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Documentum xPlore: Several ways to start an Index Agent

In order to start index agents, you have several ways, depending on how you need to start them. 1. Use the documentum job dm_FTIndexAgentBoot. If you setup start_index_agents=T in the server.ini, the job will be called when the docbases are(…)

Documentum – Unable to stop an IDS configured in SSL?

When working with the IDS, you might face some interesting behaviors as mentioned in the last blog I wrote for example. This one will focus on the SSL(…)

Documentum – Unable to configure IDS 7.3 for a docbase

In this blog, I will talk about an issue with the IDS 7.3 which is installed on a Content Server 7.3. The IDS is the Interactive Delivery Services. It is a product provided by OpenText that needs to be installed(…)

Documentum – ActiveX error 12019 in D2-Config during export

Some months ago at a customer, we started the rollout of some security baselines on a new application (not yet productive). One of the changes was to enforce the use of TLSv1.2 on all our Documentum Clients like D2/D2-Config (4.5,(…)

Displaying the contents of a PostgreSQL data file with pg_filedump

Did you ever wonder what exactly is in a PostgreSQL data file? Usually you don't care, I agree. But there might be situations where knowing how you can do this might be a great help. Maybe your file is corrupted(…)

Automate OVM deployment for a production ready Oracle RAC 12.2 architecture – (part 01)

After having worked with OVM on various architectures I can say that it is a good technology to easily build virtualized environments for production applications. Because it is based on XEN and has simple ways to deal with existing storage(…)

SQL Server Tips: Deactivate the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

Before SQL Server 2016, you had the possibility to check the case “Send Windows and SQL Server Error Reports….” during the installation if you want to be a part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). In SQL Server(…)

Pass Summit 2017: how to bypass SQL Server security

Last Friday I saw a very interesting session in Pass Summit 2017 about how to Bypass, or Ensure, SQL Server security by Matt Martin. Matt explained us how to bypass SQL Server security with the complicity of your SQL(…)

Multitenant internals: INT$ and INT$INT$ views

By Franck Pachot . This month, I'll talk - with lot of demos - about multitenant internals at DOAG conference. The multitenant dictionary architecture starts with a simple idea: system metadata and data are(…)

Multitenant dictionary: what is consolidated and what is not

By Franck Pachot . The documentation says that for Reduction of duplication and Ease of database upgrade the Oracle-supplied objects such as data dictionary table definitions and PL/SQL packages are represented only in the root. Unfortunately,(…)