{"id":906,"date":"2026-04-16T08:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/?page_id=906"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:01:19","slug":"what-we-find","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/what-we-find\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- PAGE HEADER --><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>One engagement. Nine findings. $850,944 in annual savings identified. $3,864,000 in compliance exposure quantified. 628x return on the $7,500 audit<br \/>\n  fee.<\/p>\n<p>These are not projected numbers. These are findings from a real Oracle environment audit, anonymized for client confidentiality.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- LICENSING FINDINGS --><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Licensing Findings (3)<\/h2>\n<h3>Finding 1: Diagnostic Pack \u2014 Unlicensed Usage Confirmed<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evidence:<\/strong> AWR report present in environment confirms Diagnostic Pack usage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Exposure:<\/strong> $263,120<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severity:<\/strong> CRITICAL<\/p>\n<h3>Finding 2: Real Application Clusters \u2014 Processor Count Miscalculation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evidence:<\/strong> RAC node processor counts did not match Oracle licensing requirements<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Exposure:<\/strong> $323,840<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severity:<\/strong> CRITICAL<\/p>\n<h3>Finding 3: Tuning Pack \u2014 SQL Tuning Advisor Usage Without License<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evidence:<\/strong> SQL Tuning Advisor activity confirmed without Tuning Pack license<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Exposure:<\/strong> $263,120<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severity:<\/strong> HIGH<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- HA\/DR RISK FINDINGS --><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>HA\/DR Risk Findings (5)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CRITICAL<\/strong> \u2014 Data Guard ORA-16629 error: standby not synchronized<\/li>\n<li><strong>CRITICAL<\/strong> \u2014 RMAN backup stale: last successful backup nearly 3 years ago<\/li>\n<li><strong>MEDIUM<\/strong> \u2014 No formal RTO\/RPO targets documented<\/li>\n<li><strong>HIGH<\/strong> \u2014 Backup never restore-tested: recovery capability unverified<\/li>\n<li><strong>CRITICAL<\/strong> \u2014 Combined HA\/DR failure risk: both Data Guard and RMAN critical simultaneously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- COST OPTIMIZATION --><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Cost Optimization (1)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>OCI Compute Over-Provisioned<\/strong> \u2014 Development instances running on production-grade compute shapes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Savings:<\/strong> $864<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- WHAT THIS MEANS --><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>What This Means<\/h2>\n<p>Before this audit, the client did not know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They were running Diagnostic Pack without a license<\/li>\n<li>Their RMAN backups had not run in nearly 3 years<\/li>\n<li>Their Data Guard standby had an active error condition<\/li>\n<li>Their total Oracle compliance exposure was $3,864,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After this audit, they had a clear remediation plan, evidence to negotiate with Oracle, and a path to compliance.<\/p>\n<p>That is what one week and $7,500 buys you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/book-a-call\"><strong>Book Your Free Oracle Risk Assessment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One engagement. Nine findings. $850,944 in annual savings identified. $3,864,000 in compliance exposure quantified. 628x return on the $7,500 audit fee. These are not projected numbers. These are findings from a real Oracle environment audit, anonymized for client confidentiality. Licensing Findings (3) Finding 1: Diagnostic Pack \u2014 Unlicensed Usage Confirmed Evidence: AWR report present in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-906","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nenssolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}