Viscosity Acquires Sumner Technologies
Viscosity North America (Viscosity), a leading Oracle-centric, IT solution, consulting firm, announced that they will acquire Sumner Technologies, an Oracle Application Express (APEX) training,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Best Practices for Virtualizing Oracle
One of the key benefits of virtualization is the ability to achieve a high consolidation ratio, thereby getting higher utilization of the hardware. This is especially true of the CPUs, since software...
View ArticleRolling Patch – OPatch Support for RAC
In a RAC Configuration, OPatch supports 3 different patch methods: 1. ALL-Node Patch: The patch is applied to the local node first. Then the patch is propagated to all the other nodes, and ultimately...
View ArticleVirtualizing Microsoft SQL Server on VMware Best Practices Part 1
Everyone knows me as an Oracle, Linux and VMware Expert. Few know me as a Certified Microsoft SQL Server expert from days of old. I am venturing into the SQL Server world again and plan on leveraging...
View Articlev$recovery_process view to track database recovery operations for Data Guard
Here’s a simple script to look at the v$recovery_process view:cat apply_rate.sql set linesize 200 col Values for a80 col Recovery_Start_Time for a30 col db new_value v_db noprint select name db from...
View ArticleMonitoring the Physical Standby with v$dataguard_stats
The following dg_check_lag.ksh script can be leveraged to monitor a Data Guard environment and to send alerts if the apply lag or transport lag exceeds a specified threshold in the dg_check_lag.conf...
View ArticleApplying the April 2015 PSU to Oracle 12.1.0.2
First, download and apply the patch patch: 6880880 from support.oracle.com or from https://updates.oracle.com/download/6880880.html Download the latest PSU from Doc ID 756671.1. Unzip the PSU, cd to...
View ArticleCollaborate 2014 – Extreme Oracle DB Infrastructure As A Service Paper
Abstract Learn the secrets of the trade to rapidly provisioning Oracle DB Infrastructure-As-A-Service. This extreme session will cover topics of delivering Linux-As-S-Service, RAC-As-A-Service,...
View ArticleRPM Requirement on Red Hat and Oracle Linux 6 and 7 for Oracle Database 12c...
For Oracle Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 # cat rhel6.req.txt binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.11.el6 (x86_64) compat-libcap1-1.10-1 (x86_64) compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (x86_64)...
View ArticleCharles’ sessions at IOUG Collaborate 2015
I am going to have another busy year at Collaborate. Here’s what I have lined up so far … 7 speaking slots:
View ArticleIOUG Cloud Computing SIG Webinar – Oracle Multitenant: The Beating Heart of...
Oracle Multitenant: The Beating Heart of #DBaaS Start: Dec 09, 2014 01:00 PM America/Eastern End: Dec 09, 2014 02:00 PM America/Eastern Registration Link:...
View ArticleInstalling and Configuring btrfs on Oracle Linux 6
First, let’s install the RPM with yum. The RPM that we want to install is called btrfs-progs. [root@dal66a yum.repos.d]# yum install btrfs* Loaded plugins: security Setting up Install Process Resolving...
View ArticleA deeper look at the GoldenGate Response File
If you take out all the comments and blank lines, we are only dealing with 7 parameters for the GoldenGate response file. You can run the following egrep command with each release of GoldenGate to see...
View ArticleSilent Installation and Cloning GoldenGate Software
In this blog post, let’s look at performing a silent installation of GoldenGate (GG). Since GG 12c, we no longer do a tar extract of the software. Now, we do an OUI installation like all Oracle...
View ArticleOracle GI Management Repository as a container database
As of Oracle 12.1.0.2, with the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Typical Installation, the OUI will automatically create the Oracle GI Management Repository (GIMR). The Oracle GI Management Repository will...
View ArticleCreate Automatic Snapshot Management with the ZFS Storage Appliance
In this example, we are setting up automatic snapshot maintenance for the backup01 share. We are instructing the ZFS Storage Appliance to perform a daily snapshot of the backup01 share on a nightly...
View Articleoracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall
# yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall Loaded plugins: security public_ol6_UEKR3_latest | 1.2 kB 00:00 public_ol6_latest | 1.4 kB 00:00 Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies...
View ArticleDownload PreInstall RPM Packages for Oracle
Oracle PreInstall RPM for Oracle Linux is one the biggest benefits of adopting Oracle Linux. With a single command, you can pre-configure the Oracle Linux environment for OEM 12c Agent, EBS R12, and...
View ArticleInstall and Configure Oracle GoldenGate 12c
First, download the software from OTN and unzip the contents of the zip file. Change your directory to the Disk1 subdirectory and launch the GUI installer by invoking the runInstaller script: $ unzip...
View ArticleInstall and Configure Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Patchset 1
Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Patchset 1 is the terminal release for Oracle 12.1. As of Oracle OpenWorld 2014, the announcement was made that 12.1.0.2 will be the terminal release for Oracle Database...
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