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Event: Taste the new flavours of the Oracle Database Appliance

Jan242018Pablo Hendrickxdata appliance, database, event, hardware, linux, oda

1st of March 2018 We cordially invited you to join us in tasting the new Oracle Database Appliance: a small, medium and high performance version for all your database needs - even if you run Oracle Standard Edition! Our experts and some current ODA users served you the details. And because one cannot live off desserts...

One-off ODA patch in the database

Oct172017Freek D'Hoogedata appliance, hardware, oda, opatch, oracle, patching, PSU

When applying an ODA patch, you use a dedicated patch bundle which include the patches for all the different component ranging from the disk firmware and the OS to the database software itself. These patch bundles are then installed using oakcli (or odacli, depending on your ODA version). Given this patch methodology and given that…

Exitas Technical Lunch: Oracle Database Appliance

Mar072017Pablo Hendrickxdata appliance, Exitas Technical Lunch, hardware, oda, oracle

29th of March 2017 Did you know the easiest database hardware now comes in 4 models? Did you know you can save money by improving your database performance? To inform you about the latest Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) release, we hosted a Technical Lunch on the 29th of March 2017 After a small lunch, the speakers - some of...

Handy Oracle support notes

Mar032017Pablo Hendrickx12c, buffer cache, cloud, data appliance, database, Exadata, explain plan, linux, materialized views, migration, oda, opatch, ORA-07445, oracle, parallel, parallel query, parameter, partitioning, patching, pga, pga_aggregate_limit, PSU, rac, security, storage, support, upgrade

Sometimes you just need one or more MOS / Oracle support notes quickly... Don't worry, we've got your back. We created a list of useful notes which we ourselves use every day. If you are already logged in to My Oracle Support you will immediately be redirected to the note. We are constantly updating this...

ODA re-image 12.1.2.6

Apr252016Pablo Hendrickxdata appliance, linux, oda, patching

Doing an ODA re-image 12.1.2.6 on an ODA X3-2 (the installed version was 2.10, as in 2.10 without 12.1 in front of it 🙂 ) seems like an easy task, but it isn’t. 12.1.2.6 doesn’t contain a firmware upgrade because it has the upgrade from OEL5 to EL6 and otherwise the patch would be too…

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Event: Taste the new flavours of the Oracle Database Appliance

One-off ODA patch in the database

Exitas Technical Lunch: Oracle Database Appliance

Handy Oracle support notes

ODA re-image 12.1.2.6