I know it’s been said before, but I read this and thought, once Red Hat’s market value starts to drop Oracle could get a really good deal.
I thought the reference to the quality of Red Hat’s support was quite comical. I’ve always found their support to be terrible. To be more specific, you raise a [...]
I’ve been having a play with the DBFS functionality in 11gR2.
Oracle Database File System (DBFS) in Oracle Database 11g Release 2
For the most part it is extremely simple. If you are working on Linux then it’s a really neat solution. On any other platform you are limited to using the dbfs_client tool, which is currently [...]
I’ve been using Kickstart and network installations for a while now. I think the last time I wrote about it was in RHEL3 days (here).
Well I finally got round to having a look at PXE Network Installations, which just tags an extra bit onto the start to save you running round with boot CDs.
PXE Network [...]
I finally got round to trying an NFS installation of 11gR2 RAC.
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 RAC On Linux Using NFS
No real surprises here. It all seems a little simpler when using NFS, but it was cronically slow on my crappy kit.
Cheers
Tim…
A couple of new articles have crept out recently. The first is me pretending to understand DNS.
DNS Configuration for the SCAN used with Oracle RAC Database 11g Release 2
I used this configuration in place of the “/etc/hosts” in my VMware RAC installation and it worked great.
The second is a brief romp through edition-based redefinition.
Edition Based [...]
Since I upgraded my desktop to CentOS 5.4 I’ve been getting loads of problems with VMware Server 2.x. I did a bit of Googling today and it turns out it’s a known problem. I followed the workaround listed at the following URL and it works fine now.
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=23365&start=0#forumpost91494
If you are struggling with VMware Server on RHEL [...]
Having seen the fuss over Google Chrome for Linux I decided to jump on the bandwagon and download it.
When I tried to install it I was met with this message:
# rpm -i google-chrome-beta_current_x86_64.rpm
warning: google-chrome-beta_current_x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 7fac5991
error: Failed dependencies:
lsb >= 3.2 is needed by google-chrome-beta-4.0.249.30-33928.x86_64
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This restriction to LSB (Linux Standard [...]
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I had a play around yesterday and installed Oracle 11gR2 on Fedora 12:
Fedora 12 (F12) Installation
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) Installation On Fedora 12 (F12)
I think this might be the last time I install Oracle on Fedora. Why? For two reasons:
When I first started doing installs on Red Hat 7 (pre Enterprise Linux) it [...]
CentOS 5.4 has been released…
I still use CentOS as the host OS for my home server so it’s nice to have the update, but I never use it for Oracle installations anymore. I only use Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) for that. Both RHEL and OEL have had 5.4 for a little while now, so there’s [...]
You know you’re a geek when…
Faced with the choice between drinking, dancing and eating at the OTN Night party or attending the OTN Installfest, you go to the OTN Installfest…
Without making myself sound even sadder than I am, this years Installfest had some quite exciting stuff in it.
Btrfs – You love Linux, but you wish [...]