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28 June, 2025

Oracle Database Management: An Overview

Introduction to Oracle Database Management?

Oracle Database Management gives you helpful tools to easily watch over, control, and protect your databases. You can quickly check how your databases are working and fix any problems right away. The system also helps you keep your data safe from threats by finding and fixing security issues. With these tools, you can manage everything from one place, making your job easier. This means your data stays safe, runs smoothly, and is always available when you need it.



Dashboard of Database Management

Note: Screenshots are taken from Oracle Free Demo Instance 

 

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In the screenshot above, you can see that there are two Virtual Machine Oracle Databases ( DBaaS) available, but they have not been enabled yet.

Various Options to Maintain, Monitor, and Manage Oracle Databases

Oracle databases can be managed through several approaches: 

  • On-premises tools: Oracle Enterprise Manager for direct, in-house administration.
  • Cloud-based solutions: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database Management for scalable, remote management.
  • Hybrid models: Combining on-premises and cloud tools for flexible oversight.
  • Automated monitoring: Built-in features for continuous health checks and alerts.
  • Manual administration: Custom scripts and direct database interaction for specialized tasks.

Capabilities of Database Management

Oracle’s Database Management solutions provide a range of capabilities, including:

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  • Real-time performance monitoring and diagnostics
  • Automated backups and disaster recovery
  • Patch management and version control
  • Advanced analytics for data insights
  • Compliance and policy enforcement

 

Features of Database Management

Database Management provides a comprehensive set of features to efficiently monitor, manage, and secure your databases:

  • Diagnostics & Management: Monitor real-time performance and health of your databases and infrastructure components in multi-cloud and hybrid deployments. Perform various database management and administrative tasks efficiently from a single interface.
  • Vulnerability Detection and Patching: Secure Oracle External databases with CVE insights, CVSS score-based risk prioritization, and automated patching. Ensure patch compliance, minimize downtime, and enhance security with fleet-wide updates and real-time threat intelligence.
  • SQL Performance Watch: Proactively assess the impact of changes on the performance of External databases. Predict and prevent SQL execution performance issues caused by system changes, ensuring seamless security, code, and patch updates.
  • Proactive alerting for potential issues
  • Customizable dashboards for visualizing database health
  • User and role management to control access
  • Encryption and auditing for enhanced security
  • DevOps integration to streamline development workflows
  • Machine learning-based anomaly detection for early problem identification
  • Automated tuning to optimize performance

 

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Enabling and Configuring Database Management

To enable and configure Oracle Database Management:

  • Add policies to grant permissions to desired user groups
  • Enable Diagnostics & Management for Oracle ATP, External Database, Cloud Database, My SQL etc.
  • Click on Enable Diagnostic & Management

 

 

d.       Open the Database Dashboard and enable it from the console

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Choose the Database Type, System, home, db name, enable to cdb & pdb both

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Add the database service name, TCP and database port:

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 Click on Add Policy and Create Private Endpoint:


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It takes a while to enable Database Management

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Fleet Summary

 

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Pricing of Database Management

Pricing is determined by the chosen deployment model:

  • On-premises: Upfront licensing and annual support fees.
  • Cloud-based: Subscription-based, pay-as-you-go pricing.
  • Scalability: Flexible options to adjust resources and costs as needs change.

Cost based on the following selection criteria:

  • Cloud Database- 1
  • OCI Database Management for Oracle Cloud Database
  • Utilization 744 hrs/per month for 1 instance

         Total Cost: $ 55.80 or 4771.88 Rupee

 
Screenshots from the OCI Cost Estimator:

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