(Free) Tools for Identifying and Diagnosing Database (and not-the-Database) Issues
OraPub Open Access
This webinar is part of a new series of free deeply technical sessions by OraPub. Find more training and resources of this nature at www.OraPub.com
May 15, 2026 | 11:00 AM CT
"Every problem is a database problem until the DBA proves otherwise." Plato, probably.
Whether conducting a proactive database review or firefighting an outage or performance issue, most of my work as a consultant revolves around a handful of free, open-source, and Oracle-provided utilities. In this session, I'll share these tools and show how I use them to find and solve database (and non-database) problems. The first part of the session focuses on reactive tools that will help you quickly isolate, contain, and extinguish fires. In the second, we'll dive into proactive and diagnostic solutions, demonstrating how to use them to catch and repair problematic configurations before they cause problems!
Presented by Sean Scott, Managing Principal Consultant at Viscosity and Oracle ACE Director
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Sean Scott
MANAGING PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, VISCOSITY
ORACLE ACE DIRECTOR
Seán Scott is an Oracle database engineer, developer, and trainer who uses compelling narrative to motivate and educate without diluting or oversimplifying technical subjects. His novel history in IT and diverse industry background allow him to identify and implement solutions that balance practical needs against business concerns, bridging the divide between leadership and technical teams.
Seán is an Oracle ACE Director, member of Symposium 42, and frequent presenter and keynote speaker at technical events around the globe. He's recognized as a subject matter expert for Data Guard, RMAN and ZDLRA, Oracle Engineered Systems, RAC, database upgrade and modernization, and cloud-native database containerization. His experience extends further to high availability and disaster recovery system design and troubleshooting, performance tuning, physical and logical schema optimization, and information lifecycle management. Seán's worked as a database reliability engineer, administrator, architect, and developer in industries across the spectrum.
Viscosity's core expertise includes:
Data Analytics, Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance, High Availability & Scalability Solutions, Cloud Migrations, Performance Tuning, Data Integrations, AI and Machine Learning, Oracle APEX Development, and technical training.