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Saturday February 11th 2012

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Copying Oracle Scheduler jobs with Arguments

Oracle provides dbms_scheduler.copy_job function to copy oracle scheduler jobs which works great. But problem is that [Read More]

EM12c:Automated discovery of Targets

EM12c:Automated discovery of Targets

In this post we will discuss the Automated discovery of Targets in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control(EM 12c). Once you [Read More]

Em12c:Silent Oracle Management agent Installation

This Post would describe how to install Oracle Management Agent 12c in silent mode. We need to download the agent [Read More]

11gR2:Listener Startup Issues

In this blog post I will be discussing listener startup issues faced in 11gR2 RAC. I will be constantly updating this [Read More]

Get Upgrading: Upgrade to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

Get Upgrading: Upgrade to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

This post describes the steps to upgrade an existing 11g Enterprise Manager Grid Control (11.1.0.1.0) to 12c [Read More]

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Steps to Upgrade 11.2.0.1 RAC to 11.2.0.2

Steps to Upgrade 11.2.0.1 RAC to 11.2.0.2

This post is in continuation to Grid Infrastructure upgrade post written earlier. Ensure that you have downloaded the software and  have upgraded the infrastructure database. Following files contain database software for 11.2.0.2. p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip [Read More]

Upgrading Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 on RHEL4

Upgrading Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 on RHEL4

11.2.0.2 Patchset was released few days back. I decided to upgrade a test RAC database to 11.2.0.2 yesterday and was able to do it successfully. I will be documenting the steps here for easy reference Environment Details 2 node RAC on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 [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. - Invalid My Oracle Support credentials I was using default response files for performing this installation. Searching on MOS (My Oracle Support ), I got a note [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]

11gR2 Database Installation with ASM on OEL5

11gR2 Database Installation with ASM on OEL5

I will be listing down steps for 11g Release 2 installation on Linux x86. There has been few changes incorporated in 11gR2 which must be given due consideration before starting installation. ASM instance now runs from new Oracle Home called Grid Infrastructure. If you wish [Read More]

Installing 10.2.0.5 EM using software-only on 10.2.0.4/11g DB (GUI)

Installing 10.2.0.5 EM using software-only on 10.2.0.4/11g DB (GUI)

In this article , I will discuss how to install 10.2.0.5 EM Grid using 10.2.0.4 database. This method can also be used with 11g database.When you carry out 10.2.0.1 EM Grid control installation, it creates a 10.1.0.4 Database by default which is no longer supported and [Read More]

Silent Install :OUI-10133:Invalid staging area Error

While using silent install for database software installation , you could encounter following errors SEVERE:OUI-10133:Invalid staging area. There are no top level components for IBM SP AIX available for installation in this staging area. This error is reported when OUI is [Read More]

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