sexta-feira, 11 de dezembro de 2020

No more Flash, even for old SQL Monitor Reports

 Hi all,

Yesterday, I was working helping a customer with some performance issues.

After getting an active SQL Monitor Report, I just realize the look and feel changed and Flash is not needed. Even for a 12.1 database.

I knew Oracle has changed for the new database versions, on the new version of the Enterprise Manager, and on the SQL Developer.

But I got using this SQL Monitor using dbms_sqltune.report_sql_monitor.


set linesize 1000 pagesize 100 verify off trimout on trimspool on echo off head off feed off timing off termout off long 1000000 longchunksize 1000000

set serveroutput on size 1000000

spool sqlmon.html replace

clear scr

select dbms_sqltune.report_sql_monitor(

                sql_id => 'gnsttp2mawhty',

                report_level=>'ALL',

                type => 'ACTIVE')

from dual;

spool off


My first thought was to check if any patch was applied to the database and it was not.

Then I tried to open an old SQL Monitor from January/2020 and I saw the new format and no flash needed:


I posted this on Twitter (you can follow the thread here):

https://twitter.com/alexzaballa/status/1337188209298726915


Andi Schloegl pointed to this:



Looks like Oracle changed the JS on their side, which makes sense since Flash will be not supported in all browsers after December/2020.

https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html


When I have time, I will try to investigate the changes in http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/emviewers/scripts/activeReportInit.js and related files.

 








sexta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-1089-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 HPC and Big Data Solutions Associate

 Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1089-20!


I needed two attempts to pass because the material on ULS (When I did the exam) was not even close to what you need to achieve 70%.
It's hard when you go to an exam without having any idea about the questions. Sample questions help a lot in this case.


I saw a lot of words spelling incorrect on the exam, it is hard because you don't know if it was on purpose, to invalidate the answer.


You can find the material here:



Official Documentation:



User guide:


These videos can help to understand the test (When I did the exam it was not available, so I cannot say if it will help ):


https://learn.oracle.com/ols/course/prepare-for-oci-2020-hpc-and-big-data-solutions-associate-certification/35644/80132


You can find some example of questions here (When I did the exam it was not available, so I cannot say if it will help ):






Second attempt:





And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!


Best of luck

Alex Zaballa

sexta-feira, 24 de julho de 2020

GUOB TECH DAY 2020 - Groundbreakers Tour LATAM 2020 - Brazil



Por conta da pandemia do COVID19, o evento será totalmente online e gratuito!

Sábado, dia 15/08/2020, das 9:00 hrs às 16:30 hrs.




O evento contará com 5 salas online simultâneas:


segunda-feira, 20 de julho de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-1088-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Enterprise Workloads Associate

Hi all,


Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1088-20!


The test focus is on how to move Apps to OCI:

  • Databases
  • WebLogic Applications
  • E-business Suite
  • JD Edwards
  • PeopleSoft 
  • Siebel
  • Hyperion


You can find the material here:


And here:



Official Documentation:



User guide:


These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:



You can find some example of questions here:





And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!


Best of luck

Alex Zaballa

quarta-feira, 8 de julho de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-1072-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Architect Associate

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1072-20!

I found a lot of questions that the topics are not on the study guide!
I recommend you study OKE, Kubernetes, Oracle Registry, OCI APIs, SDKs, and CLI.


You can find the material here:

And here:


Official Documentation:

User guide:

These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:

Exam Preparation: OCI Architect Associate

You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":

Don't forget to read the Study Guide:


And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sábado, 27 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-931-20 - Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2020 Specialist

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-931-20!

First thing, forget about 1z0-931.
This new test is completely different.




