Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
• Overview
  • New Feature Announcements
  • About Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
  • Autonomous AI Database Components
    • Exadata Infrastructure
    • Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
    • Autonomous Container Database
    • Autonomous AI Database
  • Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure in AWS region
  • Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure in Azure region
  • Autonomous AI Database for Developers
  • Billing Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
• Quick Start
  • Before You Begin with Autonomous AI Database
  • Request a Service Limit Increase
  • Access Autonomous AI Database in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console
  • Obtain Tenancy Details
  • Getting Help and Contacting Oracle Support
  • LiveLabs
  • Workflows
    • Set up Infrastructure Resources
    • Create and Use Autonomous AI Database
    • Develop Applications with Autonomous AI Database
• Features
  • High Availability
    • Protect Critical Databases from Failures and Disasters Using Autonomous Data Guard
    • Backup and Restore Autonomous AI Databases
    • Use OCI Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  • High Performance
    • High Performance Features in Autonomous AI Database
    • Use SQL Tracing on Autonomous AI Database
  • Governance
    • Tag Autonomous AI Database Cloud Resources
    • Manage Resource Availability with Compartment Quotas
  • Continuous Availability
    • Code for Continuous Availability
    • Configure Drivers for Continuous Availability
  • Compute Management
    • Compute Management in Autonomous AI Database
    • Consolidate Autonomous AI Database Instances Using Elastic Pools
  • Change Management
    • Service Maintenance
  • Observability
    • Plan and Observe Capacity
    • Database Observability with Autonomous AI Database Metrics
    • Database Observability with Performance Hub
    • Database Observability with Dynamic Performance Views
    • Manage and Observe Databases with Database Actions
    • Use Database Management Service to Observe Databases
    • Manage and Observe Databases with Enterprise Manager
    • Use Ops Insights
    • Use Work Requests to Observe Long-Running Operations
    • Use Events and Notifications to Watch Resource Activity
    • Observe Resource Logs with OCI Logging Service
  • Security
    • Key Security Features
    • Configuration Management
    • Data Encryption
    • Auditing Capabilities
    • Access Control
    • IAM Policy Details
    • Master Encryption Keys
  • Features for Experienced Database Users
    • Supported Oracle Database Features
    • Oracle Database Features with Limited Support
    • Oracle Database Features That Are Not Supported
    • Character Set Selection
    • Create Graphs from Data Using Oracle Graph
    • Perform Spatial Analysis using Oracle Spatial
    • Implement Message Queuing with Advanced Queuing
    • Use JSON Documents with Autonomous AI Database
    • Use MongoDB API with Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
• Tasks
  • Connect to an Autonomous AI Database
  • Migrate
    • Attach External Storage to Autonomous AI Database
      • Attach Network File Storage to Autonomous AI Database
      • Attach External File Storage to Autonomous AI Database
    • Move Data Into Autonomous AI Database
      • Migrate Data into Autonomous AI Database
      • Load Data into Autonomous AI Database
      • Load Data from Files in the Cloud
      • Load Data Using Oracle Data Pump
      • Load Data Using SQL*Loader
      • Migrate to Autonomous AI Database Using Oracle Database Migration Service
      • Use Oracle GoldenGate to Replicate Data
      • Decrypt Data While Importing from Object Storage
    • Export Data from Autonomous AI Database
      • Export Data from Autonomous AI Database
      • Export Data Using Oracle Data Pump
      • Export Data to a Directory Using DBMS_CLOUD.EXPORT_DATA
      • Export Data to Object Store Using DBMS_CLOUD.EXPORT_DATA
      • Encrypt Data While Exporting to Object Storage
    • Use Data Pipelines for Continuous Load and Export
      • About Data Pipelines on Autonomous AI Database
      • Create and Configure Pipelines
      • Manage Pipelines
    • Bulk Operations for Files in the Cloud
  • Manage Users
    • Create and Manage Users on Autonomous AI Database
    • Manage User Profiles with Autonomous AI Database
    • Manage Database User Privileges with Oracle Database Vault
