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Server login details like who and when logged in OCI server

Option 1: We shall schedule this periodically to get the report    cat /var/log/secure* | grep Accepted Option2: We shall use last or lastb command. This will give login and…

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Creating a Swap File in OCI

To add a swap file: Determine the size of the new swap file in megabytes and multiply by 1024 to determine the number of blocks. For example, the block size…

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How to fix an “out of Sync”:repair table Shareplex replication in oracle database

How to fix an “out of Sync”:repair table Shareplex replication in oracle database ================================================== please first note that we have SOURCE and TARGET i will provide commands to run with…

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SharePlex tips

–setup shareplex steps 1. install shareplex software at source and target2. startup shareplex at source and target3. stop post at target4. activate config config_file at source5. select current_scn from v$database;…

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How to Add LDAP Users and Groups in OpenLDAP on Linux

To add something to the LDAP directory, you need to first create a LDIF file. The ldif file should contain definitions for all attributes that are required for the entries…

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"Verify Access Signing Certificate in Settings" in OCI when running curl REST calls

Those days I was trying to retrieve some OCI Json data using REST calls via curl. However, even though I’ve set up an application and Client ID and Secret accordingly,…

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The best upcoming features in Oracle Database 19c

As we DBA’s are always excited about the upcoming features, I will share below some of the main things that I’ve spotted on OOW. Please note that this can change,…

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REST API for Oracle Database Cloud Service:

Start a Backup Operation POST /paas/service/dbcs/api/v1.1/instances/{identityDomainId}/{serviceId}/backups Starts an on-demand backup for a Database Cloud Service instance. Request Supported Media Types application/json Path Parameters identityDomainId: string serviceId: string Header Parameters Authorization:…

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The server is asking for your user name and password. The server reports that it is from XDB.

Issue: “The server” “is asking for your user name and password”. “The server reports that it is from XDB” Got the above error while accessing the apex application page and…

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Internal Concurrent Manager logfile Error : Routine &ROUTINE has attempted to start the internal concurrent manager.

Internal Concurrent Manager logfile Error : Routine &ROUTINE has attempted to start the internal concurrent manager. Issue : Users encounter the following error in the Internal Concurrent Manager logfile: Routine…

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