Upgrade to Oracle 12c [1Z0-060 ] exam is available now

A very quick note about the announcement of Upgrade to Oracle 12c - 1Z0-060 exam availability, it is no longer beta now. The exam has two sections, with 51 and 34 question respectively in each section with 64% and 65% passing margin. You must succeed in both sections in order to certify Oracle 12c upgrade exam.
However, I felt the exam fee is little higher, 245$, isn't expensive?

What you guys waiting for, go ahead, and upgrade your certification to the latest Oracle release. Its a good chance to upgrade to the latest release with a single upgrade exam, even if you are certified earlier with Oracle 7.3.

Here is the link for more information about the exam:

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-060

https://blogs.oracle.com/certification/entry/0856_18


Good luck with your exam!

Exadata - a new learning cuvrve

Perhaps I might be touch late on adopting/exploring/reacting/coping up with the exadata, but, it was always my dream and passion to work with the technologies since the announcement. As we knew Exadata is not something we can download and configure that easily on PC like those of traditional database or RAC software. Luckily and with the immense help from one of my friends, I managed to simulate Exadata setup (faked) on my new Macpro Book, 2 cell servers and 2 Oracle 12c RAC db nodes. Believe me, they are running incredibly fast and I am already on my way to explore/test the capabilities of Exadata.

I have also set some goals so that I will not become lazy or go slow on what I am doing. Planning to appear Exadata Admin and Implementation Specialist certification this December and January. If you are one of me and on the same boat as I am, feel free to contact me to discuss about Exadata stuff.

Have a good day

I am speaking @AIOUG - SANGAM13 conference

This post is specifically aimed to the folks back in India, mostly in Hyderabad or surrounding places.

Perhaps most of you probably knew that the All India Oracle Users Group (AIOUG) annual conference SANGAM13 will be taking place in Hyderabad this year. I have been trying my luck over the past couple of years to attend and present at least a session at the conference without a success. However, this time I determined not to miss the conference, and successfully proposed two sessions.

I am glad to inform you guys that I an able to make it to the conference this year and also delivering the following two technical sessions:

• Oracle RAC 12c upgrade - best practices (9/11/2013)
• Troubleshooting & Managing Clusterware - 360 degrees (9/11/2013)

Having said that, I am indeed super excited to visit Hyderabad after a very long time, as this will be my first visit to the city after almost a decade, yes, you read it correctly!. Though I belong to the same state, I couldn't get a chance to visit Hyderabad over the past 10 years or so. You guys can guess all my excitement. 

I strongly recommend and encourage all of you who live in India or Hyderabad not to miss the opportunity to attend the conference and meet with many world known Oracle Gurus, like, Arup Nanda, Gaja Krishna Vidyanatha, Murali Vallath, also many other local big shots.

For enrollment and more information about the conference, do visit the one of the following websites:

http://sangam13.info/

http://www.aioug.org/

Look forward to seeing you folks at the conference.

Have a good time.

Oracle Open World 2013 - attending & presenting

Most of us knew Oracle Open World 2013 event is fast approaching and the event will kick start in a few days time. I haven't talked much about the OOW13 event of late, therefore, I am sharing my plans over here.

• attending Oracle ACE Directors briefing scheduled on 19-20 Sept 2013 at Oracle HQ
• participating and speaking in the following two Expert panel sessions 
• Session ID: UGF9774
  Session Title: Oracle RAC SIG Meeting: Expert Panel
  Venue / Room: Moscone West - 3004
  Date and Time: 9/22/13, 15:30 - 16:30

•  Oracle VM and Virtualization Best Practices: Expert Panel Discussion [UGF9809] Sunday, Sep 22, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Moscone West – 3018

If you are coming to OOW13, you are most welcome and I will be glad to see you in my sessions.

I can't guarantee though I will try to bring all authors of 'Expert Oracle RAC 12c'  book together for an unofficial book singing event at the book shop.

Stay tuned for more updates!!

Good luck and look forward seeing you at OOW13.



Jaffar

Deprecated database init. parameters in 12c

Here is a very short blog about all the deprecated database initialization parameters in 12c.  It is sometime becomes essential to be familiar with those database features and init. parameters that are either de-supported or deprecated in a new release of Oracle database before proceeding with the upgrade. This is because, some of the legacy applications upgrade decision either directly or in-directly depends on those changes.
To obtain a list of deprecated database parameter in 12c, use the following SQL statement:

SQL> SELECT name from v$parameter WHERE isdeprecated = 'TRUE' ORDER BY name;

Here is the list:

active_instance_count
background_dump_dest
buffer_pool_keep
buffer_pool_recycle
commit_write
cursor_space_for_time
fast_start_io_target
global_context_pool_size
instance_groups
lock_name_space
log_archive_local_first
log_archive_start
max_enabled_roles
parallel_automatic_tuning
parallel_io_cap_enabled
parallel_server
parallel_server_instances
plsql_v2_compatibility
remote_os_authent
resource_manager_cpu_allocation
sec_case_sensitive_logon
serial_reuse
sql_trace
standby_archive_dest
user_dump_dest

I am little bit surprised to see the sec_case_sensitive_logon parameter in the list.