Extract all DDL from an Oracle database
Introduction Extracting DDL is sometime useful for creating similar objects in another database without data. Basically everything can be extracted from a running Oracle database. The needs My customer...
View ArticleConfigure Data Guard between 2 DB Systems with Oracle 21c
In this previous blog, I have configured 2 DB systems with Oracle 21c in an ODA 19.14. Now let’s continue and show how we can configure a Data Guard between these 2 servers. One option is to manually...
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Setup a RHEL 8 Repository Server
This Blog is about a own Repository server for RHEL 8, Blogs for Repository Server for AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, OpenSuse LEAP, SLES 15 and Debian 11 will follow. The base is a minimal...
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Setup a AlmaLinux 8 Repository Server
This Blog is about to setup a AlmaLinux 8 Repository Server including EPEL and RPMFusion. Many people whould complain that it will be the same than RHEL 8, but is is not, there are some differencies...
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Setup a Rocky Linux Repository server
This Blog is about a setup of a Rocky Linux Repository server. Many people whould complain that it will be the same than RHEL 8, but is is not, there are some differencies between AlmaLinux, Rocky...
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PostgreSQL on 80 core ARM Server
This Blog is about intallation and testing PostgreSQL 14 latest on an ARM based 80 core Server using Rocky Linux 8.6. Many thanks to Happyware for providing the machine used for this Blog....
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Configure Oracle DB for using Large Pages on AIX
When it comes to deploying a new Oracle infrastructure, 90% of it is implemented on Linux. This makes sense, because Oracle runs very stable and performant on Linux and it is also Oracle’s own...
View ArticleSHELL SCRIPTING: How to return values from functions in bash scripts
The shell is designed to be a command interpreter. Shell scrips language, if we can call it so, Initially was used to automate simple administrative tasks and flows. Shell scripting was not designed...
View ArticlePatch ODA X8 : 19.9 to 19.11
In this blog, I describe the patching of an ODA X8 from 19.9 to 19.11. We use following patches p32790643_1911000_Linux-x86-64.zip : Oracle Database Appliance Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS...
View ArticleNFS mount using Redhat autofs
First of all, why would you use autofs over nfs mount in the fstab ? Shares are accessed automatically and transparently when a user tries to access files or directories under the designated mount...
View ArticlePatching ODA HA from 19.14 to 19.16
Patching an ODA is always exciting. Preparing a patch of an ODA HA may seem more complicated that an single ODA. But it’s the same processus. All patching operations should be run on one node. In this...
View ArticleODA : Do You Know The MOVE Table In MySQL DB Repository
During a consulting on a customer, we faced the following issue when trying to delete a dbhome Message: DCS-10001:Internal error encountered: PRGO-2470 : Working copy “OraDB19000_home1” is involved...
View ArticleODA version 19.17 is available: how to patch?
Introduction Patch 19.17 is now available on Oracle Database Appliance. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings latest PSUs to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It...
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cloud-init native Ansible support
Cloud-init is a software developed to setup automatically a cloud virtual machine using metadata ingested and applied at the first boot or at a chosen frequency. All the magic happens through a...
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Create and manage Ansible Execution Environments
Introduction What is an Ansible Execution Environnement, by the way ? As per RedHat definition an Ansible Execution Environment (EE) is a standard way to build and distribute the environment that...
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Uyuni, an open-source configuration and infrastructure management solution...
In the last post we’ve installed and configured the Uyuni server. In this post we’ll add our first client we later on can manage through the Uyuni server. Quite some distributions are supported, and...
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The adaptable Linux Platform (ALP)
This is about something you maybe didn’t hear much yet: The openSUSE project and SUSE are working on a new enterprise operating system: ALP, the adaptive Linux Platform. As of today there is the...
View ArticleHashicorp Vault. Install and quick first configuration
Introduction Keeping and using passwords in scripts is often an overlooked task, at least in the initial stages of development.This behavior poses serious security problems, and quite often,...
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Power BI Report Server Patch Management
Executive Summary As service manager in your company, you want to have your MS SQL component patch with the latest version. In a regular basis you need to know the current version of the MS SQL...
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Redis : Install Redis on Windows 10 by using WSL
Introduction Hi Team Here we go again , last time we have seen how to install Redis on Windows 10 using Redis binaries , let’s see the 2nd method I used to install Redis on my machine and of course...
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