Technical Articles

Recently, I must have configured one system, in which using flex-asm, dbfs (database file system), dns in according to be an Golden Gate Hub & roll-forward/back-forward leaf application on flex cluster.

Usually, I configured ACFS for this purpose but only 2 nodes in RAC's environment, however, DBFS's often invoking line.

In this article, I share only DBFS content in RAC, of course, they're not different to Flex system.

I. Setup & Configuration DBFS on RAC using CRS Management (non Exa Data)

Four Oracle Database License Models.

When choosing an Oracle database license, you should consider the following aspects:

End customer license:

1. Full use license - Normally no restrictions simply follow the license terms and Oracle licensing rules and policies.

What You Need to Know About Oracle Licensing in Azure

There are a few things you need to know about Oracle licensing in Azure. For example, licensing for HyperThreading is not the same as for CPUs. Oracle licenses software by the number of processors it runs, and that includes virtual CPUs. It is also important to note that Oracle hasn't yet adopted standard rules for virtual CPUs. Oracle's licensing in the cloud applies special Cloud rules, which might make the process more difficult.

Oracle ULA - Strategies for IT professionals

Oracles unlimited license agreement has a mixed reputation in the market, and I will try to explain why
but also the benefits, drawbacks of the agreement. Then a suggested plan for how to manage the ULA
renewal or when you want to exit the agreement.

What is Oracle ULA?

Oracle license audits can cost companies millions in avoidable license fees.
Why do I wrote avoidable? - Because in my experience (300+ Oracle license audits)
90% of all out of compliance findings in Oracle license audit reports are
not due to over-usage but simply

a) Misunderstanding Oracle licensing rules
b) Misinterpreting Oracle licensing policies such as virtualization.

How should you "win" an Oracle license audit?

ORDS version 21 was released in May, I had it tested and rolled it out in June. But once live, a problem popped up: numerous executions of this statement,
SELECT COUNT(1) FROM SYS.ALL_SYNONYMS WHERE OWNER = 'PUBLIC' AND SYNONYM_NAME = 'APEX_RELEASE' AND TABLE_NAME = 'APEX_RELEASE';

Do you know about multiple domain certificates? If not you may have to learn quickly, because Oracle has changed the way they are handled in release 12.2. This is going to break a lot of applications.

1. Platform
- Msocial: Sparc Solaris 10
- STS_VMWare: x86_64 Solaris platform
2. Utility: RMAN
3. Task list details
3.1. On Source (MSocial)
3.1.1. Create test user schema & generate data in

sys@MSOCIAL> create user msocialtest identified by msocial
  2  default tablespace users
  3  temporary tablespace temp
  4  quota unlimited on users
  5  /

User created.

sys@MSOCIAL> grant connect, resource, create session, dba to msocialtest;

Grant succeeded.

In previous article, I described the task list of configuration software raid on Solaris. And here, I brief the task list of configuration hardware raid on Sun Sparc model T.

Ofcoruse, the first step is connection to the server with serial console cable, assume the new server.
Remember:

data bit = 8
baud rate = 9600

Recommend tool: Sercure CRT, Putty.