Oracle 12c Multitenant Option : CDBs and PDBs…

 

I started trying to play with the Oracle multitenant option (all that pluggable database stuff) a little while ago and gave up. It’s wasn’t that it was that difficult. More than anything my problem was I didn’t know what to focus on first. There is so much to it and it’s all interrelated, so you start to write about one small piece and before you know it your article has lost focus and is growing too big. As a result I decided to let it simmer in the background and start looking at some of the other smaller 12c new features first…

My next stumbling block was just about everything in 12c seems to relate back to pluggable databases in some way. So you either pretend it doesn’t exist and have gaping wholes in everything you write, or you have to bite the bullet and get to grips with pluggable databases. So back I came to pluggable databases…

Even with my new found commitment to getting to grips with it, I was still struggling to decide how to break this stuff up into manageable pieces so I could write concise articles and order my thoughts on this functionality. Writing is part of my learning process, so if I can’t see how to break down and structure the articles I’m a little lost. Then the recently released OCP syllabus came to the rescue. I always try to write revision notes for the OCP upgrade exam, so I decided the way they break it down will be my template. I’m probably going to write a separate article per bullet point, and try and keep them as directed as possible.

So the first couple of articles have gone live.

Now I’ve got a plan of attack I feel a lot happier.

As always, I will make multiple passes and keep adding things to articles as I encounter things of interest. It’s always a fine balance between being too brief on one hand or regurgitating the manual on the other. The important thing is the content constantly evolves.

The other thing to consider is the OCP syllabus is only a starting point. There is lots of cool stuff that is not on the OCP syllabus, so I’m not going to be a slave to it. As I’ve said before, the OCP syllabus is a nice framework to start you on your journey, but it is not the final goal, it’s just a stepping stone…

I’m not sure why I felt the need to write this little 12c mission statement. Probably to help me solidify in my head how I’m going to tackle the next 18 months while I’m getting to grips with this new version. So that’s the plan, until I come up with a better one… 🙂

Cheers

Tim…

Author: Tim...

DBA, Developer, Author, Trainer.

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