While my MacBookPro is in the shop getting it’s GPU replaced I needed a spare laptop. So I grabbed one of my old Dells and decided to slap Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.5 on it. Oracle Enterprise Linux is geared for…
I’m a big fan of listening to Pandora while a geek out on stuff! I’ve found one of the best ways to listen to Pandora on my MacBook is with Musicbox. In order to up my efficiency I wrote this…
So….I was reviewing my INIT script that I posted here and I noticed there was no respect if a SID was marked as NO in I’ve adjusted the script to now respect the startup status setting in oratab!!! Enjoy!…
Linux Containers are AWESOME!!! They’re almost as good as Solaris Zones/Containers… Here’s a quick script to get the IP Addresses of all your running Linux Containers Get the file
I’ve used this script a bunch in the past for instance startup and when I’m only dealing with 1 ORACLE_HOME. This new init script uses UNIX cat and cut to parse the /etc/oratab (linux only) to set the ORACLE_SID &…
Thought I’d share this little VBox hack… If you’ve ever started a VirtualBox image and quickly needed to figure out the IP address of the image issue this command: vboxmanage (or VBoxManage) is located in /usr/bin on *nix systems and…
Oracle 12c introduced A TON of new features and options. One of the COOLEST (IMHO) is the Data Redaction packages. For those not in the know here’s what the Data Redaction Packages do: () Oracle Data Redaction enables you to…
Sometimes I need to create random datasets to explore how queries will run, so I whipped up this little sample procedure as a way to do it. This is basically just in case I forget… enjoy Create a quick test…
Here are some useful commands I use when working with the new 12c Multitenant option. Open ALL Pluggable Databases (PDBs): As sysdba Switch to a PDB: Switch back the ROOT Container (CDB$ROOT): Connecting to a Specific PDB with a Specific…
Here’s a quick script to import downloaded plug-ins, if you are running in an off-line mode, into your OEMCC 12c system. Tested with 12.1.0.3