New topics for the 2020 version:

  • Autonomous Database Technical Overview
  1. (Added in 2020) Describe the Different ADB offerings
  2. (Added in 2020) Describe License type, requirements and changing options
  3. (Added in 2020) Describe a typical workflow for using ADB Dedicated Infrastructure
  4. (Added in 2020) Describe the added functionality unique to ADB Dedicated Infrastructure
  5. (Added in 2020) Describe the Autonomous Dedicated Fleet Admin Role
  6. (Added in 2020) Use Service Limits and Compartment Quotas
  • Connectivity
  1. (Added in 2020) Connect to APEX
  2. (Added in 2020) Use Wallet Change and Wallet Expire
  3. (Added in 2020) Use ACL and Private End Points
  4. (Added in 2020) Use Market Place Developer Image to connect to ADB
  • Monitoring Autonomous Database
  1. (Added in 2020) Use SQL Dev Web to monitor ADB
  2. (Added in 2020) Monitor Dedicated Infrastructure
  3. (Added in 2020) Describe  Enterprise Manager  
  4. (Added in 2020) Monitor ADB auto-scaling
  5. (Added in 2020) Set up service notifications
  • Provisioning
  1. (Added in 2020) Provision a Dedicated Autonomous Database
  2. (Added in 2020) Provision Dedicated Infrastructure
  3. (Added in 2020) Provision Auto scaling and billing
  4. (Added in 2020) Provision OCI policies needed for ADB including Fleet Admin, Market Place, and Notifications
  5. (Added in 2020) Provision a Dedicated Autonomous Exadata Infrastructure
  6. (Added in 2020) Provision a Dedicated Autonomous Container Database
  • Managing and Maintaining Autonomous Database
  1. (Added in 2020) Move resources options and results
  2. (Added in 2020) Explain Patching and Upgrade Processes
  3. (Added in 2020) Explain Data Safe
  4. Load data using DBMS_CLOUD
  5. Migrate to ADB using Data Pump
  6. (Added in 2020)  Use Auto Indexing
  7. (Added in 2020) Set up Compartment Quotas
  8. (Added in 2020) Perform Cloning (backup or live, version to clone to)

The 2020 version:

  • The number of questions increased from to 60!
  • The exam time still the same 85 minutes!




Study Autonomous Dedicated*****


And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 23 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1044-20 - Oracle Cloud Platform Data Management 2020 Specialist

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1044-20!

You can find everything you need (pdfs and videos) here:



New topics:
  • Big Data Cloud Service
    1. Describe Big Data Cloud Service
  • NoSQL Cloud Service
    1. Describe NoSQL Cloud Service

The number of questions decreased from 80 to 55.
Time from 120 minutes to 85 minutes.





 I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sexta-feira, 19 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-997-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Architect Professional

Hi all,

A good start point is here:

What you need to focus on? 
  • EVERYTHING :)
You can find it here:

And here:


Official Documentation:


User guide:


But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can! The biggest problem will be testing cross-region features because free account permits to subscribe to only one region.

These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:

Exam Preparation: OCI Architect Professional


You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":


Don't forget to read the Study Guide:



New topics:

  • Implement and operate solutions in OCI
  1. (NEW for 2020) Conduct Monitoring, observability and alerting in OCI
  2. (NEW for 2020) Manage infrastructure using OCI CLI, APIs and SDKs
**Learn Kubernetes




And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

segunda-feira, 15 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1067-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Cloud Operations Associate

Hi all,

The focus for this test is day-to-day activities, you need to know the commands/syntax and not only concepts. Of course, concepts are very important to understand the questions.

What you need to focus on?

  • Oci-cli
  • Terraform
  • Policies
  • MQL
  • Quotas
  • What and how you can move Cross-region
  • Budgets and Alerts
  • What is related to Compartments and what is related to the Tenancy
  • Upload and Download files using the cli and the console
  • Tags
  • NVMe - Performance and how to protect
  • Object Storage life cycle
  • VPNs

You can find everything here:

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/iaas/training/foundation.html

And here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/course/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-operations-associate-workshop/35644/60996


But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!


