Exadata memory configuration
Read this post if your Exadata compute nodes have 512/768GB of RAM or you plan to upgrade to the same. There has been a lot of information about hugepages and I wouldn’t go into too much details. For...
View ArticleInstalling OEM13c management agent in silent mode
For many customers I work with SSH won't be available between the OEM and monitoring hosts. Therefore you cannot push the management agent on to the host from the OEM console. Customer might have to...
View ArticleUnable to perform initial elastic configuration on Exadata X6
I had the pleasure to deploy another Exadata in the first week of 2017 and got my first issue this year. As we know starting with Exadata X5, Oracle introduced the concept of Elastic Configuration....
View Articleonecommand fails to change storage cell name
It's been a busy month - five Exadata deployments in the past three weeks and new personal best - 2x Exadata X6-2 Eighth Racks with CoD and storage upgrade deployed in only 6hrs! An issue I encountered...
View ArticleUpgrading to Exadata 12.1.2.2.0 or later - mind the 32bit packages
This might not be relevant anymore, shame on me for keeping it draft for few months. However, there are still people running an older versions of Exadata storage software and it might still help...
View ArticleOracle Database 12.2 released for Exadata on-premises
We live in exciting times, Oracle Database 12.2 for Exadata was released earlier today. The 12.2 database was already available on the Exadata Express Cloud Service and Database as a service for a few...
View ArticleHow to install Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module
I had the joy of using the Oracle Database Cloud backup module a month ago. Needless to say that things changed since last year and some of the blogs posts I found were not relative anymore.I used the...
View ArticleDatapatch fails to rollback patch 25985768
Well it's been almost three years since my last post and while I haven't blogged for that long I am still working with Oracle technologies. I joined Accenture Enkitec Group in February 2018 and I've...
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High availability deployment of Oracle SOA and MFT 12.2.1.4
Long time no updates from me. Hope you are all well. I'm currently working on a Supercluster project where I provide database support. To help my colleagues and the whole project I decided to step out...
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Provisioning Exadata Cloud Service X8M
About a month ago Oracle released Exadata X8M in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Except for finally getting X8M in the cloud the major feature of this release is the ability to provision elastic...
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Scaling Exadata Cloud Service X8M Compute
Following my last week post on how to provision Exadata Cloud X8M service, I'm going further this week with scaling the infrastructure with more compute nodes. Until now scaling an existing X6, X7 or...
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Installing Oracle BIP 12.2.1.4
As part of my middleware journey I had to install BI Publisher (BIP) on Supercluster (Solaris) and was surprised by the error below:[2020-08-19T16:19:51.077+01:00] [as] [NOTIFICATION] []...
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Upgrading Exadata Cloud Service databases 19c
Few days ago Oracle announced another OCI feature. You can now upgrade Exadata Cloud Service databases to Oracle Database version 19c through the console or API. It's great to see the availability of...
View ArticleProvisioning Oracle database home 19c on ExaCS X8M fails
As the title suggests, I tried the other day to provision database home 19c on my X8M system and it failed. I managed quickly to find what the issue is and it comes down to file permissions.The Exadata...
View ArticleExadata patch pre-check fails due to wrong server model
I've been mostly busy with OCI-C and OCI in the past three years but occasionally I have to patch Exadata systems. That's what I have been doing every quarter for a Norwegian customer, patch their prod...
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