS alias names for both the primary and standby databases as described
previously, and verify the connection to both databases.
2. Change protection mode to either maxavailability or maxperformance (maxprotection is
not supported for FSFO).
To enable maxavailability:

edit database <standby db_unique_name> set property 'logXptMode'='SYNC';

edit database <primary db_unique_name> set property 'logXptMode'='SYNC';
edit configuration set protection mode as maxavailability;

To enable maxperformance:

edit configuration set protection mode as maxperformance;

edit database <standby db_unique_name> set property 'logXptMode'='ASYNC';
edit database <primary db_unique_name> set property 'logXptMode'='ASYNC';

For maxperformance, the FastStartFailoverLaglimit property limits the maximum

amount of permitted data loss to 30 seconds by default.
3. The following properties should also be considered. Run show configuration verbose
to see their current values.
• FastStartFailoverPmyShutdown
• FastStartFailoverThreshold
• FastStartFailoverTarget
• FastStartFailoverAutoReinstate
(Running show configuration will result in the following error until the observer is
started: Warning : ORA-16819: fast-start failover observer not started.)
4. Enable fast-start failover from Broker:

Enable fast_start failover

5. Verify the fast-start failover and associated settings.

show fast_start failover

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6. Start the observer from Broker (it will run in the foreground, but can also be run in
the background).

start observer

7. Verify fast-start failover is enabled and without errors or warnings.

show configuration verbose

8. Always test failover in both directions to ensure that everything is working as

expected. Verify that FSFO is running properly by performing a shutdown abort of
the primary database.
The observer should start the failover to the standby database. If protection mode
is set to maxprotection, some loss of data can occur, based on the
FastStartFailoverLaglimit value.

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Security Guide for Base Database Service

This article describes security for Base Database Service.

Security Overview
This topic provides an overview of the security in the Base Database Service. Oracle
manages security for most components, while users are responsible for the security of some
components.
The cloud service components are classified into user-accessible services and Oracle-
managed infrastructure. User-accessible service refers to the components that users can
access as part of their subscription to the Base Database Service. These are virtual
machines and database services commonly called as DB systems and databases
respectively. Oracle-managed infrastructure refers to the hardware that Oracle owns and
operates to support user-accessible services. It consists of AMD or Intel-based database
computing shapes.
Oracle will manage the security and access to the Oracle-managed infrastructure
components. Users will manage the security and access to the user-accessible services that
include access to DB system and database services, network access to the DB system,
authentication to access the DB system, and authentication to access databases running on
the DB systems. Oracle staff are not authorized to access user-accessible services.
Users access Oracle Databases running on DB systems via a layer 2 (tagged VLAN)
connection from user equipment using standard Oracle Database connection methods, such
as Oracle Net on port 1521. Users can use the standard Oracle Linux methods to connect to
the DB system running the Oracle Databases, such as token-based SSH on port 22.
The Base Database Service employs multiple, independent, and mutually-reinforcing security
controls to help organizations create a secure operating environment for their workloads and
data. The Base Database Service provides the following security controls:
• Defense in Depth to Secure the Operating Environment
• Least Privilege for Services and Users
• Audit and Accountability of Events and Actions
• Automating Cloud Operations

Defense in Depth to Secure the Operating Environment

The Base Database Service provides several controls to maintain confidentiality, integrity,
and accountability across the service. The Base Database Service promotes the principle of
defense-in-depth as follows:
• The virtual machines for DB systems are built from the hardened operating system image
based on Oracle Linux 7. It secures the core operating environment by restricting the

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installation image to only the required software packages, disabling unnecessary

services, and implementing secure configuration parameters throughout the
system.
• Additional secure default configuration choices are implemented in the service
instances in addition to inheriting all the strengths of the mature Oracle Linux
platform. For example, all database tablespaces require transparent data
encryption (TDE), strong password enforcement for initial database users and
superusers, and enhanced audit and event rules.
• The Base Database Service also constitutes a complete deployment and service
and is subject to industry-standard external audits such as PCI, HIPPA, and
ISO27001. These external audit requirements impose additional value-added
service features such as antivirus scanning, automated alerting for unexpected
changes to the system, and vulnerability scans for all Oracle-managed
infrastructure systems in the fleet.

Least Privilege for Services and Users

Oracle secure coding standards require the paradigm of least privilege. Ensuring that
applications, services, and users have access to the capabilities that they need to
perform their tasks is only one side of the least-privilege principle. It is equally
important to ensure that access to unnecessary capabilities, services, and interfaces
are limited. Base Database Service promotes the principle of least-privilege as follows:
• Each process and daemon must run as a normal, unprivileged user unless it can
prove a requirement for a higher level of privilege. This helps contain any
unforeseen issues or vulnerabilities to unprivileged user space and not
compromise an entire system.
• This principle also applies to Oracle operations team members who use individual
named accounts to access the infrastructure for maintenance or troubleshooting.
Only when necessary will they use the audited access to higher levels of privilege
to solve or resolve an issue. Most issues are resolved through automation, so we
also employ least privilege by not permitting human operators to access a system
unless the automation is unable to resolve the issue.

Audit and Accountability of Events and Actions

A system must be able to recognize and notify incidents as they occur. Similarly, when
an incident cannot be averted, an organization must be able to identify its occurrence
in order to take the appropriate actions. Base Database Service encourages audit and
accountability in the following ways:
• Auditing and accountability ensure that both Oracle and users are aware of the
activity done on the system and its time. These details not only ensure that we
remain compliant with reporting requirements for external audits, but they can also
assist in identifying the activity that led to unexpected behavior.
• Auditing capabilities are provided for all infrastructure components to ensure all
actions are captured. Users can also configure auditing for their database and
user domain (domU) configuration and may choose to integrate those with other
enterprise auditing systems.
• Oracle does not access the user domU.

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Automating Cloud Operations

By eliminating manual operations required to provision, patch, maintain, troubleshoot, and
configure systems, the possibility for error is reduced and a secure configuration is ensured.
The Base Database Service is designed to be secure by automating all provisioning,
configuration, and the majority of other operational tasks. By automating, it is possible to
avoid missed configurations and ensure all necessary paths into the system are properly
configured.

Security Features
This topic describes the security features available in the Base Database Service.
The Base Database Service provides the following security features:
• Hardened OS Image
• Minimized Attack Surface
• Additional Security Features Enabled
• Secure Access Methods
• Auditing and Logging

Hardened OS Image
• Minimal package installation: Only the necessary packages required to run an efficient
system are installed. By installing a smaller set of packages, the attack surface of the
operating system is reduced and the system remains more secure.
• Secure configuration: Many non-default configuration parameters are set during
installation to enhance the security posture of the system and its content. For example,
SSH is configured to only listen on certain network interfaces, sendmail is configured to
only accept local host connections, and many other similar restrictions are implemented
during installation.
• Run only necessary services: Any services that may be installed on the system but are
not required for normal operation are disabled by default. For example, while NFS is a
service often configured by users for various application purposes, it is disabled by
default as it is not required for normal database operations. Users may choose to
optionally configure services as per their requirements.

Minimized Attack Surface

As part of the hardened image, the attack surface is reduced by installing and running only
the software required to deliver the service.

Additional Security Features Enabled

• Base Database Service is designed to be secure by default and provides a complete
security stack, from network firewall control to access control security policies.
• FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG can be enabled additionally to improve security on systems
using the dbcli secure-dbsystem CLI.
• The STIG tool is provided to increase compliance with DISA's Oracle Linux 7 STIG on
each system node in provisioned systems.

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Secure Access Methods

• Access database servers via SSH using strong cryptographic ciphers. Weak
ciphers are disabled by default.
• Access databases via encrypted Oracle Net connections. By default, our services
are available using encrypted channels, and a default configured Oracle Net client
will use encrypted sessions.

Auditing and Logging

By default, auditing and logging do not add any additional configuration for commercial
deployments from what the operating system provides, but it can be improved by
adding additional security settings by enabling STIG.
For more information, see:
• Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System Components
• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB System

User Security
This topic describes the user security available in the Base Database Service. The
Base Database Service components are regularly managed by several user accounts.
Oracle uses and recommends token-based SSH login only. Oracle users or processes
do not use password-based authentication.
The following kinds of users are created by default:
• Default Users: No Logon Privileges
• Default Users: With Login Privileges

Default Users: No Logon Privileges

This user list consists of default operating system users. These users should not be
altered. These users cannot login to the system.

bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin
operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin
games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin
ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin
nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin
systemd-network:x:192:192:systemd Network Management:/:/sbin/nologin
dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/sbin/nologin
rpc:x:32:32:Rpcbind Daemon:/var/lib/rpcbind:/sbin/nologin
polkitd:x:999:996:User for polkitd:/:/sbin/nologin
rpcuser:x:29:29:RPC Service User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin
nfsnobody:x:65534:65534:Anonymous NFS User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin

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ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
tss:x:59:59:Account used by the trousers package to sandbox the
tcsd daemon:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
sssd:x:998:994:User for sssd:/:/sbin/nologin
named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin
dhcpd:x:177:177:DHCP server:/:/sbin/nologin
saslauth:x:997:76:Saslauthd user:/run/saslauthd:/sbin/nologin
tcpdump:x:72:72::/:/sbin/nologin

Default Users: With Login Privileges

These privileged users are responsible for accomplishing most of the tasks in the system.
These users should never be altered or deleted as it would have a significant impact on the
running system. SSH keys are used for logging in.
The following is the list of default users with login privileges.
• root is a Linux requirement. It is used sparingly to run local privileged commands. The
root is also used for some processes like TFA Agent. It runs the local agent (aka "DCS
Agent") that performs lifecycle operations for RDBMS software (patching, create
database, etc.)
• oracle owns the Oracle Database software installation and runs RDBMS processes.
• grid owns the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software installation and runs GI processes.
• opc is used by Oracle Cloud Automation for automation tasks. User has the ability to run
certain privileged commands without further authentication (to support automation
functions).
• mysql owns the MySQL Database software installation.

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
opc:x:54322:54323::/home/opc:/bin/bash
mysql:x:54323:54331::/home/mysql:/bin/bash
grid:x:102:1001::/home/grid:/bin/bash
oracle:x:101:1001::/home/oracle:/bin/bash

Security Settings
This topic describes the security settings available in the Base Database Service. The
following are the default security settings provided in the system.

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Table 6-1 Security Settings and Default Values

Security Settings Default Values

Password complexity • Password minimum length: 15
• Password to maximum of consecutive repeating characters
from the same character class: 4
• Password maximum consecutive repeating characters: 3
• Password strength minimum digit characters: 1
• Password strength minimum different categories: 4
• Password strength minimum different characters: 8
• Password strength minimum special characters: 1
• Password strength minimum lowercase characters: 1
• Password strength minimum uppercase characters: 1
User account configuration • Maximum number of days a password may be used: 60
• Minimum number of days allowed between password
changes: 1
• Encryption hash algorithm: SHA512
• Logon failure delay: 4 seconds
Disabled options • Disabled Ctrl-Alt-Del Reboot
• DCCP support is disabled
• USB storage device is disabled
• X Windows Package Group is removed
SSH Configurations • Only SSH Protocol 2 is allowed
• Enabled use of privilege separation
• SSH idle timeout interval: 600 seconds
• GSSAPI Authentication disabled
• Compression set to delayed
• Non-certificate trusted allowed to SSH logon to the system
• SSH daemon does not allow authentication using known
hosts authentication
Packages • Remove all software components after updated versions have
been installed
• The system prevents the installation of local packages for
unverified software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or
operating system components
Logging • System and Kernel messages are sent to remote host
(rsyslog)
• Cron configured to log to rsyslog
• Configure AIDE for periodic execution
Others • Authentication required upon booting into single-user and
maintenance modes
• Interactive session timeout: 600 seconds
• Configured PAM in SSSD devices
• PAM system service configured to store only encrypted
representations of passwords
• Configured SSSD LDAP backend client CA certificate
location
• Configured SSSD LDAP backend to use TLS for all
transactions
• Disable account after password expires
• Group account administration utilities are configured to store
only encrypted representations of passwords

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Additionally, by default, ONSR regions enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG to comply with the
requirements standards. You can improve the system security by enabling additional
configurations. The configuration standard (STIG) can be set to follow the most restrictive
standards and increase security compliance with DISA's Oracle Linux 7 STIG. A tool is
provided as a part of the image to enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG.
For more information, see:
• Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System Components
• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB System

Security Processes
This topic describes the default security processes available in the Base Database Service.
The following are the list of processes that are run by default on the user virtual machine (DB
system) also called the domU.

Table 6-2 Security Processes

Processes Description
domU agent It is a cloud agent for handling database lifecycle operations.
• Runs as root user
• process table shows it running as a java process with the following
jar names:
– dcs-agent-VersionNumber-SNAPSHOT.jar
– dcs-admin-VersionNumber-SNAPSHOT.jar
TFA Agent The Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) provides several diagnostic tools
in a single bundle, making it easy to gather diagnostic information
about the Oracle Database and Clusterware, which in turn helps with
problem resolution when dealing with Oracle Support.
• Runs as root user
• runs as initd demon (/etc/init.d/init.tfa)
• process tables show a java application
(oracle.rat.tfa.TFAMain)
Database and GI • Runs as oracle and grid users
(clusterware) • some of CRS/clusterware daemon process runs as root user
• process table shows following applications:
– ora_*, apx_*, ams_*, and oracle+ASM*
– mysqld and zookeeper
– some of other process from /u01/<version>/grid/*

Network Security
This topic describes the network security in the Base Database Service. The following are the
list of default ports, processes, and iptables rules that are run by default on the user virtual
machine (DB system), also called the domU.

Ports for domU Service

The following table provides a list of default ports for domU services.

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Table 6-3 Default port matrix for domU services

Type of Name of Port Process running

interface interface
Listen on all 0.0.0.0 22 SSH
interfaces 1522 RDBMS: TNS listener
7060 DCS Admin
7070 DCS Agent
2181 Zookeeper
8888, 8895 RAC: Quality of Management
Service (QOMS) Server
9000 RAC: Oracle Clusterware
68 DHCP
123 NTP
5353 Multicast DNS
Client Interface ens3 1521 RDBMS: TNS listener
5000 RDBMS: Autonomous Health
Framework (AHF) (includes TFA)
ens3:1 1521 RDBMS: TNS listener
ens3:2 1521 RDBMS: TNS listener
ens3:3 1521 RDBMS: TNS listener
Cluster ens4 1525 RDBMS: TNS listener
Interconnect 2888 Zookeeper
3888 Zookeeper
6000 RAC: Grid inter-process
communication
7000 RAC: High availability service

iptables Rules for domU

The default iptables is set up to ACCEPT connections on input, forward, and output
chains.
The following are the default iptables rules for domU services:
• CHAIN INPUT
• CHAIN FORWARD
• CHAIN OUTPUT
Example 6-1 iptables rules
The following example provides the default iptables rules for domU services.

iptables -L -n -v

Output:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)

pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
destination

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43M 110G ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0

0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
2664 224K ACCEPT icmp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
40793 2441K ACCEPT all -- lo * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all -- ens4 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
3 192 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:22
40 2400 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:1521 /* Required for access to
Database Listener, Do not remove or modify. */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:5000 /* Required for TFA traffic. */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:6200 /* This rule is recommended and
enables the Oracle Notification Services (ONS) to communicate about Fast
Application Notification (FAN) events. */
343 20580 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 169.254.0.0/16
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:7070 /* Required for instance
management by the Database Service, Do not remove or modify. */
132 7920 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 169.254.0.0/16
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:7060 /* Required for instance
management by the Database Service, Do not remove or modify. */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 169.254.0.0/16
0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:22 /* Required for instance
management by the Database Service, Do not remove or modify. */
3 424 REJECT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)

pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
destination
0 0 REJECT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 51078 packets, 3218K bytes)

pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
destination
0 0 ACCEPT all -- * ens4 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
52M 170G ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
8003 548K InstanceServices all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.0/16

Chain InstanceServices (1 references)

pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
destination
11 660 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.2.0/24 owner UID match 0 tcp dpt:3260 /* See the Oracle-
Provided Images section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of
modifying or removing this rule */
1 60 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.2 owner UID match 0 tcp dpt:3260 /* See the Oracle-
Provided Images section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of
modifying or removing this rule */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0

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169.254.0.2 tcp dpt:80 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images

section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
678 63323 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 udp dpt:53 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 tcp dpt:53 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.3 owner UID match 0 tcp dpt:80 /* See the Oracle-
Provided Images section in the Oracle documentation for security
impact of modifying or removing this rule */
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.4 tcp dpt:80 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
2569 195K ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 udp dpt:123 /* Allow access to OCI local NTP
service */
4727 284K ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 tcp dpt:80 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
15 4920 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 udp dpt:67 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
0 0 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.169.254 udp dpt:69 /* See the Oracle-Provided Images
section in the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying
or removing this rule */
0 0 REJECT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.0/16 tcp /* See the Oracle-Provided Images section in
the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying or removing
this rule */ reject-with tcp-reset
0 0 REJECT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
169.254.0.0/16 udp /* See the Oracle-Provided Images section in
the Oracle documentation for security impact of modifying or removing
this rule */ reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

User Responsibilities for Security Settings

This topic describes the Oracle Cloud Operations responsibilities and user
responsibilities for security settings in the Base Database Service. The following table
provides a list of security settings that the Oracle Cloud Operations and user need to
perform.

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Table 6-4 Oracle Cloud Operations and User Responsibilities for Various Operations

Oracle Cloud Platform User / Tenant Instances

Operation Oracle Cloud User Oracle Cloud User
Responsibility Responsibility Responsibility Responsibility
DATABASE Software Network Admin: Install operating Database Admin:
DEPLOYMENT infrastructure and Configure cloud system, database Update Oracle
guidance for Base network and Grid Database software
Database Service infrastructure (VCN Infrastructure version, shape of
deployment and subnets, system if selected virtual machine
gateway, etc). requirements
Database (CPU / memory),
Admin:Setup data storage and
database recovery storage
requirements configuration size
(memory, storage, resources based
computation, on workloads if
database version, required (upgrade/
database type, downgrade
etc). resources).

MONITORING Physical security, Nothing required Infrastructure Database Admin:

infrastructure, availability to Monitoring of user
control plane, support user operating system,
hardware faults, monitoring of user databases, apps
availability, services. and Grid
capacity Infrastructure
INCIDENT Incident Nothing required Support for any Database Admin:
MANAGEMENT management and incidents related to Incident
AND remediationspare the underlying Management and
RESOLUTION parts and field platform resolution for user
dispatch apps
PATCH Proactive patching Nothing required Staging of Database Admin:
MANAGEMENT of hardware, IaaS/ available patches, Patching of tenant
PaaS control stack for example, Oracle instances, testing
Database patch set OS Admin: OS
patching
BACKUP AND Infrastructure and Nothing required Provide running Database Admin:
RESTORATION control plane and user Snapshots /
backup and accessible virtual backup and
recovery, recreate machines recovery of user
user virtual IaaS and PaaS
machines data using Oracle
native or third-party
capability

Enable Additional Security Capabilities

The Base Database Service provides the following additional security capabilities:
• dbcli NetSecurity
• OCI Vault Integration
• CLI to Enable FIPS

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dbcli NetSecurity
The dbcli NetSecurity deals with the encryption of data as it travels through the
network. When the data moves from Oracle Database to a third party or from a server
to client, it has to be encrypted at the sender's end and decrypted at the receiver's
end. In NetSecurity, rules are configured with default values for both client and server
during provisioning and database home creation operations. The dcs-agent CLI
interface provides commands to update these NetSecurity rules and enhance security
for encryption algorithms, integrity algorithms, and connection types.
By default, dcs-agent configures the following default rules for the database home:

• SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_SERVER=REQUIRED
• SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_SERVER=REQUIRED
• SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_SERVER=(AES256,AES192,AES128)
• SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_SERVER=(SHA1)
• SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_CLIENT=REQUIRED
• SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_CLIENT=REQUIRED
• SQLNET.ENCRYPTION_TYPES_CLIENT=(AES256,AES192,AES128)
• SQLNET.CRYPTO_CHECKSUM_TYPES_CLIENT=(SHA1)
For more information on updating the settings, see Oracle Database CLI Reference.

OCI Vault Integration

The Base Database Service now has integration with the OCI Vault service in all OCI
commercial regions. You can now create and manage TDE master keys within the OCI
Vault that protect your databases. With this feature, you have the option to start using
the OCI Vault service to store and manage the master encryption keys. The OCI Vault
keys used for protecting databases are stored in a highly available, durable, and
managed service.

Note:
The OCI Vault integration is only available for Oracle Database versions
19.13 and later.

With OCI Vault integration with Base Database Service, you can:
• Centrally control and manage TDE master keys by enabling OCI Vault-based key
encryption while provisioning Oracle Databases on the Base Database Service.
• Have your TDE master keys stored in a highly available, durable, and managed
service wherein the keys are protected by hardware security modules (HSM) that
meet Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Security Level 3
security certification.
• Rotate your encryption keys periodically to maintain security compliance and, in
cases of personnel changes, disable access to a database.
• Migrate from Oracle-managed keys to user-managed keys for your existing
databases.

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• Bring in your own keys—that's BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)—and use them while
creating databases with user-managed encryption.

Note:

• BYOK is applicable to the container database (CDB) only. The pluggable

database (PDB) will be assigned an automatically generated new key version.
• Oracle Databases that use user-managed encryption support DB system
cloning, in-place restore, out-of-place restore, intra-region Data Guard
configuration, and PDB-specific operations like PDB creation and local cloning.

CLI to Enable FIPS

Oracle provides a tool for commercial users to improve security by default. This tool is used
to enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG to follow the most rigorous standards.
For more information, see Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System Components.

Use Identity and Access Management Authentication with Base

Database Service
You can configure the Oracle Database in the Base Database Service to use Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (OCI IAM) authentication and authorization to
allow IAM users to access the database with IAM credentials.

Note:
Base Database Service integration with OCI IAM is supported in commercial
tenancies with identity domains as well as the legacy OCI IAM, which does not
include identity domains. OCI IAM with identity domains was introduced with new
OCI tenancies created after November 8, 2021. Only default domain OCI IAM users
are supported with the new identity domains.

About IAM Authentication

OCI IAM integration with Base Database Service supports both database password verifier
authentication and token-based authentication. For more information on the architecture for
using IAM users on Base Database Service, see Authenticating and Authorizing IAM Users
for Oracle DBaaS Databases.

IAM Database Password Authentication

Note:
Any supported database client can be used for IAM database password verifier
access to the database as long as it supports the Oracle Database 12c verifier.

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An OCI IAM database password allows an IAM user to log in to a database instance
as Oracle Database users typically log in with a user name and password. The user
enters their IAM user name and IAM database password. An IAM database password
is a different password than the OCI Console password. Using an IAM user with the
password verifier you can login to the database with any supported database client as
long as the database client supports Oracle Database 12c password verifiers.

IAM SSO Token Based Authentication

There are several ways a database client can obtain an IAM database token:
• A client application or tool can request the database token from IAM for the user
and can pass the database token through the client API. Using the API to send the
token overrides other settings in the database client. IAM database token usage
requires the Oracle Database client 19.16 and above (not 21c). Limited (not full)
IAM database token capabilities are available with some Oracle Database clients
21.5 and above.
• If the application or tool does not support requesting an IAM database token and
sending it to the database through the client API, the IAM user can first use OCI
Command Line Interface (CLI) to retrieve the IAM database token and save it in a
file location. For example, to use SQL*Plus and other applications and tools using
this connection method, you first obtain the database token using the OCI CLI. If
the database client is configured for IAM database tokens, when a user logs in
with the slash login form, the database driver uses the IAM database token that
has been saved in a default or specified file location.
• A client application or tool can use an OCI IAM instance principal or resource
principal to get an IAM database token, and use the IAM database token to
authenticate itself to a database instance.
• IAM users and OCI applications can request a database token from IAM with
several methods, including using an API-key.
For more information about configuring client connection, see Configure Client
Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Token. For more information about
other methods such as using a delegation token within an OCI cloud shell, see
Authenticating and Authorizing IAM Users for Oracle DBaaS Databases.
If a user enters a username or password to login, then the database driver uses the
password verifier method to access the database as the default method. The database
client can also be configured to request a database token from IAM when using the
IAM username and IAM database password by setting sqlnet.ora or tnsnames.ora
parameters:

TOKEN_AUTH = OCI_TOKEN
PASSWORD_AUTH = OCI_TOKEN

Setting the PASSWORD_AUTH parameter tells the database client to request a token
instead of using the IAM database password verifier login process.

Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are required for IAM authentication on Base Database
Service.

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Network Settings
Before using IAM authentication on databases, you must use the Networking service to add a
service gateway, a route rule, and an egress security rule to the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
and subnets where your database resources reside.
1. Create a service gateway in the VCN where your database resources reside by following
the instructions in Create the service gateway.
2. After creating the service gateway, add a route rule and an egress security rule to each
subnet (in the VCN) where the database resources reside so that these resources can
use the gateway to use IAM authentication:
a. Go to the Subnet Details page for the subnet.
b. In the Subnet Information tab, click the name of the subnet's Route Table to display
its Route Table Details page.
c. In the table of existing Route Rules, check whether there is already a rule with the
following characteristics:
• Destination: All IAD Services In Oracle Services Network
• Target Type: Service Gateway
• Target: The name of the service gateway you just created in the VCN
If such a rule does not exist, click Add Route Rules and add a route rule with these
characteristics.
d. Return to the Subnet Details page for the subnet.
e. In the subnet's Security Lists table, click the name of the subnet's security list to
display its Security List Details page.
f. In the side menu, under Resources, click Egress Rules.
g. In the table of existing Egress Rules, check whether there is already a rule with the
following characteristics:
• Stateless: No
• Destination: All IAD Services In Oracle Services Network
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: All
• Destination Port Range: 443
h. If such a rule does not exist, click Add Egress Rules and add an egress rule with
these characteristics.

Environment Settings
Check if WALLET_ROOT is configured or not:

show parameters wallet_root;

NAME TYPE VALUE

------------------ ----------- --------
wallet_root string

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If a directory location does not show up for WALLET_ROOT, you will not be able to
configure this database with IAM. WALLET_ROOT should be set the next time your
database is patched. New databases will come with WALLET_ROOT set.

