Grégory Steulet

Oracle AVDF post-installation configuration

In one of my last blog, named: “Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) 12.1 – installation on VirtualBox” I explained how to install AVDF on VirtualBox. Since some of you asked for a blog on “How to(…)

MySQL high availability management with ClusterControl

Installing and managing a highly available MySQL infrastructure can be really tedious. Solutions to facilitate database and system administrator’s task exist, but few of these cover the complete database lifecycle and address all the database infrastructure management requirements. Severalnines’ product(…)

Oracle Database 12c New Features: Uninstaller encapsulated into installation media

Among the Oracle 12c new features there is the addition of an uninstall tool encapsulated in the Oracle database binaries. There is no more the necessity to download the deinstallation tool for Oracle products (deinstall utility). In this blog I(…)

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) 12.1 – installation on VirtualBox

This blog explains how to install Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) 12.1.1.1.0 on VirtualBox step-by-step. The configuration will be covered in a second blog. Download AVDF Binaries First of all, download the binaries on support.oracle.com: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/ui/patch/PatchDetail.jspx?_afrLoop=140865428570210&patchId=16965974&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=1a5l4hvifo_4 Patch(…)

Oracle Database 12c new features: segregation of duties with new administrative roles

Starting with Oracle Database 12C Release 1 a set of new administrative privileges that are more task oriented are available.Before Oracle 12c it was needed to have the SYSDBA privilege to make a backup, to monitor the Data(…)

Errors while installing Oracle Database Vault on Oracle 11.2.0.3

During one of my last consulting missions, I had to install Oracle Database Vault on an existing Oracle environment. It clearly was not a straigthforward process, since I experienced some weird errors such as: ORA-28003: password verification for the specified(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Binary installation

Introduction   The aim of this blog is to present you the Oracle 12c Binary Installation with some of the preinstallation tasks. 12C Disk Space for(…)

Oracle 12c now available for download on OTN and Oracle E-delivery

Finally after some months … The Oracle’s long-awaited 12c database (12.1.0.1) is now available for download on OTN and Oracle E-delivery ( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html). Without any surprise the first platforms are Linux and Solaris! Weird, but until now(…)

Mysqldump issue – SELECT command denied to user

During one of my last MySQL mission, I encountered a “security error” with mysqldump. The mission was about migrating a MySQL database from one box to another MySQL version and from Windows to Linux with different users. In order(…)

Face recognition on facebook

As you probably know, Face.com has been acquired by Facebook at the end of May 2012. face.com is operating the largest face recognition platform on the cloud. But what is the aim of this acquisition and which functionalities are provided(…)