Operating systems

Useful Linux commands for an Oracle DBA

Introduction Oracle & Linux is a great duet. Very powerfull, very scriptable. Here are several commands that make my life easier. These tools seems to be widespread on most of the Linux distributions. watch with diff It’s my favorite tool(…)

Upgrading from OpenLeap to SLES15

Sometimes business plans change and maybe you need to move your OpenLeap 15 Server to the supported version SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15. Upgrade is getting really easy with version 15. It can be performed online. So your server does(…)

Patching or reimaging your ODA?

Introduction One of the key features of the ODA (Oracle Database Appliance) is the ability to patch the entire stack every three months, the goal being to keep all the components up-to-date. Most of the customers won’t patch so often,(…)

Huawei Dorado 6000 V3 benchmark

I had the opportunity to test the new Dorada 6000 V3 All-Flash storage system. See what the all-new Dorado 6000 V3 All-Flash Storage system is capable as storage for your database system.

SUSE Expert Days 2019 in Lausanne

dbi services is now SUSE Solution Partner. What better way to celebrate that than to attend an event? Last week I was at the SUSE Expert Days 2019 which took place at(…)

How to stop Documentum processes in a docker container, and more (part I)

Ideally, but not mandatorily, the management of Documentum processes is performed at the service level, e.g. by systemd. In my blog here, I showed how to configure init files for Documentum under(…)

Cause for looping sssd

In RedHat Enterprise Linux 7, the sssd daemons can connect to active directory servers. Default behaviour is to update DNS entries dynamically. If a statical DNS entry already exists this can lead to a CPU consuming sssd_nss daemon.

Compile additional packages for Oracle VM Server

I needed a special package on my OVM Server 3.4.6. The package is called fio and is needed to do some I/O performance tests. Unfortunately, OVM Server does not provide any package for compiling software and installing additional software(…)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 – Application Streams

You may have heard that : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is available for downloading in beta version since few weeks… You want to download it ? Click here. A significant change coming(…)

Monitoring Linux With Nmon

By Mouhamadou Diaw I was looking for tools to monitor linux servers and I found an interesting one nmon ( short for Nigel’s Monitor). I did some tests. In this blog I am describing how(…)