TLS Configuration
When sending IAM tokens from the database client to the database server, a TLS
connection must be established. The TLS wallet with the database certificate for the
Base DB Service instance must be stored under the WALLET_ROOT location. Create
a tls directory so it looks like: WALLET_ROOT/<PDB GUID>/tls

When configuring TLS between the database client and server there are several
options to consider.
• Using a self-signed database server certificate vs a database server certificate
signed by a commonly known certificate authority.
• One-way TLS (TLS) vs Mutual or two-way TLS (mTLS).
• Client with or without a wallet.
Self-signed certificate: Using a self-signed certificate is a common practice for
internally facing IT resources since you can create these yourself and it's free. The
resource (in our case, the database server) will have a self-signed certificate to
authenticate itself to the database client. The self-signed certificate and root certificate
will be stored in the database server wallet. For the database client to be able to
recognize the database server certificate, a copy of the root certificate will also be
needed on the client. This self-created root certificate can be stored in a client-side
wallet or installed in the client system default certificate store (Windows and Linux
only). When the session is established, the database client will check to see that the
certificate sent over by the database server has been signed by the same root
certificate.
A well-known certificate authority: Using a commonly known root certificate
authority has some advantages in that the root certificate is most likely already stored
in the client system default certificate store. There is no extra step for the client to
store the root certificate if it is a common root certificate. The disadvantage is that this
normally has a cost associated with it.
One-way TLS: In the standard TLS session, only the server provides a certificate to
the client to authenticate itself. The client doesn't need to have a separate client
certificate to authenticate itself to the server (similar to how HTTPS sessions are
established). While the database requires a wallet to store the server certificate, the
only thing the client needs to have is the root certificate used to sign the server
certificate.
Two-way TLS (also called Mutual TLS, mTLS): In mTLS, both the client and server
have identity certificates that are presented to each other. In most cases, the same
root certificate will have signed both of these certificates so the same root certificate
can be used with the database server and client to authenticate the other certificate.
mTLS is sometimes used to authenticate the user since the user identity is
authenticated by the database server through the certificate. This is not necessary for
passing IAM tokens but can be used when passing IAM tokens.
Client with a wallet: A client wallet is mandatory when using mTLS to store the client
certificate. However, the root certificate can be stored either in the same wallet or in
the system default certificate store.

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A client without a wallet: Clients can be configured without a wallet when using TLS under
these conditions:
1. One-way TLS is being configured where the client does not have its own certificate, and
2. the root certificate that signed the database server certificate is stored in the system
default certificate store. The root certificate would most likely already be there if the
server certificate is signed by a common certificate authority. If it's a self-signed
certificate, then the root certificate would need to be installed in the system default
certificate store to avoid using a client wallet.
For details on how to configure TLS between the database client and database server
including the options described above, see Configuring Transport Layer Security
Authentication.
If you choose to use self-signed certificates and for additional wallet related tasks, refer to the
orapki command line interface (CLI) reference guide in the Database Security Guide. See
Managing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Elements.

Change External Identity Providers

This topic describes the steps to change the external identity provider from Centrally
Managed Users (CMU) to OCI IAM authentication and authorization and vice-versa on Base
Database Service.
OCI IAM authentication and authorization for users is not enabled for newly provisioned
databases, by default. Another option for external authentication is to use Centrally Managed
Users with Active Directory (CMU-AD). There can only be one external authentication
scheme enabled at any given time.

Enable OCI IAM Authentication and Authorization

Perform the following steps to enable OCI IAM authentication and authorization.
1. Enable OCI IAM authentication and authorization using the ALTER SYSTEM command.

ALTER SYSTEM SET IDENTITY_PROVIDER_TYPE=OCI_IAM SCOPE=BOTH;

2. Verify the value of IDENTITY_PROVIDER_TYPE system parameter.

SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM V$PARAMETER WHERE NAME='identity_provider_type';

NAME VALUE
---------------------- -------
identity_provider_type OCI_IAM

3. Check if the IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG parameter has been set.

SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM V$PARAMETER WHERE NAME='identity_provider_config';

4. If the IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG parameter has been set, then reset this parameter.

ALTER SYSTEM RESET IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CONFIG SCOPE=BOTH;

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Disable OCI IAM Authentication and Authorization

Perform the following step to disable OCI IAM authentication and authorization.
1. Disable OCI IAM integration using the ALTER SYSTEM command.

ALTER SYSTEM RESET IDENTITY_PROVIDER_TYPE SCOPE=BOTH;

Enable CMU-AD
Perform the following steps to enable Active Directory (AD) users to connect to the
database using CMU:
1. Disable IAM integration as described in Disable OCI IAM Authentication and
Authorization.
2. Configure CMU-AD as described in Configuring Centrally Managed Users with
Microsoft Active Directory.

Disable CMU-AD
Perform the following step to disable CMU-AD:
1. Disable CMU-AD using the ALTER SYSTEM command.

ALTER SYSTEM SET LDAP_DIRECTORY_ACCESS = 'NONE';

Re-enable OCI IAM Authentication and Authorization

Perform the following steps to re-enable IAM users to connect to the database using
OCI IAM authentication and authorization:
1. Disable CMU-AD as described in Disable CMU-AD.
2. Enable OCI IAM authentication and authorization as described in Enable OCI IAM
Authentication and Authorization.

Create IAM Groups and Policies for IAM Users

This topic describes the steps to write policy statements for an IAM group to enable
IAM user access to OCI resources, specifically the database instances.
A policy is a group of statements that specifies who can access particular resources,
and how. Access can be granted for the entire tenancy, databases in a compartment,
or individual databases. This means you write a policy statement that gives a specific
group a specific type of access to a specific type of resource within a specific
compartment.

Note:
Defining a policy is required to use IAM tokens to access the database. A
policy is not required when using IAM database passwords to access the
database.

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To enable the database to allow IAM users to connect to the database using IAM tokens:
1. Perform OCI IAM prerequisites by creating a group and adding users to the group.
For example, create the group sales_dbusers.
For more information, see Managing Groups.
2. Write policy statements to enable access to OCI resources.
a. In the OCI Console, click Identity and Security and click Policies.
b. To a write policy, click Create Policy, and enter a Name and a Description.
c. Use the Policy Builder to create a policy.
For example to create a policy to allow users in IAM group DBUsers to access any
database in their tenancy:

Allow group DBUsers to use database-connections in tenancy

For example to create a policy that limits members of DBUsers group to access the
databases in compartment testing_compartment only:

allow group DBUsers to use database-connections in compartment

testing_compartment

For example to create a policy that limits group access to a single database in a
compartment:

allow group DBUsers to use database-connections in compartment

testing_compartment
where target.database.id = 'ocid1.database.oc1.iad.aabbcc'

d. Click Create.
For more information on policies, see Managing Policies.

Note:
The following is required for creating policies for use with IAM users on database in
the Base Database Service.
• Policies can allow IAM users to access database instances across the entire
tenancy, in a compartment, or can limit access to a single database instance.
• You can use either instance principal or resource principal to retrieve database
tokens to establish a connection from your application to an database instance.
If you are using an instance pricipal or resource principal, you must map a
dynamic group. Thus, you cannot exclusively map instance and resource
principals; you only can map them through a shared mapping and putting the
instance or resource instance in an IAM dynamic group.
You can create Dynamic Groups and reference dynamic groups in the policies
you create to access OCI.
For more information, see Managing Dynamic Groups.

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Add IAM Users

To add IAM users to allow access to the database, map database global users to IAM
groups or users with CREATE USER or ALTER USER statements (with IDENTIFIED
GLOBALLY AS clause).

The authorization of IAM users to a database instance works by mapping database

global users (schemas) to IAM users (exclusive mapping) or IAM groups (shared
schema mapping).

Authorize IAM Users on a Database Instance:

Perform the following steps to authorize IAM users on a database instance.
1. Log in as the ADMIN user to the database that is enabled to use IAM (the ADMIN
user has the required CREATE USER and ALTER USER system privileges that you
need for these steps).
2. Create a mapping between the database user (schema) with CREATE USER or
ALTER USER statements and include the IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS clause,
specifying the IAM group name.
Use the following syntax to map a global user to an IAM group:

CREATE USER global_user IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS

'IAM_GROUP_NAME=IAM_GROUP_NAME';

For example, to map an IAM group named db_sales_group to a shared database

global user named sales_group:

CREATE USER sales_group IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS

'IAM_GROUP_NAME=db_sales_group';

This creates a shared global user mapping. The mapping, with global user
sales_group, is effective for all users in the IAM group. Thus, anyone in the
db_sales_group can log in to the database using their IAM credentials (through
the shared mapping of the sales_group global user).
3. If you want to create additional global user mappings for other IAM groups or
users, follow these steps for each IAM group or user.

Note:
Database users that are not IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY can continue to login as
before, even when the database is enabled for IAM authentication.

Exclusively Map a Local IAM User to an Oracle Database Global User:

Perform the following steps to exlcusively map a local IAM user to an Oracle Database
global user.

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1. Log in as the ADMIN user to the database that is enabled to use IAM (the ADMIN user
has the required CREATE USER and ALTER USER system privileges that you need for these
steps).
2. Create a mapping between the database user (schema) with CREATE USER or ALTER USER
statements and include the IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS clause, specifying the IAM local
IAM user name.
For example, to create a new database global user named peter_fitch and map this
user to an existing local IAM user named peterfitch:

CREATE USER peter_fitch IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS

'IAM_PRINCIPAL_NAME=peterfitch'

Add IAM Roles

Optionally, create global roles to provide additional database roles and privileges to IAM
users when multiple IAM users are mapped to the same shared global user.
Creating global roles is optional for an IAM user with an exclusive IAM mapping to a
database user (schema). When the IAM mapping is to a shared schema, creating a global
role is also optional. For example, all privileges and roles can be granted to the shared
schema and all IAM users who map to the shared schema would be granted the privileges
and roles assigned to the shared schema.
Use a global role to optionally differentiate users who use the same shared schema. For
example, a set of users can all have the same shared schema and the shared schema could
have the CREATE SESSION privilege. Then global roles can be used to provide differentiated
privileges and roles assigned to different groups of users who all use the same shared
schema.
Granting additional roles to IAM users works by mapping the database global roles to IAM
groups.

Map the Database Global Roles to IAM Groups:

Perform the following steps to map the database global roles to IAM groups.
1. Log in as the ADMIN user to the database that is enabled to use IAM (the ADMIN user
has the required CREATE USER and ALTER USER system privileges that you need for these
steps).
2. Set database authorization for the database roles with CREATE ROLE or ALTER ROLE
statements and include the IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS clause, specifying the IAM group
name.
Use the following syntax to map a global role to an IAM group:

CREATE ROLE global_role IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS

'IAM_GROUP_NAME=IAM_GROUP_of_WHICH_the_IAM_USER_IS_a_MEMBER';

For example, to map an IAM group named ExporterGroup to a shared database global
role named export_role:

CREATE ROLE export_role IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS

'IAM_GROUP_NAME=ExporterGroup';

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3. Use GRANT statements to grant the required privileges or other roles to the global
role.

GRANT CREATE SESSION TO export_role;

GRANT DWROLE TO export_role;

4. If you want an existing database role to be associated with an IAM group, then use
ALTER ROLE statement to alter the existing database role to map the role to an IAM
group. Use the following syntax to alter an existing database role to map it to an
IAM group:

ALTER ROLE existing_database_role

IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS 'IAM_GROUP_NAME=IAM_Group_Name';

If you want to add additional global role mappings for other IAM groups, follow the
above steps for each IAM group.

Create IAM Database Password for IAM Users

To add an IAM user and allow the IAM user to login to the database by supplying a
username and password, you must create an IAM database password. An IAM
username and IAM database password can be used in one of two ways.
1. The IAM user can enter the IAM username and IAM database password when
accessing the database. By default, the database client will follow the normal
password authentication mechanism with the database and the database will
retrieve the IAM database password verifier from IAM.
2. The database client can be configured to get an IAM database token using the
IAM username and IAM database password. The database client will send this
database token to the database for user access.
For more information on getting an IAM database token using the IAM username and
IAM database password, see Configuring IAM for Oracle DBaaS.
For more information on IAM database passwords, see Working with IAM Database
User Names and Passwords in Managing User Credentials.

Connect to Database with IAM Authentication

After the database ADMIN user maps global users and global roles to the IAM users
and IAM groups, users log in to the database instance using their OCI IAM credentials
or access the database through an OCI IAM database token.
You can still log in to the database using your local database account username and
password (non-global database user account).
You can use a database client to access a database instance as an OCI IAM user. To
use a client with OCI IAM username and password credentials and a password
verifier, the database client must be 12c or newer.
IAM database token usage requires the Oracle Database client 19.16 and above (not
21c). Limited (not full) IAM database token capabilities are available with some Oracle
Database clients 21.5 and above.

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Note:
If your database instance is in Restricted Mode, only the users with the RESTRICTED
SESSION privilege such as ADMIN can connect to the database.

About Connecting to a Database Instance Using IAM

IAM users can connect to the database instance by using either an IAM database password
verifier or an IAM token.
Using the IAM database password verifier is similar to the database password authentication
process. However, instead of the password verifier (encrypted hash of the password) being
stored in the database, the verifier is instead stored as part of the OCI IAM user profile.
The second connection method makes use of an IAM token for the database. The use of
token-based access is a better fit for Cloud resources such as Oracle Databases in the Base
Database Service. The token is based on the strength that the IAM endpoint can enforce.
This can be multi-factor authentication, which is stronger than the use of passwords alone.
Another benefit of using tokens is that the password verifier (which is considered sensitive) is
never stored or available in memory.

Client Connections that Use an IAM Database Password Verifier

After you have configured the authorization needed for the IAM user, this user can log in
using existing client application, such as SQL*Plus or SQLcl without additional configuration.
The IAM user enters the IAM user name and IAM database password (not the OCI Console
password) using any currently supported database client. The only constraint is that the
database client version be either Oracle Database release 12.1.0.2 or later to use Oracle
Database 12c passwords. The database client must be able to use the 12c password verifier.
Using the 11g verifier encryption is not supported with IAM. No special client or tool
configuration is needed for the IAM user to connect to the database.

Client Connections that Use a Token

For IAM token access to the database, the client application or tool requests a database
token from IAM for the IAM user.
The client application will pass the database token directly to the database client through the
database client API.
If the application or tool has not been updated to request an IAM token, then the IAM user
can use OCI CLI to request and store the database token. You can request a database
access token (db-token) using the following credentials:

• Security tokens (with IAM authentication), delegation tokens (in the OCI cloud shell) and
API-keys, which are credentials that represent the IAM user to enable the authentication.
• IAM username and IAM database password, which can be used by the database client to
retrieve an IAM database token directly when configured to do so.
• Instance principal tokens, which enable instances to be authorized actors (or principals)
to perform actions on service resources after authenticating.
• Resource principal token, which is a credential that enables the application to
authenticate itself to other OCI services.

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When the IAM users logs into the client with a slash / login and the OCI_IAM parameter
is configured (sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora, or as part of a connect string), then the
database client retrieves the database token from a file. If the IAM user submits a user
name and password, the connection will use the IAM database verifier access
described for client connections that use IAM database password verifiers, unless the
database client is configured to retrieve a database token from IAM with the IAM
username and IAM database password. The instructions in this topic show how to use
the OCI CLI as a helper for the database token. If the application or tool has been
updated to work with IAM, then follow the instructions for the application or tool. Some
common use cases include the following: SQL*Plus on-premises, SQLcl on-premises,
SQL*Plus in Cloud Shell, or applications that use SEP wallets.
The following topics explain how to:
• Configure a Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Database Password
• Configure Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Token
• Use Instance Principal to Access Database with IAM Authentication

Configure a Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM

Database Password
You can configure SQL*Plus to use an IAM database password.
As the IAM user, log in to the database by using the following syntax:

CONNECT user_name@db_connect_string
Enter password: password

In this specification, user_name is the IAM user name. There is a limit of 128 bytes for
the combined domain_name/user_name.

The following example shows how IAM user peter_fitch can log in to a database
instance.

sqlplus /nolog
connect peter_fitch@db_connect_string
Enter password: password

Some special characters will require double quotation marks around user_name and
password. For example:

"peter_fitch@example.com"@db_connect_string

"IAM database password"

Configure Client Connection for SQL*Plus that Uses an IAM Token

Perform the following steps to configure a client connection for SQL*Plus that uses an
IAM token.
1. Ensure you have an IAM user account.

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2. Check with an IAM administrator and the database administrator to ensure you have a
policy allowing you to access the database in the compartment or your tenancy and that
you are mapped to a global schema in the database.
3. If your application or tool does not support direct IAM integration, then download, install,
and configure the OCI CLI. For more information about installing and configuring the OCI
CLI, see Quickstart.
4. Set up an API key as part of the OCI CLI configuration and select default values.
a. Set up the API key access for the IAM user.
b. Retrieve the db-token. For example:
• Retrieving a db-token with an API-key using the OCI CLI:

oci iam db-token get

• Retrieving a db-token with a security (or session) token:

oci iam db-token get --auth security_token

If the security token has expired, a window will appear so the user can log in to
OCI again. This generates the security token for the user. OCI CLI will use this
refreshed token to get the db-token.
• Retrieving a db-token with a delegation token: When you log in to the cloud
shell, the delegation token is automatically generated and placed in the /etc
directory. To get this token, execute the following command in the OCI CLI:

oci iam db-token get

• Retrieving an instance token by using the OCI CLI:

oci iam db-token get --auth instance_principal

For more information,see Required Keys and OCIDs.

5. This configuration only works with the Oracle Database 19c client. Ensure that you are
using the latest release updates for this client.

Note:
Oracle Database client release 21c offers limited IAM token features.

6. Follow the existing process to download the wallet from the database and then follow the
directions for configuring it for use with SQL*Plus.
a. Confirm that DN matching is enabled by looking for SSL_SERVER_DN_MATCH=ON in
sqlnet.ora.
b. Configure the database client to use the IAM token by adding TOKEN_AUTH=OCI_TOKEN
to the sqlnet.ora file. Because you will be using the default locations for the
database token file, you do not need to include the token location.
The TOKEN_AUTH and TOKEN_LOCATION values in the tnsnames.ora connect strings take
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connect string, assuming that the token is in the default location (~/.oci/db-token
for Linux):

(description=
(retry_count=20)(retry_delay=3)
(address=(protocol=tcps)(port=1522)
(host=example.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com))

(connect_data=(service_name=aaabbbccc_exampledb_high.example.oraclec
loud.com))
(security=(ssl_server_cert_dn="CN=example.uscom-
east-1.oraclecloud.com,
OU=Oracle BMCS US, O=Example Corporation,
L=Redwood City, ST=California, C=US")
(TOKEN_AUTH=OCI_TOKEN)))

After the connect string is updated with the TOKEN_AUTH parameter, the IAM user can
log in to the database instance by running the following command to start SQL*Plus.
You can include the connect descriptor itself or use the name of the descriptor from the
tnsnames.ora file.

connect /@exampledb_high

or:

connect /@(description=
(retry_count=20)(retry_delay=3)
(address=(protocol=tcps)(port=1522)
(host=example.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com))

(connect_data=(service_name=aaabbbccc_exampledb_high.example.oracleclou
d.com))
(security=(ssl_server_cert_dn="CN=example.uscom-
east-1.oraclecloud.com,
OU=Oracle BMCS US, O=Example Corporation,
L=Redwood City, ST=California, C=US")
(TOKEN_AUTH=OCI_TOKEN)))

The database client is already configured to get a db-token because TOKEN_AUTH has
already been set, either through the sqlnet.ora file or in a connect string. The
database client gets the db-token and signs it using the private key and then sends
the token to the database. If an IAM user name and IAM database password are
specified instead of slash /, then the database client will connect using the password
instead of using the db-token unless another parameter is specified: PASSWORD_AUTH =
OCI_TOKEN. This directs the database client to get the token from IAM using the IAM
username and IAM database password. In addition to setting PASSWORD_AUTH, you will
also need to set OCI_IAM_URL, OCI_TENANCY and optionally OCI_COMPARTMENT and
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Use Instance Principal to Access Database with IAM Authentication

After the ADMIN user enables OCI IAM on the database, an application can access the
database through an OCI IAM database token using an instance principal.
For more information, see Accessing the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure API Using Instance
Principals.

Configure Proxy Authentication

Proxy authentication allows an IAM user to proxy to a database schema for tasks such as
application maintenance.
Proxy authentication is typically used to authenticate the real user and then authorize them to
use a database schema with the schema privileges and roles in order to manage an
application. Alternatives such as sharing the application schema password are considered
insecure and unable to audit which actual user performed an action.
A use case can be in an environment in which a named IAM user who is an application
database administrator can authenticate by using their credentials and then proxy to a
database schema user (for example, hrapp). This authentication enables the IAM
administrator to use the hrapp privileges and roles as user hrapp in order to perform
application maintenance, yet still use their IAM credentials for authentication. An application
database administrator can sign in to the database and then proxy to an application schema
to manage this schema.
You can configure proxy authentication for both the password authentication and token
authentication methods.

Configuring Proxy Authentication for the IAM User

To configure proxy authentication for an IAM user, the IAM user must already have a mapping
to a global schema (exclusive or shared mapping). A separate database schema for the IAM
user to proxy to must also be available.
After you ensure that you have this type of user, alter the database user to allow the IAM user
to proxy to it.
1. Log in to the database instance as a user who has the ALTER USER system privileges.
2. Grant permission for the IAM user to proxy to the local database user account. An IAM
user cannot be referenced in the command so the proxy must be created between the
database global user (mapped to the IAM user) and the target database user.In the
following example, hrapp is the database schema to proxy to, and peterfitch_schema is
the database global user exclusively mapped to user peterfitch.

ALTER USER hrapp GRANT CONNECT THROUGH peterfitch_schema;

At this stage, the IAM user can log in to the database instance using the proxy. For example:
To connect using a password verifier:

CONNECT peterfitch[hrapp]@connect_string
Enter password: password

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To connect using a token:

CONNECT [hrapp]/@connect_string

Validating the IAM User Proxy Authentication

You can validate the IAM user proxy configuration for both password and token
authentication methods.
1. Log in to the database instance as a user who has the CREATE USER and ALTER
USER system privileges.
2. Connect at the IAM user and execute the SHOW USER and SELECT SYS_CONTEXT
commands. For example, suppose you want to check the proxy authentication of
the IAM user peterfitch when they proxy to database user hrapp. You will need
to connect to the database using the different types of authentication methods
shown here, but the output of the commands that you execute will be the same for
all types.
• For password authentication:

CONNECT peterfitch[hrapp]/password\!@connect_string
SHOW USER;
--The output should be USER is "HRAPP"
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','AUTHENTICATION_METHOD') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "PASSWORD_GLOBAL"
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','PROXY_USER') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "PETERFITCH_SCHEMA"
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','CURRENT_USER') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "HRAPP"

• For token authentication:

CONNECT [hrapp]/@connect_string
SHOW USER;
--The output should be USER is "HRAPP "
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','AUTHENTICATION_METHOD') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "TOKEN_GLOBAL"
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','PROXY_USER') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "PETERFITCH_SCHEMA"
SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','CURRENT_USER') FROM DUAL;
--The output should be "HRAPP"

Use Database Link with IAM Authenticated Users

You can use a database link to connect from one database instance to another as an
OCI IAM user.
You can use either connected user or fixed user database link to connect to a
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Note:
Current user database link is not supported for connecting to a database in Base
Database Service as an OCI IAM user.

• Connected User Database Link: For a connected user database link, an IAM user must
be mapped to a schema in both the source and target databases connected by a
database link. You can use a database password verifier or an IAM database token to
use a connected user database link.
• Fixed User Database Link: A fixed user database link can be created using a database
user or an IAM user. When using an IAM user as a fixed user database link, the IAM user
must have a schema mapping in the target database. The IAM user for a database link
can be configured with a password verifier only.

Disable IAM Authentication

You can disable IAM user access on your database instance using the ALTER SYSTEM
command as shown below:

ALTER SYSTEM RESET IDENTITY_PROVIDER_TYPE SCOPE=BOTH;

If you also want to update access to IAM from the resource, you may need to remove or
modify the IAM group and the policies you set up to allow access to IAM from those
resources.

Use Azure Active Directory Authentication with Base Database

Service
You can configure the Oracle Database in the Base Database Service to use Microsoft Azure
Active Database authentication and authorization to allow Azure AD users to access the
database with Azure AD credentials.

About Integrating Azure AD with Base Database Service

An Oracle Database in an Base Database Service instance can be configured for Microsoft
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) users to connect using Azure OAuth2 access tokens.

For more information about authorizing Azure AD users, architecture, user mappings, use
cases, and the integration process, see Introduction to Authorizing Microsoft Azure AD Users
for an Oracle Database section in the Oracle Database Security Guide.

Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are required for Azure AD authentication on Base Database
Service.
• Network Settings
• TLS Configuration

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Each of these are described in detail in the following topics.

Network Settings
Before using Azure AD authentication on databases, you must use the Networking
service to add a service gateway, a route rule, and an egress security rule to the
Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and subnets where your database resources reside.
Perform the following steps to configure outbound connectivity to Azure AD using a
NAT gateway.
1. Create a NAT gateway in the VCN where your database resources reside by
following the instructions in Create the service gateway.
2. After creating the service gateway, add a route rule and an egress security rule to
each subnet (in the VCN) where the database resources reside so that these
resources can use the gateway to obtain a public key from your Azure AD instance
to use Azure AD authentication:
a. Go to the Subnet Details page for the subnet.
b. In the Subnet Information tab, click the name of the subnet's Route Table to
display its Route Table Details page.
c. In the table of existing Route Rules, check whether there is already a rule with
the following characteristics:
• Destination: 0.0.0.0/0
• Target Type: NAT Gateway
• Target: The name of the service gateway you just created in the VCN
If such a rule does not exist, click Add Route Rules and add a route rule with
these characteristics.
d. Return to the Subnet Details page for the subnet.
e. In the subnet's Security Lists table, click the name of the subnet's security list
to display its Security List Details page.
f. In the side menu, under Resources, click Egress Rules.
g. In the table of existing Egress Rules, check whether there is already a rule
with the following characteristics:
• Destination Type: CIDR
• Destination: 0.0.0.0/0
• IP Protocol: TCP
• Source Port Range: 443
• Destination Port Range: All
h. If such a rule does not exist, click Add Egress Rules and add an egress rule
with these characteristics.

