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Configuring WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3 Diagnostics Framework policies and actions

Configure a Policy-action (new name for watch-notification) to send a JMX notification when the monitored WebLogic Server is having stuck threads or high memory usage. We will use a simple JMX notification listener program which can process WLDF JMX notifications.

PDB RMAN backups available after plugging in on a new CDB with Oracle 18c

With Oracle 18c, it is possible to use PDB rman backups created on the source CDB (they are called PREPLUGIN backups) when the PDB has been relocated to a target CDB. In my environment, my original CDB is DB18, with(…)

ADWC – connect from your premises

By Franck Pachot . In the previous post about the Autonomous Data Warehouse Service, I've run queries though the Machine Learning Notebooks. But you obviously want to connect to it from your premises, with SQL*Net.

Deploying EDB containers in MiniShift/OpenShift

This blog refers to an older version of EDB's Postgres on Kubernetes offering that is no longer available. In this post we'll look at how we can deploy EnterpriseDB containers in MiniShift. When you need to(…)

SP2 for SQL Server 2016 is available with new helpful DMVs

Last month (April 24, 2018), the Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2016 was released and distributed. This Service Pack has new DMVs, already available in SQL Server 2017 RTM.

SQL Developer Web on the Oracle Cloud

By Franck Pachot . You like SQL Developer because it is easy to install (just unzip a jar) and has a lot of features? Me too. It can be even easier if it is provided as a web application: no(…)

Some ideas about Oracle Database on Docker

By Franck Pachot . This is not a 'best practice' but just some ideas about building Docker images to provide an Oracle Database. I started with the images provided by Oracle: https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/tree/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance and this is great(…)

idql and its column output

idql and its column output A few days ago, I was reading an interesting blog from distinguished colleague Clemens Bleile with the title “sqlplus and its column output” (link here https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/sqlplus-and-its-column-output/) and I(…)

ADWC – the hidden gem: Zepplin Notebook

By Franck Pachot . In the previous blog posts I explained how to create, and stop/start the Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud service. And I didn't show yet how to connect to it. It is(…)

SQL Server Security: Are your databases ready for the GDPR?

The GDRP (General Data Protection Regulation), voted in 2016, will be applied in the European Union soon (May 25, 2018). We heard a lot of this new directive. The goal is to improve the protection and confidentiality of personally(…)