Syed Anwar Ahmed – Oracle DBA Blog

About Me

Syed Anwar Ahmed

Oracle Apps DBA  ·  11 Years of Production Experience  ·  Oracle EBS Specialist

Who I Am

I am an Oracle Apps DBA with over 11 years of hands-on production experience across Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environments. My work spans performance tuning, patching, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, and application tier administration in high-concurrency, mission-critical production systems.

This blog is where I document real-world solutions to problems I have encountered on the job — covering everything from ADOP patching failures and UNDO tablespace monitoring to Statspack analysis and WebLogic server issues. My goal is simple: to share practical knowledge that saves other DBAs hours of searching.

Areas of Expertise

  • Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) R12.2 — Administration, patching (ADOP), troubleshooting, and performance
  • Oracle Database 19c — CDB/PDB architecture, performance tuning, health monitoring
  • Performance Analysis — Statspack, wait event analysis, SQL tuning, redo log optimization
  • Backup and Recovery — RMAN configuration, FRA management, archivelog lifecycle
  • Application Tier — WebLogic Server, OACORE, OHS, JVM troubleshooting
  • CPU Patching — OPatch, OJVM, DBSU, Datapatch in CDB/PDB environments
  • Monitoring and Alerting — Proactive health checks, session management, tablespace monitoring

Community Contributions

I am passionate about sharing Oracle knowledge with the community. Through this blog, I publish detailed technical guides, real-world case studies, and troubleshooting articles based on actual production incidents. My content is aimed at Oracle DBAs who need practical, reliable answers — not just theory.

  • Published technical articles on Oracle Database and EBS troubleshooting
  • Sharing real-world production case studies covering performance, patching, and administration
  • Active on LinkedIn sharing Oracle DBA knowledge with the community
  • Maintaining open-source health check and DBA scripts on GitHub and GitLab

Connect With Me

I welcome questions, discussions, and connections from fellow Oracle professionals. Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below:

📧 Email: sdanwarahmed@gmail.com

🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/syed-anwar-ahmed-b7844a21

💻 GitHub: github.com/Syedanwarahmed/scripts_for_healthcheck

🦊 GitLab: gitlab.com/sdanwarahmed