TLS Configuration
When sending Azure AD tokens from the database client to the database server, a
TLS connection must be established. The TLS wallet with the database certificate for
the Base Database Service instance must be stored under the WALLET_ROOT
location. Create a tls directory so it looks like: WALLET_ROOT/<PDB GUID>/tls

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When configuring TLS between the database client and server there are several options to
consider.
• Using a self-signed database server certificate vs a database server certificate signed by
a commonly known certificate authority.
• One-way TLS (TLS) vs Mutual or two-way TLS (mTLS).
• Client with or without a wallet.
Self-signed certificate: Using a self-signed certificate is a common practice for internally
facing IT resources since you can create these yourself and it's free. The resource (in our
case, the database server) will have a self-signed certificate to authenticate itself to the
database client. The self-signed certificate and root certificate will be stored in the database
server wallet. For the database client to be able to recognize the database server certificate,
a copy of the root certificate will also be needed on the client. This self-created root certificate
can be stored in a client-side wallet or installed in the client system default certificate store
(Windows and Linux only). When the session is established, the database client will check to
see that the certificate sent over by the database server has been signed by the same root
certificate.
A well-known certificate authority: Using a commonly known root certificate authority has
some advantages in that the root certificate is most likely already stored in the client system
default certificate store. There is no extra step for the client to store the root certificate if it is a
common root certificate. The disadvantage is that this normally has a cost associated with it.
One-way TLS: In the standard TLS session, only the server provides a certificate to the client
to authenticate itself. The client doesn't need to have a separate client certificate to
authenticate itself to the server (similar to how HTTPS sessions are established). While the
database requires a wallet to store the server certificate, the only thing the client needs to
have is the root certificate used to sign the server certificate.
Two-way TLS (also called Mutual TLS, mTLS): In mTLS, both the client and server have
identity certificates that are presented to each other. In most cases, the same root certificate
will have signed both of these certificates so the same root certificate can be used with the
database server and client to authenticate the other certificate. mTLS is sometimes used to
authenticate the user since the user identity is authenticated by the database server through
the certificate. This is not necessary for passing Azure AD tokens but can be used when
passing Azure AD tokens.
Client with a wallet: A client wallet is mandatory when using mTLS to store the client
certificate. However, the root certificate can be stored either in the same wallet or in the
system default certificate store.
A client without a wallet: Clients can be configured without a wallet when using TLS under
these conditions:
1. One-way TLS is being configured where the client does not have its own certificate, and
2. the root certificate that signed the database server certificate is stored in the system
default certificate store. The root certificate would most likely already be there if the
server certificate is signed by a common certificate authority. If it's a self-signed
certificate, then the root certificate would need to be installed in the system default
certificate store to avoid using a client wallet.
For details on how to configure TLS between the database client and database server
including the options described above, see Configuring Transport Layer Security
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If you choose to use self-signed certificates and for additional wallet related tasks,
refer to the orapki command line interface (CLI) reference guide in the Database
Security Guide. See Managing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Elements.

Configure Base Database Service for Integration with Azure AD

The Base Database Service integration with the Azure AD requires the database to be
registered with Azure AD so that the database can request the Azure AD public key.
To configure the Base Database Service for integration with the Azure AD, you must
first complete the prerequisites in the Prerequisites section and then follow the
instructions in the Configuring the Oracle Database for Microsoft Azure AD Integration
section of the Oracle Database Security Guide.

Map Oracle Database Schemas and Roles

Azure AD users will be mapped to one database schema and optionally to one or
more database roles.
For more information on the options for mapping Oracle Database schemas and roles
to Azure AD users, see Mapping Oracle Database Schemas and Roles section in the
Oracle Database Security Guide.

Configure Client Connections to Azure ADs

There are numerous ways that you can configure a client to connect with a Base
Database Service instance using Azure AD tokens.
For more information about configuring Azure AD client connections, see Configuring
Azure AD Client Connections to the Oracle Database section in the Oracle Database
Security Guide.

Trace Files Used for Troubleshooting Connections

You can use trace files to troubleshoot Base Database Service client connections with
Azure AD connections.
For more information about trace files and setting client tracing for token
authentication, see Trace Files for Troubleshooting Oracle Database Client
Connections with Azure AD section in the Oracle Database Security Guide.

Add SSH Keys to a DB System

Perform the following steps to add SSH keys to a DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system you want to manage.
4. Click Add SSH keys.
5. Select one of the following options:

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• Generate SSH key pair: Use this option to create a new SSH key pair. Click both
Save private key and Save public key when using this option. The private key is
downloaded to your local machine, and should be stored in a safe location. You
cannot download another copy of the private key generated during this operation
after completing the operation.
• Upload SSH key files: Select this option to browse or drag and drop .pub files.
• Paste SSH keys: Select this option to paste in individual public keys. To paste
multiple keys, click + Another SSH key, and supply a single key for each entry.
6. Click Save changes.

Open Ports on the DB System

You can open ports on the DB systems using the following steps.
Open the following ports as needed on the DB system:
• 6200 - For Oracle Notification Service (ONS).
• 1158 - For Enterprise Manager Database Control. 1158 is the default port, but each
additional console enabled on the DB system will have a different port. If you're not sure
which port to open for a particular console, see Monitor a Database with Enterprise
Manager Database Control.
For important information about critical firewall rules, see essential firewall rules in Security
Rules for the DB System.

Procedure
1. SSH to the DB System.

ssh -i <private_key_path> opc@<db_system_ip_address>

2. Log in as opc and then sudo to the root user.

login as: opc

sudo su -

3. Save a copy of iptables as a backup.

iptables-save > /tmp/iptables.orig

(If necessary, you can restore the original file by using the command iptables-restore
< /tmp/iptables.orig.)
4. Dynamically add a rule to iptables to allow inbound traffic on the console port, as shown
in the following sample. Change the port number and comment as needed.

iptables -I INPUT 8 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 1158 -j

ACCEPT -m comment --comment "Required for Enterprise Manager Database
Control."

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5. Make sure the rule was added.

service iptables status

6. Save the updated file to /etc/sysconfig/iptables.

/sbin/service iptables save

The change takes effect immediately and will remain in effect when the node is
rebooted.
7. Update the DB system's security list as described in Update the Security List for
the DB System.

Manage Administrator and TDE Wallet Passwords

This article describes the administrative tasks for updating the administrator and TDE
wallet passwords of a database in the DB system.
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the database you
want to administer.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database you want to administer.
6. On the Database Details page, click More actions, then Manage passwords.
7. In the Manage passwords dialog, click Update administrator password or
Update TDE wallet password, depending on which password you want to
update.
8. Enter the new password:
• For the administrator password, enter the new password in both the New
administrator password and Confirm administrator password fields.
• For the TDE wallet password, enter the current wallet password in the Enter
existing TDE wallet password field, then enter the new password in both the
New TDE wallet password and the Confirm TDE wallet password fields.
9. Click Apply to update your chosen password.

Database Encryption Keys

For your Oracle Databases located in the DB systems, you can choose to encrypt the
database using your own encryption keys ("customer-managed keys"), or use Oracle-
managed encryption keys.
You can perform the following actions.
• Enable customer-managed keys when you create DB systems that use Oracle
Database 19.13 or later.

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• Rotate your keys to maintain security compliance and, in cases of personnel changes, to
disable access to a database.
• Switch from Oracle-managed keys to customer-managed keys on existing databases.

Note:
When switching to customer-managed keys, a database (CDB) and its
pluggable databases (PDB) must be open, and all tablespaces must be in
Read/Write mode.

• Switching from customer-managed keys to Oracle-managed keys is not supported.

Customer-managed keys are stored and managed using the OCI Vault service. Encryption
keys are administered at the database (CDB) level in the DB system. This option offers
secure key storage using isolated partitions (and also offers a lower-cost shared partition
option) in FIPS 140-2 Level 3-certified hardware security modules, and integration with select
OCI services. Use customer-managed keys when you need security governance, regulatory
compliance, and homogenous encryption of data, while centrally managing, storing, and
monitoring the life cycle of the keys you use to protect your data. For more information, see
Overview of Vault.

Note:

• The encryption key you use must be AES-256.

• To ensure that the database uses the most current versions of the Vault
encryption key, rotate the key from the Database Details page on the Console.
Do not use the Vault service's Console pages to rotate your Database keys.
• When cloning a DB system that uses customer-managed encryption keys, the
cloned database will be configured to use the same key version as the source
database.
For more information, see Clone a DB System.

Required IAM Policy

If you want to use your own encryption keys to encrypt a database, then you must create a
dynamic group and assign specific policies to the group for customer-managed encryption
keys. See Managing Dynamic Groups and Let security admins manage vaults, keys, and
secrets topic in Common Policies.

Compatibility with Oracle Data Guard

To enable Data Guard on DB system databases that use customer-managed keys, the
primary and standby databases must be in the same region.
For more information on:
• regions and availability domains, see Regions and Availability Domains.
• configuring customer-managed keys when provisioning a DB system, see Create a DB
System Using the Console.

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• switching your encryption from Oracle-managed keys to customer-managed keys,

and for information on rotating a customer-managed key, see Administer Vault
Encryption Keys below.

Administer Vault Encryption Keys

This topic explains how to switch database encryption keys from Oracle-managed to
customer-managed keys, and how to rotate a customer managed key.

Note:

• To ensure that your database uses the most current version of the Vault
encryption key, rotate the key from the Database Details page on the
Console. Do not use the Vault service's Console to perform this
operation.
• You can rotate Vault encryption keys only on databases that are
configured with customer-managed keys.
• You can change encryption key management from Oracle-managed keys
to customer-managed keys but you cannot change from customer-
managed keys to Oracle-managed keys.
• When switching to customer-managed keys, a database (CDB) and its
pluggable databases (PDB) must be open, and all tablespaces must be
in Read/Write mode.
• Customer-managed keys are supported in DB systems that use Oracle
Database 19.13 or later.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, click the name of the DB system with the database you
want to administer.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, click the name of the database for which you want to
change encryption management or to rotate a key.
6. On the Database details page, click More actions.
7. Click Administer encryption key.
8. To rotate an encryption key on a database using customer-managed keys:
a. Click Rotate encryption key to display a confirmation dialog.
b. Click Rotate key.
9. To change key management type from Oracle-managed keys to customer-
managed keys:
a. Click Change key management type.

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b. Select Use customer-managed keys. - You must have a valid encryption key in OCI
Vault service and provide the information in the subsequent steps. See Key and
Secret Management Concepts topic in Overview of Vault.
c. Choose a vault from the Vault in compartment drop-down. You can change the
compartment by clicking the Change compartment link.
d. Select an encryption key from the Master encryption key in compartment drop-
down. You can change the compartment containing the encryption key you want to
use by clicking the Change compartment link.
e. If you want to use an encryption key that you import into your vault, then select
Choose the key version and enter the OCID of the key you want to use in the Key
version OCID field.

Note:

• The key version will only be assigned to the CDB and not to its PDB. The
PDB will be assigned an automatically generated new key version.
• Changing key management causes the database to become briefly
unavailable.
• After changing key management to customer-managed keys, do not delete
the encryption key from the vault as this can cause the database to become
unavailable.

10. Click Apply.

On the Database Details page for this database, the Encryption section displays the
encryption key name and the encryption key OCID.

Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG on the DB System

Components
This article describes the procedure to add Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS),
Security Enhanced (SE) Linux, and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)
standards security enhancements to the DB system.
For more information, see:
• Oracle Database FIPS 140-2 Settings.
• Use SELinux on Oracle Linux.
• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB System.

Enable FIPS, SE Linux, and STIG

Perform the following steps on each system node.
1. Open an SSH session to the DB system node and switch to the root user, then navigate
to /opt/oracle/dcs/bin.

sudo -s
cd /opt/oracle/dcs/bin

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2. Run the following command.

dbcli secure-dbsystem -se -sd -fo -fd

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: <job_ID_number>
Description: Secure DB System
Status: Created
Created: November 8, 2020 4:12:29 PM UTC
Progress: 0%
Message:

Task Name Start Time End Time Status

3. Verify the job details.

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID_number>

The output provides information about the progress, status, and details of the job.

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: <job_ID_number>
Description: Secure DB System
Status: Success
Created: November 8, 2020 4:12:29 PM UTC
Progress: 100%
Message:

Task Name Start Time End Time Status

--------------------------------------------------------------------
---- ----------------------------------- -------
Enable SE Linux [<name>] November 8, 2020 4:12:31 PM UTC November
8, 2020 4:12:31 PM UTC Success
Enable STIG for DOD [<name>] November 8, 2020 4:12:31 PM UTC
November 8, 2020 4:12:49 PM UTC Success
Enable FIPS for OS [<name>] November 8, 2020 4:12:49 PM UTC
November 8, 2020 4:14:43 PM UTC Success
Enable FIPS for DB Home [<DB_home_name_1>] November 8, 2020 4:14:43
PM UTC November 8, 2020 4:14:43 PM UTC Success
Enable FIPS for DB[<DB_name_1>] November 8, 2020 4:14:43 PM UTC
November 8, 2020 4:14:46 PM UTC Success
Enable FIPS for DB Home [<DB_home_name_2>] November 8, 2020 4:14:46
PM UTC November 8, 2020 4:14:46 PM UTC Success
Enable FIPS for DB[<DB_name_2>] November 8, 2020 4:14:46 PM UTC
November 8, 2020 4:14:49 PM UTC Success

4. After the job details output shows the Status as "Success", you must restart your
DB system node using the Console. This is required because enabling FIPS and
SE Linux updates the OS kernel. For instructions, see Reboot a DB System.

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Checking a DB System Node for FIPS and SE Linux Configurations

To confirm that FIPS and SE Linux are enabled on your DB system node, use the following
dbcli command.

dbcli get-dbsystemsecurestatus

The system returns details as shown in the following example.

{
"isSELinuxEnabledForOS" : true,
"isFipsEnabledForOS" : true,
"fipsStatusForDBs" : [ {
"databaseResId" : "<DB_ID_number>",
"status" : true
} ]
}

Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Tool for the DB

System
This article describes the STIG tool, a Python script, for DB Systems provisioned using
Oracle Linux 7.
A Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is a document written by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA) that provides guidance on configuring a system to meet
cybersecurity standards for deployment within the Department of Defense's (DoD) IT network
systems. STIG requirements help secure the network against cybersecurity threats by
focusing on infrastructure and network security to mitigate vulnerabilities.
The STIG tool, a Python script, is used to ensure security compliance with DISA's Oracle
Linux 7 STIG. This tool:
• makes the base image of the DB System compliant with the Oracle Linux 7 STIG,
• embeds certain STIG rules into the system that can be activated after provisioning when
required to address security compliance requirements,
• categorizes the embedded rules, enabling you to view and monitor the rules in the
following categories:
– Static rules that are included in the base image,
– DoD rules that are optionally activated after provisioning when needed to meet U.S.
Department of Defense compliance standards, and
– Runtime rules that are activated after provisioning when needed and are intended for
use by all users needing to harden security for DB Systems (including users outside
of the U.S. Department of Defense),
• provides a rollback capability, enabling you to roll back a DB System to a state with no
configuration modifications made by the script, and
• provides a compliance check capability, enabling you to see how many of the rules are
successfully passed by the DB System.

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Acquire the STIG Tool

The STIG tool is provided for all newly provisioned DB Systems. The STIG tool is
provided in the following OS directory location on DB System nodes: /opt/
oracle/dcs/bin/dbcsstig

Updated versions of the STIG tool will be available for download from the Oracle
Technology Network (OTN). Updated versions of the STIG tool are also provided when
you update the DB System agent.

Use the STIG Tool

Use the following syntax for the STIG tool:

dbcsstig --<operation><category>

For example:

dbcsstig --fix dod

Command Reference
Operations

Table 6-5 Operations

Operation Parameter Definition

--check, -c Checks for compliance with rules included in the specified
category.
--fix, -f Applies fixes for rules included in the specified category.
--rollback, -rb Rolls back system configuration changes implemented by the
STIG tool.
--version, -v Provides version information for the STIG tool script.
--help, -h Provides command-line help information.

Rule Categories

Table 6-6 Rule Categories

Category Parameter Definition

static To specify rules included in the base image of the DB System.
dod To specify rules required for compliance with DISA's Oracle Linux
7 STIG.
runtime To specify rules activated after provisioning for general security
hardening.
all To specify all rules.

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Security Zone Integration

This article describes the support of security zones by the Base Database Service.
A security zone is associated with one or more compartments in your tenancy and is created
with a set of security policies called a security recipe. While you can create custom security
recipes for particular use cases, this article concentrates on the Oracle-managed Maximum
Security Recipe, which includes a number of curated security zone policies. The policies of
a particular security recipe are enforced on any resource that is provisioned or moved into a
security zone that uses the recipe. Thus, the only way to apply security zone policies is to
control the compartment assignments of your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources.
For more information about security zones, including instructions for creating security zones
and security recipes, see Overview of Security Zones.
For more information about compartments, see Compartment.

Restrictions on the Resources Located in Maximum Security Recipe Compartments

The Maximum Security Recipe includes all available security zone policies. For example,
restrictions placed on databases in a security zone that uses the Maximum Security Recipe
include:
• The database cannot allow public network access.
• The database must have automatic backups enabled.
• The database cannot have Data Guard associations that aren't in compartments within
the same security zone.
For a complete list of the database restrictions implemented by the Maximum Security
Recipe, see Security Zone Policies.
You can also create custom recipes that do not include all possible security restrictions for the
resources and assign a custom recipe to a security zone. For more information, see
Managing Recipes.

Policy Details for Base Database Service

This article provides the details for writing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access
Management (IAM) policies to control access to Oracle Base Database Service resources.

Tip:
For a sample policy, see Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems.

Resource-Types
An aggregate resource-type covers the list of individual resource-types that directly follow.
For example, writing one policy to allow a group to have access to the database-family is
equivalent to writing separate policies for the group that would grant access to the db-
systems, db-nodes, db-homes, databases, database-software-image, and db-backups
resource-types. For more information, see Resource-Types in How Policies Work.

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Aggregate Resource-Type
• database-family

Individual Resource-Types
• db-systems
• db-nodes
• db-homes
• databases
• pluggable databases
• db-backups

Supported Variables
Only the general variables are supported. For more information, see General Variables
for All Requests in Policy Reference.

Details for Verb + Resource-Type Combinations

The following tables show the permissions and API operations covered by each verb.
The level of access is cumulative as you go from inspect > read > use > manage. A
plus sign (+) in a table cell indicates incremental access compared to the cell directly
above it, whereas "no extra" indicates no incremental access.
For example, the read and use verbs for the db-systems resource-type cover no extra
permissions or API operations compared to the inspect verb. However, the manage
verb includes two more permissions and partially covers two more API operations.

db-systems

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect DB_SYSTEM_IN ListDbSystems none
SPECT GetDbSystem
ListDbSystemPatches
ListDbSystemPatchHist
oryEntries
GetDbSystemPatch
GetDbSystemPatchHisto
ryEntry
read no extra no extra none
use DB_SYSTEM_U no extra ChangeDbSystemCompartment
PDATE (also needs use db-homes, use
databases, and inspect db-
backups)

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manage USE + UpdateDBSystem LaunchDBSystem,
DB_SYSTEM_C TerminateDbSystem (both also
REATE need manage db-homes, manage
DB_SYSTEM_D databases, use vnics, and use
ELETE subnets)

db-nodes

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect DB_NODE_INSPE GetDbNode none
CT
DB_NODE_QUER
Y
read no extra no extra none
use no extra no extra none
manage USE + DbNodeAction none
DB_NODE_POWE
R_ACTIONS

db-homes

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect DB_HOME_INSPE ListDBHome none
CT GetDBHome
ListDbHomePatches
ListDbHomePatchHistoryE
ntries
GetDbHomePatch
GetDbHomePatchHistoryEn
try
read no extra no extra none
use DB_HOME_UPDA UpdateDBHome ChangeDbSystemCompartment (also
TE needs use db-systems, use
databases, and inspect db-
backups)

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manage USE + no extra LaunchDBSystem,
DB_HOME_CREA TerminateDbSystem (both also need
TE manage db-systems, manage
DB_HOME_DELE databases, use vnics, and use
TE subnets).
If automatic backups are enabled on the
default database, also needs manage
db-backups.
CreateDbHome, (also needs use db-
systems and manage databases).
If creating the Database Home by
restoring from a backup, also needs
read db-backups.
DeleteDbHome, (also needs use db-
systems and manage databases).
If automatic backups are enabled on the
default database, also needs manage
db-backups.
If the performFinalBackup option is
selected, also needs manage db-
backups and read databases.

databases

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect DATABASE_INSP ListDatabases none
ECT GetDatabase
ListDataGuardAssociat
ions
GetDataGuardAssociati
on
read no extra no extra none
DATABASE_CON
TENT_READ
use READ + UpdateDatabase CreateDataGuardAssociation
DATABASE_CON SwitchoverDataGuardAs ChangeDbSystemCompartment
TENT_WRITE sociation (also needs use db-systems, use
DATABASE_UPD FailoverDataGuardAsso db-homes, and inspect db-
ATE ciation backups)
ReinstateDataGuardAss
ociation
RotateVaultKey
MigrateVaultKey

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manage USE + no extra LaunchDBSystem,
DATABASE_CRE TerminateDbSystem (both also
ATE need manage db-systems, manage
DATABASE_DEL db-homes, use vnics, and use
ETE subnets)

pluggable databases

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect PLUGGABLE_DAT ListPluggableDatabases none
ABASE_INSPECT GetPluggableDatabase

read INSPECT + no extra none

PLUGGABLE_DAT
ABASE_CONTEN
T_READ
use READ + UpdatePluggableDatabase none
PLUGGABLE_DAT s
ABASE_CONTEN StartPluggableDatabase
T_WRITE
StopPluggableDatabase
PLUGGABLE_DAT
ABASE_UPDATE
manage USE + no extra CreatePluggableDatabase,
PLUGGABLE_DAT DeletePluggableDatabase,
ABASE_CREATE LocalClonePluggableDatabase,
PLUGGABLE_DAT RemoteClonePluggableDatabase (all
ABASE_DELETE also need use databases)

db-backups

Verbs Permissions APIs Fully Covered APIs Partially Covered

inspect DB_BACKUP_INS GetBackup ChangeDbSystemCompartment (also
PECT ListBackups needs use db-systems, use db-
homes, and use databases)
read INSPECT + none RestoreDatabase (also needs use
DB_BACKUP_CO databases)
NTENT_READ
use no extra no extra none
manage USE + DeleteBackup CreateBackup (also needs read
DB_BACKUP_CR databases)
EATE
DB_BACKUP_DEL
ETE

For more information on permissions and verbs, see Advanced Policy Features.

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Permissions Required for Each API Operation

The following tables list the API operations for DB systems and pluggable databases
in a logical order, grouped by resource type.

Database API Operations

API operation Permissions required to use the operation

ListDbSystems DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
GetDbSystem DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
LaunchDbSystem DB_SYSTEM_CREATE and DB_HOME_CREATE and
DATABASE_CREATE and VNIC_CREATE and VNIC_ATTACH
and SUBNET_ATTACH
To enable automatic backups for the initial database, also need
DB_BACKUP_CREATE and DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
UpdateDbSystem DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT and DB_SYSTEM_UPDATE
ChangeDbSystemCompart DB_SYSTEM_UPDATE and DB_HOME_UPDATE and
ment DATABASE_UPDATE and DB_BACKUP_INSPECT
ListDbSystemPatches DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
ListDbSystemPatchHist DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
oryEntries
GetDbSystemPatch DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
GetDbSystemPatchHisto DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT
ryEntry
TerminateDbSystem DB_SYSTEM_DELETE and DB_HOME_DELETE and
DATABASE_DELETE and VNIC_DETACH and VNIC_DELETE
and SUBNET_DETACH
If automatic backups are enabled for any database in the DB
System, also need DB_BACKUP_DELETE
GetDbNode DB_NODE_INSPECT
DbNodeAction DB_NODE_POWER_ACTIONS
ListDbHomes DB_HOME_INSPECT
GetDbHome DB_HOME_INSPECT
ListDbHomePatches DB_HOME_INSPECT
ListDbHomePatchHistor DB_HOME_INSPECT
yEntries
GetDbHomePatch DB_HOME_INSPECT
GetDbHomePatchHistory DB_HOME_INSPECT
Entry
CreateDbHome DB_SYSTEM_INSPECT and DB_SYSTEM_UPDATE and
DB_HOME_CREATE and DATABASE_CREATE
To enable automatic backups for the database, also need
DB_BACKUP_CREATE and DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
UpdateDbHome DB_HOME_UPDATE

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API operation Permissions required to use the operation

DeleteDbHome DB_SYSTEM_UPDATE and DB_HOME_DELETE and
DATABASE_DELETE
If automatic backups are enabled, also need
DB_BACKUP_DELETE
If performing a final backup on termination, also need
DB_BACKUP_CREATE and DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
ListDatabases DATABASE_INSPECT
GetDatabase DATABASE_INSPECT
UpdateDatabase DATABASE_UPDATE
To enable automatic backups, also need DB_BACKUP_CREATE
and DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
ListDbSystemShapes (no permissions required; available to anyone)
ListDbVersions (no permissions required; available to anyone)
GetDataGuardAssociati DATABASE_INSPECT
on
ListDataGuardAssociat DATABASE_INSPECT
ions
CreateDataGuardAssoci DB_SYSTEM_UPDATE and DB_HOME_CREATE and
ation DB_HOME_UPDATE and DATABASE_CREATE and
DATABASE_UPDATE
SwitchoverDataGuardAs DATABASE_UPDATE
sociation
FailoverDataGuardAsso DATABASE_UPDATE
ciation
ReinstateDataGuardAss DATABASE_UPDATE
ociation
MigrateVaultKey DATABASE_UPDATE
RotateVaultKey DATABASE_UPDATE
GetBackup DB_BACKUP_INSPECT
ListBackups DB_BACKUP_INSPECT
CreateBackup DB_BACKUP_CREATE and DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
DeleteBackup DB_BACKUP_DELETE and DB_BACKUP_INSPECT
RestoreDatabase DB_BACKUP_INSPECT and DB_BACKUP_CONTENT_READ
and DATABASE_CONTENT_WRITE

Pluggable Database API Operations

API operation Permissions required to use the operation

ListPluggableDatabase PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT
GetPluggableDatabase PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT
CreatePluggableDatabase DATABASE_INSPECT*
DATABASE_UPDATE*
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CREATE
Additional permissions required if auto-backups are enabled on the
CDB and includes this PDB:
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_READ

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API operation Permissions required to use the operation

UpdatePluggableDatabase PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT and
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_UPDATE
Additional permissions required if auto-backups are enabled on the
CDB and includes this PDB:
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
StartPluggableDatabase PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT and
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_UPDATE
StopPluggableDatabase PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT and
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_UPDATE
DeletePluggableDatabase DATABASE_INSPECT (exists)
DATABASE_UPDATE (exists)
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_DELETE
LocalClonePluggableData DATABASE_INSPECT*
base DATABASE_UPDATE*
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_UPDATE
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CREATE
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_WRITE
RemoteClonePluggableDat DATABASE_INSPECT*
abase DATABASE_UPDATE*
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_INSPECT
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_UPDATE
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_READ
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CREATE
PLUGGABLE_DATABASE_CONTENT_WRITE

For more information on permissions and verbs, see Advanced Policy Features.

