Creating a Physical Standby using RMAN DUPLICATE FROM ACTIVE DATABASE

Prior to Oracle Database 11g duplication was performed from an existing RMAN backup. Oracle Database 11g introduces Active database duplication which copies the live source database over the network without the need of an existing […]

Cloning a VirtualBox VM in VirtualBox 4.1

With Oracle VirtualBox 4.1 cloning a VM is now available from the user interface making the process much simpler. In prior releases cloning a VM was a multi step process in which you needed to […]

Cloning an Oracle Database Home

Starting with Oracle Database 10g you are able to easily clone an existing Oracle Home. Why would you want to be able to do this? For one it is faster to clone an existing Oracle […]

Cloning a VirtualBox VM

I make frequent use of virtualized environments for testing and proof of concept work. One of the many great features of virtualized environments is that I do not have to start from scratch every time. […]

Deploying an Oracle Home Image with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control

In the post, Build a Pre-Created Oracle Home Image for Database Provisioning with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control, I detailed how to build an image of an Oracle Database Home that was already installed […]

Build a Pre-Created Oracle Home Image for Database Provisioning with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control

How many times have you been asked to install Oracle Database on a new machine? If you are like most administrators it comes all too often. Not only do we get requests for new installs […]

Clone a Database to Another Host using Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control

This document will detail the steps to clone a database to another host using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control.