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Pro-active AWR Data Mining to find change in SQL Execution Plan

Problem Statement

Many times we have been called for the poor performance of a database and it has been ...

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What's new with apps password change in R12.2 E-Business Suite ?

Introduction

Apps password change routine in Release 12.2 E-Business Suite changed a little bit. We have ...

Microsoft SQL Server

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The Strategic Use of Undocumented Commands

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RMAN - Validating Archivelog Backup

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Oracle

Oracle RMAN Restore to the Same Machine as the Original Database

Among the most critical but often most neglected database administration tasks is testing restore from backup. But ...

Oracle

Should AUD$ Table Exist on System Tablespace During DB Upgrade?

I see this following message on all My Oracle Support notes, which talks about database Oracle manual upgrade ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server Statistics: Maintenance and Best Practices

What are Statistics?

There are multiple paths a database can use to answer a query, some of them being ...

Oracle

What is the difference between logical and physical corruption in Oracle?

Oracle

Room for Improvement - Using DBMS_REDEFINITION with Spatial Data

Resizing a Column in a Table With a Spatial Column

Recently a client asked for help with using ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Availability Group - Delay with Listener Connectivity After Failover

The beauty of working for multiple clients from different industries is that you get exposed to a myriad of ...

Database

Concurrent Processing Issues with Distributed Transactions Glitch

Introduction

This is my first post in Pythian blog, and I wanted to share interesting use-cases that we've ...

Cassandra

Guide to Cassandra Thread Pools

This guide provides a description of the different thread pools and how to monitor them. Includes what to alert on, ...

Oracle

Differences between R12.1 and R12.2 Integration with OAM

With the revamp of technology stack in R12.2 of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) , the way we integrate Oracle Access ...

Oracle

A Simple Way to Monitor Java in Linux

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Oracle

Alter session kill on steroids

Efficiently Handling Persistent "Killed" Sessions in Oracle

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Oracle

Building a MariaDB Galera Cluster with Docker

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Oracle

Changing Failgroup of ASM Disks in Exadata

Problem Statement

There was a discrepancy in ...

Oracle

Oracle Passwords: How to Use Punctuation Symbols

Introduction

You can’t make a password strong ...

Oracle

Automating DataPump Export

What’s the most elaborate thing you have done with ...

Oracle

What Does oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall Not Do?

I was working on a project to clone Oracle install to ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server and OS Error 1117, Error 9001, Error 823

Google Workspace

Small files on MapR-FS

One of the well-known best practices for HDFS is to ...

How SQL Server browser service Works

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Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server replication quick tips

There is a time in every SQL Server DBA career where a ...

Cloud

Virtual CPUs with Amazon Web Services

Some months ago, Amazon Web Services

Oracle

What Happens When Active DB Duplication Goes Wrong?

There are many blog posts out there about active ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL server error: 18056, Severity: 20, State: 29

Introduction

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Oracle

How To correlate Oracle Database transaction with GoldenGate

So there I was troubleshooting GoldenGate issue and ...

Microsoft SQL Server

List of SQL Server Databases in an Availability Group

Handling Maintenance Failures in SQL Server ...

Oracle

Exploring options of using RMAN configure to simplify backup

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Featured blog posts

Pro-active AWR Data Mining to find change in SQL Execution Plan

Problem Statement

What's new with apps password change in R12.2 E-Business Suite ?

Introduction

Untold Secrets of SQL Server: What if?

The Strategic Use of Undocumented Commands

RMAN - Validating Archivelog Backup

Oracle RMAN Restore to the Same Machine as the Original Database

Should AUD$ Table Exist on System Tablespace During DB Upgrade?

SQL Server Statistics: Maintenance and Best Practices

What are Statistics?

What is the difference between logical and physical corruption in Oracle?

Room for Improvement - Using DBMS_REDEFINITION with Spatial Data

Resizing a Column in a Table With a Spatial Column

Availability Group - Delay with Listener Connectivity After Failover

Concurrent Processing Issues with Distributed Transactions Glitch

Introduction

Guide to Cassandra Thread Pools

Differences between R12.1 and R12.2 Integration with OAM

A Simple Way to Monitor Java in Linux

Alter session kill on steroids

Efficiently Handling Persistent "Killed" Sessions in Oracle

Building a MariaDB Galera Cluster with Docker

Changing Failgroup of ASM Disks in Exadata

Problem Statement

Oracle Passwords: How to Use Punctuation Symbols

Introduction

Automating DataPump Export

What Does oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall Not Do?

SQL Server and OS Error 1117, Error 9001, Error 823

Small files on MapR-FS

How SQL Server browser service Works

SQL Server replication quick tips

Virtual CPUs with Amazon Web Services

What Happens When Active DB Duplication Goes Wrong?

SQL server error: 18056, Severity: 20, State: 29

Introduction

How To correlate Oracle Database transaction with GoldenGate

List of SQL Server Databases in an Availability Group

Handling Maintenance Failures in SQL Server ...

Exploring options of using RMAN configure to simplify backup

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