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Reference

Oracle Database CLI Reference

The Database CLI (dbcli) is a command line interface available for Base Database Service.
After you connect to the DB system in the Base Database Service, you can use the dbcli to
perform tasks such as creating Oracle database homes and databases.

Operational Notes
• The database CLI commands must be run as the root user.
• dbcli is in the /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/ directory.
This directory is included in the path for the root user's environment.
• Oracle Database maintains logs of the dbcli command output in the dcscli.log and
dcs-agent.log files in the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/ directory.
• The database CLI commands and most parameters are case sensitive and should be
typed as shown. A few parameters are not case sensitive, as indicated in the parameter
descriptions, and can be typed in uppercase or lowercase.

Syntax
The database CLI commands use the following syntax:

dbcli command [parameters]

where:
• command is a verb-object combination such as create-database.
• parameters include additional options for the command. Most parameter names are
preceded with two dashes, for example, --help. Abbreviated parameter names are
preceded with one dash, for example, -h.
• User-specified parameter values are shown in red text within angle brackets, for
example, <db_home_id>. Omit the angle brackets when specifying these values.
• The help parameter is available with every command.
The remainder of this topic contains syntax and other details about the commands.

CLI Update Command

Occasionally, new commands are added to the database CLI and other commands are
updated to support new features. You can use the following command to update the database
CLI:

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cliadm update-dbcli
Use the cliadm update-dbcli command to update the database CLI with the latest
new and updated commands.

Note:
On RAC DB systems, execute the cliadm update-dbcli command on each
node in the cluster.

Syntax

cliadm update-dbcli [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command updates the dbcli:

cliadm update-dbcli

Output:

{
"jobId" : "dc9ce73d-ed71-4473-99cd-9663b9d79bfd",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : "Dcs cli will be updated",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 18, 2017 10:19:34 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "dbcli patching",
"updatedTime" : "January 18, 2017 10:19:34 AM PST"
}

Agent Commands
The following command is available to manage agents:
• dbcli ping-agent

dbcli ping-agent
Use the dbcli ping-agent command to test the reachability of an agent.

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Syntax

dbcli ping-agent [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-h --help (Optional) Displays help for
using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON
output.

Autologcleanpolicy Commands
The following commands are available to manage policies for automatic cleaning (purging) of
logs.
• dbcli create-autoLogCleanPolicy
• dbcli list-autoLogCleanPolicy

dbcli create-autoLogCleanPolicy
Use the dbcli create-autoLogCleanPolicy command to create policies for automatic
cleaning (purging) of logs.

Syntax

dbcli create-autoLogCleanPolicy
[-c {gi|database|dcs}]
[-f <number>]
[-o <number>]
[-u {Day|Hour|Minute}]
[-uMB <number>]
[-uPer <number>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-c --components (Optional) Components to purge. Possible values are gi, database, and
dcs. Separate multiple values with commas. Example: gi,dcs
-f -- (Optional) Purges logs when the free disk space is below the specified
freeSpaceBelowPe percentage of the total partition size. Valid range: 20-50. Default: 20.
rcentage
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-o --olderthan (Optional) Quantity portion of time interval. Default: 30. Cleans logs
older than the specified time interval (-o and -u).

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Parame Full Name Description

ter
-u --olderThanUnit (Optional) Unit portion of time interval. Possible values: Day, Hour, or
Minute. Default: Day. Cleans logs older than the specified time interval
(-o and -u).
-uMB --usageOverMB (Optional) Purges logs when log usage exceeds the specified number
of MegaBytes (MB). Valid range: 10 to 50% of total partition size.
-uPer -- (Optional) Purges logs when log usage exceeds the specified
usageOverPercent percentage of the total partition size. Valid range: 10-50.
age

dbcli list-autoLogCleanPolicy
Use the dbcli list-autoLogCleanPolicy command to list policies for automatic
cleaning of logs.

Syntax

dbcli list-autoLogCleanPolicy
[-c {gi|database|dcs}]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-c --components (Optional) Components. Possible values are gi, database, and
dcs. Separate multiple values with commas. Example: gi,dcs
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Backup Commands
The following commands are available to back up databases:
• dbcli create-backup
• dbcli getstatus-backup
• dbcli schedule-backup

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Note:
Instead of using dbcli, you can use the Console or the API to manage backing up
the databases your DB system to the Object Storage. However, if you switch from
using dbcli to using managed backups, a new backup configuration is created and
associated with your database, and backups you created by using dbcli will not be
accessible from the managed backup interfaces. For information about managed
backups, see Back Up and Recovery in Base Database Service.

Before you can back up a database by using the dbcli create-backup command, you'll
need to:
1. Create a backup configuration by using the dbcli create-backupconfig command.
2. Associate the backup configuration with the database by using the dbcli update-
database command.
After a database is associated with a backup configuration, you can use the dbcli create-
backup command in a cron job to run backups automatically. You can use a cron utility such
as CronMaker to help build expressions. For more information, see CronMaker.

dbcli create-backup
Use the dbcli create-backup command to create a backup of a database.

Syntax

dbcli create-backup
-in <db_name>
-i <db_id>
[-bt {Regular-L0|Regular-L1|Longterm|ArchiveLog}]
[-c {Database|TdeWallet}]
[-k <n>]
[-t <tag>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-bt --backupType (Optional) Backup type. Possible values are
Regular-L0, Regular-L1, Longterm, and
ArchiveLog. Regular-L0 and Regular L1
correspond to incremental L0 and L1 backups.
Longterm corresponds to Full backup. ArchiveLog
corresponds to archived redo logs backup. The
default value is Regular-L1. Values are not case-
sensitive. If omitted, the default value is used.

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Parameter Full Name Description

-c --component (Optional) Component. Possible values are
Database and TdeWallet. The default value is
Database. The value TdeWallet backs up
TDE wallets. Values are not case-sensitive. If
omitted, the default value is used.
Note that the TDE wallets are automatically
backed up in the following situations:
• A database is created with an Object Storage
backup configuration.
• A database that has an Object Storage
backup configuration is updated.
• An Object Storage backup configuration is
updated.
• A backup of the type Longterm is created.
• The TDE key for a database is rotated.
• A database is backed up and no TDE wallet
backups exist yet.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid The ID of the database to back up. Use the dbcli
list-databases command to get the database's
ID.
-in --dbName The name of the database to back up. Use the
dbcli list-databases command to get the
database's name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-k --keepDays (Optional) Specifies the time until which the
backup or copy must be kept. After this time the
backup is obsolete, regardless of the backup
retention policy settings. For Longterm backup
type only.
-t --tag (Required for Longterm backup type) Specifies a
user-specified tag name for a backup set and
applies this tag to the output files generated by the
command. This value is not case sensitive. Valid
number of characters: 1 to 30. The characters are
limited to the characters that are valid in file
names on the target file system. For example,
ASM does not support the use of the hyphen (-)
character in the file names it uses internally, so
weekly-incremental is not a valid tag name for
backups in ASM disk groups. Environment
variables are not valid in the TAG parameter.

Examples
The following command creates a backup of the specified database using the
database ID.

dbcli create-backup -i 573cadb2-0cc2-4c1c-9c31-595ab8963d5b

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The following command creates a backup of the specified database using the database name
("mydb").

dbcli create-backup -in mydb

dbcli getstatus-backup
Use the dbcli getstatus-backup command to display the status of a backup.

Syntax

dbcli getstatus-backup
-t <backup_type>
[i <id>]
[-in <name>]
[-l] [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbId (Optional) Database Resource ID.
-in --dbName (Optional) Database Resource Name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-l -- (Optional) Latest backup report. Default: true.
isLatestBackupRe
port
-t --backupType Backup type.

dbcli schedule-backup
Use the dbcli schedule-backup command to schedule a backup of a database.

Syntax

dbcli schedule-backup
-t <backup_type>
-f <number>
[i <id>]
[-in <name>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-f --frequency Frequency in minutes.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbId (Optional) Database Resource ID.
-in --dbName (Optional) Database Resource Name.

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Parameter Full Name Description

-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-t --backupType Backup type.

Backupconfig Commands
A backup configuration determines the backup destination and recovery window for
database backups. You create the backup configuration and then associate it with a
database by using the dbcli update-database command.

Note:
Backups that were configured using the Console may become unusable if
you make changes using these commands. For backups configured using
the Console, use these commands with support guidance only.

Note:
Instead of using dbcli, you can use the Console or the API to manage
backing up the databases in your DB system to the Object Storage. For
information about managed backups, see Back Up and Recovery in Base
Database Service.

After a database is associated with a backup configuration, you can use the dbcli
create-backup command in a cron job to run backups automatically. You can use a
cron utility such as CronMaker to help build expressions. For more information, see
CronMaker.
The following commands are available to manage backup configurations:
• dbcli create-backupconfig
• dbcli list-backupconfigs
• dbcli describe-backupconfig
• dbcli update-backupconfig
• dbcli delete-backupconfig

dbcli create-backupconfig
Use the dbcli create-backupconfig command to create a backup configuration that
defines the backup destination and recovery windows.

Syntax

dbcli create-backupconfig
-d {DISK|OBJECTSTORE|NONE}
-c <bucket>

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-o <object_store_swift_id>
-on <object_store_swift_name>
-w <n>
-n <name>
[-cr|-no-cr]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-c --container The name of an existing bucket in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Object Storage service. You can use the Console or the Object Storage
API to create the bucket. For more information, see Managing Buckets.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore and the
--objectstoreswiftId parameter.
-cr --crosscheck (Optional) Indicates whether to enable the crosscheck operation. This
-no-cr --no-crosscheck operation determines if the files on the disk or in the media
management catalog correspond to data in the RMAN repository. If
omitted, the default setting is used (crosscheck is enabled by default).
-d -- The backup destination as one of the following (these values are not
backupdestination case sensitive):
DISK - The local Fast Recovery Area.
OBJECTSTORE - The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
service. You must also specify the --container and --
objectstoreswiftId parameters.
NONE - Disables the backup.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-n --name The name of the backup configuration.
-o --objectstoreswiftId The ID of the object store that contains the endpoint and credentials for
the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage service. Use the dbcli
list-objectstoreswifts command to get the object store ID. Use
the dbcli create-objectstoreswift command to create an object
store.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore and the
--container parameter.
-on -- The name of the object store that contains the endpoint and credentials
objectstoreswiftNa for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage service.
me Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts command to get the
object store ID. Use the dbcli create-objectstoreswift
command to create an object store.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore and the
--container parameter.
-w --recoverywindow The number of days for which backups and archived redo logs are
maintained. The interval always ends with the current time and extends
back in time for the number of days specified.
For a DISK backup destination, specify 1 to 14 days.
For an OBJECTSTORE backup destination, specify 1 to 30 days.

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Example
The following command creates a backup configuration named 'dbbkcfg1':

dbcli create-backupconfig -d Disk -w 7 -n dbbkcfg1

Output:

{
"jobId" : "4e0e6011-db53-4142-82ef-eb561658a0a9",
"status" : "Success",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ {
"taskId" : "TaskParallel_919",
"taskName" : "persisting backup config metadata",
"taskResult" : "Success",
"startTime" : "November 18, 2016 20:21:25 PM UTC",
"endTime" : "November 18, 2016 20:21:25 PM UTC",
"status" : "Success",
"taskDescription" : null,
"parentTaskId" : "TaskSequential_915",
"jobId" : "4e0e6011-db53-4142-82ef-eb561658a0a9",
"tags" : [ ],
"reportLevel" : "Info",
"updatedTime" : "November 18, 2016 20:21:25 PM UTC"
} ],
"createTimestamp" : "November 18, 2016 20:21:25 PM UTC",
"description" : "create backup config:dbbkcfg1",
"updatedTime" : "November 18, 2016 20:21:25 PM UTC"
}

dbcli list-backupconfigs
Use the dbcli list-backupconfigs command to list all the backup configurations in
the DB system.

Syntax

dbcli list-backupconfigs [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Example
The following command lists a backup configuration:

dbcli list-backupconfigs

Output:

ID Name
RecoveryWindow BackupDestination CreateTime
---------------------------------------- --------------------
------------------ ----------------- -----------------------------
ccdd56fe-a40b-4e82-b38d-5f76c265282d dbbkcfg1
7 Disk July 10, 2016 12:24:08 PM UTC

dbcli describe-backupconfig
Use the dbcli describe-backupconfig command to show details about a specific backup
configuration.

Syntax

dbcli describe-backupconfig -i <id> -in <name> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --backupconfigid The backup configuration ID. Use the dbcli list-backupconfigs
command to get the ID.
-in -- The backup configuration name. Use the dbcli list-
backupconfigname backupconfigs command to get the name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays details about a backup configuration:

dbcli describe-backupconfig -i ccdd56fe-a40b-4e82-b38d-5f76c265282d

Output:

Backup Config details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: ccdd56fe-a40b-4e82-b38d-5f76c265282d
Name: dbbkcfg1
RecoveryWindow: 7
BackupDestination: Disk

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UpdatedTime: July 10, 2016 12:24:08 PM UTC

dbcli update-backupconfig
Use the dbcli update-backupconfig command to update an existing backup
configuration.

Syntax

dbcli update-backupconfig
-i <id>
-in <name>
-w <n>
-d {DISK|OBJECTSTORE|NONE}
-c <bucket>
-o <object_store_swift_id>
-on <object_store_swift_name>
[-cr|-no-cr]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-c --container The name of an existing bucket in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Object Storage service. You can use the Console or the Object
Storage API to create the bucket. For more information, see
Managing Buckets.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore
and the --objectstoreswiftId parameter.
-cr --crosscheck (Optional) Indicates whether to enable the crosscheck operation.
-no-cr --no-crosscheck This operation determines if the files on the disk on in the media
management catalog correspond to data in the RMAN repository.
If omitted, the default setting is used (crosscheck is enabled by
default).
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --backupconfigid The ID of the backup configuration to update. Use the dbcli
list-backupconfigs command to get the ID.
-in -- The name of the backup configuration to update. Use the dbcli
backupconfignam list-backupconfigs command to get the name.
e
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-o -- The ID of the object store that contains the endpoint and
objectstoreswiftId credentials for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
service. Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts command
to get the object store ID. Use the dbcli create-
objectstoreswift command to create an object store.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore
and the --container parameter.

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Param Full Name Description

eter
-on -- The name of the object store that contains the endpoint and
objectstoreswiftn credentials for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
ame service. Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts command
to get the object store ID. Use the dbcli create-
objectstoreswift command to create an object store.
You must also specify --backupdestination objectstore
and the --container parameter.
-w --recoverywindow The new disk recovery window.
For a DISK backup destination, specify 1 to 14 days.
For an OBJECTSTORE backup destination, specify 1 to 30 days.

Example
The following command updates the recovery window for a backup configuration:

dbcli update-backupconfig -i ccdd56fe-a40b-4e82-b38d-5f76c265282d -w 5

Output:

{
"jobId" : "0e849291-e1e1-4c7a-8dd2-62b522b9b807",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1468153731699,
"description" : "update backup config: dbbkcfg1",
"updatedTime" : 1468153731700
}

dbcli delete-backupconfig
Use the dbcli delete-backupconfig command to delete a backup configuration.

Syntax

dbcli delete-backupconfig -i <id> -in <name> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --id The backup configuration ID to delete. Use the dbcli list-
backupconfigs command to get the ID.
-in -- The name of the backup configuration to delete. Use the dbcli list-
backupconfigname backupconfigs command to get the name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Example
The following command deletes the specified backup configuration:

dbcli delete-backupconfig -i ccdd56fe-a40b-4e82-b38d-5f76c265282d

Component Command
dbcli describe-component
Your DB system might not include this newer command. If you have trouble running
the command, use the CLI Update Command command to update the database CLI
and then retry the command.

Note:
The dbcli describe-component command is not available on 2-node
RAC DB systems. Patching 2-node systems from Object Storage is not
supported.

Use the dbcli describe-component command to show the installed and available
patch versions for the server, storage, and/or database home components in the DB
system.
This command requires a valid Object Storage credentials configuration. If the
configuration is missing or invalid, the command fails with the error: Failed to
connect to the object store. Please provide valid details.

For more information about updating the CLI, creating the credentials configuration,
and applying patches, see Update a DB System.

Syntax

dbcli describe-component
[-s <server_group>]
[-d <db_group>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-d --dbhomes (Optional) Lists the installed and available patch versions for only
the database home components.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-s --server (Optional) Lists the installed and available patch versions for only
the server components.

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Example
The following command to show the current component versions and the available patch
versions in the object store:

dbcli describe-component

Output:

System Version
---------------
12.1.2.10.0

Component Installed Version Available

Version
---------------------------------------- --------------------
--------------------
OAK 12.1.2.10.0 up-to-date
GI 12.1.0.2.161018 up-to-date
ORADB12102_HOME1 12.1.0.2.161018 up-to-date
ORADB12102_HOME2, ORADB12102_HOME3 12.1.0.2.160719 12.1.0.2.161018

Database Commands
The following commands are available to manage databases:
• dbcli clone-database
• dbcli describe-database
• dbcli list-databases
• dbcli modify-database
• dbcli recover-database
• dbcli register-database
• dbcli update-database

dbcli clone-database
Use the dbcli clone-database command to clone a database.

Syntax

dbcli clone-database
-f <name>
-u <name>
-n <name>
[-s <shape>]
[-t <type>]
[m <sys_password>]
[-p <tde_password>]
[-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-f --sourcedbname Source database name.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-m --syspassword (Optional) Password for SYS.
-n --dbname Database name.
-p --tdepassword (Optional) Password for source TDE wallet.
-s --dbshape (Optional) Database shape. Examples: odb1, odb2.
-t --dbtype (Optional) Database Type: SI
-u -- Database unique name.
databaseUnique
Name

dbcli describe-database
Use the dbcli describe-database command to display database details.

Syntax

dbcli describe-database
-i <db_id>
-in <db_name>
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid The ID of the database to display. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database ID.
-in --dbName The name of the database to display. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays information for a database named b727bf80-
c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6:

dbcli describe-dbhome -i b727bf80-c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6

Output:

DB Home details
----------------------------------------------------------------

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ID: b727bf80-c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6
Name: OraDB12102_home1
Version: 12.1.0.2
Home Location: /u01/app/orauser/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1
Created: Jun 2, 2016 10:19:23 AM

dbcli list-databases
Use the dbcli list-databases command to list all databases on the DB system.

Syntax

dbcli list-databases [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays a list of databases:

dbcli list-databases

Output:

ID DB Name DB Version
CDB Class Shape Storage Status
---------------------------------------- ---------- --------------------
---------- -------- -------- ---------- ----------
80ad855a-5145-4f8f-a08f-406c5e4684ff dbst 12.1.0.2
true OLTP odb2 ACFS Configured
6f4e36ae-120b-4436-b0bf-d0c4aef9f7c9 db11tsta 11.2.0.4
false OLTP odb1 ACFS Configured
d8e31790-84e6-479c-beb0-ef97207091a2 db11tstb 11.2.0.4
false OLTP odb1 ACFS Configured
cce096c7-737b-447a-baa1-f4c2a330c030 pdbtst 12.1.0.2
true OLTP odb1 ACFS Configured

The following command displays the JSON output for a database:

dbcli list-databases -j

Output:

[ {
"id" : "80ad855a-5145-4f8f-a08f-406c5e4684ff",
"name" : "dbtst",

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"dbName" : "dbtst",
"databaseUniqueName" : "dbtst_phx1cs",
"dbVersion" : "12.1.0.2",
"dbHomeId" : "2efe7af7-0b70-4e9b-ba8b-71f11c6fe287",
"instanceOnly" : false,
"registerOnly" : false,
"dbId" : "167525515",
"isCdb" : true,
"pdBName" : "pdb1",
"pdbAdminUserName" : "pdbuser",
"enableTDE" : true,
"dbType" : "SI",
"dbTargetNodeNumber" : "0",
"dbClass" : "OLTP",
"dbShape" : "odb2",
"dbStorage" : "ACFS",
"dbCharacterSet" : {
"characterSet" : "US7ASCII",
"nlsCharacterset" : "AL16UTF16",
"dbTerritory" : "AMERICA",
"dbLanguage" : "AMERICAN"
},
"dbConsoleEnable" : false,
"backupConfigId" : null,
"backupDestination" : "NONE",
"cloudStorageContainer" : null,
"state" : {
"status" : "CONFIGURED"
},
"createTime" : "November 09, 2016 17:23:05 PM UTC",
"updatedTime" : "November 09, 2016 18:00:47 PM UTC"
}

dbcli modify-database
Use the dbcli modify-database command to modify a database.

Syntax

dbcli modify-database
-i <db_id>
-dh <destination_db_home_id>
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-dh --destdbhomeid Destination database home ID.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --databaseid Database ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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dbcli recover-database
Use the dbcli recover-database command to recover a database.

Syntax

dbcli recover-database
[-br <json>]
[-in <db_name>]
[-i <db_id>]
[-r <time>]
[-t {Latest|PITR|SCN}]
[-s]
[-l <location>]
[-tp <tde_password>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-br --backupReport (Optional) JSON input for backup report.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid (Optional) Database resource ID.
-in --dbName (Optional) Database name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-l -- (Optional) TDE wallet backup location. TDE wallet should be backed
tdeWalletLocation up in tar.gz format.
-r -- (Required when recovery type is PITR) Recovery timestamp in the
recoveryTimeStam format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss. Default: [ ]
p
-s --scn (Required when recovery type is SCN) SCN.
-t --recoverytype (Required when backup report is provided) Recovery type. Possible
values are Latest, PITR, and SCN.
-tp -- (Optional) TDE wallet password.
tdeWalletPassword

dbcli register-database
Use the dbcli register-database command to register a database that has been migrated
to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The command registers the database to the dcs-agent so it
can be managed by the dcs-agent stack.

Note:
The dbcli register-database command is not available on 2-node RAC DB
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Syntax

dbcli register-database
-bi <bkup_config_id>
-c {OLTP|DSS|IMDB}
[-co|-no-co]
-s {odb1|odb2|...}
-t SI
[-o <db_host_name>]
[-tp <password>]
-sn <service_name>
-p
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-bi --backupconfigid Defines the backup configuration ID. Use the dbcli list-
backupconfigs command to get the ID.
-c --dbclass Defines the database class. The options are OLTP, DSS, or IMDB.
The default is OLTP. For Enterprise Editions, all three classes are
supported. For Standard Edition, only OLTP is supported.
-co --dbconsole (Optional) Indicates whether the Database Console is enabled or
-no-co --no-dbconsole not. If omitted, the console is not enabled.

-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.

-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-o --hostname (Optional) Defines the database host name. The default is Local
host name.
-p --syspassword Defines a strong password for SYS. Specify -p with no password.
You will be prompted for the password.
If you must provide the password in the command, for example in
a script, use -hp <password> instead of -p.
-s --dbshape Defines the database sizing template to use for the database. For
example, odb1, odb2, and odb3.
-sn --servicename Defines the database service name used to build the
EZCONNECT string for connecting to the database. The connect
string format is hostname:port/servicename.
-t --dbtype (Optional) Defines the Database Type as single node (SI). The
default value is SI.
-tp -- (Optional) Password for TDE wallet. Required if TDE is enabled
tdeWalletPasswo on the migrated database.
rd

Example
The following command registers the database with the specified database class,
service name, and database sizing template.

dbcli register-database -c OLTP -s odb1 -sn crmdb.example.com -p

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Output:

Password for SYS:

{
"jobId" : "317b430f-ad5f-42ae-bb07-13f053d266e2",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "August 08, 2016 05:55:49 AM EDT",
"description" : "Database service registration with db service name:
crmdb.example.com",
"updatedTime" : "August 08, 2016 05:55:49 AM EDT"
}

dbcli update-database
Use the dbcli update-database command to associate a backup configuration with a
database.

Syntax

dbcli update-database
-i <db_id>
-bi <bkup_config_id>
-bin <bkup_config_name>;
[-id <id>]
-in <name>
[-no-ab]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-bi --backupconfigid Defines the backup configuration ID. Use the dbcli list-
backupconfigs command to get the ID.
-bin -- Defines the backup configuration name for future use. Use the dbcli
backupconfigname list-backupconfigs command to get the name.
-id --databaseid (Optional.) Specifies the DBID, which is a unique 32-bit identification
number computed when the database is created. RMAN displays the
DBID upon connection to the target database. You can obtain the DBID
by querying the V$DATABASE view or the RC_DATABASE and
RC_DATABASE_INCARNATION recovery catalog views.
-in --dbName Defines the database name to be updated. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database name.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid Defines the database ID to be updated. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Parame Full Name Description

ter
-no-ab --noautobackup (Optional) Disables automatic backups for the specified database.
Note that, once disabled, automatic backup cannot be re-enabled using
the CLI. To re-enable automatic backup, use the Console.

Example
The following command associates a backup configuration file with a database:

dbcli update-database -bi 78a2a5f0-72b1-448f-bd86-cf41b30b64ee -i

71ec8335-113a-46e3-b81f-235f4d1b6fde

Output:

{
"jobId" : "2b104028-a0a4-4855-b32a-b97a37f5f9c5",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1467775842977,
"description" : "update database id:71ec8335-113a-46e3-
b81f-235f4d1b6fde",
"updatedTime" : 1467775842978
}

Dbhome Commands
The following commands are available to manage database homes:
• dbcli create-dbhome
• dbcli describe-dbhome
• dbcli delete-dbhome
• dbcli list-dbhomes
• dbcli update-dbhome

dbcli create-dbhome
Use the dbcli create-dbhome command to create an Oracle Database Home.

Syntax

dbcli create-dbhome -v <version> [-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-v --version Defines the Database Home version.

Example
The following command creates an Oracle Database Home version 12.1.0.2:

dbcli create-dbhome -v 12.1.0.2

dbcli describe-dbhome
Use the dbcli describe-dbhome command to display Oracle Database Home details.

Syntax

dbcli describe-dbhome -i <db_home_id> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbhomeid Identifies the database home ID. Use the dbcli list-dbhomes
command to get the ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following output is an example of using the display Oracle Database Home details
command.

dbcli describe-dbhome -i 52850389-228d-4397-bbe6-102fda65922b

Output:

DB Home details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 52850389-228d-4397-bbe6-102fda65922b
Name: OraDB12102_home1
Version: 12.1.0.2
Home Location: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1
Created: June 29, 2016 4:36:31 AM UTC

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dbcli delete-dbhome
Use the dbcli delete-dbhome command to delete a database home from the DB
system.

