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OCM Installation Response Generator
Do you get annoyed at having to answer the questions all the time for patching? Provide your email address to be informed of security issues, install and initiate Oracle Configuration Manager. Easier...
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It’s a dirty job
Before, I worked for organization that frowned upon database jobs and only uses cron job. Now, it’s just the opposite and I get to learn about dbms_scheduler job. Create job to run PLSQL_BLOCK every 5...
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Live, Learn and Share
Live, Learn and Share is the signature from a friend that I used to work with – Chau Vu Today, I learned something new because I was shared something by a colleague – Jing Han If you know part of...
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Where’s my RAC dbconsole
[oracle@rac01 ~]$ tail /etc/oratab # The first and second fields are the system identifier and home # directory of the database respectively. The third filed indicates # to the dbstart utility that the...
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Connecting to RAC DB with SQL*Plus
Download Instant Client Package – Basic Lite Instant Client Package – SQL*Plus http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winsoft-085727.html Modify hosts file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>more...
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RAC KISS on VirtualBox
Practice makes perfect, but it does not have to be difficult. Please don’t short yourself by not trying to understand what is going on. This is my third RAC install and I got tired of doing it the hard...
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Migrating Windows PuTTY registry to Linux
I have over 100+ saved sessions in PuTTY running on Windows and was looking for a way to move those session to Linux. Here’s a demo on how to move those PuTTY sessions. First, download pwin2lin.pl on...
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Invoking RMAN scripts
It’s been more than 4 years since I have had to work with RMAN backup. Previously, sysadmin has been managing database backup using split mirror technology. Now looking at RMAN from a different angle,...
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RMAN using Substitution Variable
bkupinc.rman &1 = incremental level &2 = tag spool log to bkupinc&1_&2..log connect target; # maxopenfiles: ASM/striped 1; else 8 # 1 channel per tape drive for tape backup run { set...
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RMAN restore
Is my backup any good? Let’s find out. Today, I needed to restore the database due to a failed upgrade to 12c and here is the process. $ rman target / Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production...
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Upgrade to 12c using DBUA Silent (shhh) Mode
Single instance database upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 12.1.0.1.0. There’s plenty of install posts already out there; hence, I am not going to blog about it. If you find a post on DBUA Silent mode, then...
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Restore 12c Upgrade
Did you finished reading my post on 12c upgrade? Power of rot, obscuring truth, what once was old restore to youth – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visionaries:_Knights_of_the_Magical_Light Just like...
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Absolute versus Relative Reference
It’s important for software developers to understand the differences between absolute versus relative references. Whether it’s from an Excel spreadsheet or from an oracle database. it’s an easy mistake...
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Differences in 12c Grid Install
12c Grid Infrastructure Installation for Standalone Server, there is a warning if GRID_HOME is outside of ORACLE_BASE and Root Script execution configuration What difference’s did you notice?
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12c Startup and Shutdown – Oracle Multitenant (PDB)
Eventually, all databases will be container based. The first PDB in container is FREE, additional PDB is license option. Startup / Shutdown Summary: Starting CDB (container database) will NOT OPEN PDB...
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12c Cloning PDB – Oracle Multitenant (PDB)
It’s so easy that even a caveman can do it. Where do you think I am going with this? What PDB was just cloned and what users were there? oracle@san:cdb01:/u01/app/ggs01 > sysdba SQL*Plus: Release...
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My gothas for database 12c (single instance) using ASM (newbie and learning ASM) on OEL 6.4 with OGG 11.2.1.0.7 and PDB running on Virtual Box 4.2.16r86992 Here’s a glimpse of what I have running....
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Oracle Golden Gate 11.2.1.0.7 on 12c and OEL 6.4 Install
It does not look like the latest version of OGG 11.2.1.0.7 is ready for 12c out of the box. The workaround is to create soft link to 12c libnnz12.so oracle@san:cdb01:/u01/app/ggs01 > ggsci ggsci:...
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12c Deinstall
After all the hacking I did trying to configure OGG 11.2.1.0.7 on 12c, I wanted to start anew. Might I add, OGG 11.2.1.0.7 is not certified on 12c. So much for the ZERO downtime upgrade. Caveat, I...
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