0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email In this blog post we will learn how to convert an ESX VM to OVM 3.1 (V2V) using an ISO boot CD. Basically all you need to do to achieve this objective is to follow the following steps: 1. Uninstall VMtools…
What was new for Oracle Backup and Recovery at 11g?
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Oracle 12c is around the corner and due that I have received many questions from fellow DBAs about what was new about Backup and Recovery at 11g I have decided to write a small white paper about it. Hope you will…
Back to Basics – USER MANAGED BACKUPs part 1
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email In the past few weeks I have received many questions regarding user managed backups, and due to this, I decided to write a little regarding this topic. User managed backups are basically all backups you can make without the use of…
Are you getting short of SCN?
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Did you know that Oracle has determine that some software bugs (affecting databases between version 10.1.0.5 and 11.2.0.3) could cause the database to attempt to exceed the current maximum SCN value (The limit is currently 281 trillion) causing a transaction to…
What is new in 12c for Backup and Recovery?
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email OOW has announced the new Oracle Database 12c, and this new version of the database product as expected has introduced many new features and enhancements for Backup and Recovery, on this post I will introduce you to some of them. Of…
DB Control/DB Console (OEM) Changing Hostname or IP Address
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email I just got a client that changed his server hostname and discovered that after this change he was unable to use the DB Control. To solve this problem you will just need to follow these simple steps: 1) Set $ORACLE_HOSTNAME to…
Playing with Oracle VirtualBox : How to add a new Disk
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email In this small Tutorial we will learn how to add a new disk to our Virtual Machine created in our previous tutorial. Add a new disk to the virtual machine is very easy, just follow the tasks bellow: First, with your…
Playing with Oracle 11gR2, OEL 5.6 and VirtualBox 4.0.2 (Final Part)
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email The idea of this tutorial is to show you how you can create an Oracle Database 11gR2 using Oracle VirtualBox and OEL. This installation should never be used for Production or Development purposes. This installation was created for educational purpose only,…
Playing with Oracle 11gR2, OEL 5.6 and VirtualBox 4.0.2 (4th Part)
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Project Name 11gR2/2011 Author Francisco Munoz Alvarez Software Used Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.6 Oracle VirtualBox 4.0.2 Oracle 11.2.0.2 Database and Infrastructure Software Date 02/02/2011 The idea of this tutorial is to show you how you can create an Oracle Database 11gR2…
My European Tour–May 2011
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email May will be a very busy month with several seminars and conferences in Europe. I’ll be presenting some seminars for the Oracle Celebrity Series in UK, Germany, Spain and Slovakia, and also will be presenting at User Groups conferences at Finland…