Syntax

dbcli delete-dbhome -i <db_home_id> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbhomeid Identifies the database home ID to be deleted. Use the dbcli
list-dbhomes command to get the ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

dbcli list-dbhomes
Use the dbcli list-dbhomes command to display a list of Oracle Home directories.

Syntax

dbcli list-dbhomes [-h] [-j]

Parameter

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays a list of Oracle Home directories.

dbcli list-dbhomes

Output:

ID Name DB Version
Home Location
------------------------------------ ----------------- ----------
------------------------------------------
b727bf80-c99e-4846-ac1f-28a81a725df6 OraDB12102_home1
12.1.0.2 /u01/app/orauser/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1

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dbcli update-dbhome

Note:
Your DB system might not include this newer command. If you have trouble running
the command, use the CLI Update command to update the database CLI and then
retry the command.

Use the dbcli update-dbhome command to apply the DBBP bundle patch to a database
home. For more information about applying patches, see Update a DB System.

Syntax

dbcli update-dbhome
-i <db_home_id>
-n <node>
[--local]
[--precheck]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbhomeid The ID of the database home. Use the dbcli list-dbhomes
command to get the ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-n --node (Optional) Node number to be updated. Use the dbcli list-nodes
command to get the node number.
-l --local (Optional) Performs the operation on the local node of a multi-node
high availability (HA) system. This parameter is not needed to perform
the operation on a single-node system.
-p --precheck (Optional) Runs precheck operations to check prerequisites.

Example
The following commands update the database home and show the output from the update
job:

dbcli update-dbhome -i e1877dac-a69a-40a1-b65a-d5e190e671e6

Output:

{
"jobId" : "493e703b-46ef-4a3f-909d-bbd123469bea",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],

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"createTimestamp" : "January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST",

"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "DB Home Patching: Home Id is e1877dac-a69a-40a1-
b65a-d5e190e671e6",
"updatedTime" : "January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST"
}

dbcli describe-job -i 493e703b-46ef-4a3f-909d-bbd123469bea

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 493e703b-46ef-4a3f-909d-bbd123469bea
Description: DB Home Patching: Home Id is e1877dac-
a69a-40a1-b65a-d5e190e671e6
Status: Running
Created: January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST
Message:

Task Name Start

Time End Time
Status
----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
----------------------------------- ----------
Create Patching Repository Directories January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST Success
Download latest patch metadata January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST Success
Update System version January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM PST Success
Update Patching Repository January 19, 2017 10:03:21 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:31 AM PST Success
Opatch updation January 19, 2017 10:03:31 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:31 AM PST Success
Patch conflict check January 19, 2017 10:03:31 AM
PST January 19, 2017 10:03:31 AM PST Running

Dbstorage Commands
The following commands are available to manage database storage:
• dbcli list-dbstorages
• dbcli describe-dbstorage
• dbcli create-dbstorage
• dbcli delete-dbstorage

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dbcli list-dbstorages
Use the dbcli list-dbstorages command to list the database storage in the DB system.

Syntax

dbcli list-dbstorages [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays details about database storage:

dbcli list-dbstorages

Output:

ID Type DBUnique Name Status

---------------------------------------- ------ --------------------
----------
afb4a1ce-d54d-4993-a149-0f28c9fb33a4 Acfs db1_2e56b3a9b815
Configured
d81e8013-4551-4d10-880b-d1a796bca1bc Acfs db11xp
Configured

dbcli describe-dbstorage
Use the dbcli describe-dbstorage command to show detailed information about a specific
database storage resource.

Syntax

dbcli describe-dbstorage -i <db_storage_id> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --id Defines the database storage ID. Use the dbcli list-dbstorages
command to get the database storage ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Example
The following command displays the database storage details for
105a2db2-625a-45ba-8bdd-ee46da0fd83a:

dbcli describe-dbstorage -i 105a2db2-625a-45ba-8bdd-ee46da0fd83a

Output:

DBStorage details
----------------------------------------------------------------

ID: 105a2db2-625a-45ba-8bdd-ee46da0fd83a
DB Name: db1
DBUnique Name: db1
DB Resource ID: 439e7bd7-f717-447a-8046-08b5f6493df0
Storage Type:
DATA Location: /u02/app/oracle/oradata/db1
RECO Location: /u03/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/
REDO Location: /u03/app/oracle/redo/
State: ResourceState(status=Configured)
Created: July 3, 2016 4:19:21 AM UTC
UpdatedTime: July 3, 2016 4:41:29 AM UTC

dbcli create-dbstorage
Use the dbcli create-dbstorage command to create the database storage layout
without creating the complete database. This is useful for database migration and
standby database creation.

Syntax

dbcli create-dbstorage
-n <db_name>
[-u <db_unique_name>]
[-r {ACFS|ASM}]
[-s <datasize>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-n --dbname Defines the database name. The database name must begin with
an alphabetic character and can contain a maximum of eight
alphanumeric characters. Special characters are not permitted.
-r --dbstorage (Optional) Defines the type of database storage as ACFS or ASM.
The default value is ASM.

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eter
-s --dataSize (Optional) Defines the data size in GBs. The minimum size is
10GB. The default size is 100GB.
-u -- (Optional) Defines the unique name for the database. The default
databaseUnique is the database name specified in --dbname.
Name

Example
The following command creates database storage with a storage type of ACFS:

dbcli create-dbstorage -r ACFS -n testdb -u testdbname

Output:

{
"jobId" : "5884a77a-0577-414f-8c36-1e9d8a1e9cee",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1467952215102,
"description" : "Database storage service creation with db name: testdb",
"updatedTime" : 1467952215103
}

dbcli delete-dbstorage
Use the dbcli delete-dbstorage command to delete database storage that is not being
used by the database. A error occurs if the resource is in use.

Syntax

dbcli delete-dbstorage -i <dbstorageID> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Parameter Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --id The database storage ID to delete. Use the dbcli list-dbstorages
command to get the database storage ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command deletes the specified database storage:

dbcli delete-dbstorage -i f444dd87-86c9-4969-a72c-fb2026e7384b

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Output:

{
"jobId" : "467c9388-18c6-4e1a-8655-2fd3603856ef",
"status" : "Running",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1467952336843,
"description" : "Database storage service deletion with id:
f444dd87-86c9-4969-a72c-fb2026e7384b",
"updatedTime" : 1467952336856
}

Dgconfig Commands
dbcli list-dgconfigs
Use the dbcli list-dgconfigs command to list DG configurations.

Syntax

dbcli list-dgconfigs [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the
command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Job Commands
The following commands are available to manage jobs:
• dbcli describe-job
• dbcli list-jobs

dbcli describe-job
Use the dbcli describe-job command to display details about a specific job.

Syntax

dbcli describe-job -i <job_id> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.

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Param Full Name Description

eter
-i --jobid Identifies the job. Use the dbcli list-jobs command to get
the jobid.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays details about the specified job ID:

dbcli describe-job -i 74731897-fb6b-4379-9a37-246912025c17

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 74731897-fb6b-4379-9a37-246912025c17
Description: Backup service creation with db name: dbtst
Status: Success
Created: November 18, 2016 8:33:04 PM UTC
Message:

Task Name Start Time

End Time Status
---------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
----------------------------------- ----------
Backup Validations November 18, 2016 8:33:04 PM UTC
November 18, 2016 8:33:13 PM UTC Success
validate recovery window November 18, 2016 8:33:13 PM UTC
November 18, 2016 8:33:17 PM UTC Success
Db cross check November 18, 2016 8:33:17 PM UTC
November 18, 2016 8:33:23 PM UTC Success
Database Backup November 18, 2016 8:33:23 PM UTC
November 18, 2016 8:34:22 PM UTC Success
Backup metadata November 18, 2016 8:34:22 PM UTC
November 18, 2016 8:34:22 PM UTC Success

dbcli list-jobs
Use the dbcli list-jobs command to display a list of jobs, including the job IDs, status, and
the job
created date and time stamp.

Syntax

dbcli list-jobs [-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays a list of jobs:

dbcli list-jobs

Output:

ID
Description
Created Status
----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---- ----------------------------------- ----------
0a362dac-0339-41b5-9c9c-4d229e363eaa Database service creation
with db name: db11 November 10, 2016
11:37:54 AM UTC Success
9157cc78-b487-4ee9-9f46-0159f10236e4 Database service creation
with db name: jhfpdb November 17, 2016
7:19:59 PM UTC Success
013c408d-37ca-4f58-a053-02d4efdc42d0 create backup
config:myBackupConfig November
18, 2016 8:28:14 PM UTC Success
921a54e3-c359-4aea-9efc-6ae7346cb0c2 update database
id:80ad855a-5145-4f8f-a08f-406c5e4684ff November
18, 2016 8:32:16 PM UTC Success
74731897-fb6b-4379-9a37-246912025c17 Backup service creation with
db name: dbtst November 18, 2016
8:33:04 PM UTC Success
40a227b1-8c47-46b9-a116-48cc1476fc12 Creating a report for
database 80ad855a-5145-4f8f-a08f-406c5e4684ff November 18,
2016 8:41:39 PM UTC Success

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Latestpatch Command
dbcli describe-latestpatch

Note:

• Your DB system might not include this newer command. If you have trouble
running the command, use the CLI Update command to update the database
CLI and then retry the command.
• The dbcli describe-latestpatch command is not available on 2-node
RAC DB systems. Patching 2-node systems from Object Storage is not
supported.

Use the dbcli describe-latestpatch command show the latest patches applicable to the
DB system and available in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage.
This command requires a valid Object Storage credentials configuration. If the configuration
is missing or invalid, the command fails with the error: Failed to connect to the object
store. Please provide valid details.

For more information about updating the CLI, creating the credentials configuration, and
applying patches, see Update a DB System.

Syntax

dbcli describe-latestpatch [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command displays patches available in the object store:

dbcli describe-latestpatch

Output:

componentType availableVersion
--------------- --------------------
gi 12.1.0.2.161018
db 11.2.0.4.161018

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oak 12.1.2.10.0

Logcleanjob Commands
The following commands are available to manage log cleaning jobs:
• dbcli create-logCleanJob
• dbcli describe-logCleanJob
• dbcli list-logCleanJobs

dbcli create-logCleanJob
Use the dbcli create-logCleanJob command to create a log cleaning job.

Syntax

dbcli create-logCleanJob
[-c {gi|database|dcs}]
[-o <number>]
[u {Day|Hour|Minute}]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-c --components (Optional) Components. Possible values are gi, database, and
dcs. Separate multiple values by commas.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-o --olderThan (Optional) Quantity portion of time interval. Default: 30. Cleans
logs older than the specified time interval (-o and -u).
-u --unit (Optional) Unit portion of time interval. Possible values: Day, Hour,
or Minute. Default: Day. Cleans logs older than the specified time
interval (-o and -u).

dbcli describe-logCleanJob
Use the dbcli describe-logCleanJob command to display the summary for a log
cleaning job.

Syntax

dbcli describe-logCleanJob
-i <job_id>
[-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --jobid ID of log cleaning job for which to display the summary.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

dbcli list-logCleanJobs
Use the dbcli list-logCleanJobs command to list log cleaning jobs.

Syntax

dbcli list-logCleanJobs [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Netsecurity Commands
The following commands are available to manage network encryption on the DB system:
• dbcli describe-netsecurity
• dbcli update-netsecurity

dbcli describe-netsecurity
Use the dbcli describe-netsecurity command to display the current network encryption
setting for a database home.

Syntax

dbcli describe-netsecurity -H <db_home_id> [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-H --dbHomeId Defines the database home ID. Use the dbcli list-dbhomes
command to get the dbhomeid.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Example
The following command displays the encryption setting for specified database home:

dbcli describe-netsecurity -H 16c96a9c-f579-4a4c-a645-8d4d22d6889d

Output:

NetSecurity Rules
----------------------------------------------------------------
DatabaseHomeID: 16c96a9c-f579-4a4c-a645-8d4d22d6889d

Role: Server
EncryptionAlgorithms: AES256 AES192 AES128
IntegrityAlgorithms: SHA1
ConnectionType: Required

Role: Client
EncryptionAlgorithms: AES256 AES192 AES128
IntegrityAlgorithms: SHA1
ConnectionType: Required

dbcli update-netsecurity
Use the dbcli update-netsecurity command to update the Oracle Net security
configuration on the DB system.

Syntax

dbcli update-netsecurity
{-c|-s}
-t {REJECTED|ACCEPTED|REQUESTED|REQUIRED}
-H <db_home_id>
-e {AES256|AES192|AES128}
-i {SHA1|SHA512|SHA384|SHA256}
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-c --client Indicates that the specified data encryption or data integrity
configuration is for the client. (--client and --server are
mutually exclusive.)
-e -- Defines the algorithm to be used for encryption. Specify either
encryptionAlgorit AES256, AES192, or AES128.
hms
-H --dbHomeId Defines the database home ID. Use the dbcli list-dbhomes
command to get the dbHomeId.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.

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eter
-i -- Defines the algorithm to be used for integrity. Specify either
integrityAlgorithm SHA1, SHA512, SHA384, or SHA256. For Oracle Database 11g,
s the only accepted value is SHA1.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-s --server Indicates that the specified data encryption or data integrity
configuration is for the server. (--client and --server are
mutually exclusive.)
-t --connectionType Specifies how Oracle Net Services data encryption or data
integrity is negotiated with clients. The following values are listed
in the order of increasing security:
REJECTED - Do not enable data encryption or data integrity,
even if required by the client.
ACCEPTED - Enable data encryption or data integrity if required
or requested by the client.
REQUESTED - Enable data encryption or data integrity if the
client permits it.
REQUIRED - Enable data encryption or data integrity or preclude
the connection.

Example
The following command updates the connection type to ACCEPTED:

dbcli update-netsecurity -H a2ffbb07-c9c0-4467-a458-bce4d3b76cd5 -t ACCEPTED

Objectstoreswift Commands
You can back up a database to an existing bucket in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object
Storage service by using the dbcli create-backup command, but first you'll need to:

1. Create an object store on the DB system, which contains the endpoint and credentials to
access Object Storage, by using the dbcli create-objectstoreswift command.
2. Create a backup configuration that refers to the object store ID and the bucket name by
using the dbcli create-backupconfig command.
3. Associate the backup configuration with the database by using the dbcli update-
database command.
The following commands are available to manage object stores.
• dbcli create-objectstoreswift
• dbcli describe-objectstoreswift
• dbcli list-objectstoreswifts

dbcli create-objectstoreswift
Use the dbcli create-objectstoreswift command to create an object store.

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Syntax

dbcli create-objectstoreswift
-n <object_store_name>
-t <object_storage_namespace>
-u <user_name>
-e https://swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1
-p <password>
[-h] [-j]

where <object_storage_namespace> is your tenancy's Object Storage namespace.

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-e --endpointurl The following endpoint URL. https://
swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v
1
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-n --name The name for the object store to be created.
-p --swiftpassword The auth token that you generated by using the Console or IAM
API. For information about generating an auth token for use with
Swift, see Managing User Credentials.
This is not the password for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user.
Specify -p (with no password) to be prompted.
Specify -hp "<password> " in quotes to provide the password
(auth token) in the command.
-t --tenantname The Object Storage namespace of your tenancy.
-u --username The user name for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user account,
for example: -u djones@example.com
This is the user name you use to sign in to the Console.
The user name must have tenancy-level access to the Object
Storage. An easy way to do this is to add the user name to the
Administrators group. However, that allows access to all of the
cloud services. Instead, an administrator can create a policy that
allows tenancy-level access to just Object Storage. The following
is an example of such a policy.
Allow group DBAdmins to manage buckets in tenancy
Allow group DBAdmins to manage objects in tenancy

For more information about adding a user to a group, see

Managing Groups. For more information about policies, see
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Example
The following command creates an object store and prompts for the Swift password:

dbcli create-objectstoreswift -n r2swift -t MyObjectStorageNamespace -u

djones@example.com -e https://
swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1 -p

Output:

Password for Swift:

{
"jobId" : "c565bb71-f67b-4fab-9d6f-a34eae36feb7",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : "Create object store swift",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 19, 2017 11:11:33 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ {
"resourceId" : "8a0fe039-f5d4-426a-8707-256c612b3a30",
"resourceType" : "ObjectStoreSwift",
"jobId" : "c565bb71-f67b-4fab-9d6f-a34eae36feb7",
"updatedTime" : "January 19, 2017 11:11:33 AM PST"
} ],
"description" : "create object store:biyanr2swift",
"updatedTime" : "January 19, 2017 11:11:33 AM PST"
}

dbcli describe-objectstoreswift
Use the dbcli describe-objectstoreswift command to display details about an object
store.

Syntax

dbcli describe-objectstoreswift
-i <object_store_swift_id>
-in <object_store_swift_name>
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --objectstoreswiftid The object store ID. Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts
command to get the ID.
-in -- The object store name. Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts
objectstoreswiftNa command to get the name.
me
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

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Example
The following command displays details about an object store:

dbcli describe-objectstoreswift -i 910e9e2d-25b4-49b4-b88e-ff0332f7df87

Output:

Object Store details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 910e9e2d-25b4-49b4-b88e-ff0332f7df87
Name: objstrswift15
UserName: djones@example.com
TenantName: CompanyABC
endpoint URL: https://
swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1
CreatedTime: November 16, 2016 11:25:34 PM UTC
UpdatedTime: November 16, 2016 11:25:34 PM UTC

dbcli list-objectstoreswifts
Use the dbcli list-objectstoreswifts command to list the object stores on a DB
system.

Syntax

dbcli list-objectstoreswifts [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command lists the object stores on the DB system:

dbcli list-objectstoreswifts

Output:

ID Name
UserName TenantName
Url createTime
---------------------------------------- --------------------
-------------------- -------------- ------
----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
2915bc6a-6866-436a-a38c-32302c7c4d8b swiftobjstr1

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djones@example.com LargeComputers https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1 November 10, 2016
8:42:18 PM UTC
910e9e2d-25b4-49b4-b88e-ff0332f7df87 objstrswift15
djones@example.com LargeComputers https://
swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1 November 16, 2016
11:25:34 PM UTC

Pendingjob Command
dbcli list-pendingjobs
Use the dbcli list-pendingjobs command to display a list of pending jobs.

Syntax

dbcli list-pendingjobs [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Rmanbackupreport Commands
The following commands are available to manage RMAN backup reports:
• dbcli create-rmanbackupreport
• dbcli delete-rmanbackupreport
• dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport
• dbcli list-rmanbackupreports

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport
Use the dbcli create-rmanbackupreport command to create an RMAN backup report.

Syntax

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport
-w {summary|detailed}
-rn <name>
[-i <db_id>]
[-in <db_name>]
[-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid (Optional) Database resource ID.
-in --dbname (Optional) Database resource name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-rn --rptname RMAN backup report name. Maximum number of characters: 30.
Wrap name in single quotes when special characters are used.
-w --reporttype RMAN backup report type. Possible values: summary or detailed.

dbcli delete-rmanbackupreport
Use the dbcli delete-rmanbackupreport command to delete an RMAN backup
report.

Syntax

dbcli delete-rmanbackupreport
[-d <db_id>]
[-dn <db_name>]
[-n <number>]
[-i <rpt_id>]
[-in <rpt_name>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-d --dbid (Optional) Database resource ID.
-dn --dbname (Optional) Database resource name.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --reportid (Optional) RMAN backup report ID
-in --rptname (Optional) RMAN backup report name
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-n --numofday (Optional) Number of days since created (provided with Database
ID/Database Name)

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport
Use the dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport command to

Syntax

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport
[-i <rpt_id>]
[-in <rpt_name>]
[-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --id (Optional) RMAN backup report ID
-in --name (Optional) RMAN backup report name
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

dbcli list-rmanbackupreports
Use the dbcli list-rmanbackupreports command to

Syntax

dbcli list-rmanbackupreports
[-i <db_id>]
[-in <db_name>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbid (Optional) Database resource ID.
-in --dbName (Optional) Database resource name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Schedule Commands
The following commands are available to manage schedules:
• dbcli describe-schedule
• dbcli list-schedules
• dbcli update-schedule

dbcli describe-schedule
Use the dbcli describe-schedule command to describe a schedule.

Syntax

dbcli describe-schedule -i <id> [-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --scheduleid Schedule ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

dbcli list-schedules
Use the dbcli list-schedules command to list schedules.

Syntax

dbcli list-schedules [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

dbcli update-schedule
Use the dbcli update-schedule command to update a schedule.

Syntax

dbcli update-schedule
-i <id>
[-x <expression>]
[-t <description>]
[-d]
[-e]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-d --disable (Optional) Disables the schedule.
-e --enable (Optional) Enables the schedule.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --scheduleid Schedule ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-t --description (Optional) Description
-x --cronExpression (Optional) Cron expression. Use cronmaker.com to generate a
valid cron expression.

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Scheduledexecution Command
dbcli list-scheduledExecutions
Use the dbcli list-scheduledExecutions command to list scheduled executions.

Syntax

dbcli list-scheduledExecutions
[-e <execution_id>]
[-i <schedule_id>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-e --executionid (Optional) Execution ID.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --scheduleid (Optional) Schedule ID.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Server Command
dbcli update-server

Note:
Your DB system might not include this newer command. If you have trouble running
the command, use the CLI Update command to update the database CLI and then
retry the command.

Use the dbcli update-server command to apply patches to the server components in the
DB system. For more information about applying patches, see Update a DB System.

Syntax

dbcli update-server
[-n <number>]
[--local]
[--precheck]
[-v]
[-h] [-j]

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Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-l --local (Optional) Performs the operation on the local node of a multi-
node high availability (HA) system. This parameter is not needed
to perform the operation on a single-node system.
-n --node (Optional) Node number to be updated. Use the dbcli list-
nodes command to get the node number.
-p --precheck (Optional) Runs precheck operations to check prerequisites.
-v --version (Optional) Version to be updated.

Examples
The following commands update the server and show the output from the update job:

dbcli update-server

Output:

{
"jobId" : "9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8",
"status" : "Created",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "January 19, 2017 09:37:11 AM PST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "Server Patching",
"updatedTime" : "January 19, 2017 09:37:11 AM PST"
}

dbcli describe-job -i 9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8

Output:

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 9a02d111-e902-4e94-bc6b-9b820ddf6ed8
Description: Server Patching
Status: Running
Created: January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST
Message:

Task Name Start

Time End Time
Status
----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
----------------------------------- ----------

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Create Patching Repository Directories January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST

January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Download latest patch metadata January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Update System version January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST Success
Update Patching Repository January 19, 2017 9:37:11 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:38:35 AM PST Success
oda-hw-mgmt upgrade January 19, 2017 9:38:35 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST Success
Opatch updation January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST Success
Patch conflict check January 19, 2017 9:38:58 AM PST
January 19, 2017 9:42:06 AM PST Success
apply clusterware patch January 19, 2017 9:42:06 AM PST
January 19, 2017 10:02:32 AM PST Success
Updating GiHome version January 19, 2017 10:02:32 AM PST
January 19, 2017 10:02:38 AM PST Success

The following command updates node 0 of the server only, with precheck:

dbcli update-server -n 0 -p

Output:

{
"jobId" : "3e2a1e3c-83d3-4101-86b8-4d525f3f8c18",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "April 26, 2019 06:07:27 AM UTC",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "Server Patching Prechecks",
"updatedTime" : "April 26, 2019 06:07:27 AM UTC"
}

System Command
dbcli describe-system
Use the dbcli describe-system command to display details about the system. On a 2-node
RAC DB system, the command provides information about the local node.

Syntax

dbcli describe-system [-b] [-d] [-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parameter Full Name Description

-b --bom (Optional) Displays BOM information.

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Parameter Full Name Description

-d --details (Optional) Displays additional information about
the DB system, including dcs CLI and agent
version information.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

TDE Commands
The following commands are available to manage TDE-related items (backup reports,
keys, and wallets):
• dbcli list-tdebackupreports
• dbcli update-tdekey
• dbcli recover-tdewallet

dbcli list-tdebackupreports
Use the dbcli list-tdebackupreports command to list backup reports for
TDE wallets.

Syntax

dbcli list-tdebackupreports
[-i <db_id>]
[-in <db_name>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Param Full Name Description

eter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-i --dbResid (Optional) Displays the TDE Wallet backup reports for the
specified database resource ID. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database resource ID.
-in --dbResname (Optional) Displays the TDE Wallet backup reports for the
specified database resource name. Use the dbcli list-
databases command to get the database resource name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command lists the backup reports for TDE wallets:

dbcli list-tdebackupreports

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Output:

DbResID OraDbId BackupLocation

--------------------------------------- --------------------
----------------------------------------
538ca5b1-654d-4418-8ce1-f49b6c987a60 1257156075 https://
swiftobjectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/dbaasimage/backuptest/
host724007/tdewallet/Testdb5/1257156075/2017-08-17/
TDEWALLET_BMC60_2017-08-17_10-58-17.0990.tar.gz
538ca5b1-9fb2-4245-b157-6e25d7c988c5 704287483 https://
swiftobjectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/dbaasimage/backuptest/
host724007/tdewallet/Testdb1/704287483/2017-08-17/
TDEWALLET_AUTO_2017-08-17_11-03-25.0953.tar.gz
538ca5b1-9fb2-4245-b157-6e25d7c988c5 704287483 https://
swiftobjectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/dbaasimage/backuptest/
host724007/tdewallet/Testdb1/704287483/2017-08-17/
TDEWALLET_BMC62_2017-08-17_11-04-41.0264.tar.gz
19714ffa-de1b-4433-9188-c0592887e609 1157116855 https://
swiftobjectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/dbaasimage/backuptest/
host724007/tdewallet/Testdb7/1157116855/2017-08-17/
TDEWALLET_AUTO_2017-08-17_11-57-47.0605.tar.gz

dbcli update-tdekey
Use the dbcli update-tdekey command to update the TDE encryption key inside the TDE
wallet. You can update the encryption key for Pluggable Databases (if -pdbNames are
specified), and/or the Container Database (if -rootDatabase is specified).

Syntax

dbcli update-tdekey
-i <db_id>
-p [-all]
-n <pdbname1,pdbname2>
[-r|-no-r]
-t <tag_name>
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-all --allPdbNames (Optional) Flag to rotate (update) all PDB names. To update all instead
of specified PDB names, use this parameter instead of -n. Default:
false.
-i --databaseId Defines the database ID for which to update the key.
-p --password Defines the TDE Admin wallet password. Specify -p with no password.
You will be prompted for the password.
If you must provide the password in the command, for example in a
script, use -hp <password> instead of -p.
-n --pdbNames Defines the PDB names to be rotated (updated).

