October 2009

ORA-02290: check constraint (RMAN.AL_C_STATUS) violated

I ran into this problem today when I was working on a backup problem. The scenario…
Getting started with iSCSI part IV-Slightly advanced material

The final part of the article series focuses on some slightly more advanced topics, such as…
Getting started with iSCSI part III-Mounting Storage

After all the necessary work has been completed on the iSCSI appliance we are now ready…
PRVF-4664 : Found inconsistent name resolution entries for SCAN name

This has proven to be a worthy adversary – “PRVF-4664 : Found inconsistent name resolution entries…
Getting started with iSCSI part II-Presenting Storage

This part of the series focuses on how to add storage to your appliance and then…
Getting started with iSCSI part I-Openfiler Fundamentals

After having read a number of articles detailing the use of Openfiler and Real Application Clusters…
Connected to an idle instance-RAC 10.2.0.4.1

I encountered a strange problem today with a 3 node cluster. Let’s start with the facts…
Build your own RAC system part IV – extending Grid Infrastructure

UPDATE 221103: Oracle 11.2 is effectively out of support, this article is now archived and should…
Archivelog retention policy changes in RMAN 11g

UPDATE 221103: Oracle 11.2 is effectively out of support, this article is now archived and should…
Building your own RAC system part III: Grid Infrastructure

UPDATE 221103: Oracle 11.2 is effectively out of support, this article is now archived and shouldn’t…