AWS Database Blog
Author: Nipun Ravi
Working with OEM Agent software for Amazon RDS for Oracle
Amazon RDS for Oracle supports specific versions of the OEM Agent. Amazon recently released OEM Management Agent version 13.5.0.0.v2 for Amazon RDS for Oracle databases. OEM Agent version 13.5.0.0.v2 requires Oracle Management Server (OMS) version 13.5.0.23 at the minimum. In this post we explore critical scenarios affecting OEM Agents on Amazon RDS for Oracle Database instances and outline essential considerations for users.
Enhancing performance of Amazon RDS for Oracle with NVMe SSD hosted Smart Flash Cache and Temporary Tablespaces
In this post, we discuss temporary tablespace and Flash Cache features with local NVMe SSD-based instance storage, configuration options, typical use cases, and feature availability by engine and storage configuration. We dive deep into the tiered cache capability and how it can improve the query performance of latency-sensitive workloads. We also provide an overview of the temporary object capability.
Options to run deprecated major versions of Oracle databases on AWS
Oracle Database version 12c is past end of support, as announced by Oracle. Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.2.0.1) stands unsupported beyond March 31, 2022, and Oracle 12c Release 2 (12.1.0.2) is unsupported beyond July 31, 2022. After these dates, Oracle no longer releases Critical Patch Updates for these versions. To ensure that our customers continue […]