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NetBackup – OpsCenter patch fails due to space requirements…

I was upgrading Netbackup yesterday to version 7.0.1 and faced a quite "funny" issue with the OpsCenter. The installation failed on pre-requirements checks saying that no space was available. Nothing strange at this point...except that we still had about 79GB(…)

SQL Developer 3.0 : prêt pour les DBA

La nouvelle version d'Oracle SQL Developer (version 3.0.03.45) est prête pour les administrateurs de base de données/DBA (voici une vidéo sur cette version). Elle s'est vue agrémentée d'outils nécessaires aux tâches d'administration. Les tests ci-dessous vous présentent, à travers(…)

Reading Oracle documentation with an ipad – What Steve Jobs doesn’t tell!

The chrismas period is over and it is now time to enjoy the several gifts brought by Santa Claus. Under my Chrismas Tree I discovered this year an iPad.

Huge Pages and AMM is (not) possible with 11.2.0.2!

Running Linux servers configured with Huge Pages was not always adapted when both 10.2 and 11.2 databases had to be started in parallel. Since 11.2.0.2 this situation changed !(…)

Bug while installing Oracle 11.2.0.1 on AIX 6.1 SP2

Last week I encountered the following problem while installing Oracle 11g R2 on AIX 6.1 TL06 SP2. I met all the PreReqs of the installation document, but at the end of the installation process, I got(…)

LOB : Utilisons les SecureFiles

Le stockage des LOB est souvent négligé lors de la création des tables. Hors les choix de stockage ont un impact sur la performance d'accès aux données. nous allons voir rapidement dans cet article l'avantage à utiliser le stockage SecureFiles(…)

Oracle Basics (2) – Data Storage

What is finally the primary objective of a database? Storing Data The question is, how Oracle makes it. For many beginners a confusing topic isto get the picture between physical storage and logical one. So how does it(…)

Getting rid of network acces issues after migrating to Oracle 11.2

Are you experiencing network access issues after a migration to Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2)? If yes, you probably have to allow the concerned PL/SQL packages to access your network again. This posting will show you how.

A test database in one click – with Oracle Data Guard 11g

Are you confronted with  Developper or Application Owner wich want to have very soon a test database available,  to test the new developped code or to validate some code change before to  implement it ? With Data Guard 11g you(…)

Génération de XML : le format des dates

Aprés une migration de 10gR2 vers 11gR2, une application utilisant les packages DBMS_XMLQUERY pour générer des documents xml est en erreur. Le format des dates a changé qu'a fait le DBA ?(…)