Creating a master – slave DNS server combination for your Grid Infrastructure
I’ve created a document with a short howto on creating a master - slave DNS server configuration. You can find it here: Creating a master-slave DNS configuration.
Monitor RAC and ASM through System Centre with Oracle management pack
For some time GRID-IT is working closely together with Opslogix. Opslogix are experts in the area of Microsoft and System Centre, GRID-IT delivers experts in the area of the Oracle RDBMS. This is combined and after the inital RDBMS release last year, a new management pack is build for Oracle RAC and ASM and demo’s
Stats collection using CTAS or direct path load
One of the new features of 12.1 is the automatic stats collection when performing a Create table as Select action. But be aware of the site effects when using this feature, one a index is created it is also maintained but only for the first time, when an append is performed or a turncate table
Clone an existing Oracle Home with Oracle RDBMS 12c
Now days it is very easy to clone an Oracle Home, where in the old days a lot of additional steps were required as the RDBMS instance was part of the Oracle home. My advise is to make use of the utility server which is hosting a dedicate non-used ORACLE HOME. This home can be
Installing Oracle XE in a Docker image
In 2 previous posts I wrote about the installation of Docker on Oracle Enterprise Linux and how to create a base Oracle Enterprise Linux image for Docker. For the installation of Oracle XE in a Docker image it is a requirement that you followed most of the steps describes in these posts. Only the creation
Creating an Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 base image for Docker
In the previous post I wrote about Docker and how it can be installed and used on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6. In this post we will create an Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 base image, which we can use to create other images, for example to run Oracle XE in. To use the examples in this
Installing Docker on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
Recently I found out about Docker. If your really want to learn more, their website is absolutely a good place to start. Especially their learn more section should get you started. As quoted from their website Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that
Management of Pluggable databases using DBCA in silent mode
One of the great features it to make use of the command-line option available with the oracle tools, like runInstaller, asmca, netca, dbca etc., especially when no X environment is available. Below are several examples on how to manage pluggable database instances using the DBCA in silent mode for the Oracle RDBMS 12c. To list
Data Guard Broker property tracelevel from 11.2.0.3 and higher
In the old days, trace information of the broker command was automatically written in the logfiles for Data Guard broker. One of het nice things about this default logging, is the logging of the SQL statements the broker is executing. Starting from 11.2.0.3 this behavior is changed, and a tracelevel property is introduced. When you check the broker
Using a kickstart file to install a new server
With the help of a kickstart file, it’s possible to do an almost unattended installation. In a kickstart file you give the answers to all the questions that are asked during an installation of a new server. When a server is installed the kickstart file of the installation can be found in the directory of