Today was the Oracle ACE Directors meeting from 10:00-16:00.
Database:
As far as the database was concerned, I was hoping we would get a sneak preview of the much hailed “Big Announcement” planned for Larry Ellison’s keynote speech on Wednesday. Unfortunately all attempts to draw something out of Mark Townsend resulted in phrases like, “Wait until Wednesday!”
This [...]
Today has been a bit of a rare day…
I hurt my back last night at Karate. I managed to get in on a cancellation at my osteopath, so off I went this morning to get everything straightened out.
I left the osteopath just in time to get to the Prometric test center down the road to [...]
I passed the Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators (1Z0-050) exam today. It’s a bit of a relief because I feel like I’ve been preparing for this exam for a year. My first OCP revision article was written about 1 year ago, when I was hoping to be ready for the beta exam. Unfortunately, all the [...]
It looks like those possible VMware ESX articles I mentioned yesterday are now on the VIOPS site.
10g RAC on RHEL4 using ESX Server and NFS
11g RAC on RHEL5 using ESX Server and NFS
If you’re interested in the enterprise VMware kit it’s worth taking a look at the site. New stuff is being added all [...]
There are going to be even more ways to meet Oracle ACEs at this years OpenWorld. The OTN Lounge is going to have some time slots where you can meet and chat with Oracle ACEs about any subject you want. See here:
Oracle ACE Office Hours in the OTN Lounge
Some Oracle heavyweights have already signed up [...]
More OCP revision notes. This time an overview of ASM enhancements…
Automatic Storage Manager (ASM) Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g Release 1
Cheers
Tim…
I knew Oracle had bought BEA, so I knew they had acquired the WebLogic stuff, but I can’t remember reading that they had practically scrapped their own Application Servers in favor of it. The last I read about it was this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/04/oracle_bea_roadmap/
Yet a quick visit to the Oracle websites makes it look pretty clear that WebLogic [...]
I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently that I’m in the process of installing and moving a whole bunch of servers from our current site to a new location. Well the first phase of this process was completed over the weekend. The move involved a change in platform from Alpha to Linux for a few [...]
I’ve just put another Oracle 11g new features article live:
Resource Manager Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g Release 1
Cheers
Tim…
Looks like Google’s “Wikipedia Killer” called Knol has arrived. Check out this announcement.
I’ve created a bio and a Knol called Oracle. I expect lots official people will want to collaborate on that one.
Cheers
Tim…