My first Oracle ace swag package arrived today! Happy to be an ace pro for the next year. Thanks @oracleace.bsky.social!
Sven Illert
@isdba.de
Oracle ACE Pro, building high available Oracle database environments on premises and in the OCI. Living near Dresden, Germany and sometimes roaming around with my Nikon camera. Cannondale rider in the mountains and on road. Blog at https://isdba.de
Kimi K3, now on Hyper. 1M context. MIT licensed. Zero data retention, always. Open weights: let's go. hyper.charm.land
Trying to build a go application that syncs data from an oracle database to a cmdb via vibe coding today. Most time I'm only waiting for the AI to finish work. Watching it at least gives breaks to drink beer … Is it faster? By no means. I'd have hacked that down in half of the time.
First time at olympic stadium in Berlin listening to some nice punk rock before Foo Fighters will enter the stage #FooFighters #IDLES
I’ve no idea how I ever got the idea to lay a concrete foundation in the blazing sun at 38°C … must have been the heat.
Beim Einsatz von TLS mit Oracle Wallet können Zertifikate, Schlüssel und Formate schnell zur Herausforderung werden. @isdba.de beschreibt anhand eines realen Projekts, wie sich typische Importfehler analysieren und mit einem PKCS#12-Ansatz lösen lassen. www.robotron.de/unternehmen/...
Verwendung von Oracle Wallet mit externen Zertifikaten
Beim Einsatz von TLS mit Oracle Wallet können Zertifikate, Schlüssel und Formate schnell zur Herausforderung werden. Der Beitrag beschreibt anhand eines realen Projekts, wie sich typische Importfehler...
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Oracle Database 26ai, AI-Funktionen, Upgrade-Strategien, PostgreSQL und die Frage „On-Premises oder Cloud?“ Beim Fokustag Datenbanken erwarten Sie praxisnahe Vorträge und spannende Diskussionen rund um moderne Datenbanktechnologien. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei: www.robotron.de/unternehmen/...
Fokustag Datenbanken 2026
Die wichtigsten Neuigkeiten zur Oracle Datenbank 26ai
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Microsoft as always late to the sane game now starts to implement UNIX compatibility. Urgs … www.heise.de/en/news/Unix...
Unix commands natively on Windows: Microsoft releases its own Coreutils
With Coreutils for Windows, the same shell commands and scripts should run on Windows, Linux, and WSL. Microsoft relies on the Rust implementation.
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I'm thrilled that @oracleace.bsky.social has promoted me to ACE Pro. Thank you so much! 🥳
✨ Wipr 2.30.2 is out now! ✨ Lots of Extra fixes, and assorted Filtr improvements: bug fixes, refined diagnostics, and UI tweaks. Filtr is already blocking much more than it did at launch, thanks to your reports 🙏 For those who observe it, enjoy the weekend! kaylees.site/wipr2.html
Wipr 2
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Finally managed to upload my slides for #DOAGDB26! So if you missed my talk, you can download the pdfs now. Also both of the videos are online :)
☁️🗄️ DOAG 2026 Database with Cloud Infrastructure is coming up. We’re excited to see Oracle ACEs sharing their expertise across database innovation, performance optimization, productivity enhancements, and cross-platform integration. 🚀 🔗 datenbank.doag.org/de/home/ #OracleACE
RU 19.31 has been put on hold and will be available soon again Since several people mailed me yesterday and this morning about Release Update 19.31 been not available for download from My Oracle Support, here is a the explanation about why RU 19.31 has been put on hold and will be available soon…
RU 19.31 has been put on hold and will be available soon again
Since several people mailed me yesterday and this morning about Release Update 19.31 been not available for download from My Oracle Support, here is a the explanation about why RU 19.31 has been put on hold and will be available soon again. What has happened? We released a MOS Note with detailed information: (KB888427) Oracle Database 19.31 Patch Hold Due to ORA-00600 Errors on Exadata 25.2…
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#DOAGDB26: In seinem Vortrag "Grid Infrastructure 26ai" geht Sven Illert @isdba.de auf die Installation der GI, die Besonderheiten und Änderungen seit 19c in einer virtualisierten Standardumgebung ein. ➡️ scomp.ly/r0DDgN9 Konferenz: datenbank.doag.org/de/home/ Tickets: scomp.ly/nZwDB5m #Datenbank
#DOAG2026: Der Call for Papers für die DOAG 2026 Konferenz + Ausstellung ist eröffnet! Bis zum 8. Juni habt ihr jetzt die Gelegenheit, eure Beiträge einzureichen.➡️ scomp.ly/3jJdQBr Konferenz: scomp.ly/xqV9Jp8 🔗Early-Bird-Tickets bis 29. September: scomp.ly/v0xlWdZ
I love macOS as a desktop environment, but modern CLI tools keep pulling me back into the terminal. lazygit, nvim, etc. are just so fun - especially in Ghostty.
Come on … files in /etc/sudoers.d can't have a dot in their name. Some arbitrary decision causing wasted time for debugging again *sigh*.
Neue Rolle in der DOAG DB Community: Seit Februar 2026 verantwortet Dr. Torsten Buchwald das Thema Künstliche Intelligenz und übernimmt die Aufgaben von Cornelia Heyde. www.robotron.de/unternehmen/...
Robotron treibt KI-Themen in der DOAG DB Community voran
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Will this stupidity called DST ever be abolished in the EU before I die? Nobody wants or needs that shit…
Sometimes, when writing OCI IAM policies the policy documentation might not be enough. isdba.de/blog/2026-03...
OCI Permissions to Change PSK for IPSEC Connections | isdba
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python is such a mess. Trying to use a recent Ansible version with some OL8 systems for management of rpm packages with the dnf module and it fails miserably using standard installations …
Avoid connect storms with CMAN. Don't use next_hop with retry parameters #Oracle isdba.de/blog/2026-03...
Beware of the Reconnect Using CMAN | isdba
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I'm happy to announce that I will be speaking about Oracle GI 26ai and Oracle Database Exadata @ Azure at DOAG Database ’26. Hope to see you there ;) #DOAGDB2026
While waiting for the 26ai download to appear, I took time to write something about external certificates and keys in the oracle wallet. isdba.de/blog/2026-01...
Using Oracle Wallet With External Certificates | isdba
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So the Oracle January ’26 patch update note is out now – let’s see when the on-prem download will be available.
Im neuen Blogbeitrag berichtet @isdba.de aus der Praxis, wie der Aufbau eines Exadata@Azure-Clusters per Code fast an einem unscheinbaren Parameter gescheitert wäre und wie sich das Problem am Ende überraschend einfach lösen ließ. www.robotron.de/unternehmen/...
Exadata@Azure mit OpenTofu
In diesem Blogbeitrag berichten wir aus der Praxis, wie der Aufbau eines Exadata@Azure-Clusters per Code fast an einem unscheinbaren Parameter gescheitert wäre und wie sich das Problem am Ende überras...
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Replacing spaces in a variable in Makefiles is a special kind of thing …