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Parame Full Name Description

ter
-r --rootDatabase Indicates whether to rotate the key for the root database if it is a
-no-r --no-rootDatabase container database.

-t -tagName Defines the TagName used to backup the wallet. The default is
OdaRotateKey.
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.

Example
The following command updates the key for pdb1 and pdb2 only:

dbcli update-tdekey -dbid ee3eaab6-a45b-4e61-a218-c4ba665503d9 -p -n

pdb1,pdb2

Output:

TDE Admin wallet password:

{
"jobId" : "08e5edb1-42e1-4d16-a47f-783c0afa4778",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1467876407035,
"description" : "TDE update",
"updatedTime" : 1467876407035
}

The following command updates pdb1, pdb2, and the container database:

dbcli update-tdekey -dbid ee3eaab6-a45b-4e61-a218-c4ba665503d9 -p -n

pdb1,pdb2 -r

Output:

TDE Admin wallet password:

{
"jobId" : "c72385f0-cd81-42df-a8e8-3a1e7cab1278",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : null,
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : 1467876433783,
"description" : "TDE update",
"updatedTime" : 1467876433783
}

dbcli recover-tdewallet
Use the dbcli recover-tdewallet command to recover a TDE wallet.

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Syntax

dbcli recover-tdewallet
-in <db_name>
-tp <password>
[-l <location>]
[-h] [-j]

Parameters

Parame Full Name Description

ter
-h --help (Optional) Displays help for using the command.
-in --dbName Database name.
-j --json (Optional) Displays JSON output.
-l -- (Optional) TDE wallet backup location. TDE wallet should b ebacked
tdeWalletBackuplo up in tar.gz format.
cation
-tp -- Defines the TDE Admin wallet password.
tdeWalletPassword

Tags for Base Database Service Resources

Tagging is a powerful foundational service for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) that enables
users to search, control access, and do bulk actions on a set of resources based on the tag.

Importance of Tagging
Using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) tagging system, you can tag resources as per
your organizational scheme allowing you to group resources, manage costs, and give
insights into usage. Tags also help you build a governance model around security and
Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA). As your organization expands its cloud footprint, it
can become challenging to keep track of the deployment architectures, security best
practices, MAA, application tier, etc. Using metadata tags to identify workload attributes can
help keep up with the security and availability of your tenancy without cost overruns.
To enable customers to manage OCI resources securely and cost-effectively, Oracle provides
a set of predefined tags in line with best practices for tagging resources. These tags are
grouped into two namespaces - The OracleStandard namespace and the
OracleApplicationName namespace. You can think of a tag namespace as a container for
your tag keys.
Consider a scenario where your organization has multiple cloud resources such as, DB
system, database, compute, network, and load balancers across multiple compartments in
your tenancy. Suppose you wish to track these cloud resources for specific purposes, report
on them, or take bulk actions. In that case, you will need a system that lets you group these
resources based on different criteria such as environment, criticality, target users, application,
etc. You can achieve this by applying appropriate tags to these resources.
For example, you may tag all resources in your development stack with Oracle-
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Standard.Criticality=High or Extreme. In the event of service disruptions due to

various reasons, you would then be able to quickly identify all OCI resources
associated with an application or business function or be able to separate critical and
non-critical workloads.
Tagging can also help you deploy optimized configurations based on workload
attributes identified via tags. For example, database deployments for the Peoplesoft
application require a specific configuration. By setting the ApplicationName and
AppMajorVersion tags, while deploying a database, can ensure that the database is
configured ready for the particular application (Example: Peoplesoft) out of the box.
Moreover, integration with the Cloud Advisor OCI service can provide you with direct,
deep insight into how well your cloud services adhere to the corporate guidelines and
help your management govern with a vision. For more information, see Cloud Advisor
Overview.

Adding Tags
You can tag resources using the Console, the CLI, or the SDK.
There are many cloud resources that can be tagged in a DB system. DB systems, VM
clusters, databases, are some of them. Tags can either be applied while creating the
resources or modified later. For example, you can apply tags to an VM cluster while
provisioning or add them later from its Details page.
Tagging integrates with OCI authorization system. You can use IAM policy controls to
enable delegation or restriction of tag manipulation. For more information about the
permissions required to work with defined and free-form tags, see Authentication and
Authorization in Tagging Overview.
Your tenancies come with a library of standard tags that would apply to most
resources. These tags are currently available as a set of Tag Namespaces that your
governance administrators can deploy. OCI best practices recommend applying these
tags to all resources a standard tag can be applied to. Besides reporting and
governance, OCI service automation can deliver workload-specific optimizations
based on standard tag values.
For example, database deployments for the Peoplesoft application require a specific
configuration. By setting the appropriate application tag key in the Oracle-
ApplicationName tag namespace while deploying a database, can ensure that the
database is configured ready for the particular application (Example: Peoplesoft) out of
the box.

Oracle Standard Tags

Your tenancy governance administrators can deploy the standard tags at the tenancy
level and may also mark certain tags as required, thereby enforcing tags on resources
in those compartments. The following are the standard tags defined in the namespace
called OracleStandard. For more information, see Understanding Standard Tags.

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Table 7-1 Oracle Standard Tags

Tag Key Tag Value Description

Options
OracleStandard. Extreme Enables tiering of resource in line with corporate application
Criticality High classification standards. Customer governance can use this
tag for reporting and ensuring resources are configured as
Medium
per the guideline for the tier they belong to.
Low
For example, a database resource with
OracleStandard.Criticality set to Extreme or High
may require the highest availability SLA, and may need to be
configured with Data Guard.
OracleStandard. Dev Denotes a resource lifecycle. In the case of databases, it
Environment Test helps determine consolidation density, database distribution
across containers, set maintenance plans, and manage
Prod
clones.
Pre-prod
Staging
Trial
Sandbox
User Testing
OracleStandard. Public An application or database classification tag.
Sensitivity Internal OracleStandard.Sensitivity set to Highly
Sensitive may indicate that an access control list or certain
Sensitive
Network Security Group (NSG) enforcement is mandatory to
Highly Sensitive restrict access.
Extremely
Sensitive
OracleStandard. For values, see List Denotes one or more compliance regulations that a resource
Regulation of Compliance must adhere to.
Regulations. Tag administrators may add values to the list from the OCI
Governance and Administration console. For more
information see Using Predefined Values.
OracleStandard. Public Denotes the end users of a resource. Another form of
TargetUsers Customers resource classification that helps determine target users and
allow governance teams to set corporate standards based
Partners
on user or application type.
Company
Division
Department
Workgroup
OracleStandard. 1 An approximate count of end-users. This tag helps
EndUserCount 10 determine the number of users impacted or blast radius
during an availability or security event. This also help
100
prioritize recovery efforts in the event of major outages
1000 affecting a large number of cloud resources.
10000
100000
1000000
1000000
10000000

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Table 7-1 (Cont.) Oracle Standard Tags

Tag Key Tag Value Description

Options
OracleStandard. Free form tag. Denotes the email address of the resource owner.
OwnerEmail
OracleStandard. HR, Finance, Identifies the customer's line of business or department that
Org Marketing, Sales, owns or uses the resource. This may help with cost
Legal, R&D, aggregation reports and determining usage across business
Customer Support, units.
Internal Support, Tag administrators may add relevant values to the list from
Manufacturing the OCI Governance and Administration console. For more
information, see Using Predefined Values.
OracleStandard. 12345, Freeform field for cost center.
CostCenter WebMarketing
OracleStandard. 0-10080 Time in minutes. Denotes the maximum time within which
RecoveryTimeObj the resource is required to recover from a failure.
ectiveMinutes
OracleStandard. 0-1440 Time in minutes. Maximum data loss tolerance for a data
RecoveryPointOb store resource such as a database or a storage device.
jectiveMinutes

List of Compliance Regulations

The table below lists the valid values that you can apply for the
OracleStandard.Regulation tag.

Table 7-2 List of Compliance Regulations

Regulation Description
PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ISO International Standards Organization
SOC1 System and Organization Controls 1
SOC 2 System and Organization Controls 2
FedRamp Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
GLBA Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act
CCPA California Consumer Privacy Act
SOX Sarbanes Oxley
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology - Cyber Security
FISMA Federal Information Security Management
HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
Act
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( Student privacy)
FACTA Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act
Texas HB300 Texas Medical Records Privacy Act
CIS Center for Internet Security
CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy

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Table 7-2 (Cont.) List of Compliance Regulations

Regulation Description
C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
COPPA Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
PIPED Act, or PIPEDA Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
PIPL Personal Information Protection Law

Oracle Application Name Tags

The following are the application name tags defined in the Oracle-ApplicationName
namespace.

Table 7-3 Oracle Application Name Tags

Tag Key Tag Value Options Description

Hyperion 11.2 Denotes the version of the Hyperion application.
11.1
JD Edwards 9.2 Denotes the version of the JD Edwards
9.1 application.
9.0
Oracle_E- 12.2 Denotes the version of the Oracle E-Business
Business_Suite 12.1 Suite application.
12.0
11i
PeopleSoft 9.2 Denotes the version of the Peoplesoft application.
9.1
Siebel 8.2 Denotes the version of the Siebel application.
8.1
Other_Oracle_Applicatio Free form tag in string Can be used to denote any application other than
n format. those listed above. You can enter the application
name as a string value.

Manage Time Zone

The Time Zone field in the Console and in the API allows you to launch DB System
resources with a time zone other than UTC (the default).
The time zone that you specify when you create the database system applies to the host and
to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (if the system has Grid Infrastructure), and controls the time
zone of the database log files. The time zone of the database itself is not affected. However,
the database's time zone affects only the timestamp datatype. You can change the database
time zone manually, but Oracle recommends that you keep it as UTC (the default) to avoid
data conversion and improve performance when data is transferred among databases. This
configuration is especially important for distributed databases, replication, and export and
import operations.

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Although UTC is the recommended time zone to use, having a common time zone for
your database clients and application hosts can simplify management and
troubleshooting for the database administrator.

Note:
Time zones are largely used for display purposes or to handle user input.
Changing time zone does not change the time on the system clock.

Time Zone Options

Whether you use the Console or the API, the time zone options you can select from
are represented in the named region format, for example, America/Los_Angeles. The
Console allows you to select UTC, the time zone detected in your browser (if your
browser supports time zone detection), or an alternate time zone.
To specify an alternate time zone (the Select another time zone option), you first
select a value in the Region or country field to narrow the list of time zones to select
from in the Time zone field. In the America/Los_Angeles example, America is the time
region and Los_Angeles is the time zone. The options you see in these two fields
roughly correlate with the time zones supported in both the Java.util.TimeZone class
and on the Linux operating system. If you do not see the time zone you are looking for,
try selecting "Miscellaneous" in the Region and country field.

Tip:
If you are using the API and would like to see a list of supported time zones,
you can examine the time zone options in the Console. These options
appear on the Create DB System page when you show advanced options
after you select a DB system shape.

View the Current Time Zone

Perform the following steps to view the time zone information.
1. Log on to the host as the grid user.
Example:

[opc@rc ~]$ sudo su - grid

2. Use the following command to view the time zone.

timedatectl

Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ timedatectl

Local time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:00:25 UTC
Universal time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:00:25 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:00:21

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Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)

NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: n/a

Notice that the system is currently in the UTC time zone.

3. Log on to the database.
Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 21.0.0.0.0 - Production on Thu Mar 16 08:00:33 2023

Version 21.9.0.0.0

Copyright (c) 1982, 2022, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 21c Enterprise Edition Release 21.0.0.0.0 -Production
Version 21.9.0.0.0

4. You can view the current database time using the following command.

sysdate

Example:

SQL> select to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from dual;

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-
--------------------
16-MAR-2023 08:00:40

5. Exit.

Change the Time Zone of the DB System

Perform the following steps to set the time zone of the DB System.
1. Log on to the host as the root user.
Example:

[opc@rc ~]$ sudo su -

2. Identify the correct time zone (TZ) value to be set using the following command. For
example, if you want to identify the correct TZ value for the US eastern time zone (EST/
EDT), you can use the tzselect command and choose Americas/United States/Eastern.

tzselect

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Example:

[root@rc ~]# tzselect

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set
correctly.
Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) none - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ
format.
#? 2
Please select a country.
1) Anguilla 19) Dominican Republic 37) Peru
2) Antigua & Barbuda 20) Ecuador 38) Puerto Rico
3) Argentina 21) El Salvador 39) St
Barthelemy
4) Aruba 22) French Guiana 40) St Kitts &
Nevis
5) Bahamas 23) Greenland 41) St Lucia
6) Barbados 24) Grenada 42) St Maarten
(Dutch)
7) Belize 25) Guadeloupe 43) St Martin
(French)
8) Bolivia 26) Guatemala 44) St Pierre &
Miquelon
9) Brazil 27) Guyana 45) St Vincent
10) Canada 28) Haiti 46) Suriname
11) Caribbean NL 29) Honduras 47) Trinidad &
Tobago
12) Cayman Islands 30) Jamaica 48) Turks &
Caicos Is
13) Chile 31) Martinique 49) United
States
14) Colombia 32) Mexico 50) Uruguay
15) Costa Rica 33) Montserrat 51) Venezuela
16) Cuba 34) Nicaragua 52) Virgin
Islands (UK)
17) Curaçao 35) Panama 53) Virgin
Islands (US)
18) Dominica 36) Paraguay
#? 49
Please select one of the following time zone regions.
1) Eastern (most areas) 16) Central - ND (Morton
rural)
2) Eastern - MI (most areas) 17) Central - ND (Mercer)
3) Eastern - KY (Louisville area) 18) Mountain (most areas)
4) Eastern - KY (Wayne) 19) Mountain - ID (south); OR

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(east)
5) Eastern - IN (most areas) 20) MST - Arizona (except Navajo)
6) Eastern - IN (Da, Du, K, Mn) 21) Pacific
7) Eastern - IN (Pulaski) 22) Alaska (most areas)
8) Eastern - IN (Crawford) 23) Alaska - Juneau area
9) Eastern - IN (Pike) 24) Alaska - Sitka area
10) Eastern - IN (Switzerland) 25) Alaska - Annette Island
11) Central (most areas) 26) Alaska - Yakutat
12) Central - IN (Perry) 27) Alaska (west)
13) Central - IN (Starke) 28) Aleutian Islands
14) Central - MI (Wisconsin border) 29) Hawaii
15) Central - ND (Oliver)
#? 1
The following information has been given:
United States
Eastern (most areas)
Therefore TZ='America/New_York' will be used.
Local time is now: Thu Mar 16 04:01:39 EDT 2023.
Universal Time is now: Thu Mar 16 08:01:39 UTC 2023.
Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
TZ='America/New_York'; export TZ
to the file '.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log in
again.
Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you
can use the /bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:
America/New_York
[root@rc ~]#

From the tzselect command, we have identified the TZ value as America/New_York for
the EDT time zone.
3. Update the following command to set the new time zone.

timedatectl set-timezone <new_time_zone>

Example:

[root@rc ~]# timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

4. Verify if the time zone has been updated using the following command.

timedatectl

Example:

[root@rc ~]# timedatectl

Local time: Thu 2023-03-16 04:02:15 EDT
Universal time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:02:15 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:02:10

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Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)

NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: yes
Last DST change: DST began at
Sun 2023-03-12 01:59:59 EST
Sun 2023-03-12 03:00:00 EDT
Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards)
at
Sun 2023-11-05 01:59:59 EDT
Sun 2023-11-05 01:00:00 EST

Notice that the system is now in the America/New_York (EDT) time zone.
5. Exit.

Change the Time Zone of the Host on DB Systems that Use Grid
Infrastructure
The time zone of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure determines the time zone of the
database log files.
Perform the following steps to update the time zone information of the host of the DB
systems that use grid infrastructure for storage management.

Note:

• Steps 1 through 10 should be performed on all the nodes in a RAC

cluster.
• Steps 11 through 15 can be performed on any node in a RAC cluster.
• This procedure does not apply to fast provisioned DB systems, which
use Logical Volume Manager instead of Grid Infrastructure for storage
management.

1. Log on to the host as the grid user.

Example:

[opc@rc ~]$ sudo su - grid

2. Identify the correct time zone (TZ) value to be set using the following command.
For example, if you want to identify the correct TZ value for the US Pacific time
zone (PST/PDT), you can use the tzselect command and choose Americas/
United States/Pacific.

tzselect

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Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ tzselect

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) none - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.
#? 2
Please select a country.
1) Anguilla 19) Dominican Republic 37) Peru
2) Antigua & Barbuda 20) Ecuador 38) Puerto Rico
3) Argentina 21) El Salvador 39) St Barthelemy
4) Aruba 22) French Guiana 40) St Kitts & Nevis
5) Bahamas 23) Greenland 41) St Lucia
6) Barbados 24) Grenada 42) St Maarten
(Dutch)
7) Belize 25) Guadeloupe 43) St Martin
(French)
8) Bolivia 26) Guatemala 44) St Pierre &
Miquelon
9) Brazil 27) Guyana 45) St Vincent
10) Canada 28) Haiti 46) Suriname
11) Caribbean NL 29) Honduras 47) Trinidad & Tobago
12) Cayman Islands 30) Jamaica 48) Turks & Caicos Is
13) Chile 31) Martinique 49) United States
14) Colombia 32) Mexico 50) Uruguay
15) Costa Rica 33) Montserrat 51) Venezuela
16) Cuba 34) Nicaragua 52) Virgin Islands
(UK)
17) Curaçao 35) Panama 53) Virgin Islands
(US)
18) Dominica 36) Paraguay
#? 49
Please select one of the following time zone regions.
1) Eastern (most areas) 16) Central - ND (Morton rural)
2) Eastern - MI (most areas) 17) Central - ND (Mercer)
3) Eastern - KY (Louisville area) 18) Mountain (most areas)
4) Eastern - KY (Wayne) 19) Mountain - ID (south); OR
(east)
5) Eastern - IN (most areas) 20) MST - Arizona (except Navajo)
6) Eastern - IN (Da, Du, K, Mn) 21) Pacific
7) Eastern - IN (Pulaski) 22) Alaska (most areas)
8) Eastern - IN (Crawford) 23) Alaska - Juneau area
9) Eastern - IN (Pike) 24) Alaska - Sitka area
10) Eastern - IN (Switzerland) 25) Alaska - Annette Island
11) Central (most areas) 26) Alaska - Yakutat

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12) Central - IN (Perry) 27) Alaska (west)

13) Central - IN (Starke) 28) Aleutian Islands
14) Central - MI (Wisconsin border) 29) Hawaii
15) Central - ND (Oliver)
#? 21
The following information has been given:
United States
Pacific
Therefore TZ='America/Los_Angeles' will be used.
Local time is now: Thu Mar 16 01:08:57 PDT 2023.
Universal Time is now: Thu Mar 16 08:08:57 UTC 2023.
Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the
line
TZ='America/Los_Angeles'; export TZ
to the file '.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log
in again.
Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that
you
can use the /bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:
America/Los_Angeles
[grid@rc ~]$

From the tzselect command, we have identified the TZ value as America/

Los_Angeles for the PDT time zone.
3. Run the following command to get the host name.

hostname

Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ hostname

rc

4. Run the following command to get the database name.

srvctl config database -v

Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ srvctl config database -v

SMDB0316_iad1cx /u01/app/oracle/product/21.0.0.0/dbhome_1
21.0.0.0.0

5. Log out as a grid user and sign in as a root user.

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Example:

[grid@rc ~]$ exit

logout
[opc@rc ~]$ sudo su -

6. Navigate to the following directory.

cd $GRID_HOME/crs/install

Example:

[root@rc ~]# cd /u01/app/21.0.0.0/grid/crs/install/

7. Edit the TZ content of the following file. Save and close the file after editing it.

vim s_crsconfig_<hostname>_env.txt

Example:

[root@rc install]# vim s_crsconfig_rc_env.txt

8. Verify if the TZ entry in the file is updated.

cat s_crsconfig_<hostname>_env.txt

Example:

[root@rc install]# cat s_crsconfig_rc_env.txt

#########################################################################
#This file can be used to set values for the NLS_LANG and TZ environment
#variables and to set resource limits for Oracle Clusterware and
#Database processes.
#1. The NLS_LANG environment variable determines the language and
# characterset used for messages. For example, a new value can be
# configured by setting NLS_LANG=JAPANESE_JAPAN.UTF8
#2. The Time zone setting can be changed by setting the TZ entry to
# the appropriate time zone name. For example, TZ=America/New_York
#3. Resource limits for stack size, open files and number of processes
# can be specified by modifying the appropriate entries.
#
#Do not modify this file except as documented above or under the
#direction of Oracle Support Services.
#########################################################################
TZ=America/Los_Angeles
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
CRS_LIMIT_STACK=2048
CRS_LIMIT_OPENFILE=65536
CRS_LIMIT_NPROC=65536
TNS_ADMIN=
[root@rc install]#

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9. Set the new time zone using the following command.

timedatectl set-timezone <new_time_zone>

Example:

[root@rc install]# timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles

Note:

• Steps 1 through 9 should be performed on all the nodes in a RAC

cluster.
• Steps 10 through 15 can be performed on any node in a RAC
cluster.

10. Navigate to the following directory.

cd $GRID_HOME/bin

Example:

[root@rc install]# cd /u01/app/21.0.0.0/grid/bin/

11. Change the TZ value at the database level to the desired time zone using the
following command.

srvctl setenv database -d <database_name> -t "TZ=<new_time_zone>"

Example:

[root@rc bin]# ./srvctl setenv database -d SMDB0316_iad1cx -t

"TZ=America/Los_Angeles"

12. Verify the TZ value set using the following command.

srvctl getenv database -d <database_name>

Example:

[root@rc bin]# ./srvctl getenv database -d SMDB0316_iad1cx

SMDB0316_iad1cx:
TZ=America/Los_Angeles

13. Stop the CRS stack on all of the compute nodes.

crsctl stop cluster

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Example:

[root@rc bin]# ./crsctl stop cluster

CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.crsd' on 'rc'
.
.
.
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssd' on 'rc'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssd' on 'rc' succeeded
[root@rc bin]#

14. Start the CRS stack on all of the compute nodes.

crsctl start cluster

Example:

[root@rc bin]# ./crsctl start cluster

CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'rc'
.
.
.
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.crsd' on 'rc'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.crsd' on 'rc' succeeded
[root@rcbin]#

15. Verify if the time zone has been updated using the following command.

timedatectl

Example:

[root@rc bin]# timedatectl

Local time: Thu 2023-03-16 01:19:15 PDT
Universal time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:19:15 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2023-03-16 08:19:10
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (PDT, -0700)
NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: yes
Last DST change: DST began at
Sun 2023-03-12 01:59:59 PST
Sun 2023-03-12 03:00:00 PDT
Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
Sun 2023-11-05 01:59:59 PDT
Sun 2023-11-05 01:00:00 PST

Notice that the system is now in the America/Los_Angeles (PDT) time zone.

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Manage Oracle Database Software Images

This article provides an overview of the database software image resource type, which
you can use to create databases and Oracle Database homes, and to update
databases.
Database software images give you the ability to create a customized Oracle
Database software configuration that includes your chosen updates (PSU, RU or
RUR), and optionally, a list of one-off (or interim) updates or an Oracle home inventory
file. This reduces the time required to provision and configure your databases, and
enables your organization to create an approved "gold image" for developers and
database administrators.
Database software images are automatically stored in Oracle-managed Object
Storage and can be viewed and managed in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Console. Note that database software images incur Object Storage usage costs.
Database software images are regional-level resources and can be accessed from any
availability domain within their region. For more information, see Regions and
Availability Domains.

Note:
Oracle Database 23c is currently not supported.

Required IAM Policy

To use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must be granted security access in a policy
by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console or the
REST API with an SDK, CLI, or other tool. If you get a message that you don’t have
permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator what type of access you
have and which compartment to work in.
For administrators: The policy in Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud database
systems lets the specified group do everything with databases and related Database
resources.
If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. If you
want to dig deeper into writing policies for databases, see Details for the Database
Service.

Create Database Software Images

Database software images are resources within your tenancy that you create prior to
provisioning or updating a DB system, database home, or database. There is no limit
on the number of database software images you can create in your tenancy, and you
can create your images with any Oracle Database software version and update
supported on OCI.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.

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2. Under Resources, select Database software images.

3. Click Create database software image.
4. In the Display name field, provide a display name for your image. Avoid entering
confidential information.
5. Select your Compartment.
6. In the Service, select Oracle Base Database Service. A custom database software
image is compatible with only one service.
7. Select the Database version for your image. You can create a database software image
using any supported Oracle Database release update (RU).
8. Select a software update in the Choose a patch set update, proactive bundle patch,
or release update.
9. Optionally, you can enter a comma-separated list of interim (one-off) update numbers.
10. Optionally, you can upload an Oracle home inventory file from an existing Oracle
Database. For instructions on creating an inventory file using OPatch, see Verify the
Updates Applied to an Oracle Home.
11. Click Show advanced options to add tags to your database software image. To apply a
defined tag, you must have permission to use the tag namespace. For more information
about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you are not sure if you must apply tags, skip this
option (you can apply tags later) or ask your administrator.
12. Click Create database software image.

Create Database Software Images from an Existing Database

You can create a database software image from a database in a DB system.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Select your Compartment. A list of DB systems is displayed.
3. In the list of DB systems, select the DB system that contains the database you want to
use to create your software image.
4. The details of the DB system followed by a list of databases are displayed.
5. In the list of databases, select the name of the database that you want to use to create
your software image.
6. The details of the database are displayed.
7. Click More actions, and then click Create image from database.
8. In the Create database software image dialog, specify the following:
• Display name: Provide a display name for your database software image.
• Select a compartment: Optionally, you can select a different compartment from the
one you are working in to store the database software image.
• Click Create.

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View Update Details of Database Software Images

You can view the Oracle Database version, update information (PSU/BP/RU level),
and included one-off (interim) updates of a database software image.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Under Resources, select Database software images.
3. In the list of database software images, select the image you want to view.
4. On the Database software image details page, the following details are
displayed.
• The Oracle Database version is displayed in the General Information section.
For example, 19.0.0.0 .
• The PSU/BP/RU field of the Update Information section displays the update
level for the image. For example, 19.5.0.0 .
• The One-Off Updates field displays the number of one-off updates included in
the image, if any. The count includes all updates specified when creating the
image (including updates listed in lsinventory). To view the included updates (if
any are included), click the Copy All link and paste the list of included updates
into a text editor. The copied list of update numbers is comma-separated and
can be used to create additional database software images.

