Charles Kim

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Charles Kim

President

Viscosity North America

Biography

Charles Kim is an Oracle ACE Director, VMware vExpert, an Oracle Certified DBA, Certified Exadata Specialist, and a Certified Oracle Linux, Oracle Cloud, and RAC Expert. Charles was selected into the Oracle ACE Program on May 2008 and became an Oracle ACE Director as of December 2009. Charles has been an Oracle ACE Director every year since 2009. Charles became a VMware vExpert in the class of 2013. Charles specializes in Cloud, Exadata, RAC, and Virtualization (VMware, KVM and Oracle VM) and co-authored ten books around the Oracle EcoSystem: – Oracle Cloud Pocket Reference Guide – A Handbook on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – PDB Me to Oracle Cloud – A Lazy DBA’s Guide to Mastering Multi-Tenant – Exadata Expert Handbook – Oracle Database 11g New Features for DBA and Developers – Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs – Oracle Data Guard 11g Handbook – Virtualizing Business Critical Oracle Databases: Database As A Service – Oracle ASM 12c Pocket Reference Guide – Virtualizing Hadoop – Solaris and Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs Charles is the Founder and CEO of Viscosity North America, a highly specialized niche consulting organization comprised of industry experts in Oracle Engineered Systems, RAC, Oracle Cloud, Virtualization and Performance Tuning. Charles holds certifications in Oracle Databases, VMware, Red Hat & Oracle Linux, and Microsoft and has over 30 years of Oracle experience on mission and business critical databases. Charles presents regularly at local, regional, national and international Oracle conferences including IOUG Collaborate, VMware World, RMOUG, UKOUG, New Zealand/Australia Oracle User Group, and Oracle OpenWorld on topics of Oracle Cloud, RAC, Exadata, Database Consolidations, Private Database Cloud, ASM, Linux Best Practices, Data Guard Best Practices, Performance Tuning, VMware Virtualization Best Practices, and 7×24 High Availability Considerations.

Papers

Top 21 New Features of Oracle Database 21c and 19c

Event: Connect 2022
Stream: Architecture, Cloud Database & Technology

Oracle Database 19c is the terminal release of Oracle Database 12c and is packed with hundreds of enhancements for DBAs and Developers. Come listen to all the pertinent new features in Oracle 12.2/18c/19c that will change how you perform maintenance and tune the database. This session is not the traditional Oracle 12.2/18c/19c database features. Be prepared to have mind overloaded with the following focused areas: 1. Oracle 21c New Features 2. Oracle 19c New Features 1. Why do you need to go directly to Oracle Database 19c and skip Oracle Database 12.2 and 18c 3. Oracle 18c New Features 4. Upgrade to Oracle 12.2/18c/19c/21c a. Upgrade considerations b. Zero downtime upgrade options 5. Multi-Tenancy (PDB) Option 1. Elimination of support for non-container databases in Oracle 21c 2. Changes in Oracle licensing policy with Oracle19c 6. Online Improvements 7. Partitioning Option 8. Data Guard 9. RMAN 10. General Database 11. RAC 12. ASM/ACFS Oracle DBAs/Developers can take immediate advantage of these new features. We will rapid fire all the new features to the audience. We will share all of the code from our presentation so that you can add them to your arsenal.

Apex for DBAs: What Every DBA Must Know

Event: Connect 2022
Stream: Architecture, Cloud Database & Technology

Apex has become a household name in the Oracle community. As a fellow DBA or Developer, you have encountered Apex in your workplace. As of Oracle Database 18c, Oracle’s no longer upgrades the Apex schema as part of the database upgrade. Don’t get caught without knowledge and skillset to maintain Apex. In this session, learn how to install, upgrade and patch Apex. We will share our experiences of maintaining Apex for the enterprise environment. In this session, you will: • Learn how to install and upgrade/patch Oracle Rest Data Services (ORDS) • Learn how to install and upgrade/patch Tomcat • Learn about the minimum Apex schema versions relative to the database versions • Learn how to create and deploy applications in Apex • Learn how to enable tracing with Apex • Learn how to monitor Apex applications • Learn how to setup the Apache listener and Reverse Proxy for external access • Learn how to configure Apex • Learn how to secure Apex • Learn how to setup / configure Apex in with the Cloud vendors o Oracle Apex Service o Infrastructure-As-A-Service