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Can I do it with PostgreSQL? – 17 – Identifying a blocking session

One single blocking session in a database can completely halt your application so identifying which session is blocking other sessions is a task you must be able to perform quickly. In Oracle you can query v$session for(…)

Documentum – Change password – 5 – CS/FT – JBoss Admin

The next password I wanted to blog about is the JBoss Admin password. As you know, there are several JBoss Application Servers in Documentum. The most used being the ones for the Java Method Server (JMS) and for the Full(…)

Documentum – Change password – 4 – CS – Presets & Preferences

In a previous blog (see this one), I already provided the steps to change the BOF password and I mentioned that this was more or less the(…)

Documentum – Change password – 3 – CS – Installation Owner

In this blog, I will describe the few steps needed to change the Documentum Installation Owner’s password. As you all know, the Installation Owner is (one of) the most important password in Documentum and it is probably the first you(…)

OUD 11.1.2.3 – What are the minimum privileges for administering connect strings in OUD?

By William Sescu [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Security in OUD plays a very important role. Keeping your patch level up to date is just one of those topics, like explained in my recent blog. https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/oud-11-1-2-3-patch-25840309-oud-bundle-patch-11-1-2-3-170718/ Another one are privileges. You don’t need(…)

OUD 11.1.2.3 – Patch 25840309: OUD BUNDLE PATCH 11.1.2.3.170718

By William Sescu A new OUD bundle patch was release at the 18th of July 2017, and this gives me the opportunity to show how fast an OUD can be patched, if configured correctly. In case you have an OUD(…)

Recommended DB Parameters on the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA)

When creating a DB on the ODA using # oakcli create database -db <db-name> a template is used to set a couple of DB parameters like e.g. _datafile_write_errors_crash_instance=FALSE _db_writer_coalesce_area_size=16777216 _disable_interface_checking=TRUE _ENABLE_NUMA_SUPPORT=FALSE(…)

Documentum – Change password – 2 – CS – dm_bof_registry

When installing a Global Registry on a Content Server, you will be asked to setup the BOF username and password. The name of this user is by default “dm_bof_registry” so even if you can change it, I will use this(…)

Documentum – Change password – 1 – CS – AEK and Lockbox

This blog is the first one of a series that I will publish in the next few days/weeks regarding how you can change some passwords in Documentum. In these blogs, I will talk about a lot of accounts like the(…)

Can I do it with PostgreSQL? – 16 – DDL triggers

A question I received recently from a customer: Oracle gives you the possibility to create DDL triggers. DDL triggers fire (as the name implies) when DDL events occur. Can we do that in PostgreSQL? Yes, this feature(…)