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HCC error on Exadata after partitioning maintenance

Recently I have been asked to investigate the following error on an Exadata system. ORA-64307: hybrid…
Interesting post-install steps for Oct 2013 12.1.0.1.1 PSU

I have already written about RAC/Grid Infrastructure related patching of 12.1.0.1.0 to 12.1.0.1.1, aka the October…
SQLPlus and white space in the output

I finally managed to work around My Most Annoying Problem (TM) with SQLPlus in my career. SQLPlus…
Playing with Application Continuity in RAC 12c

One of the more interesting features in Oracle 12c RAC is application continuity. Why do I…
Be aware of these environment variables in .bashrc et al.

This is a quick post about one of my pet peeves-statically setting environment variables in .bashrc…
Upgrading to Oracle Linux 6.5

This is a very short post to demonstrate how to upgrade to Oracle Linux 6.5. My…
Inside a RAC 12c GNS cluster

Based on some reader feedback I started looking at GNS again, but this time it will…
Applying PSU 12.1.0.1.1 in the lab environment

Since the first patch for Oracle 12c has been made available I was of course keen…
Clusterware and listener management gotcha in 11.2

I have come across an interesting situation recently and thought it was worth blogging about. My…
RAC in KVM is possible without iSCSI

(This post is for Jerry. He will know when he reads it) I have been a…