Solaris+SPARC is Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) free

Worried about the security of your data?  Did you know that SPARC+Solaris servers are not only Meltdown free, but also the ONLY platform that you can buy today that runs an Oracle Database that was not impacted by the Meltdown Continue reading Solaris+SPARC is Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) free

ORACLE DATABASE 18C AND THE NEW ORACLE RELEASE CYCLE

At OOW this year, Oracle announced Database 18c. Technically this is a refresh to 12.2.0.1, and at one point was going to be released as 12.2.0.2, but Oracle is using the new release to change how releases are both named Continue reading ORACLE DATABASE 18C AND THE NEW ORACLE RELEASE CYCLE

SPARC AND SOLARIS, THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

“A LIE CAN RUN ROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH HAS GOT ITS BOOTS ON.”–TERRY PRATCHETT, THE TRUTH Recently there have been a ton of rumors being spread that Solaris is dead, SPARC is dead and that these technologies are Continue reading SPARC AND SOLARIS, THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

Recovering your Oracle VM Manager when you have no backup

OOPS… the worse words to hear when your working on a server. So, long story…. basically I Iost my main system that ran my virtualized Oracle VM Manager (OVMM) and my Enterprise Manager 13.2 (EM) systems. Being it’s just my Continue reading Recovering your Oracle VM Manager when you have no backup

What is all this talk about cloud diversity about?

  Recently, there has been some talk about a concept called cloud diversity. Cloud diversity is an old concept with a new name. Prior to the cloud, when we had servers in datacenters that were managed by the business, a Continue reading What is all this talk about cloud diversity about?

OMC: Database Monitoring for a Modern Application Architecture

Let’s just face the facts, without an operational database the application do not work! There a dozens on monitoring tools that do a good gob of monitoring your database when it is in your datacenter, but things are getting really Continue reading OMC: Database Monitoring for a Modern Application Architecture

Oracle Management Cloud: Data Explorer

One of the abilities you get with the Oracle management Cloud, is the ability to explore all of the data points across all of the offerings.  This allows you to use the data from multiple sources to not only analysis Continue reading Oracle Management Cloud: Data Explorer

OMC Infrastructure Monitoring– Linux Entities

If you have not heard, Oracle recently released some new management technology that lets you monitor resources about anywhere they are installed… on-premises, Amazon Cloud, Oracle Cloud… even systems in your basement lab! In this entry of the series I Continue reading OMC Infrastructure Monitoring– Linux Entities

Deploying the Oracle Management Cloud Application Performance Monitoring agent on WebLogic

  Application Performance monitoring is a powerful tool, for not only the developer, but also the DBA and system administrators that support the Infrastructure. It is one of the Oracle Management Cloud components, and it is the one that focuses Continue reading Deploying the Oracle Management Cloud Application Performance Monitoring agent on WebLogic