These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:

Exam Preparation: OCI Cloud Operations Associate
  https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/n/ociobtnas/b/webinars/o/webinars-dynamic.html


You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/iaas/training/operations.html

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2020-cloud-operations-associate/pexam_1Z0-1067-20

You can find some example of questions here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/module/practice-exam-for-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2020-cloud-operations-associate/35644/78022

New topic:

  • Security and Compliance
  1. Utilize CASB to remediate security vulnerabilities



And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quinta-feira, 11 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1070-20 - Oracle Cloud Platform ​Identity and Security ​Management 2020 Specialist

Hi all,

One advantage of not using BrainDumps when preparing for tests:

You can go for the 2020 version right after 2019 :)


A good start point is here:

https://medium.com/@arunksingh16/oracle-cloud-platform-identity-and-security-management-notes-7edbda93c5d5


You can find some pdfs and videos here (it's not sufficient to take the test):

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-a-cloud-security-administrator/35644/38707

OPN Material:

Access the Partner Readiness and Enablement Platform to take the new training

The 2020 version:
  • The number of questions decreased from 66 to 55!
  • The exam time decreased from 105 minutes to 85 minutes!

New topics:
  • Design for Security and Compliance in OCI
  1. Describe OCI Shared Security Responsibility Module
  2. Describe features and benefits of Customer Isolation, Data Encryption, Security Control, Visibility, and Verifiably Secure Infrastructure.
  3. Design Hybrid Cloud Architecture on OCI using FastConnect, IPSec VPN and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  4. Describe typical use cases for Multi-Factor Authentication and Identity Federation
  5. Describe typical use cases for OCI Vault (Keys and Secrets)
  6. Describe key capabilities provided by Oracle Data Safe
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Security Fundamentals
  1. Create and use IAM Policies, Compartments, Policy Inheritance & IAM-Tags
  2. Configure & troubleshoot OCI network resources to secure cloud deployment, this includes VCN, Routing Tables, Security Rules, Gateways, Virtual Firewall
  3. Understand how OCI implements Encryption and Key management
  • Identity Cloud Service Fundamentals
  1. Use EBS Asserter, Identity Bridge and Integrations
  2. Configure Application Gateway

These new topics are not fully covered on ULS course, I recommend you to take a look at OCI Level 100 and OCI Level 200:



And I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!




Oracle Identity Security Operations Center is huge, Oracle could easily break the exam in 3! 
I'm reading and testing IDCS, CASB, and OMC since December. About 30 hours in videos and 5,000 pages in PDFs. 

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quarta-feira, 10 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-998-20 - Oracle Database Cloud Service 2020 Specialist

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-998-20!

A good start point is here:

OCI Level 100, 200 and 300, especially the Database part:



The 2020 version:

The number of questions on the official website is saying 55, but it's 77 on the exam!

New topics:

  • OCI CLI for Oracle Database for Cloud
  1. Describe how OCI CLI works
  2. Create VCN and DB System using OCI CLI
  3. Manage DB System using OCI CLI
  • Creating and Managing Bare Metal and Virtual Machine DB Systems
  1. Manage a DB System
  2. Launch a DB System From a Backup

  • Updating and Configuring a DB System on OCI
  1. Scale a DB System

And I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!




And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

segunda-feira, 8 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1076-20 - Oracle Cloud Platform Systems Management 2020 Associate

Hi all,

One advantage of not using BrainDumps when preparing for tests:

You do the 2019 version on Friday, study on the weekend on what you need to improve and take the new version on Monday.

The best start point is here:

http://courtneyllamas.com/omc-resources/

Some great blog posts:


You can find some pdfs and videos here(it's not sufficient to take the test):

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/35644/60885

Oracle Official Documentation:


Before taking the test, make sure you understand the difference between:

  • Application Performance Monitoring
  • Infrastructure Monitoring
  • IT Analytics
  • Log Analytics
  • Configuration and Compliance
  • Security Monitoring and Analytics

Understand the difference between Oracle Management Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Understand the Agent types and Deployments.


New topics for the 2020 version:

  • Set up OMC OCI Network Gateway
    1. I didn't find this topic on the documentation!



I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sexta-feira, 5 de junho de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1076 - Oracle Cloud Platform Systems Management 2019 Associate

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1076!

