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DBMS_SCHEDULER jobs not running?

I came across this posting on OTN which lists down things to check in case your scheduler job is not . This is quite [Read More]

‘Metric execution timed out’ error reported by Grid

We use 10.2 Enterprise Manager Grid control  to monitor our oracle database environments . Apart from the normal [Read More]

Downloading Oracle Software directly to Server

Downloading Oracle Software directly to Server

This article is based on Pythian’s aricle DOWNLOADING FROM OTN DIRECTLY TO YOUR DATABASE SERVER. Article [Read More]

11gR2 Silent Install errors with [SEVERE] – Invalid My Oracle Support credentials

While performing  11gR2 RAC Database Software installation with response file (silent mode), I got this error. - [Read More]

opmnctl start fails when ORA_NLS10 parameter is set

I got into this issue , where in while starting Grid Control components, opmnctl command failed with following errors [Read More]

‘RAC’ Archives

11gR2: CVU needs SCAN Listeners’ Manual Startup During Grid-Infrastructure Configuration

During configuration phase of Grid Infrastructure for cluster, CVU failed while performing post-checks. Following message is displaced in the Installation Log file: Checking Single Client Access Name (SCAN)... WARNING: PRVF-5056 : Scan Listener "LISTENER" not running [Read More]

Cluvfy Reports CRS not Installed on Nodes

Before I start my post, I would like to wish all our readers a “Happy New Year”. While reviewing a 10gR2 RAC configuration I faced following errors on invoking cluvfy utility $ ./cluvfy stage -post crsinst -n prod01,prod02 -verbose Performing post-checks for [Read More]

Link:11gR2 RAC installation steps on OEL4

If you are looking for steps for 11gR2 RAC installation, you can refer to this article by Rajeev Ramdas at Dbastreet.com. Article lists down steps for installing 11gR2 RAC on 64 bit Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (OEL4) using ASM for storage. As Raw devices are no longer [Read More]

Link: Best practices for AIX RAC Database on OTN

A new whitepaper has been published on OTN which primarily discusses best practices for AIX 5.2,5.3 and 6.1 for RAC database for avoiding node eviction due to Oprocd.  It also mentions recommended AIX VMO parameters and recommended patches for Oracle RAC. You can find the [Read More]

SRVCTL fails to start RAC resources:CRS-0215

After upgrading RAC database to 10204 and applying CRS bundle patch-1 for 10204 crs home, srvctl command fails to startup resources on rac nodes. While starting up RAC resources using SRVCTL following error occurs in CRSD.log file: $ srvctl start instance -d rac -i rac2 [Read More]

CRS Fails to Start – 10.2.0.1 RAC Install on AIX

I was installing 10.2.0.1 on IBM AIX 5L and while running root.sh from first node (as part of Clusterware installation) got following messages Now formatting voting device: /dev/voting_disk01 Now formatting voting device: /dev/voting_disk02 Now formatting voting device: [Read More]

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Hello, Great this tip that you sent, you helped me so much. but take care when to use dd command. Regards, Read the post

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This is very straight forward and clear.It has become easy when compared to referring the looong docs. Read the post