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Oracle Enterprise Manager 24 ai - Whats New??

Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai introduces powerful AI-driven capabilities that transform how organizations monitor and manage their Oracle environments. With integrated machine learning and AIOps , it enables intelligent anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and automated root cause analysis, reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency. The addition of a natural language interface allows users to query system performance and issues conversationally, making management more accessible. Enterprise Manager 24ai also enhances observability, security, and hybrid cloud support , offering a unified platform to manage databases, middleware, applications, and infrastructure across on-premises and multi-cloud environments. The following are the key notable features provided by the OEM 24 ai release: OCI AI Cloud Extensions : Seamless integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Operations Insights services, including Capacity Planning and SQL Insights, enables p...

Oracle Database Advance Security options in Oracle EBS 12.2.x

The Database Advanced Security Option (ASO) in Oracle E-Business Suite enhances data protection by enabling transparent data encryption (TDE) and network encryption. TDE helps secure sensitive data at rest—such as customer, financial, or HR data—by encrypting database files without requiring changes to applications. Network encryption ensures secure communication between the EBS application and the database by encrypting data in transit. Together, these features help organizations meet compliance requirements, mitigate the risk of data breaches, and strengthen the overall security posture of their Oracle EBS environments without impacting performance or user experience. Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Database is a crucial security feature that ensures sensitive data is encrypted at rest, helping organizations meet compliance, privacy, and regulatory requirements. Here’s a concise overview tailored to Oracle EBS: TDE is an Oracle Database feat...

Oracle E-Business suite DR between On premise and OCI

Implementing a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) between on-premises and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) involves carefully planning data replication, failover, and recovery to ensure business continuity. Below are best practices to help you build a robust, secure, and cost-effective DR architecture. Oracle E-Business Suite DR Best Practices (On-Prem to OCI) 1. Architect a DR Topology Based on Business Needs Active-Passive (Cold or Warm DR) : EBS runs on-prem; OCI is the failover site. Cold Standby : Cost-effective; environment is spun up only during failover. Warm Standby : EBS application tier is always available, but database is synchronized. 2. Use Oracle Data Guard for Database Synchronization Oracle Data Guard (Physical Standby) is the recommended method to replicate the EBS database to OCI. Enables real-time or near-real-time replication of the on-prem DB to OCI. Supports Fast-Start Failover and Snapshot Standby f...

The Future of Oracle SPARC Hardware: Legacy Strengths Amidst a Changing Landscape

Oracle SPARC processors have been a hallmark of enterprise computing for over two decades, powering mission-critical workloads with exceptional reliability, security, and performance. Designed specifically for Oracle software and engineered systems, SPARC-based servers have long been favored in industries like finance, telecommunications, and government for their rock-solid stability and predictable scalability. But as the IT landscape evolves rapidly—driven by cloud computing, open architectures, and x86 dominance—the future of SPARC hardware is a topic of growing interest and speculation. The Legacy Strengths of SPARC SPARC architecture brought numerous innovations: High throughput and scalability: Optimized for multithreaded database and middleware workloads. Advanced RAS features: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability designed to minimize downtime. Tight hardware-software integration: Oracle’s engineered systems such as Exadata and SuperCluster leverage S...

Adding the Managed Server host on Oracle EBS 12.2

This blogpost will explain Adding a Managed Server to an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2 environment involves integrating an additional WebLogic managed server to improve scalability, load balancing, or for specific functional purposes. EBS 12.2 uses Oracle WebLogic Server as its application tier foundation. High-Level Steps to Add a Managed Server to EBS 12.2: 1. Prerequisites Ensure Oracle EBS 12.2 is fully installed and patched. The system has sufficient resources and the new managed server hostname/IP is resolvable. You have access to run and patch file systems. 2. Create the Managed Server in WebLogic Access the WebLogic Administration Console: URL: http://<host>:<port>/console Create a New Managed Server: Navigate to Environment > Servers > New . Provide the server name , listen address , and port . Assign it to the existing EBS WebLogic domain . Target the EBS Applications: Assign the EBS application deployments ...

The Future of Solaris: Sunset or Strategic Continuity?

For decades, Oracle Solaris has been a cornerstone of enterprise computing—powering mission-critical workloads across finance, telecom, government, and healthcare. Known for its unmatched scalability, security, and uptime, Solaris became synonymous with stability on SPARC hardware and even x86 platforms in earlier years. But in a world rapidly shifting toward cloud-native , containerized , and Linux-first architectures , where does Solaris stand today—and what does the future hold? A Brief Look Back Originally developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s, Solaris was a pioneer in: Zones (containers) before Docker was born ZFS for next-generation file systems DTrace for real-time observability RBAC and SMF for role-based security and service management After Sun's acquisition by Oracle in 2010, Solaris development slowed, and its open-source cousin OpenSolaris was discontinued. Oracle positioned Solaris as a long-term, stable platform—but innovation pace dec...