The best start point is here:

http://courtneyllamas.com/omc-resources/

Some great blog posts:


You can find some pdfs and videos here(it's not sufficient to take the test):

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/35644/60885

Oracle Official Documentation:


Before taking the test, make sure you understand the difference between:

  • Application Performance Monitoring
  • Infrastructure Monitoring
  • IT Analytics
  • Log Analytics
  • Configuration and Compliance
  • Security Monitoring and Analytics

Understand the difference between Oracle Management Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Understand the Agent types and Deployments.



I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sábado, 23 de maio de 2020

Live do GUOB: A Evolução do DBA Oracle no Mercado de Trabalho.

Olá pessoal,

Na próxima semana teremos uma live do GUOB.

Com a participação de:

  • Alex Zaballa
  • Rodrigo Jorge
  • Matheus Boesing
  • Marcus Vinicius
  • Ricardo Portilho Proni
  • Franky Weber Faust

Será na próxima terça-feira, dias 26/05, às 20:00, no Canal do GUOB do YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/guobbr

sexta-feira, 22 de maio de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1070 - Oracle Cloud Platform Identity and Security Management 2019 Associate

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1070!

A good start point is here:

https://medium.com/@arunksingh16/oracle-cloud-platform-identity-and-security-management-notes-7edbda93c5d5


You can find some pdfs and videos here (it's not sufficient to take the test):

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-a-cloud-security-administrator/35644/38707

OPN Material:

Access the Partner Readiness and Enablement Platform to take the new training

And I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!


Keep in mind, do not underestimate this test, or you will fail miserably, like me in January :)




Go back to the hard work:



Oracle Identity Security Operations Center is huge, Oracle could easily break the exam in 3!
I'm reading and testing IDCS, CASB, and OMC since December. About 30 hours in videos and 5,000 pages in PDFs. 

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 19 de maio de 2020

Oracle Groundbreakers Tour LATAM 2020 / GUOB TechDay – Call for Proposals – Submeta a sua Palestra!

Olá pessoal,

Tudo bem?

O GUOB é o Grupo de Usuários Oracle Oficial do Brasil, reconhecido pela Oracle e faz parte do LAOUC (Latin America Oracle Users Community).

Devido ao COVID-19, eventos presenciais foram cancelados ao redor do mundo e com isso, o GUOB TechDay - Oracle Groundbreakers Tour LATAM será virtual.

O Call for Papers estará aberto até 31 de maio!

Se você quiser palestrar, submeta o quanto antes a sua palestra!

Quero palestrar no Tour!

Abraço e boa sorte!

quarta-feira, 6 de maio de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-997 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Architect Professional

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-997!

A good start point is here:

What you need to focus on?
  • EVERYTHING :)
You can find it here:

And here:


Official Documentation:

User guide:

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can! The biggest problem will be testing cross-region features because free account permits to subscribe to only one region.

These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:

Exam Preparation: OCI Architect Professional

You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":

Don't forget to read the Study Guide:
It wasn't available when I did the exam, so, I can't tell you how good are these questions!

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 5 de maio de 2020

How to study for 1Z0-1084-20 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer 2020 Associate

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1084-20!

A good start point is here:

https://cloudness.net/oci-developer/

You can find the official course here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-oci-developer-associate/35644/75248

What you need to focus on?
  • Cloud-Native Architecture
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Microservices
  • Software Testing
Bloggers and Articles you must read:

https://blogs.oracle.com/author/todd-sharp
https://technology.amis.nl/author/lucas-jellema/
https://www.facebook.com/LAOUC/videos/270000630671650/

Additional material:

https://kubernetes.io/
https://fnproject.io/

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/iaas/training/developers.html

Don't forget to read the Study Guide:

https://education.oracle.com/midtier/downloads/Oracle_Cloud_Solutions_Infrastructure_1084-20.pdf

You can find some example of questions here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/module/practice-exam-for-oci-developer-2020-associate-certification/35644/75770

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

domingo, 3 de maio de 2020

How to study for 1z0-1067 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Cloud Operations Associate

Hi all,

Some people were asking me on how to study for 1z0-1067!

