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Documentum – r_server_version reset to P00 instead of correct patch version

A few weeks ago, an issue was identified at a customer which would cause the value of “dm_server_config.r_server_version” to be reset to the GA version number (16.4 P00) instead of the currently deployed patch (which is 16.4 P26) and that(…)

Oracle 21c Broker : Fast-Start Failover Callout Scripts in Action

By Mouhamadou Diaw With Oracle 21c (In fact Oracle 20c), we have a nice new feature with the broker which is the Fast-start Failover Callout Configuration scripts. I talked about this feature in some presentations I did about the(…)

How to setup a Consul Cluster on RHEL 8, Rocky Linux 8, AlmaLinux 8 part 1

This blog describes the setup of a Consul Cluster on RHEL 8 and clones, it will be the base for a Patroni HA setup using RPM Packages from postgresql.org. Many Patroni setups are using ETCD, but ETCD is not(…)

Patch 19.14 is out for ODA: new features and how to apply

Introduction Patch 19.14 is now available on Oracle Database Appliance. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings January’s PSU to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It also brings latest 21.5 but only(…)

ODA 19.13: odacli update-dbhome raises DCS-10001 and PRGH-1153

Introduction While patching ODAs from 19.10 to 19.13, the update-dbhome could fail if some databases inside this dbhome are stopped or only mounted. Job would then stop with a DCS-10001:Internal error encountered: PRGH-1153 : RHPHelper call to get runing nodes(…)

DctmAPI.awk revisited (part I)

In the 2-part blog article Adding a Documentum Extension to gawk, I showed how to extend the gawk scripting language in order to implement the Documentum dmAPI(…)

DctmAPI.awk revisited (part II)

This is part II of the article DctmAPI.awk revisited. See Part I here. The table presentation can be visually quite rich: it supports row colorization with optional color alternation and gridding, i.e. enclosing the table and(…)

PDB Snapshot Carousel with Oracle 21c

By Mouhamadou Diaw In a previous blog , I talked about refreshable PDB technology which can be used to refresh a target PDB. We have seen here how the target refreshable PDB(…)

Important DBCA Parameter if you plan to use Storage Snapshot Cloning in ASM

I am currently working on a customer project to create database clones using storage snapshots. The advantages are obvious, because using a storage snapshot as a clone not only saves space, but is also extremely fast compared to a full(…)

PostgreSQL 15: Add row filters for logical replication

My last post about logical replication in PostgreSQL was in 2017 before PostgreSQL 10 was released later that year. There have been many enhancements to logical replication since then and today we'll look at a new features(…)