    • Authenticate Database Users with Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    • Authenticate Autonomous AI Database Users With Kerberos
    • Authenticate and Authorize Microsoft Azure Active Directory Users
    • Use Microsoft Active Directory with Autonomous AI Database
  • Develop
    • Basics of Application Development
    • Development Workflow
      • Create a Database
      • Create Directories
      • Manage Directories
      • Configure a Development System to Access the Database
      • Define or Load the Database Structure
      • Download, Install and Configure Oracle Database JDBC Driver
      • Download, Install and Configure Oracle Instant Client
      • Build an Application
    • Build Database Applications with Autonomous AI Database
      • Build a Java Application
      • Build a .NET Application
      • Build a Node.js Application
      • Build a PHP Application
      • Build a Python Application
      • Build a Ruby Application
      • Build an APEX (Oracle Application Express) Application
      • Develop RESTful Services in Autonomous AI Database
    • Send Email and Notifications from Autonomous AI Database
      • Send Email on Autonomous AI Database
      • Send MS Teams Notifications from Autonomous AI Database
      • Send Slack Notifications from Autonomous AI Database
    • Make External Calls Using a Customer-Managed Wallet
    • Manage and Store Files in a Cloud Code Repository with Autonomous AI Database
    • Cache Messages with Singleton Pipes
    • Use Persistent Messaging with Messages Stored in Cloud Object Store
    • Invoke Cloud Functions and External Procedures
  • Manage Data
    • Clone an Autonomous Container Database
    • Clone an Autonomous AI Database
    • Improve Query Performance with External Table Cache
    • Use Oracle Workspace Manager on Autonomous AI Database
    • Link Data
      • Create TLS Database Links from ADBD to an ADB
      • Create Non-TLS Database Links from ADBD to an ADB
      • Create DB Links from ADBD to a Publicly Accessible Oracle DB with a Wallet (mTLS)
      • Create DB Links from ADBD to an Oracle DB on a Private Endpoint
      • Customer-Managed Heterogeneous Connectivity to Publicly Accessible Non-Oracle DB
      • Customer-Managed Heterogeneous Connectivity to Non-Oracle DB on a Pvt Endpoint
      • Query External Data
      • Query External Data on Oracle Compute Cloud at Customer
      • Query External Data with Data Catalog
      • Query External Data with AWS Glue Data Catalog
      • Query Apache Iceberg Tables
  • Integrate
    • Analyze and Visualize Data
    • Manage Autonomous AI Database from Common IDEs
    • Connect Power BI and Microsoft Data Tools
    • Use Select AI for Natural Language Interaction with your Database
      • Generate SQL from Natural Language Prompts Using Select AI
      • Enhance Natural Language Prompts Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
      • Generate Synthetic Data for Development and Testing
      • Build Autonomous Agents with Select AI Agent
• Use Cases
  • Configuration Use Cases
    • Configure Autonomous AI Database for POC
    • Configure Autonomous AI Database with Reference Architecture
  • Notifications Example: Emails for Maintenance Events
• How-to Guides
  • Create and Manage Exadata Infrastructure Resources
    • Create an Exadata Infrastructure Resource
    • Manage Exadata Infrastructure
    • Manage Exadata Infrastructure Maintenance
  • Create and Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
    • Create an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
    • Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
    • Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Maintenance
  • Create and Manage Autonomous Container Databases
    • Create an Autonomous Container Database
    • Edit Autonomous Container Database Backup Settings
    • Manage Autonomous Data Guard Configuration
    • Manage Customer Contacts for an Autonomous Container Database
    • Move an Autonomous Container Database to a Different Compartment
    • Restart an Autonomous Container Database
    • Schedule a Quarterly Maintenance Update
    • Terminate an Autonomous Container Database
    • Update Autonomous Container Database Maintenance Preferences
    • View and Manage Scheduled Maintenance of an Autonomous Container Database
    • View Details of an Autonomous Container Database
    • View a List of Autonomous Container Databases
    • View Network File Storage Space Utilization
    • View Past Maintenance of an Autonomous Container Database
    • View Resource Usage for an Autonomous Container Database
    • Clone an Autonomous Container Database