Delete Database Software Images

Perform the following steps to delete database software images.

Procedure
1. Open the navigation menu. Select Oracle Database, then select Oracle Base
Database.
2. Under Resources, select Database software images.
3. In the list of database software images, find the image you want to delete and click
the Actions icon (three dots) at the end of the row.
4. Click Delete.

Provision a Database Using a Database Software Image

After you create a database software image, you can use it to provision the initial
database in a DB system.
For more information, see Create a DB System Using the Console.

Update a Database Using a Database Software Image

You can use a database software image to update the database of an existing DB
system. This is sometimes referred to as an "in-place update". For information about
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determine if a database has been updated with a particular database software image, see
Update a Database.
For Oracle Data Guard associations, you can use a custom database software image for in-
place updates on both the primary and standby database instances to ensure that both
databases have the same updates.

Verify the Updates Applied to an Oracle Home

The OPatch utility enables you to apply and manage interim patches for your Oracle
Database software. Using the lsinventory command provided by OPatch, you can create a
file that lists the interim patches applied to an Oracle Database Home. This file can then be
uploaded to the OCI Console during the creation of a custom database software image to
add the exact set of patches used by the source database home to the list of patches
included in the software image. You can find the OPatch utility in the $ORACLE_HOME/Opatch
directory. The following example shows how to use the lsinventory command to create the
lsinventory file.

ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.21

Copyright (c) 2021, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.

Oracle Home : /u02/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2

Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory
from : /u02/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.21
OUI version : 12.2.0.7.0
Log file location : /u02/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2/cfgtoollogs/
opatch/opatch2021-01-21_09-22-45AM_1.log

Lsinventory Output file location : /u02/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2/

cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2021-01-21_09-22-45AM.txt

Using the API

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security
Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command
Line Interface.
Use the following APIs to manage database updates.
• CreateDatabaseSoftwareImage
• ListDatabaseSoftwareImages
• GetDatabaseSoftwareImage
• DeleteDatabaseSoftwareImage
• ChangeDatabaseSoftwareImageCompartment

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Policy Details for Database Software Images

This topic provides the details for writing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and
Access Management (IAM) policies to control access to database software images
used by Base Database resources.

Tip:
For a sample policy, see Let database admins manage Oracle Cloud
database systems.

Resource-Types
The database-software-image resource-type covers the Oracle and custom database
software images available through the database software image feature. The
database-family aggregate resource-type covers the database software image
resource-type as well as other resources related to Base Database instances. For
more information, see Resource-Types in How Policies Work.

Aggregate Resource-Type
There are no aggregate resource-types for database software images.

Individual Resource-Types
• database-software-image (covered under the database-family aggregate
resource-type)

Supported Variables
Only the general variables are supported. For more information, see General Variables
for All Requests in Policy Reference.

Details for Verb + Resource-Type Combinations

The following tables show the permissions and API operations covered by each verb.
The level of access is cumulative as you go from inspect > read > use > manage. A
plus sign (+) in a table cell indicates incremental access compared to the cell directly
preceding it, whereas "no extra" indicates no incremental access.

Table 7-4 Details for verb + database-software-image combinations

Verbs Permissions APIs fully covered APIs partially covered

inspect DB_SOFTWARE ListDatabaseSoftwareI none
_IMG_INSPECT mages
GetDatabaseSoftwareIm
age
read no extra none none

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Table 7-4 (Cont.) Details for verb + database-software-image combinations

Verbs Permissions APIs fully covered APIs partially covered

use READ + UpdateDatabaseSoftwar none
DB_SOFTWARE eImage
_IMG_UPDATE ChangeDatabaseSoftwar
eImageCompartment
manage USE + CreateDatabaseSoftwar none
DB_SOFTWARE eImage
_IMG_CREATE DeleteDatabaseSoftwar
DB_SOFTWARE eImage
_IMG_DELETE

Permissions Required for Each API Operation

The following tables list the API operations for database software images in a logical order,
grouped by resource type.

Database Software Image API Operations

Table 7-5 Database Software Image API Operations

API operation Permissions required to use the operation

ListDatabaseSoftwareIma DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT
ges
GetDatabaseSoftwareImag DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT
e
UpdateDatabaseSoftwareI DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT and DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_UPDATE
mage
ChangeDatabaseSoftwareI DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT and DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_UPDATE
mageCompartment
CreateDatabaseSoftwareI DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT and DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_CREATE
mage
DeleteDatabaseSoftwareI DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_INSPECT and DB_SOFTWARE_IMG_DELETE
mage

For more information about permissions and verbs, see Advanced Policy Features.

Network Time Protocol and Transparent Data Encryption

This topic provides information to help you understand Network Time Protocol and
Transparent Data Encryption.

Network Time Protocol

Oracle recommends that you run a Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon on your 1-node DB
systems to keep system clocks stable during rebooting. If you need information about an NTP
daemon, see Setting Up NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server in RHEL/CentOS 7.

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Oracle recommends that you configure NTP on both nodes in a 2-node RAC DB
system to synchronize time across the nodes. If you do not configure NTP, then Oracle
Clusterware configures and uses the Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSS),
and the cluster time might be out-of-sync with applications that use NTP for time
synchronization.
For information about configuring NTP on a version 12c database, see Setting
Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization. For a version 11g database,
see Network Time Protocol Setting.

Transparent Data Encryption

All user-created tablespaces in a DB system database are encrypted by default, using
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
• For version 12c databases, if you don’t want your tablespaces encrypted, you can
set the ENCRYPT_NEW_TABLESPACES database initialization parameter to DDL.
• On a 1- or 2-node RAC DB system, you can use the TDE Commands to update
the master encryption key for a database.
• You must create and activate a master encryption key for any PDBs that you
create. After creating or plugging in a new PDB on a 1- or 2-node RAC DB
System, use the dbcli update-tdekey command to create and activate a master
encryption key for the PDB. Otherwise, you might encounter the error ORA-28374:
typed master key not found in wallet when attempting to create tablespaces
in the PDB. In a multitenant environment, each PDB has its own master encryption
key which is stored in a single keystore used by all containers.
For more information about:
• multitenant environment, see Overview of Managing a Multitenant Environment.
• changing an existing TDE wallet password using the OCI Console, see Manage
Administrator and TDE Wallet Passwords.
• database encryption, see the Oracle Database Security technical briefs.

Troubleshoot
Troubleshoot Backup Failures
Database backups can fail for various reasons. Typically, a backup fails because either
the database host cannot access the object store, or there are problems on the host or
with the database configuration.
This article includes information to help you determine the cause of the failure and fix
the problem. The information is organized into several sections, based on the error
condition.
If you already know the cause, you can skip to the topic with the suggested solution.
Otherwise, use the Identify the Cause of Failure topic to get started.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• Identify the Cause of Failure
• Database Service Agent Issues

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• Object Store Connectivity Issues

• Host Issues
• Oracle Clusterware Issues
• Database Issues
• TDE Wallet Issues
• Other Causes of Backup Failures
• Get Additional Help

Tip:
You can also create serial console connections to troubleshoot your system in
single-user mode. For information on creating a serial console connection in the
OCI Console, see Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB System.

Identify the Cause of Failure

In the OCI Console, a failed database backup either displays a status of Failed or hangs in
the Backup in Progress or Creating state. If the error message does not contain enough
information to point you to a solution, you can use the database CLI and log files to gather
more data. Then, refer to the applicable section in this topic for a solution.
The following topics are covered:
• Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/.
2. Determine the sequence of operations performed on the database.

dbcli list-jobs | grep -i <dbname>

Note the last job ID listed with a status other than Success.
3. With the job ID you noted from the previous step, use the following command to check
the details of that job:

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

Typically, running this command is enough to reveal the root cause of the failure.
4. If you require more information, review the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.log file.
You can find the job ID in this file by using the timestamp returned by the job report in
step 2.

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5. If the problem details suggest an RMAN issue, review the RMAN logs in the
following directory.

/opt/oracle/dcs/log/<hostname>/rman/bkup/<db_unique_name>/
rman_backup/<yyyy-mm-dd>

Note:
If the database failure is on a 2-node RAC database, perform steps 3 and 4
on both nodes.

Database Service Agent Issues

Your OCI database makes use of an agent framework to allow you to manage your
database through the cloud platform. Occasionally you might need to restart the
dcsagent program if it has the status of stop/waiting to resolve a backup failure.
The following topics are covered:
• Restart the Database Service Agent

Restart the Database Service Agent

Note:
Use initctl instead of systemctl when using OL6.

1. From a command prompt, check the status of the agent:

systemctl status initdcsagent

2. If the agent is in the stop/waiting state, try to restart the agent:

systemctl start initdcsagent

3. Check the status of the agent again to confirm that it has the start/running status:

systemctl status initdcsagent

Oracle Clusterware Issues

Oracle Clusterware enables servers to communicate with each other so that they can
function as a collective unit. Occasionally you might need to restart the Clusterware
program to resolve a backup failure.
One or more of the following conditions on the database host can cause backups to
fail:
• Restart the Oracle Clusterware

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Restart the Oracle Clusterware

1. From command prompt, check the status of Oracle Clusterware:

crsctl check crs

crsctl stat res -t

2. If Oracle Clusterware is not online, try to restart the program:

crsctl start crs

3. Check the status of Oracle Clusterware to confirm that it is online:

crsctl check crs

Object Store Connectivity Issues

Backing up your database to OCI Object Storage requires that the host can connect to the
applicable Swift endpoint. You can test this connectivity by using a Swift user.
The following topics are covered:
• Ensure Your Database Host Can Connect to the Object Store

Ensure Your Database Host Can Connect to the Object Store

1. Create a Swift user in your tenancy. For more information, see Working with Auth Tokens
in Managing User Credentials.
2. With the user you created in the previous step, use the following command to verify the
host can access the object store.

curl -v -X HEAD -u <user_ID>:'<auth_token>' https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>

• For more information on the correct region to use, see Object Storage FAQ.
• For more information about your Object Storage namespace, see Understanding
Object Storage Namespaces.
3. If you cannot connect to the object store, see Back Up a Database Using the Console for
how to configure object store connectivity.

Host Issues
The following topics are covered:
• Interactive Commands in the Oracle Profile
• The File System Is Full
• Incorrect Version of the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module
• Changes to the Site Profile File (glogin.sql)

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One or more of the following conditions on the database host can cause backups to
fail:

Interactive Commands in the Oracle Profile

If an interactive command such as oraenv, or any command that might return an error
or warning message, was added to the .bash_profile file for the grid or oracle user,
database service operations like automatic backups can be interrupted and fail to
complete. Check the .bash_profile file for these commands, and remove them.

The File System Is Full

Backup operations require space in the /u01 directory on the host file system. Use the
df -h command on the host to check the space available for backups. If the file
system has insufficient space, you can remove old log or trace files to free up space.

Incorrect Version of the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module

Your system might not have the required version of the backup module
(opc_installer.jar). See Unable to use Managed Backups in your DB system about this
known issue. To fix the problem, you can follow the procedure in that section or simply
update your DB system and database with the latest bundle update.

Changes to the Site Profile File (glogin.sql)

Customizing the site profile file ($ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin/glogin.sql) can
cause managed backups to fail in OCI. See SQL*Plus Configuration. In particular,
interactive commands can lead to backup failures. Oracle recommends that you not
modify this file for databases hosted in OCI.

Database Issues
An improper database state or configuration can lead to failed backups.
The following topics are covered:
• Database Not Running During Backup
• Check That the Database Is Active and Running
• Archiving Mode Set to NOARCHIVELOG
• Check and Set the Archiving Mode
• Stuck Database Archiver Process and Backup Failures
• Temporary Tablespace Errors
• RMAN Configuration and Backup Failures
• RMAN Configuration Settings That Should Not Be Altered
• RMAN Retention Policy and Backup Failures
• Configure the RMAN Retention Policy Setting
• Loss of Object Store Wallet File and Backup Failures
• Confirm That the Object Store Wallet File Exists and Has the Correct Permissions

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Database Not Running During Backup

The database must be active and running (ideally on all nodes) while the backup is in
progress.

Check That the Database Is Active and Running

Use the following command to check the state of your database, and ensure that any
problems that might have put the database in an improper state are resolved:

srvctl status database -d <db_unique_name> -verbose

The system returns a message including the database's instance status. The instance status
must be Open for the backup to succeed. If the database is not running, use the following
command to start it:

srvctl start database -d <db_unique_name> -o open

If the database is mounted but does not have the Open status, use the following commands
to access the SQL*Plus command prompt and set the status to Open:

sqlplus / as sysdba

alter database open;

Archiving Mode Set to NOARCHIVELOG

When you provision a new database, the archiving mode is set to ARCHIVELOG by default. This
is the required archiving mode for backup operations. Check the archiving mode setting for
the database and change it to ARCHIVELOG, if applicable.

Check and Set the Archiving Mode

Open an SQL*Plus command prompt and enter the following command:

select log_mode from v$database;

If you need to set the archiving mode to ARCHIVELOG, start the database in Mount status (and
not Open status), and use the following command at the SQL*Plus command prompt:

alter database archivelog;

Confirm that the db_recovery_file_dest parameter points to +RECO, and that the
log_archive_dest_1 parameter is set to USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST.

For RAC databases, one instance must have the Mount status when enabling archivelog
mode. To enable archivelog mode for a RAC database, perform the following steps:
1. Shut down all database instances.

srvctl stop database -d

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2. Start one of the database instances in mount state.

srvctl start instance -d <db_unique_name> -i <instance_name> -o

mount

3. Access the SQL*Plus command prompt.

sqlplus / as sysdba

4. Enable archive log mode and exit.

alter database archivelog;

exit;

5. Stop the database.

srvctl stop instance -d <db_unique_name> -i <instance_name>

6. Restart all database instances.

srvctl start database -d <db_unqiue_name>

7. At the SQL*Plus command prompt, confirm the archiving mode is set to

ARCHIVELOG.

select log_mode from v$database;

Stuck Database Archiver Process and Backup Failures

Backups can fail when the database instance has a stuck archiver process. For
example, this can happen when the flash recovery area (FRA) is full. You can check
for this condition using the following command.

srvctl status database -db <db_unique_name> -v

If the command returns the following output, you must resolve the stuck archiver
process issue before backups can succeed:

Instance <instance_identifier> is running on node *<node_identifier>.

Instance status: Stuck Archiver

Refer to ORA-00257:Archiver Error (Doc ID 2014425.1) for information on resolving a

stuck archiver process.
After resolving the stuck process, the command should return the following output :

Instance <instance_identifier> is running on node *<node_identifier>.

Instance status: Open

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If the instance status does not change after you resolve the underlying issue with the device
or resource being full or unavailable, try one of the following workarounds:
• Restart the database using the srvctl command to update the status of the database in
the clusterware
• Upgrade the database to the latest patchset levels

Temporary Tablespace Errors

If fixed table statistics are not up to date on the database, backups can fail with errors
referencing temporary tablespace present in the dcs-agent.log file. For example:

select status from v$rman_status where COMMAND_ID=<backup_id>

Output:

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP

Gather your fixed table statics as follows to resolve this issue.

conn / as sysdba

exec dbms_stats.gather_fixed_objects_stats();

RMAN Configuration and Backup Failures

Editing certain RMAN configuration parameters can lead to backup failures in OCI. To check
your RMAN configuration, use the show all command at the RMAN command line prompt.

See the following list of parameters for details about RMAN the configuration settings that
should not be altered for databases in OCI.

RMAN Configuration Settings That Should Not Be Altered

CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 30 DAYS;

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARALLELISM 5 BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED
BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U_%T_%t' PARMS
'SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/pkgrepos/oss/odbcs/libopc.so
ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/opc_pfile/
1578318329/opc_tiger_iad3c8.ora)';
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO 'SBT_TAPE';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE ON;

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RMAN Retention Policy and Backup Failures

The RMAN retention policy configuration can be the source of backup failures. Using
the REDUNDANCY retention policy configuration instead of the RECOVERY
WINDOW policy can lead to backup failures. Be sure to use the RECOVERY
WINDOW OF 30 DAYS configuration.

Configure the RMAN Retention Policy Setting

1. Find the database ID using the following command:

dbcli list-databases

2. Find the BackupConfigId value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

3. Update the retention policy configuration to RECOVERY WINDOW OF 30 DAYS:

dbcli update-backupconfig -i <backup_config_id> --recoverywindow 30

Loss of Object Store Wallet File and Backup Failures

RMAN backups fail when an object store wallet file is lost. The wallet file is necessary
to enable connectivity to the object store.

Confirm That the Object Store Wallet File Exists and Has the Correct
Permissions
1. Find the database ID using the following command:

dbcli list-databases

2. Find the BackupConfigId value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

3. Find the BackupLocation value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-backupconfig <backup_config_id>

4. Find the file path of the backup config parameter file

(opc_<backup_location_value>_BC.ora) using the following command:

locate opc_<backup_location_value>_BC.ora

For example:

locate opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

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Output:

/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/opc_pfile/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988a9example/opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

5. Find the file path to the wallet file in the backup config parameter file by inspecting the
value stored in the OPC_WALLET parameter. To do this, navigate to the directory containing
the backup config parameter file and use the following cat command:

cat <backup_config_parameter_file>

For example:

cat opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

Output:

OPC_HOST=https://swiftobjectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/
dbbackupiad
OPC_WALLET='LOCATION=file:/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988aexample CREDENTIAL_ALIAS=alias_opc'
OPC_CONTAINER=b9naijWMAXzi9example

6. Confirm that the cwallet.sso file exists in the directory specified in the OPC_WALLET
parameter, and confirm that the file has the correct permissions. The file permissions
should have the octal value of "600" (-rw-------). Use the following command:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/<backup_config_id>

For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988aexample

Output:

total 4
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 Apr 20 06:45 cwallet.sso.lck
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1941 Apr 20 06:45 cwallet.sso

TDE Wallet Issues

The following topics are covered:
• Incorrect TDE Wallet Location Specification
• Check the TDE Wallet Location Specification
• The ORACLE_UNQNAME Environment Variable Was Not Set When the Database Was
Started Using SQL*Plus
• Pluggable Database Was Added With an Incorrectly Configured Master Encryption Key

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• Check Configuration Related to the TDE Wallet

• Missing TDE Wallet File
• Missing Auto Login Wallet File

Incorrect TDE Wallet Location Specification

For backup operations to work, the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora file
must contain the ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION parameter formatted exactly as
follows:

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION=(SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)
(METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/
wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME)))

Note:
In this wallet location entry, $ORACLE_UNQNAME is an environment variable and
should not be replaced with an actual value.

Check the TDE Wallet Location Specification

Use the cat command to check the TDE wallet location specification. For example:

cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora

Output:

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION=(SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)
(METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/
wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME)))

The ORACLE_UNQNAME Environment Variable Was Not Set When the Database Was
Started Using SQL*Plus
If the database was started using SQL*Plus, and the ORACLE_UNQNAME environment
variable was not set, the wallet is not opened correctly.
To fix the problem, start the database using the srvctl utility:

srvctl start database -d <db_unique_name>

Pluggable Database Was Added With an Incorrectly Configured Master

Encryption Key
In a multitenant environment for Oracle Database versions that support PDB-level
keystore, each PDB has its own master encryption key. This encryption key is stored in
a single keystore used by all containers. After you create or plug in a new PDB, you
must create and activate a master encryption key for it. If you do not do so, the STATUS
column in the v$encryption_wallet view shows the value OPEN_NO_MASTER_KEY.

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To check the master encryption key status and create a master key, perform the following:
1. Review the the STATUS column in the v$encryption_wallet view, as shown in the
following example:

alter session set container=pdb2;

select WRL_TYPE,WRL_PARAMETER,STATUS,WALLET_TYPE from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

WRL_TYPE WRL_PARAMETER
STATUS WALLET_TYPE
--------- -------------------------------------------------------
------------------ -----------
FILE /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/
OPEN_NO_MASTER_KEY AUTOLOGIN

2. Confirm that the PDB is in READ WRITE open mode and is not restricted, as shown in
the following example:

show pdbs

Output:

CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED

------ ---------- ----------- -----------
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 READ WRITE NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO

The PDB cannot be open in restricted mode (the RESTRICTED column must show NO). If
the PDB is currently in restricted mode, review the information in the
PDB_PLUG_IN_VIOLATIONS view and resolve the issue before continuing. For more
information on the PDB_PLUG_IN_VIOLATIONS view and the restricted status, review
the documentation on pluggable database for your Oracle Database version.
3. Run the following DBCLI commands to change the status to OPEN:

sudo su –

dbcli list-database

dbcli update-tdekey -i <database_ID> -n <PDB_name> -p

The update-tdekey command shown will prompt you for the admin password.
4. Confirm that the status of the wallet has changed from OPEN_NO_MASTER_KEY to
OPEN by querying the v$encryption_wallet view as shown in step 1.

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Check Configuration Related to the TDE Wallet

Several configuration parameters related to the TDE wallet can cause backups to fail.
1. Check that the environment's database unique name parameter
(ORACLE_UNQNAME) is set correctly using the following command:

srvctl getenv database -d <db_unique_name>

For example:

srvctl getenv database -d orclbkp_iadxyz

Output:

orclbkp_iadxyz:
ORACLE_UNQNAME=orclbkp_iadxyz
TZ=UTC

2. Check your sqlnet.ora settings to confirm that the file has an

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION parameter with the correct DIRECTORY
value. Use the following command:

cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora

For example:

cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora

Output:

ENCRYPTION_WALLET_LOCATION=(SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)
(METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/
wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME)))

3. Confirm that the wallet status is open and the wallet type is auto login by
checking the v$encryption_wallet view. For example:

select status, wrl_parameter,wallet_type from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

STATUS WRL_PARAMETER
WALLET_TYPE
------- --------------------------------------------------------
------------
OPEN /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/
AUTOLOGIN

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For pluggable databases (PDBs), be sure that you switch to the appropriate container
before querying v$encryption_wallet view. For example:

sqlplus / as sysdba

alter session set container=pdb1;

select WRL_TYPE,WRL_PARAMETER,STATUS,WALLET_TYPE from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

WRL_TYPE WRL_PARAMETER STATUS

WALLET_TYPE
--------- ------------------------------------------------------ -------
------------
FILE /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/tiger_iad3c8/ OPEN
AUTOLOGIN

Missing TDE Wallet File

The TDE wallet file (ewallet.p12) can cause backups to fail if it is missing, or if it has
incompatible file system permissions or ownership. Check the file as shown in the following
example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME/ewallet.p12

Output:

-rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 5680 Apr 18 13:09 /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/

wallets/tde/orclbkp_iadxzy/ewallet.p12

The TDE wallet file should have file permissions with the octal value "700" (-rwx------), and
the owner of this file should be a part of the oinstall operating system group.

Missing Auto Login Wallet File

The auto login wallet file (cwallet.sso) can cause backups to fail if it is missing, or if it has
incompatible file system permissions or ownership. Check the file as shown in the following
example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/$ORACLE_UNQNAME/cwallet.sso

Output:

-rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 5725 Apr 18 13:09 /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/

wallets/tde/orclbkp_iadxyz/cwallet.sso

The auto login wallet file should have file permissions with the octal value "700" (-rwx------),
and the owner of this file should be a part of the oinstall operating system group.

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Other Causes of Backup Failures

The following topics are covered:
• Unmounted Commonstore Mount Point
• Check the Commonstore Mount Point
• Confirm That ora.data.commonstore.acfs Is Online
• The Database Is Not Properly Registered

Unmounted Commonstore Mount Point

The mount point /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore must be mounted, or backups will fail.

Check the Commonstore Mount Point

Confirm that the mount point /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore is mounted, as shown in
the following example:

srvctl config filesystem -volume commonstore -diskgroup data

Output:

Volume device: /dev/asm/commonstore-5

Diskgroup name: data
Volume name: commonstore
Canonical volume device: /dev/asm/commonstore-5
Accelerator volume devices:
Mountpoint path: /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore
Mount point owner: oracle
Mount users:
Type: ACFS

Confirm That ora.data.commonstore.acfs Is Online

1. The state for ora.data.commonstore.acfs must be online, or backups will fail.

Confirm as shown in the following example:

crsctl stat resource ora.data.commonstore.acfs -v

Output:

NAME=ora.data.commonstore.acfs
TYPE=ora.acfs.type
LAST_SERVER=orcl
STATE=OFFLINE
TARGET=OFFLINE
...
STATE_DETAILS=admin unmounted /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore
...

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2. List the contents of the commonstore directory to confirm that it is mounted

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore

3. If the STATE_DETAILS value is unmounted, mount the file system as shown in the
following example:

srvctl start filesystem -volume commonstore -diskgroup data

4. Confirm that the change was successful as shown in the following example:

crsctl stat resource ora.data.commonstore.acfs -v

Output:

NAME=ora.data.commonstore.acfs
TYPE=ora.acfs.type
LAST_SERVER=orcl
STATE=ONLINE on orcl
TARGET=ONLINE
CARDINALITY_ID=ONLINE
...
STATE_DETAILS=mounted on /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore

5. List the contents of the commonstore directory to confirm that it is mounted, as shown in
the following example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore

Output:

total 220
drwx------ 2 root root 65536 Apr 18 10:50 lost+found
drwx------ 3 oracle oinstall 20480 Apr 18 11:02 wallets
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 20480 Apr 20 06:41 pkgrepos
drwxr-xr-x 4 oracle oinstall 20480 Apr 20 06:41 objectstore

The Database Is Not Properly Registered

Database backups fail if the database is not registered with the dcs-agent. This scenario can
occur if you manually migrate the database to OCI and do not run the dbcli register-
database command.

To check whether the database is properly registered, review the information returned by
running the srvctl config database command and the dbcli list-databases command. If
either command does not return a record of the database, contact Oracle Support Services.
For instructions on how to register the database, refer to the following topics:
• Register the Database on the DB System in Recover a Database from the OCI Classic
Object Store
• Database Commands in Oracle Database CLI Reference

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Get Additional Help

If you were unable to resolve the problem using the information in this topic, follow the
procedures below to collect relevant database and diagnostic information. After you
have collected this information, contact Oracle Support.
The following topics are covered:
• Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports
• Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs
• Collect DCS Agent Log Files
• Collect TDE Configuration Details
• Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports

Use the following commands to collect details about your database. Record the output
of each command for reference:

dbcli list-databases

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

dbcli describe-component

Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to the /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/
directory.
2. Run the following two commands to generate information about the failed job:

dbcli list-jobs

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

The <job_ID> in the second command should be the ID of the latest failed job
reported from the first command.
3. Run the diagnostics collector script to create a zip file with the diagnostic
information for Oracle Support Services.

diagcollector.py

This command creates a file named diagLogs -<timestamp>.zip in the /tmp

directory.

