Creating ASM devices on AIX
I thought of sharing few tips on creating ASM devices on AIX which I will be helpful to Oracle DBA's. Suppose SysAdmin gives you list of Serial numbers for LUN…
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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…
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Recreating Database Link
I was trying to recreate database links as part of database migration activity. This involved mixture of 8i,9i and 10g database. In case of 8i/9i it is very easy to…
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Database Security: Transparent Data Encryption
Data in the database is secured by using authentication, authorization and auditing mechanism, but the information stored in the datafiles can be read using any hex-editor tools or other OS…
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Changes To 10g OCA Certification
People planning to appear for 10g OCA Exam will be startled to find that they need to pass additional exam to get the certificate. Starting from December 1, 2008, in…
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10g RAC Tuning :Useful Link
I came across useful link which contains 10g RAC Tuning tips from Joel Goodman (Oracle). It discusses RAC Instance Recovery concepts and key things to look out for while tuning…
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