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Elastic (ELK) Stack – Get Started

ELK Stack or more recently called Elastic Stack, is a combination of three open-source projects: Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana. All these projects have been developed by Elastic and used to store, analyze, discover, and visualize data efficiently!(…)

Control-M /EM – How to manage Control-M utility restriction for Remote hosts

Hi team, today we will see how to restrict the Control-M utility when using your remote hosts. we will perform a quick test to show how it works before the modification , then after. first of all(…)

log4shell: Determine affection, mitigate, example: Oracle Unified Directory

This post is about two security vulnerabilities reported on log4j 2.x framework: CVE-2021-44228, with a base score 10 (of 10 max.) in CVSS version 3.1 risk, and CVE-2021-45046, base scored 9. I will list some ways to determine affection, how(…)

Docker – Docker for Windows 10 installation

Hi team! For some purposes I had to install Docker on my Windows lab, I know my colleagues are used to install it on Linux , but what about Windows?So let’s take a look on it! Prerequisites: a Windows 10(…)

Control-M EM – Control-M Automation API Overview and Installation

Hi Everybody, Today we will see how to use jobs as code with Control-M.We are aware that Jenkins is able to do that, but now we will try the new BMC product called Control-M Automation API. As described by(…)

Oracle Database Appliance 19.13: what’s new and how to patch?

Introduction Patch 19.13 is now available on ODA. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings October’s PSU to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It also brings 21.4 for DB Systems (21c being(…)

When unreachable NFS share mess up your Dbvisit Standby configuration

If I had to rank my favorite Oracle-related tools and software, Dbvisit Standby would likely be at the top of the list. You are reading this post, so you probably know that Dbvisit Standby is a(…)

SQL Server: how to have the number of core-based licenses used on my environment?

This week, a customer asks me to find out how many SQL Server Standard licenses are used in their environment. The licensing is core based and to not be used for Sserver + Cals licenses. To have an idea,(…)

Monitoring – first steps with Prometheus

Monitoring is a crucial element of DevOps automation that has to be proactive, meaning it must find ways to improve applications quality before bugs appear. Therefore, we have to quickly and easily understand what is happening in our infrastructure,(…)

dbi services at AWS re:Invent 2021 : day 4

For my day 3 recap, please jump here. The fourth day has started and I decided to attend a couple of session. Both are not in my direct field of expertise but promised to be very interesting.