Manually installing an OEM 12c sandbox environment – Part 1 System Preparation
Often I am asked what are the steps to install a basic OEM…
Encrypting a directory under Oracle Linux 6 with eCryptFS
I recently was asked on the best way to encrypt a directory under Linux,…
ERROR: Oracle VM Manager can not be installed on a 64 bit Oracle Linux version 6.7
While rebuilding my OVM at home, I hit a new bug with the 3.3.3…
How fast is that network?
Ever need to know how fast two servers can move data between each other?…
ILOM error “No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)"
After I installed Java 8 on my main notebook, I had the need to…
RHEL to OL HOL Prep – Creating an RHEL6 VM in Virtual Box
This is the preparation work, required for the May 2015 Oracle Technology Network (OTN)…
Oracle VM templates, the easy way – Part 1of3 Creating the template
This will be a short a sweet, at the request of several folks that…
Solaris 11.2 Security: Part 1 – Security 101 and Checking your security
We have all seen the news, there is a war on, one that does…
Installing Solaris x86 11.2 from an ISO in Virtualbox – part 3 – NICs, IPs and hostnames
Here we are, a freshly patched Solaris 11.2 server, and nothing to do…
What happened to the Database Appliance Release 2.11?
I have been asked by several clients recently why Oracle missed an ODA release,…