Introduction Oracle's latest release of Oracle 26ai for on-premise installation marks an exciting milestone in database technology. As soon as the software became available on January 27, 2026, I was eager to get hands-on experience with the new features and capabilities. This blog post documents my journey through the installation process on Oracle Enterprise Linux 9.7, including both the successes and the challenges I encountered along the way. I'll be conducting more exten

What is the Attention Log? When an error happens, the first place you go is your alert.log file and look at the entries. But the problem here is that your alert log contains a whole array of entries! Luckily, 26ai has a new feature called the Attention Log. The attention log solves this problem by acting as your databases prioritized task list, filtering out noise and highlighting only what demands your attention right now. The attention log is a JSON formatted file that capt

As we step into 2026, there's still a lot of excitement about Oracle 26ai on-premise, which is set to be released on January 20th, 2026. Like many DBAs, I'm looking forward to testing it. While preparing for this, I was keen to look at the new features in Data Guard for 26ai and also wanted to revisit features from 19c, 21c, and 23ai that I've liked and wanted to talk about for a long time. Why am I doing this? Well, any of you who have met me know that I'm very passionate ab

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This blog explains about one of the simplest and reliable method to change the database name and database id. The database version used...