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Collect DCS Agent Log Files

To collect DCS agent log files, perform the following:
1. Log in as opc user.
2. Run the following command:

sudo /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/diagcollector.py

The system returns a message indicating that agent logs are available in a zip file at a
specified directory. For example:

Logs are being collected to: /tmp/dcsdiag/diagLogs-1234567890.zip

Collect TDE Configuration Details

1. Run the srvctl getenv database -d <db_unique_name> command and record the
output for reference.
2. Record the output of the view v$encryption_wallet. For example:

select status, wrl_parameter,wallet_type from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

STATUS WRL_PARAMETER
WALLET_TYPE
-------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------
OPEN /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/ AUTOLOGIN

3. Record the output of the output of the ls -ltr <wrl_parameter> command.For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/

Output:

total 28
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 2400 May 2 09:42
ewallet_2018050209420381_defaultTag.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5680 May 2 09:42 ewallet.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5723 May 2 09:42 cwallet.sso

Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Generate RMAN Backup Report File using the following command:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i <db_id> -w detailed -rn <report_name>

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For example:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example -

w detailed -rn bkpreport1

Locate the report file using the dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in

<report_name> command. The location of the report is given in output. For example:

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in bkpreport1

Output:

Backup Report details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: b55vwxyz-c49f-4af3-a956-acccdexample
Report Type: detailed
Location: Node patchtst: /opt/oracle/dcs/log/patchtst/rman/bkup/
example_iadxyz/rman_list_backup_detail
/2018-05-02/rman_list_backup_detail_2018-05-02_11-46-51.0359.log
Database ID: 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example
CreatedTime: May 2, 2018 11:46:38 AM UTC

Troubleshoot Update Failures

Update operations can fail for various reasons. Typically, an operation fails because a
database node is down, there is insufficient space on the file system, or the database
host cannot access the object store.
This article includes information to help you determine the cause of the failure and fix
the problem. The information is organized into several sections, based on the error
condition.
If you already know the cause, you can skip to the topic with the suggested solution.
Otherwise, use the Identify the Cause of Failure topic to get started.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• #unique_406
• #unique_407
• #unique_408
• #unique_409
• #unique_410
• #unique_411
• #unique_412

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Tip:
You can also create serial console connections to troubleshoot your system in
single-user mode. For information on creating a serial console connection in the
OCI Console, see Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB System.

Identify the Cause of Failure

In the OCI Console, a failed database backup either displays a status of Failed or hangs in
the Backup in Progress or Creating state. If the error message does not contain enough
information to point you to a solution, you can use the database CLI and log files to gather
more data. Then, refer to the applicable section in this topic for a solution.
The following topics are covered:
• Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/.
2. Determine the sequence of operations performed on the database.

dbcli list-jobs | grep -i <dbname>

Note the last job ID listed with a status other than Success.
3. With the job ID you noted from the previous step, use the following command to check
the details of that job:

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

Typically, running this command is enough to reveal the root cause of the failure.
4. If you require more information, review the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.log file.
You can find the job ID in this file by using the timestamp returned by the job report in
step 2.
5. If the problem details suggest an RMAN issue, review the RMAN logs in the following
directory.

/opt/oracle/dcs/log/<hostname>/rman/bkup/<db_unique_name>/rman_backup/
<yyyy-mm-dd>

Note:
If the database failure is on a 2-node RAC database, perform steps 3 and 4 on both
nodes.

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Database Service Agent Issues

Your OCI database makes use of an agent framework to allow you to manage your
database through the cloud platform. Occasionally you might need to restart the
dcsagent program if it has the status of stop/waiting to resolve a backup failure.
The following topics are covered:
• Restart the Database Service Agent

Restart the Database Service Agent

Note:
Use initctl instead of systemctl when using OL6.

1. From a command prompt, check the status of the agent:

systemctl status initdcsagent

2. If the agent is in the stop/waiting state, try to restart the agent:

systemctl start initdcsagent

3. Check the status of the agent again to confirm that it has the start/running status:

systemctl status initdcsagent

Object Store Connectivity Issues

Backing up your database to OCI Object Storage requires that the host can connect to
the applicable Swift endpoint. You can test this connectivity by using a Swift user.
The following topics are covered:
• Ensure Your Database Host Can Connect to the Object Store

Ensure Your Database Host Can Connect to the Object Store

1. Create a Swift user in your tenancy. For more information, see Working with Auth
Tokens in Managing User Credentials.
2. With the user you created in the previous step, use the following command to
verify the host can access the object store.

curl -v -X HEAD -u <user_ID>:'<auth_token>' https://

swiftobjectstorage.<region_name>.oraclecloud.com/v1/
<object_storage_namespace>

• For more information on the correct region to use, see Object Storage FAQ.
• For more information about your Object Storage namespace, see
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3. If you cannot connect to the object store, see Back Up a Database Using the Console for
how to configure object store connectivity.

Host Issues
The following topics are covered:
• Interactive Commands in the Oracle Profile
• The File System Is Full
• Incorrect Version of the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module
• Changes to the Site Profile File (glogin.sql)
One or more of the following conditions on the database host can cause backups to fail:

Interactive Commands in the Oracle Profile

If an interactive command such as oraenv, or any command that might return an error or
warning message, was added to the .bash_profile file for the grid or oracle user, database
service operations like automatic backups can be interrupted and fail to complete. Check
the .bash_profile file for these commands, and remove them.

The File System Is Full

Backup operations require space in the /u01 directory on the host file system. Use the df -h
command on the host to check the space available for backups. If the file system has
insufficient space, you can remove old log or trace files to free up space.

Incorrect Version of the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module

Your system might not have the required version of the backup module (opc_installer.jar).
See Unable to use Managed Backups in your DB system about this known issue. To fix the
problem, you can follow the procedure in that section or simply update your DB system and
database with the latest bundle update.

Changes to the Site Profile File (glogin.sql)

Customizing the site profile file ($ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin/glogin.sql) can cause
managed backups to fail in OCI. See SQL*Plus Configuration. In particular, interactive
commands can lead to backup failures. Oracle recommends that you not modify this file for
databases hosted in OCI.

Oracle Clusterware Issues

Oracle Clusterware enables servers to communicate with each other so that they can
function as a collective unit. Occasionally you might need to restart the Clusterware program
to resolve a backup failure.
One or more of the following conditions on the database host can cause backups to fail:
• Restart the Oracle Clusterware

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Restart the Oracle Clusterware

1. From command prompt, check the status of Oracle Clusterware:

crsctl check crs

crsctl stat res -t

2. If Oracle Clusterware is not online, try to restart the program:

crsctl start crs

3. Check the status of Oracle Clusterware to confirm that it is online:

crsctl check crs

Database Issues
An improper database state or configuration can lead to failed backups.
The following topics are covered:
• Database Not Running During Backup
• Check That the Database Is Active and Running
• Archiving Mode Set to NOARCHIVELOG
• Check and Set the Archiving Mode
• Stuck Database Archiver Process and Backup Failures
• Temporary Tablespace Errors
• RMAN Configuration and Backup Failures
• RMAN Configuration Settings That Should Not Be Altered
• RMAN Retention Policy and Backup Failures
• Configure the RMAN Retention Policy Setting
• Loss of Object Store Wallet File and Backup Failures
• Confirm That the Object Store Wallet File Exists and Has the Correct Permissions

Database Not Running During Backup

The database must be active and running (ideally on all nodes) while the backup is in
progress.

Check That the Database Is Active and Running

Use the following command to check the state of your database, and ensure that any
problems that might have put the database in an improper state are resolved:

srvctl status database -d <db_unique_name> -verbose

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The system returns a message including the database's instance status. The instance status
must be Open for the backup to succeed. If the database is not running, use the following
command to start it:

srvctl start database -d <db_unique_name> -o open

If the database is mounted but does not have the Open status, use the following commands
to access the SQL*Plus command prompt and set the status to Open:

sqlplus / as sysdba

alter database open;

Archiving Mode Set to NOARCHIVELOG

When you provision a new database, the archiving mode is set to ARCHIVELOG by default. This
is the required archiving mode for backup operations. Check the archiving mode setting for
the database and change it to ARCHIVELOG, if applicable.

Check and Set the Archiving Mode

Open an SQL*Plus command prompt and enter the following command:

select log_mode from v$database;

If you need to set the archiving mode to ARCHIVELOG, start the database in Mount status (and
not Open status), and use the following command at the SQL*Plus command prompt:

alter database archivelog;

Confirm that the db_recovery_file_dest parameter points to +RECO, and that the
log_archive_dest_1 parameter is set to USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST.

For RAC databases, one instance must have the Mount status when enabling archivelog
mode. To enable archivelog mode for a RAC database, perform the following steps:
1. Shut down all database instances.

srvctl stop database -d

2. Start one of the database instances in mount state.

srvctl start instance -d <db_unique_name> -i <instance_name> -o mount

3. Access the SQL*Plus command prompt.

sqlplus / as sysdba

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4. Enable archive log mode and exit.

alter database archivelog;

exit;

5. Stop the database.

srvctl stop instance -d <db_unique_name> -i <instance_name>

6. Restart all database instances.

srvctl start database -d <db_unqiue_name>

7. At the SQL*Plus command prompt, confirm the archiving mode is set to

ARCHIVELOG.

select log_mode from v$database;

Stuck Database Archiver Process and Backup Failures

Backups can fail when the database instance has a stuck archiver process. For
example, this can happen when the flash recovery area (FRA) is full. You can check
for this condition using the following command.

srvctl status database -db <db_unique_name> -v

If the command returns the following output, you must resolve the stuck archiver
process issue before backups can succeed:

Instance <instance_identifier> is running on node *<node_identifier>.

Instance status: Stuck Archiver

Refer to ORA-00257:Archiver Error (Doc ID 2014425.1) for information on resolving a

stuck archiver process.
After resolving the stuck process, the command should return the following output :

Instance <instance_identifier> is running on node *<node_identifier>.

Instance status: Open

If the instance status does not change after you resolve the underlying issue with the
device or resource being full or unavailable, try one of the following workarounds:
• Restart the database using the srvctl command to update the status of the
database in the clusterware
• Upgrade the database to the latest patchset levels

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Temporary Tablespace Errors

If fixed table statistics are not up to date on the database, backups can fail with errors
referencing temporary tablespace present in the dcs-agent.log file. For example:

select status from v$rman_status where COMMAND_ID=<backup_id>

Output:

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP

Gather your fixed table statics as follows to resolve this issue.

conn / as sysdba

exec dbms_stats.gather_fixed_objects_stats();

RMAN Configuration and Backup Failures

Editing certain RMAN configuration parameters can lead to backup failures in OCI. To check
your RMAN configuration, use the show all command at the RMAN command line prompt.

See the following list of parameters for details about RMAN the configuration settings that
should not be altered for databases in OCI.

RMAN Configuration Settings That Should Not Be Altered

CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 30 DAYS;

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARALLELISM 5 BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED
BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' MAXPIECESIZE 2 G FORMAT
'%d_%I_%U_%T_%t' PARMS
'SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/pkgrepos/oss/odbcs/libopc.so
ENV=(OPC_PFILE=/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/opc_pfile/
1578318329/opc_tiger_iad3c8.ora)';
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO 'SBT_TAPE';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE ON;

RMAN Retention Policy and Backup Failures

The RMAN retention policy configuration can be the source of backup failures. Using the
REDUNDANCY retention policy configuration instead of the RECOVERY WINDOW policy
can lead to backup failures. Be sure to use the RECOVERY WINDOW OF 30 DAYS
configuration.

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Configure the RMAN Retention Policy Setting

1. Find the database ID using the following command:

dbcli list-databases

2. Find the BackupConfigId value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

3. Update the retention policy configuration to RECOVERY WINDOW OF 30 DAYS:

dbcli update-backupconfig -i <backup_config_id> --recoverywindow 30

Loss of Object Store Wallet File and Backup Failures

RMAN backups fail when an object store wallet file is lost. The wallet file is necessary
to enable connectivity to the object store.

Confirm That the Object Store Wallet File Exists and Has the Correct
Permissions
1. Find the database ID using the following command:

dbcli list-databases

2. Find the BackupConfigId value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

3. Find the BackupLocation value for the database using the following command:

dbcli describe-backupconfig <backup_config_id>

4. Find the file path of the backup config parameter file

(opc_<backup_location_value>_BC.ora) using the following command:

locate opc_<backup_location_value>_BC.ora

For example:

locate opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

Output:

/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/opc_pfile/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988a9example/
opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

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5. Find the file path to the wallet file in the backup config parameter file by inspecting the
value stored in the OPC_WALLET parameter. To do this, navigate to the directory containing
the backup config parameter file and use the following cat command:

cat <backup_config_parameter_file>

For example:

cat opc_b9naijWMAXzi9example_BC.ora

Output:

OPC_HOST=https://swiftobjectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/
dbbackupiad
OPC_WALLET='LOCATION=file:/opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988aexample CREDENTIAL_ALIAS=alias_opc'
OPC_CONTAINER=b9naijWMAXzi9example

6. Confirm that the cwallet.sso file exists in the directory specified in the OPC_WALLET
parameter, and confirm that the file has the correct permissions. The file permissions
should have the octal value of "600" (-rw-------). Use the following command:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/<backup_config_id>

For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/objectstore/wallets/
13aef284-9d6b-4eb6-8751-2988aexample

Output:

total 4
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 Apr 20 06:45 cwallet.sso.lck
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1941 Apr 20 06:45 cwallet.sso

Get Additional Help

If you were unable to resolve the problem using the information in this topic, follow the
procedures below to collect relevant database and diagnostic information. After you have
collected this information, contact Oracle Support.
The following topics are covered:
• Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports
• Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs
• Collect DCS Agent Log Files
• Collect TDE Configuration Details
• Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

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Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports

Use the following commands to collect details about your database. Record the output
of each command for reference:

dbcli list-databases

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

dbcli describe-component

Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to the /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/
directory.
2. Run the following two commands to generate information about the failed job:

dbcli list-jobs

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

The <job_ID> in the second command should be the ID of the latest failed job
reported from the first command.
3. Run the diagnostics collector script to create a zip file with the diagnostic
information for Oracle Support Services.

diagcollector.py

This command creates a file named diagLogs -<timestamp>.zip in the /tmp

directory.

Collect DCS Agent Log Files

To collect DCS agent log files, perform the following:
1. Log in as opc user.
2. Run the following command:

sudo /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/diagcollector.py

The system returns a message indicating that agent logs are available in a zip file
at a specified directory. For example:

Logs are being collected to: /tmp/dcsdiag/diagLogs-1234567890.zip

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Collect TDE Configuration Details

1. Run the srvctl getenv database -d <db_unique_name> command and record the
output for reference.
2. Record the output of the view v$encryption_wallet. For example:

select status, wrl_parameter,wallet_type from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

STATUS WRL_PARAMETER
WALLET_TYPE
-------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------
OPEN /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/ AUTOLOGIN

3. Record the output of the output of the ls -ltr <wrl_parameter> command.For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/

Output:

total 28
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 2400 May 2 09:42
ewallet_2018050209420381_defaultTag.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5680 May 2 09:42 ewallet.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5723 May 2 09:42 cwallet.sso

Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Generate RMAN Backup Report File using the following command:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i <db_id> -w detailed -rn <report_name>

For example:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example -w

detailed -rn bkpreport1

Locate the report file using the dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in <report_name>
command. The location of the report is given in output. For example:

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in bkpreport1

Output:

Backup Report details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: b55vwxyz-c49f-4af3-a956-acccdexample
Report Type: detailed
Location: Node patchtst: /opt/oracle/dcs/log/patchtst/rman/bkup/

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example_iadxyz/rman_list_backup_detail
/2018-05-02/rman_list_backup_detail_2018-05-02_11-46-51.0359.log
Database ID: 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example
CreatedTime: May 2, 2018 11:46:38 AM UTC

Troubleshoot Shape Change Failures

This article helps you troubleshoot and fix the issues that might occur when you
change the shape of your DB system.
For multi-node RAC DB systems, shape change operations proceed in a rolling
fashion. Depending on where in the shape change operation the failure occurs, you
may be able to re-try the operation using the console.
This article includes information to help you determine the cause of the failure and fix
the problem. The information is organized into several sections, based on the error
condition.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• Use the OCI Console to Troubleshoot
• Use dbcli to Troubleshoot
• #unique_416

Note:
You can also create serial console connections to troubleshoot your DB
system in single-user mode. For information on creating a serial console
connection in the Console, see Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB
System.

Use the OCI Console to Troubleshoot

If your shape change operation fails, a message banner appears on the DB system
details page to provide details about the failure. If the failure happens on the first node
of a multi-node system, and the operation is rolled back successfully, the Change
shape button remains available and the system remains online, in the available state.
Contact Oracle Support to get additional details about the failure. You can also use the
dbcli to learn more about the failure and what issues need to be resolved. After
determining that no issues remain, you can try the operation again.
If the failure leaves the system in a state where the operation cannot be rolled back,
the system state is Needs Attention. In this case, contact Oracle Support as soon as
you are aware of the issue so Oracle can help you resolve the issue and complete the
shape change operation.

Use dbcli to Troubleshoot

The following topics are covered:
• Determine What Stage of the Shape Change Operation Failed
• Troubleshooting Failures That Occur in the Pre_action Stage

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Determine What Stage of the Shape Change Operation Failed

1. Login to the DB system as the root user.
2. Navigate to /opt/oracle/dcs/bin:

cd /opt/oracle/dcs/bin

3. Update the CLI tool:

./cliadm update-dbcli

4. List the failed jobs:

dbcli list-jobs | grep -i failed

Note:
If the failed job (or jobs) occurred during the pre_action, action, or post_action
stage. Also note the job_id value of the failed job, which you will need to resolve
the issue.

Troubleshooting Failures That Occur in the Pre_action Stage

1. Use the job_id value to get more information about the failure:

dbcli describe-job -i <job_id>

2. Search for the error in the dcs-agent.log and dcs-agent-debug.log files (which are
located in the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/ directory):
For example:

cd /opt/oracle/dcs/log
grep -ir "DCS-10063:Failed to get node names from olsnodes." *

3. Using the information about the error recorded in the log file, correct the system
configuration if possible.
4. Re-try the shape change operation. If the operation is still not successful, follow the
instructions in #unique_416.

Get Additional Help

If you were unable to resolve the problem using the information in this topic, follow the
procedures below to collect relevant database and diagnostic information. After you have
collected this information, contact Oracle Support.
The following topics are covered:
• Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports
• Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs

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• Collect DCS Agent Log Files

• Collect TDE Configuration Details
• Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports

Use the following commands to collect details about your database. Record the output
of each command for reference:

dbcli list-databases

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

dbcli describe-component

Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to the /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/
directory.
2. Run the following two commands to generate information about the failed job:

dbcli list-jobs

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

The <job_ID> in the second command should be the ID of the latest failed job
reported from the first command.
3. Run the diagnostics collector script to create a zip file with the diagnostic
information for Oracle Support Services.

diagcollector.py

This command creates a file named diagLogs -<timestamp>.zip in the /tmp

directory.

Collect DCS Agent Log Files

To collect DCS agent log files, perform the following:
1. Log in as opc user.
2. Run the following command:

sudo /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/diagcollector.py

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The system returns a message indicating that agent logs are available in a zip file at a
specified directory. For example:

Logs are being collected to: /tmp/dcsdiag/diagLogs-1234567890.zip

Collect TDE Configuration Details

1. Run the srvctl getenv database -d <db_unique_name> command and record the
output for reference.
2. Record the output of the view v$encryption_wallet. For example:

select status, wrl_parameter,wallet_type from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

STATUS WRL_PARAMETER
WALLET_TYPE
-------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------
OPEN /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/ AUTOLOGIN

3. Record the output of the output of the ls -ltr <wrl_parameter> command.For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/

Output:

total 28
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 2400 May 2 09:42
ewallet_2018050209420381_defaultTag.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5680 May 2 09:42 ewallet.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5723 May 2 09:42 cwallet.sso

Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Generate RMAN Backup Report File using the following command:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i <db_id> -w detailed -rn <report_name>

For example:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example -w

detailed -rn bkpreport1

Locate the report file using the dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in <report_name>
command. The location of the report is given in output. For example:

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in bkpreport1

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Output:

Backup Report details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: b55vwxyz-c49f-4af3-a956-acccdexample
Report Type: detailed
Location: Node patchtst: /opt/oracle/dcs/log/patchtst/rman/bkup/
example_iadxyz/rman_list_backup_detail
/2018-05-02/rman_list_backup_detail_2018-05-02_11-46-51.0359.log
Database ID: 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example
CreatedTime: May 2, 2018 11:46:38 AM UTC

Troubleshoot Network Connectivity Failures

Network connectivity can fail for various reasons. Typically, the network connectivity
fails because of access or authorization issues.
This article includes information to help you to troubleshoot network connectivity
issues between the guest VM and OCI Services Network. The information is organized
into several sections, based on the error condition.
If you already know the cause, you can skip to the topic with the suggested solution.
Otherwise, use the Identify the Cause of Failure topic to get started.
The following topics are covered in this article:
• #unique_418
• Resolve Network Connectivity Failures
• #unique_420

Tip:
You can also create serial console connections to troubleshoot your system
in single-user mode. For information on creating a serial console connection
in the OCI Console, see Manage Serial Console Connection to the DB
System.

Identify the Cause of Failure

In the OCI Console, a failed database backup either displays a status of Failed or
hangs in the Backup in Progress or Creating state. If the error message does not
contain enough information to point you to a solution, you can use the database CLI
and log files to gather more data. Then, refer to the applicable section in this topic for a
solution.
The following topics are covered:
• Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

Identify the Root Cause of the Backup Failure

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/.

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2. Determine the sequence of operations performed on the database.

dbcli list-jobs | grep -i <dbname>

Note the last job ID listed with a status other than Success.
3. With the job ID you noted from the previous step, use the following command to check
the details of that job:

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

Typically, running this command is enough to reveal the root cause of the failure.
4. If you require more information, review the /opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.log file.
You can find the job ID in this file by using the timestamp returned by the job report in
step 2.
5. If the problem details suggest an RMAN issue, review the RMAN logs in the following
directory.

/opt/oracle/dcs/log/<hostname>/rman/bkup/<db_unique_name>/rman_backup/
<yyyy-mm-dd>

Note:
If the database failure is on a 2-node RAC database, perform steps 3 and 4 on both
nodes.

Resolve Network Connectivity Failures

Perform the following instructions to resolve network connectivity failures.
The following topics are covered:
• DB Systems Deployed On a Private Subnet
• DB Systems Deployed On a Public Subnet

DB Systems Deployed On a Private Subnet

Perform the following step if you have deployed your DB system on a private subnet.
1. Configure a Service Gateway for use by the DB System to reach the OCI Service
Network. For detailed steps, see VCN and Subnets.
After you configure your VCN to reach the OCI Services Network, perform the validation
check to ensure that you have established connectivity to the OCI Services Network from
your DB System.

DB Systems Deployed On a Public Subnet

Perform the following step if you have deployed your DB system on a public subnet.
1. Configure a Internet Gateway for use by the DB System to reach the OCI Service
Network. For detailed steps, see VCN and Subnets

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After you configure your VCN to reach the OCI Services Network, perform the
validation check to ensure that you have established connectivity to the OCI Services
Network from your DB System.
For more information on managing a service gateway, see Managing a Service
Gateway in the Console.

Get Additional Help

If you were unable to resolve the problem using the information in this topic, follow the
procedures below to collect relevant database and diagnostic information. After you
have collected this information, contact Oracle Support.
The following topics are covered:
• Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports
• Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs
• Collect DCS Agent Log Files
• Collect TDE Configuration Details
• Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Collect Database Information for Use in Problem Reports

Use the following commands to collect details about your database. Record the output
of each command for reference:

dbcli list-databases

dbcli describe-database -i <database_id>

dbcli describe-component

Collect Diagnostic Information Regarding Failed Jobs

1. Log on to the host as the root user and navigate to the /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/
directory.
2. Run the following two commands to generate information about the failed job:

dbcli list-jobs

dbcli describe-job -i <job_ID> -j

The <job_ID> in the second command should be the ID of the latest failed job
reported from the first command.
3. Run the diagnostics collector script to create a zip file with the diagnostic
information for Oracle Support Services.

diagcollector.py

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This command creates a file named diagLogs -<timestamp>.zip in the /tmp directory.

Collect DCS Agent Log Files

To collect DCS agent log files, perform the following:
1. Log in as opc user.
2. Run the following command:

sudo /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/diagcollector.py

The system returns a message indicating that agent logs are available in a zip file at a
specified directory. For example:

Logs are being collected to: /tmp/dcsdiag/diagLogs-1234567890.zip

Collect TDE Configuration Details

1. Run the srvctl getenv database -d <db_unique_name> command and record the
output for reference.
2. Record the output of the view v$encryption_wallet. For example:

select status, wrl_parameter,wallet_type from v$encryption_wallet;

Output:

STATUS WRL_PARAMETER
WALLET_TYPE
-------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------
OPEN /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/ AUTOLOGIN

3. Record the output of the output of the ls -ltr <wrl_parameter> command.For example:

ls -ltr /opt/oracle/dcs/commonstore/wallets/tde/example_iadxyz/

Output:

total 28
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 2400 May 2 09:42
ewallet_2018050209420381_defaultTag.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5680 May 2 09:42 ewallet.p12
-rw----- 1 oracle asmadmin 5723 May 2 09:42 cwallet.sso

Collect the RMAN Backup Report File

Generate RMAN Backup Report File using the following command:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i <db_id> -w detailed -rn <report_name>

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For example:

dbcli create-rmanbackupreport -i 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example -

w detailed -rn bkpreport1

Locate the report file using the dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in

<report_name> command. The location of the report is given in output. For example:

dbcli describe-rmanbackupreport -in bkpreport1

Output:

Backup Report details

----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: b55vwxyz-c49f-4af3-a956-acccdexample
Report Type: detailed
Location: Node patchtst: /opt/oracle/dcs/log/patchtst/rman/bkup/
example_iadxyz/rman_list_backup_detail
/2018-05-02/rman_list_backup_detail_2018-05-02_11-46-51.0359.log
Database ID: 57fvwxyz-9dc4-45d3-876b-5f850example
CreatedTime: May 2, 2018 11:46:38 AM UTC

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