Transforming Business with Oracle technologies
Recently I was building a new Oracle Linux yum repository for a project, and had to kick off a uln-yum-mirror. This process is the key to making a local copy of an Oracle yum repository, enabling local hosts to use Continue reading How much bandwidth is my Linux system using, and other network info.
It’s happening folks, the migration to the cloud. Over the last decade, the cloud has become one of the most defining transformation challenges to IT. Gone is the day of monolithic applications, with all the servers in a single datacenter. Continue reading HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR CLOUD? STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-VENDOR PUBLIC, PRIVATE & HYBRID CLOUD MANAGEMENT
I was talking with a customer today, and discussing the problems of tracking security compliance for all of their systems, the OS, Middleware and database tiers. I mentioned that Enterprise manager could do this, and was meant with surprise because Continue reading Security Compliance for the Enterprise
So, finally getting moved into my new Dell beast ( A MAXED out 7710) , and ran across an odd “feature” that is driving me crazy. When I drag a window, I get a weird popup, that forces the windows Continue reading Funny popup/snap window when dragging a window on a Dell
I’ve joined in on Tim Hall’s (https://oracle-base.com) idea to celebrate the Oracle Technology Network, and write about their favorite feature. While many people today are talking about the technologies that Oracle Technology Network supports, I decided to go a different Continue reading OTN Appreciation Day : OTN Community
First, if you don’t already use Virtualbox for your local sandbox/development environment, you really should take a look at this very powerful notebook/desktop hypervisor. Not only is it free, but when you install the extensions into your guest VMs Continue reading vboxadd.sh: failed: Please check that you have gcc, make, the header files for your Linux kernel and possibly perl installed..
It’s that time of year again, time to pack your bags, grab a few spare cell batteries and head to San Francisco for Oracle Open World. This year I again have a very busy schedule! Not only am I Continue reading Oracle Open World 2016 – When and where to find me!
Hidden in the February 2016 release ( 12.1.2.6 ) of the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) new Oracle VM feature is enabled, called Driver Domains. Driver Domains are a new way to manage storage on the ODA, and show significance disk Continue reading Configuring Driver Domains on the ODA
Incase you missed the news, Oracle released Oracle VM 3.4.1 in the last week. This is a…major… release for Oracle with a few HUGE features being added, and some fairly significant performance features. I have had the opportunity to work Continue reading Oracle VM 3.4.1 released
I recently had the chance to talk to a few Hardware managers at a client site, and mentioned in passing that one of the neat tricks you can do with Enterprise Manager 13c, was monitor the physical hardware. A week Continue reading Monitoring ILOMs with Enterprise Manager