Gather Statistics

On SYS Objects
If your database encounters a lot of changes (DMLs) for SYS schema objects, then it is recommended to collect SYS schema statistics.  The collection of statistics on SYS Schema objects will optimize the performance of internal recursive queries and application queries on SYS schema objects.

Simple Network Tests

Some times there is slowness in network and end users face it but complaining about the database or application. We can use some initial testing for such network slowness.

Using the SQL TUNING ADVISOR (STA)

SQL Tuning Advisor analyzes candidate SQL statements, and execute a complete 
analysis of the statement including: 
 - Determining stale or missing statistics
 - Determining better execution plan
 - Detecting better access paths and objects required to satisfy them (indexes, materialized views)
 - Restructuring SQL

How to use the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor

The Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) is an integral part of the Oracle RDBMS capable of gathering performance statistics and advising on changes to solve any existing performance issues measured. For this it uses the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR), a repository defined in the database to store database wide usage statistics at fixed size intervals (60 minutes).

ORA-20000 on executing DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS on table

Problem:
DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS('HOME','T_temp')

ORA-20000: Unable to analyze TABLE "HOME"."T_TEMP", insufficient
privileges or does not exist

Exadata Database Machine - Intro

Oracle Exadata is a database appliance with support for both OLTP and OLAP workloads. It can be said as “cloud in a box” composed of database servers, Oracle Exadata Storage Servers, an InfiniBand fabric for storage networking and all the other components required to host an Oracle Database.

ORACLE EXALYTICS - Intro

Background
We live in the age of information and information is power. In the business enterprise, it is imperative that everyone has the information they need in order to accurately and effectively fulfill their business obligations.

Oracle DBConsole service failed to start on Windows

If you have a database control of any database version on WINDOWS Operating System, some times OracleDBConsole Service failed to start with the following error, cause is not determined .

CRSCTL Utility/Other Cluster Commands Reference (11g)

CRSCTL is an interface between you and Oracle Clusterware, parsing and calling Oracle Clusterware APIs for Oracle Clusterware objects.  You  can perform check, start, and stop operations on the cluster with CRSCTL. This utility is located in the Grid_home/bin directory.

Oracle Database Firewall

Oracle Database Firewall is the first line of defense for databases, providing real-time monitoring of database activity on the network. Highly accurate SQL grammar-based technology blocks unauthorized transactions, helping prevent internal and external attacks from reaching the database. Oracle Database Firewall is easy to deploy, requiring no changes to existing applications or databases.