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Cloud CLI
By Franck Pachot . Here is how to quickly install the CLI (Command Line Interface) for the following public clouds: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. On Linux, I’m using wget but you can use curl....
View ArticleUse Ansible like a Programming Language
I did not intend to create a new blog on Ansible so fast, but here it comes. My previous blog on that topic was a first step in Ansible world. Now, it is time to use some of the advanced features....
View ArticlePatroni on FreeBSD 13?
You can already find several blog posts around PostgreSQL protected by Patroni on our blog. They all have in common, that the setup is on a flavor of Linux. As I got impressed by FreeBSD and played...
View ArticleParameterized Views with SYS_CONTEXT in Oracle. How can the optimizer peek...
There was a dicsussion a couple of years ago about a mssing feature in Oracle that the Optimizer is not peeking values when SYS_CONTEXT is being used in a predicate. I.e. specifically when using...
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Oracle Internet Directory or Oracle Access manager 12.2.1.4 fails to install...
Recently I had to install Oracle Internet Directory (OID) and Oracle Access Manager (OAM) both in 12.2.1.4 on a Red Hat 8 for new QA and PRODUCTION environments. The installation of the OID 12.2.1.4...
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SQL Server Tips: Get back permissions lost for mount points!
Recently by a customer, we are facing the case to lose all mount points on a secondary node in a HA SQL Server AlwaysOn infrastructure due to a big problem on the Datacenter. We need to build from...
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Rancher installation on RHEL 8 compatible Linux
This Blog is about the installation of Rancher Community on a RHEL 8 compatible Linux, for this Blog i choose AlmaLinux 8.4, but i will also work on Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Candidate. Base is an...
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SQL Server: Analysis of SCOM Warning on the Health Check
Sometimes, it’s hard to find how to analyze a Warning in the SCOM Interface and correct the problem. By a customer, we install new instances in SQL Server 2019 and change the version of SCOM. All new...
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De-Ubuntu Ubuntu
Canonical is consistently promoting Snap Integration in the Ubuntu world with all its market power. However, many do not like this development with Ubuntu. But what options do you still have as an...
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SQL Server: How to compare Server and Database Collation
Sometimes during an SQL Server audit, I check the collation of the server and the databases but every time separately. The goal of this blog is to give you a script to have both and compare it. First...
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SQL Server SCOM: Many perf.perfHourly and State.StateHourly tables in...
By a customer, the SCOM’s Database OperationManagerDW growth fast and becomes very big. To see what’s happens, in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), I right-click on the database open...
View Articledctmping, A Documentum Repository Checker Utility
When working with containers, the usual trend is to make them as compact as possible by removing any file or executable that is not used by what is deployed in it. Typically, interactive commands are...
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The new WebLogic remote-console
An interesting new project that started a few months ago is the WebLogic Remote Console. Its main advantage is that it allows to edit a domain’s configuration with no need for a running console...
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HtmlAdaptorServer, A JMX Agent with HTML Presentation for WebLogic
In this article, I presented a little utility based on the SimpleHTTPServer jython module to visualize into an HTML page a WebLogic server’s configuration and run-time mbeans. I also mentioned that...
View ArticleCustomizing Oracle WebLogic wlst
As stated in Oracle’s documentation, the WebLogic Scripting Tool, or wlst for short, can be extended by adding functions in 2 non mutually exclusive places: any file located in $WL_HOME/common/wlst any...
View ArticleRecurring PostgreSQL Installations using RHEL 8 and Clones
This Blog is a follow up uf one of my older Blogs and my Article at heise.de: Blog at dbi-services.com Article at heise.de For RHEL 8 at its clones like AlmaLinux, CentOS, Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux...
View ArticleWhen to secure erase storage devices? How to do it on Oracle Database...
TL;DR If hardware stays inside your data center, it’s ok to secure erase storage devices. If it leaves your data center (decommission, move to another location), it’s best to physically destroy...
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JENKINS – Deploy Ansible Playbook with Jenkins plugin
Hi team As you know Jenkins has over 1700 plugins available which make him one of the most powerful and flexible tool ever created:) so let’s see one of the most interesting plugin:Making builds with...
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See you on Polywork (an new LinkedIn?)
By Franck Pachot . I have published 105 additional blog posts here since the 500th one https://blog.dbi-services.com/rollback-to-savepoint/ that I have written on my come back to dbi-services. On...
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Kubernetes : from Docker to containerd
Kubernetes is very popular and well-known open-source orchestration platform for containers. Very dynamic ecosystem, the release cycle is also very fast. Six months passed since the K8s team announced...
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