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SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME and ENABLE=BROKEN
By Franck Pachot . Those parameters, SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME in sqlnet.ora and ENABLE=BROKEN in a connection description exist for a long time but may have changed in behavior. They are both related to...
View ArticleOracle 20c : The new PREPARE DATABASE FOR DATA GUARD
As you may know, Oracle 20c is in the cloud with new features. The one I have tested is the PREPARE DATABASE FOR DATA GUARD. This command configures a database for use as a primary database in a Data...
View ArticleOracle 20c Data Guard : Validating a Fast Start Failover Configuration
In Oracle 20c, we can now validate a Fast Start Failover configuration with the new command VALIDATE FAST_START FAILOVER. This command will help identifying issues in the configuration. I tested this...
View ArticleSpeed up datapump export for migrating big databases
Introduction Big Oracle databases (several TB) are still tough to migrate to another version on a new server. For most of them, you’ll probably use RMAN restore or Data Guard, but datapump is always a...
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Control-M – Agent Upgrade – Communication Issue
At a customer, we are upgrading Control-M Agents running on Windows/Unix from 9.0.00.400 to 9.0.19.200 using Agent Deployment, an upgrade of one agent fails with error talking about communication issue...
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Control-M/EM : Unlock and Take ownership of a folder
Introduction : Definition of a workspace: It is a board letting you create and update folders and jobs, once you work ended and saved into the base the workspace can be deleted. Sometimes when you...
View ArticleOracle 20c SQL Macros: a scalar example to join agility and performance
By Franck Pachot . Let’s say you have a PEOPLE table with FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME and you want, in many places of your application, to display the full name. Usually my name will be displayed as...
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DevOpsDays 2020 Geneva – Day 1
It is a pleasure to come back to Geneva after 5 years to attend my first DevOps event. I’m very excited to share with you my first day feedback, but before I would like to thank dbi services for...
View ArticleJava 1.8 Utility classes: XML, ZIP, BufferedImage and Download
When I write code, I usually need some utility classes to ease the development. So here I will share my most used classes. Hope this will help you as well! XML store and load I strongly use XML for...
View ArticleWebLogic 12.2.1.4 software installation or upgrade, installs and configure...
We are using silent installation to install WebLogic Server software based on a response file with “INSTALL_TYPE=WebLogic Server” but it looks like the coherence server is installed becuase when we...
View ArticleAfter login as administrator to the WebLogic console, impossible to run...
For a few weeks I was faced with a problem that I had never encountered before. On a Windows Server, browsing to the WebLogic Administration console, I was not able to do any modification or even check...
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DevOpsDays 2020 Geneva – Day 2
As promised in my previous blog, I will give you a short feedback on the second day here at DevOpsDays 2020 Geneva. In fact, I prepared a very interesting program of sessions to attend and people to...
View ArticleWebLogic Server process takes 100% CPU
During some monitoring work I niticed taht top shows the process 12013 using 800% CPU (We have a 12 CPU machine) and had to find out what’s happening !! I used top to check the process ID and then the...
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DevOpsDays 2020 at HEG in Geneva
This 2020 new year began with a really exiting DevOps Event in Geneva. Kubernetes, Helm, Cloud Native, CNCF, CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform,… So much topics around DevOps that was in every people mouth....
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Refactoring procedural to SQL – an example with MySQL Sakila
By Franck Pachot What I want to show in this blog post is that, as in mathematics where you have to apply some algebra rules to transform an equation to an equivalent one, the database developer must...
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Control M/EM : Shout destination tables graphic and cmd mode
Introduction : Today we will check how to use notification by using shout destination table, indeed sometime it could be useful to be notified about our jobs status ( long execution, late submission...
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SQL Server: Collect Page Split events using Extended Event session
Earlier this week someone tried to show me how to capture page split events using Extended Events (XE) but unfortunately, the demo failed. This is a good opportunity for me to refresh my knowledge...
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Control M /EM : Mass update,some examples on how to use it
Introduction: We are back today to write about a powerful tool that we can use to update our folders. Question: Suppose you have to update two jobs of your folder; the task should be easy. But what...
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How to automate a kill of one or several executing jobs in AJF at specific...
Introduction We had a request to automate a kill of some executing jobs in AJF at specific date and time. For example: A Control-M job is running a program all day, in order other programs can connect...
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Restore S3 Object with AWSPOWERSHELL
AWS S3 offers different Storage Classes, allowing to optimize cost among others. For instance, some classes are used for archiving purposes: S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive. It means the storage...
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