Posts Categorized: Pythian
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.
When I started my work in IT, I used to be in a very small shop, and even though we had people in several places in the same state, everything used to be very centralized and from 9 to 5, and because we were basically only 2 people , our action plan used to be…
Mothers day is coming up fast. May 12th 2013 is just around the corner and If you have not already done so, make sure you go out and get mom a special gift as soon as possible. If you need a hand picking something great, take a look at this mothers day gift guide by…
“What have I gotten myself into” ran through my head during the first week of training at Pythian. The environment was great, the people were great, the work was great, but many doubts ran through my head as I ran from training meeting to training meeting – how am I going to retain all this…
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…
It is not uncommon for Oracle to have something undocumented , and this is just another case of this ailment. We have a database in which we have two copies of the same backup, one we keep in the FRA, the other one in an external disk, which from time to time gets deleted from…
I was recently playing with an Oracle XE database. The main benefit of Oracle XE is that it can be used free of charge. And unlike the other database editions on the Oracle Technology Network, it is free the restrictions in the OTN license agreement that restrict products to “developing, testing, prototyping and demonstrating your…
MAbbey’s musings on Monday at COLLABORATE13
MAbbey’s musings and thoughts about Sunday at COLLABORATE13
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