The focus for this test is day-to-day activities, you need to know the commands/syntax and not only concepts. Of course, concepts are very important to understand the questions.

What you need to focus on?

  • Oci-cli
  • Terraform
  • Policies
  • MQL
  • Quotas
  • What and how you can move Cross-region
  • Budgets and Alerts
  • What is related to Compartments and what is related to the Tenancy
  • Upload and Download files using the cli and the console
  • Tags
  • NVMe - Performance and how to protect
  • Object Storage life cycle
  • VPNs

You can find everything here:

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/iaas/training/foundation.html

And here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/course/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-operations-associate-workshop/35644/60996


But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!


These videos and PDFs are good to understand the test:

Exam Preparation: OCI Cloud Operations Associate
  https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/n/ociobtnas/b/webinars/o/webinars-dynamic.html


You can find more material here, on the link "Download Exam Resources (ZIP)":

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/iaas/training/operations.html

Don't forget to read the Study Guide:

https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/oci-operations-associate-certification-2020-study-guide.pdf

You can find some example of questions here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/module/practice-exam-for-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2019-cloud-operations-associate/35644/77054

It wasn't available when I did the exam, so, I can't tell you how good are these questions!



Keep in mind, do not underestimate this test, or you will fail miserably, like me in January :)



Go back to the hard work:





And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quarta-feira, 11 de março de 2020

OCI Certification Test at your Home

Olá pessoal,

Estou atendendo um cliente na Califórnia e ontem cheguei no hotel por volta das 18:00horas. Como ainda era cedo para jantar eu comecei a ler alguns emails e verificar meu arquivo de pendências. Eu sei, deveria usar esse tempo para ir para a academia, mas esse é outro assunto :)

Durante minha leitura, cheguei em um email interno do Chris Pasternak (Managing Director - North America Oracle Technology Lead) onde ele falava sobre uma nova certificação no OCI:

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/introducing-the-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-foundations-certification

Entrei no "practice exam" para verificar o nível das questões que eu poderia ter na prova e resolvi tentar a sorte.

Tentei agendar para o dia seguinte, mas não havia nenhuma data disponível durante toda a semana e nisso lembrei que existe uma opção de fazer o teste de casa/ou escritório. Então resolvei tentar a sorte 2x :)


Você precisa aceitar um série de regras, como por exemplo sua webcam e microfone devem estar ligados todo tempo, não pode ter ninguém no mesmo local com você, não pode ter barulho, etc.



Uma das coisas que eu gostei, é que você pode agendar a prova e fazer imediatamente, não precisa agendar para o dia seguinte, como ocorre nas provas feitas no centro de testes:


Essa prova tem um custo mais baixo (Investimento :) ) do que as outras e se você possui o ULS, não precisa pagar pelo teste:


Durante o agendamento eles alertam que você deve primeiro testar o seu sistema e baixar um programa:


Antes de agendar, eu fiz todo teste através do site:

https://home.pearsonvue.com/oracle/onvue


Exame agendado, basta iniciar a prova:


Ao iniciar a prova, você recebe um código e precisa baixar um aplicativo:


Após instalar e abrir esse aplicativo, você precisa informar o mesmo código e seu número de telefone:


Você irá receber um link via SMS, onde será necessário tirar foto da sua identificação (usei a carteira de motorista), da mesa e do local que você está fazendo a prova.

Depois da validação, o aplicativo inicializa e bloqueia qualquer outro programa no seu computador. Sua webcam e microfone começam a gravar e o proctor inicia o seu teste.

Alguns pontos extras:

  • Você precisa estar preparado para conversar em inglês com o proctor
  • Não sei se eu faria uma prova mais longa e mais complexa sem ir ao centro da Pearson, pois eu costumo dar uma pausa de 5 minutos para tomar água, ir ao banheiro e esfriar a cabeça antes da revisão das questões (não sei como isso seria tratado na prova online).


Boa sorte :)