Hi, I’m Syed Anwar Ahmed
Oracle Apps DBA · 11 Years of Production Experience
I write practical, real-world guides on Oracle Database and E-Business Suite — troubleshooting tips, DBA best practices, and solutions drawn from over a decade of hands-on production experience.
About Me
I’m an Oracle Apps DBA with 11 years of experience working in production environments. My expertise covers Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Oracle Database administration, performance tuning, patching, and real-world troubleshooting. This blog is where I document solutions to problems I’ve encountered on the job — so you don’t have to spend hours searching for answers I’ve already found.
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Oracle 19c Data Guard: Recovering UNNAMED Datafiles on a Multitenant Physical Standby
Alhamdulillah. Oracle Data Guard physical standbys keep redo synchronized automatically — until the primary adds a datafile that the standby can’t place on disk. When STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT=MANUAL, the standby refuses to…
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Oracle Database 19c July 2026 Release Update Patching: Real-World Walkthrough
Overview This article documents a complete Oracle Database 19c Standard Edition 2 patch cycle from baseline validation through final SQL registry confirmation. The database was patched from 19.31.0.0.0 to 19.32.0.0.260721…
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Podcast Episode: Oracle EBS R12.2 `adop phase=fs_clone` Fails with JSAFE_PaddingException: Invali
Pip: If you've ever watched a file system clone grind to a halt at ninety percent and thought "well, at least it's almost done," Syed Anwar Ahmed has a post…
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Oracle EBS R12.2 `adop phase=fs_clone` Fails with JSAFE_PaddingException: Invalid Padding
Alhamdulillah. Introduction During a routine Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 maintenance cycle, adop phase=fs_clone repeatedly failed while rebuilding the PATCH file system (fs2). The initial error message pointed to an edition…
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Oracle Database 19c July 2026 RU Patching – Upgrade from 19.31 to 19.32 on Linux
Complete end-to-end documentation of Oracle Database 19c patching from 19.31 to 19.32 using the July 2026 Combo Patch on Linux, including precheck validation, binary patching, datapatch execution, and post-patch verification…
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