From dgoulet@vicr.com Thu, 24 May 2001 11:29:23 -0700 From: dgoulet@vicr.com Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:29:23 -0700 Subject: Re:RE: Maximo Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain James, In general I notice that MTS can slow things down IF there are not enough shared servers running so that at least one server is constantly idle. Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "James Xing" Date: 5/24/2001 9:36 AM RE: MaximoThanks Chris, Did you turn on MTS on your production server? Is that recommended? In our environment, the system was fine on dev server which is not using MTS, another DBA who is in charge of production server turned MTS on and found the performance is 4 times slower. James -----Original Message----- From: root@fatcity.com [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Bowes, Chris Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Maximo ON all the maximo installations I have done, the biggest problems have been with maxencrypt a table that holds the encrypted key that allows everyone in the base. There is a script that will reset this if the users cannot get into the system. Make sure that the character set in the client is set to the same as the base. If users cannot get into the base due to bad password and you *know* the user/password are correct, then something happened to the maxencrypt and/or the character sets are not the same. I am hoping that 4i eliminates that table, but since I haven't seen it, I don't know if it does. I don't know about the current version, but when I worked with it about a year ago, the indexes were terrible. We dropped and created a number of indexes to improve things. We used cost base optimization (oracle v7 at the time) and and a job that analyzed every couple weeks on the big tables and every month on the others. If you have to do an import of the base, you will need to run the maxora??.sql script that creates a couple views under sys. I am sorry that I cannot remember the script at this moment. I'll check with some of my old comrades and see if they can remember it. If you're moving to production, you probably have all the columns defined and sized. If not, sometimes the column changes do not get registered in the maxsyscols table and you'll need to update it. Otherwise, the system really does quite well once it is running. If I can think of anything else I'll re-reply. --Chris Chris.Bowes@Kosa.com -----Original Message----- From: James Xing [mailto:james.xing@merc-tech-grp.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Maximo Hi Group, I have a Maximo system moving into production, using Oracle 816/Sun solaris If anyone has experience, from DBA point of view, what I should be care of? anything to change/check? any particular table? Thanks James -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: James Xing INET: james.xing@merc-tech-grp.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). RE: Maximo
Thanks Chris,
Did you turn on MTS on your production server? Is that recommended?
In our environment, the system was fine on dev server which is not using MTS, another DBA who is in charge of production server turned MTS on and found the performance is 4 times slower.  
 
James
-----Original Message-----
From: root@fatcity.com [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Bowes, Chris
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:28 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Maximo

ON all the maximo installations I have done, the biggest problems have been with maxencrypt a table that holds the encrypted key that allows everyone in the base.  There is a script that will reset this if the users cannot get into the system.   Make sure that the character set in the client is set to the same as the base.  If users cannot get into the base due to bad password and you *know* the user/password are correct, then something happened to the maxencrypt and/or the character sets are not the same.  I am hoping that 4i eliminates that table, but since I haven't seen it, I don't know if it does.

I don't know about the current version, but when I worked with it about a year ago, the indexes were terrible.  We dropped and created a number of indexes to improve things.  We used cost base optimization (oracle v7 at the time) and and a job that analyzed every couple weeks on the big tables and every month on the others.

If you have to do an import of the base, you will need to run the maxora??.sql script that creates a couple views under sys.  I am sorry that I cannot remember the script at this moment.   I'll check with some of my old comrades and see if they can remember it. 

If you're moving to production, you probably have all the columns defined and sized.  If not, sometimes the column changes do not get registered in the maxsyscols table and you'll need to update it.

Otherwise, the system really does quite well once it is running.  If I can think of anything else I'll re-reply.

--Chris
Chris.Bowes@Kosa.com


-----Original Message-----
From: James Xing [mailto:james.xing@merc-tech-grp.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Maximo


Hi Group,

I have a Maximo system moving into production, using Oracle 816/Sun solaris
If anyone has experience, from DBA point of view, what I should be care of?
anything to change/check? any particular table?

Thanks
James

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