Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle is an easy to manage relational database optimized for total cost of ownership. The IDC Business Value of Amazon RDS whitepaper highlights the value that organizations have realized, including a 258% three-year return on investment. This page will enable you to dive into key resources for getting started with Amazon RDS for Oracle, including technical user guides, , step-by-step tutorials, migration guidance, videos, blogs, and more.

By default, customers are allowed to have up to a total of 40 Amazon RDS DB instances. Of those 40, up to 10 can be Oracle DB Instances under the "License Included" model. You can learn more about navigating Oracle licensing here.

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Getting started with Amazon RDS for Oracle

If you are eager to get started with Amazon RDS for Oracle, here are the essential user guides, tutorials, and technical documentation to quickly set up your instance.

DOCUMENTATION


This technical documentation and getting started guide covers all RDS for Oracle concepts and offers instructions for utilizing its various features, accessible via both the console and the command line interface.

USER GUIDES


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DOCUMENTATION


Learn how to create and connect to an Oracle database with Amazon RDS for Oracle.

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This guidance outlines best practices for when working with RDS for Oracle, including around high availability, backup storage, management, and more. 

AWS WORKSHOP STUDIO


This lab offers hands-on content, clear instructions, tutorials, and scripts to help you effectively grasp RDS for Oracle best practices and features. 

HANDS-ON TUTORIAL


Learn to create an RDS for Oracle database, enable Multi-AZ and Performance Insights, and manage instances to save costs. 

DOCUMENTATION


This resource provides instructions on monitoring RDS for Oracle, covering instance status, performance metrics, and using tools like the console, Amazon CloudWatch, and Performance Insights.

DOCUMENTATION


In this documentation, learn about the common management tasks that you can perform on your RDS for Oracle database instances. 

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This guide outlines how to import data into RDS for Oracle using tools like SQL Developer, Data Pump, or AWS DMS, depending on data size and complexity. 

Migration resources

Explore the resources below to accelerate your migration journey to Amazon RDS for Oracle from your on-premises or self-managed databases, with multiple licensing and deployment options to provide you the flexibility you need to get started.

DOCUMENTATION


These documentation guides offer an introduction to AWS DMS concepts, explaining data migration and continuous change replication from diverse data stores within the AWS Cloud. 

DOCUMENTATION


This pattern shows how to migrate on-premises Oracle databases to RDS for Oracle using AWS DMS or native Oracle tools.

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This pattern shows how to migrate Oracle databases from EC2 to RDS for Oracle using AWS DMS. 

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This guide covers the most important considerations for migrating Oracle schemas and code to RDS for Oracle. It covers considerations such as converting directory objects, tablespaces, roles, and Oracle jobs. 

DOCUMENTATION


In this guide, learn about importing data into RDS for Oracle using tools like Oracle SQL Developer, Data Pump, and AWS DMS.

DOCUMENTATION


Review these best practices on exporting, transferring, and importing data as well as other best practices before beginning a migration to RDS for Oracle.

WHITEPAPER


This whitepaper explores migration strategies for Oracle Exadata workloads to AWS, pre-migration considerations, available migration tools, common questions, and steps to get started.

DOCUMENTATION


This migration pattern covers how to migrate an on-premises Oracle Database to RDS for Oracle with Oracle Data Pump and Amazon S3 for data transfer. 

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Developer tools and sample code

Quickly get started building with Amazon RDS for Oracle by checking out  the AWS command line interface (CLI) and the Amazon RDS Application Programming Interface (API).

AWS CLI


This command line interface reference includes documentation for programming or CLI tools to manage RDS for Oracle. It covers all RDS for Oracle CLI commands with syntax and examples. 

DOCUMENTATION


Amazon RDS for Oracle provides web service APIs for creating, deleting, and modifying database instances. With this guide, you can manage access, security, backups, and DB snapshots.

DOCUMENTATION


This documentation details how to use Amazon RDS Performance Insights, including explanations for the different data types, parameters, and error management.

Blogs and What's New

Discover the newest Amazon RDS for Oracle releases via What's New Posts and recent AWS Databases blog posts below. 

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Videos

Listen to Amazon RDS for Oracle experts discuss the latest enhancements and innovations through recent re:Invent breakout sessions, 15-minute developer videos, and more.

RE:INVENT SESSION


Join this session to simplify Oracle database management with Amazon RDS. Learn about new innovations, including RDS Custom for added flexibility and control. 

AWS DATABASES IN 15


See how RDS for Oracle supports managed switchover-based role transition with zero data loss for disaster recovery and infrastructure maintenance.

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