OBIEE 11.1.1.7.0 Certified with Database 12c

Couple of updates in the world of Oracle, both related. The first is that the Oracle Database 12c is now generally available and can be downloaded from the Oracle Technology Network here (subject to the OTN Developer License Terms). Three platforms are supported - Linux x86-64, Solaris Sparc64, and  Solaris (x86-64).

You may want to take a look at the Plug into the Cloud with Oracle Database 12c White Paper. Coincident with the release, there is a series of events being organized. You can find one in your city or near it at Oracle Database 12c | Oracle Technology Day page.
The first place to begin to learn about this new release is of course the documentation library. Specifically, you should have the 2 Day DBA, 2 Day + Security Guide, the New Features Guide, and the Concepts guide bookmarked. I have, and my summer plan (monsoon plan here in India) is to go over these books.

The documentation library is also dedicated to the memory of Mark Townsend, who passed away unexpectedly in April 2012.

Contributor: The Oracle Database 12c documentation is dedicated to Mark Townsend, who was an inspiration to all who worked on this release.

The second update is that the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations page has an updated System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 11gR1 matrix for 11.1.1.7.0, which now includes Oracle Database 12c as a supported database. Specifically, Oracle Database version 12.1.0.1 and above are now supported with Oracle BI EE 11.1.1.7.0 only. This certification does not extend to older releases of Oracle BI.

New Book : The Oracle 10gR2 Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques

At the moment I am working on a project to design a utility to help monitor performance during the execution of OLAP data loading and aggregation routines. Interestingly I received an email from Richard Niemiec at TUSC yesterday on a similar subject. As everyone knows Richard is one of the few Oracle Certified Masters and he has just published a new book on 10g performance tuning.

Amazon has just made the book available and reviews have already been posted on their site. You can checkout the book and reviews at:

http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Performance-Tuning-Techniques/dp/0072263059

The book explains how to monitor, analyze, and optimize Oracle Database 10g using the tested methods and insider advice contained in this definitive volume. The book is packed with detailed case studies, best practices, and code samples illustrating Oracle's new tuning features. Find out how to select optimal indexing options, effectively manage drives and disk arrays, troubleshoot queries, and reliably predict future performance. You'll also get detailed coverage of PL/SQL performance enhancements, initialization file tweaks, and the latest database surveying and reporting utilities.

I am going online tonight to order a copy as I know this will help with my OLAP tuning project. More on that in another post, hopefully coming soon.

Oracle Database 11g on Linux now available

For those keeping track, Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.6.0) - Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Enterprise Edition - became avialable for download from OTN. You can download it from this link - a 1.7GB single zip file. Also see Keith's previous post - 11g OLAP – Hot Pluggable Performance Booster… and Oracle Extends Its Lead in the DW Platform Tools M...