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Oracle Exadata X6 released
Oracle has just announced the next generation of Exadata Database Machine – X6-2 and X6-8.Here are the changes for Exadata X6-2:1) X6-2 Database Server: As always the hardware has been updated and the...
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Storage difference between 2 identical Exa boxes. How and why?
We noticed around 1.6TB storage difference between two Eight (1/8) Exadata boxes while configuring Data Guard. Wondered what went wrong. The Exa box configured for DR was around 1.6TB short compare to...
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Exadata onecommand fails at cell disk creation
I was installing another Exadata last month when I got an error on create cell disks step. I’ve seen the same error before when I was extending two to three rack Exadata configuration but thought it...
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Enhancements to the Oracle Multitenant option in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 –...
In this blog post series, we are looking at noteworthy enhancements to the Oracle Multitenant option of the Oracle Database in 12.1.0.2. In the previous post, we looked at the new Zone Maps feature,...
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Managing Virtualized Exadata with Oracle Enterprise Manager
A friend wrote:“I am interested in knowing about how Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c can manage a Virtualized Exadata.“First of all, would Enterprise Manager be aware of the different OVMs (Oracle...
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Enterprise Manager 13c - New Look and features
Friends,Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c has been released this Friday. This is what the new Self-Service screen looks like:Enterprise Manager 13c unifies hardware and software management. Important...
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Best Practices for Exadata Plug-in for Enterprise Manager, and Real...
A friend asked "I am about to go live with Exadata. I want to ask if there are best practices to setting up Enterprise Manager and the Exadata plug-in."Sure. The following My Oracle Support documents...
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How to rename ASM disk groups in Exadata
Deployment of Exadata requires you to generate configuration using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA). Within the same the default ASM disk groups names are DBFS_DG, RECOC1 and DATAC1. I...
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Oracle SPARC M7 Processor Breaks the “Sacrifice Performance for Security”...
Oracle Executive Vice President John Fowler used the occasion of Open World 2015 to introduce Oracle's SPARC M7 processor, the fastest in the world. Learn more ...
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How to move OEM12c management agent to new location
While working on another Exadata project recently I found that OEM12c agents on the compute nodes were installed on different locations on each of the three Exadatas. On one of them was under...
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Top 8 Strategies to Thrive at Oracle OpenWorld
Yes! It’s that time of the year again when we start planning for the premier Oracle OpenWorld. So let’s get right into it! Read more here – Top 8 Strategies to Thrive at Oracle OpenWorld o o o o o o...
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Exadata X5 PDU – CLI already in use
Exadata X5-2 and X4-8B racks are delivered with the “Enhanced” PDU metering units connected via the Cisco switch. Although the documentation says they should have static addresses, they don’t. You need...
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Shrink/Grow Exadata diskgroups
One of the important tasks that I foresee after an initial Exadata deployment is, mostly prior to DB in production, is to balance/resize the Exadata diskgroups (DATA & RECO). Generally, the space...
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Latest Realease of Oracle Exadata Exachk and HealthCheck
Announcing the release of Exachk Version 12.1.0.2.4_20150702. For more details on Oracle Exadata Exachk and healthcheck, take a look at the MOS article “Oracle Exadata Database Machine exachk or...
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Latest Release of Oracle Exadata Exachk and HealthCheck
Announcing the release of Exachk Version 12.1.0.2.4_20150702. Exachk is a tool that is used to quickly determine the health of the entire Exadata infrastructure. Some of the key components that are...
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Exadata’s onecommand fails to validate NTP servers on storage servers
This will be simple and short post on an issue I had recently. I got the following error while running the first step of onecommand – Validate Configuration File:2015-07-01 12:31:03,712 [INFO ][...
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You will now be able to use Exadata on the Oracle Database Cloud
Friends, ever wanted to use Exadata for your databases, but couldn’t? Oracle will now make it possible to use Exadata databases directly on the cloud.Last month, on June 22, Oracle announced the...
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MGMTDB not automatically created on Exadata X5 and GI 12.1.0.2
While deploying an X5 Full Rack recently it happened that the Grid Infrastructure Management Repository was not created by onecommand. The GIMR database was optional in 12.1.0.1 and became mandatory in...
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dbnodeupdate.sh post upgrade step fails on Exadata storage software 12.1.2.1.1
I’ve done several Exadata deployments in the past two months and had to upgrade the Exadata storage software on half of them. Reason for that was because units shipped before May had their Exadata...
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How do I change DNS servers on Exadata storage servers
This is just a quick post to highlight a problem I had recently on another Exadata deployment.For the most customers the management network on Exadata is routable and the DNS servers are accessible....
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