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Documentum upgrade project: ADTS local user or domain user?

ADTS local user or domain user: Which user should I choose as the installation owner? This question is important if you are installing a new Advanced Document Transformation Services (ADTS).  You can opt for a domain user in order to(…)

Documentum upgrade project – from FAST to xPlore

We planned to do our full production upgrade in a weekend – and one part was the replacement of FAST by xPlore. As we had to index more than 10 millions objects, we had to find a solution where the(…)

SQL Server 2014 Tips: Create indexes directly via CREATE TABLE

This week, I discovered a new enhancement which is not hidden but not really visible in SQL Server 2014. Among Hekaton and other new features in SQL Server 2014, a little option appears in table creation.8-O On the(…)

SQL Patch: Another way to change the plan without changing the code

Recently, at a customer site, I faced a performance issue. However, as often the statement is embedded in the application so it’s not possible to rewrite the query. In this blog post, we’ll change the execution plan to solve the(…)

Java get Class names from package String in classpath

As a Java developer you probably used to know about reflexion. However, in order to keep your software architecture flexible, some functionalities are sometimes not provided out of the box by the JVM. In my particular case, I(…)

Oracle OEM Cloud Control 12c upgrade to 12.1.0.4

In this blog post, I will describe how to upgrade from Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12.1.0.3 to OEM 12.1.0.4.0. I have already described the main new features of Cloud Control 12.1.0.4 version in an earlier post (Oracle OEM(…)

Documentum upgrade project: D2-Client and missing icons

The new D2-Client does not correctly display the icon for some formats. This usually happens when the icon.css is not up to date based on the content format in the repository. The solution is to find these formats and update the(…)

High availability in the Oracle landscape

It’s now several weeks I attended some event about high availability (HA). But what is actually high availability? According to our friend Wikipedia, HA is based on 3 main principals: Elimination of Single Point of Failure (SPoF) Reliable crossover (with(…)

How to measure Exadata SmartScan efficiency

By Franck Pachot . A thread on OTN Forum about Exadata came to the following question: “But how can I monitor if it is effectively used or not?”. This is a common question. There are 3 exclusive features coming(…)

SQL Server 2014: classic commit vs commit with delayed durability & I/Os

When you learn about SQL Server, you will often hear that a commit transaction is a synchronous operation and that you can trust it. In this blog post, I will provide some details about what we mean by synchronous(…)