Cloud

Manage Azure in PowerShell (RM)

Azure offers two deployment models for cloud components: Resource Manager (RM) and Classic deployment model. Newer and more easier to manage, Microsoft recommends to use the Resource Manager. Even if these two models can exist at(…)

How to install Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 using VirtualBox – part 3

In the two first blogs, I installed the Fuel environment and deployed OpenStack in the Fuel slave nodes and all of that from the Fuel Master node. In this blog, I will show you  all the steps to follow in(…)

How to install Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 using VirtualBox – part 2

The  last blog ended up with a successful installation of the Fuel Master. In this blog, I will deploy Openstack on the three Fuel slave nodes. The first node will be the controller node and all(…)

How to install Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 using VirtualBox – part 1

In this series of  blogs, I am going to  give a quick overview of OpenStack and learn how to install it using Mirantis. “Mirantis is the #1 pure play OpenStack company. More customers rely on Mirantis than any other(…)

Oracle Public Cloud patch conflict

By Franck Pachot . This morning I wanted to test a patch (18633374) in the Oracle Cloud Service. The DBaaS was created as an 'Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance' which comes with all options, including multitenant option. I applied my patch.

SYS password on Oracle Cloud Service managed database

By Franck Pachot . When you create a DBaaS on the Oracle Cloud services you have to provide an administration password in the database configuration form. You do not need a password to connect to the VM. You use SSH(…)

Data Guard as a Service

By Franck Pachot . A 'Data Guard' checkbox is available for a long time on the Oracle Public Cloud Database as a Service, but it's only for a few days that it does something: create a service with an database(…)

Testing Oracle on exoscale.ch

By Franck Pachot . My last post came from a discussion at SITB with exoscale. They are doing Cloud hosting with datacenters in Switzerland. In Switzerland(…)

Can you become a PaaS provider for an Oracle Database service?

By Franck Pachot . This post is not about technical limitations: Oracle Database is supported in most hypervisors (certified or not) so anybody can provide a DBaaS through a virtual machine as long as it run a supported OS, has(…)

I/O Performance predictability in the Cloud

By Franck Pachot . You don't need good performance only for your system. You need reliable performance. You need performance predictability.