  • Create and Manage Autonomous AI Databases
    • Create an Autonomous AI Database
    • Backup Your Autonomous AI Database Manually
    • Clone an Autonomous AI Database
    • Create a Long-Term Backup
    • Enable or Disable Auto Scaling of an Autonomous AI Database
    • Enable or Disable Database In-Memory
    • Enable Ops Insights for an Autonomous AI Database
    • View Details of an Autonomous AI Database
    • Manage Customer Contacts for an Autonomous AI Database
    • Manage CPU or Storage Resources of an Autonomous AI Database
    • Manage Long-Term Backups
    • Manage Primary and Standby Databases in Autonomous Data Guard Setup
    • Move an Autonomous AI Database to a Different Compartment
    • Restore and Recover Your Autonomous AI Database
    • Start, Stop, and Restart an Autonomous AI Database
    • Terminate an Autonomous AI Database
    • View Autonomous AI Database Metrics for a Database
    • View Autonomous AI Database Metrics for Databases in a Compartment
  • Connect to Autonomous AI Database
    • Download Client Credentials
    • Prepare for JDBC Thin Connections
    • Prepare for ODBC and JDBC Oracle Call Interface (OCI) Connections
    • Prepare for TLS Walletless Connections
    • Connect Python Applications Using mTLS
    • Connect with Node.js and other Scripting Languages
    • Connect with Oracle AI Database Actions
    • Connect with SQL*Plus
    • Connect with Oracle SQLcl
    • Connect with Oracle SQL Developer
    • View Connection Strings for an Autonomous AI Database
    • Connect to Oracle Autonomous AI Database Using JDBC with Eclipse
    • Connect to Oracle Autonomous AI Database Using JDBC with IntelliJ
    • Connect to Oracle AI Database Using JDBC Without a Build Tool
  • Secure Autonomous AI Database
    • Configure Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR)
    • Create and Manage Key Stores
    • Prepare to Use Oracle Key Vault
    • Register or Deregister with Data Safe
    • Rotate Encryption Keys
    • Set Access Control List
  • Create and Manage Autonomous AI Database Software Images
    • Create an Autonomous AI Database Software Image
    • Manage Autonomous AI Database Software Images
  • Create and Manage Elastic Pools
    • Create an Elastic Pool
    • Join or Leave an Existing Elastic Pool as a Pool Member
    • Manage an Elastic Pool as a Pool Leader
  • View a List of Remote Backups
• Reference
  • Previous Feature Announcements
    • New Feature Announcements (2025)
    • New Feature Announcements (2024)
    • New Feature Announcements (2023)
    • New Feature Announcements (2022)
    • New Feature Announcements (2021)
    • New Feature Announcements (2020)
    • New Feature Announcements (2019)
  • Autonomous AI Database Supplied Package Reference
    • DBMS_CLOUD Package
      • DBMS_CLOUD for Access Management
      • DBMS_CLOUD for Objects and Files
      • DBMS_CLOUD for Bulk File Management
      • DBMS_CLOUD REST APIs
      • DBMS_CLOUD Package Format Options
      • DBMS_CLOUD Package Format Options for EXPORT_DATA
      • DBMS_CLOUD Avro ORC and Parquet Support
      • DBMS_CLOUD Exceptions
      • Cloud Object Storage URI Formats
      • SODA Collection Metadata on Autonomous AI Database
    • DBMS_CLOUD_REPO Package
      • About DBMS_CLOUD_REPO
      • Summary of DBMS_CLOUD_REPO Subprograms
    • DBMS_DCAT Package
      • DBMS_DCAT Package
      • Summary of DBMS_DCAT Subprograms
    • CS_SESSION Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_ADMIN Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_AI Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_AI_AGENT Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_FUNCTION Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_NOTIFICATION Package
    • DBMS_CLOUD_PIPELINE Package
    • DBMS_EXT_TABLE_CACHE Package
    • DBMS_PIPE Package (Singleton Pipes)
    • DBMS_PIPE Package (Persistent Messaging Pipes)
  • Autonomous AI Database Views
    • Data Catalog Views
    • DBMS_CLOUD_AI Views
    • DBMS_CLOUD_AI_AGENT Views
    • DBMS_CLOUD_AI_AGENT History Views
    • DBMS_CLOUD_FUNCTION Views
    • DBMS_CLOUD_PIPELINE Views
    • Track DBMS_CLOUD Load Operations
  • Autonomous AI Database Events
  • Availability Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • API Reference
  • Troubleshooting Guide
  • Compatibility of Applications Between Autonomous AI Database Serverless and Dedicated
  • Feature Parity Between Oracle Public Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer
  • Characteristics of Infrastructure Shapes
  • CPU Overprovisioning
  • Known Issues