The Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (FPP) local mode, in 19c environments, mandates a Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR) for local automation. Users must configure GIMR when components are missing or when it was not initially installed. The MDBUtil tool assists with setting up GIMR, ensuring the environment is adequate for running FPP local mode. Additionally, commands for managing Cluster Health Monitor resources are outlined in this post.

This post details a specific challenge encountered during a non-CDB to PDB migration when the database remained in RESTRICTED mode due to encryption-related errors. The issue arose from a missing TDE key, despite the absence of encrypted tablespaces. The process of locating the required master key is described with merging it into the CDB wallet, and ultimately exporting and importing the key to resolve the violation.

Oracle Forms 6i applications are not compatible with Oracle Database 19c because Forms 6i is obsolete and no longer supported. Today, organizations have three options: move to Oracle Forms 14c, switch to Oracle APEX or completely rewrite the application using current web technologies. In this post, however, I will provide a a short-term workaround that requires minimal effort and almost no changes to the existing application code by using a Forms 10g web server. It works as a bridge solution, but it is not where you want to stay long term.