Posts Categorized: Oracle

EBS Forms compilation errors in large terminal windows. Size does matter!

During a recent customer environment cloning activity I got myself up to the point where CUSTOM.plx was required to be recompiled. Nothing difficult you may say, right? I thought the same. But that activity just killed lots of troubleshooting hours for me. frmcmp_batch.sh call was just failing with “Terminal map initialization failed.” [oracle@appslab01 ~]$ frmcmp_batch.sh…

ODA re-imaging could take anything between 20 and 120 mins

This blog posts explains why Oracle Database Appliances re-imaging process timing may vary from 20 to 120 minutes. There are a check in the ISO:/Extras/setupodaovm.sh script that have an issue. Until the bug is fixed a) you may face different ODA nodes’ re-imaging times b) to be on the safe side check if md devices’ re-synchronization process is finished by running “cat /proc/mdstat” command before running any business critical processes on your ODA.

Log Buffer #318, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

News and views are an integral part of our modern daily life. When it comes to the information-hungry roles such as database professionals, such need becomes more pressing. Log Buffer is one way to keep abreast of news and views from the world of Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.

Opening the Door without the Keys

This week my DBA team satisfied a request to restore 1 month old lost data.  A review of the RMAN backups showed that we indeed had a valid level 0 from the requested day which was 33 days ago.  However, upon recovery, the necessary archive logs to bring the database to a consistent point, were…

IOUG Collaborate 2013 Wrap-Up

Personal highlights from Collaborate 2013 in Denver. Discussion of networking with old and new friends, technical sessions (performance forecasting and multi-block read internals) and the Pythian RAC Attack class.

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