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Oracle Database 12c: Gérer le Password File avec ASM

En dehors de l’annonce de Flex ASM, ASM évolue peu dans Oracle 12c. La plus intéressante des améliorations pour les administrateurs de bases de données en cluster est l’introduction de la gestion des “Password Files” dans ASM. C’est l’objet(…)

Processor licensing for Oracle database on VMware ESX

In this post, I would like to share with you what I have learned about Oracle licensing particularities on a virtualization infrastructure (software partitioning) based on VMware ESX. Recently, I faced an Oracle licensing problem on a VMware ESX cluster(…)

Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2: A disturbing loop in a “ohasd” startup script

Last February, I performed an operating system rolling upgrade on a four-nodes RAC cluster (11.2.0.2). I then faced a strange problem when restarting the operating system… The first step of the procedure was to stop all Grid Infrastructure and Database(…)

Scripts to duplicate an Oracle database virtual machine: step two

In January, I promised to show you the next step of a procedure to manage templates with Virtual Box. Don’t worry, I have not forgotten but I was very busy! This step, the final one, consists on customizing of a virtual(…)

Oracle Database Appliance: new ODA X3-2 architecture

A few weeks ago, I posted an article about Oracle Database Appliance, focusing on ODA version 2.5.0.0.0. However, a new update of ODA, version 2.5.5.0.0, was released by Oracle on 5 March. This posting will focus on the new(…)

Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) – an overview

Last february, I had the chance to attend an Oracle presentation about ODA: Oracle Database Appliance. I found it interessant to share what I have learned about this technology. Which, I confess, convinced me. Summary Before developing the software(…)

Overview of Oracle Linux releases and kernels

As everybody knows, Linux regroups several operating system families. The most popular Linux OS are Debian, Red Hat, or Suse. But each family has many derived Linux distributions. In November 2006, Oracle released the first version of its operating(…)

Bug on Oracle 11.2 “ORION FAILS WITH ORA-27061”: Patch available!

In march 2011, my colleague Gregory Steulet published an article about Simulating and testing I/O performances with Orion. In this article, he wrote about a bug concerning Orion on Oracle(…)

Resource FAILOVER dans Grid Infrastructure

Dans le cadre d’un cluster Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g R2 utilisé pour gérer des bases de données en mode FAILOVER, j’ai été amené à me pencher sur l’algorithme de basculement d’une ressource et des paramètres le régissant. On trouve dans(…)

Scripts to duplicate an Oracle database virtual machine: step one

In my last posting of November 9, 2012, Manage templates manually with Oracle Virtual Box, I have presented a solution to duplicate virtual machines using Oracle/ Virtual Box. I did not show the scripts in this first publication, but(…)