Top 5: blog posts of August 2025
September 1, 2025
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August is over, and dozens of excellent articles were published, but to save you from having to spend hours separating the wheat from the chaff, here is my monthly list of what I consider to be essential reading, focused on those that offer fresh insights or deal with common issues in an easy-to-understand and entertaining way.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I do, so here it is, without further delay!
Recent Posts
First post of a series dedicated to the art of Oracle patching. We start with in-place patching, the most common and also the most dangerous way.
Learn how to download Oracle patches, both manually and automated, using the getMOSPatch utility.
Oracle has decided to extend the Premier Support for 2 more years, so it will no longer expire in 2024 but in 2026!
Link to article published in Toad World, on how to apply an out-of-place patch to Grid Infrastructure, using a Golden Image.
Link to article published in Toad World, on how to apply an out-of-place patch to Grid Infrastructure, in rolling mode.
Link to article published in Oracle Technology Network, about how to use an Oracle Home clone to apply patches.