So some unknowing fool gave me full access to a fridge of Starbucks caffeinated beverages, which should be against the law in this fine country. Needless to say, my ability to type approximately 180wpm has offered me the opportunity to catch up and blog about what it’s like almost a month in employed with Delphix. In just the last two weeks, a number of conference sessions have come about and events that I plan on being part of. Some of them are well known, some aren’t and some require a bit of promotion to make them even greater than they…
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Delphix Express offers a virtual environment to work with all the cool features like data virtualization and data masking on just a workstation or even a laptop. The product has an immense offering, so no matter how hard Kyle, Adam and the other folks worked on this labor of love, there’s bound to be some manual configurations that are required to ensure you get the most from the product. This is where I thought I’d help and offer a virtual hug to go along with the virtual images…:) If you’re already set on installing and working<– (Link here!!) with Delphix Express, you will find the…
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I’ve been going through some SERIOUS training in just over a week. This training has successfully navigated the “Three I’s”, as in its been Interesting, Interactive and Informative. The offerings are very complete and the knowledge gained is limitless. I’d also like to send a shout out to Steve Karam, Leighton Nelson and everyone else at Delphix who’s had a hand in designing the training, both for new employees and for the those working with our hands on labs. I’ve had a chance to work with both and they’re just far above anything I’ve seen anywhere else. The Challenge of…
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Back in 2012, when I started to build a reputation as a mentor, the goal was not just to create my own path and set it afire, but for others to desire to make their own path before my footsteps cooled. Never Fear Hot Coals This week I joined Delphix. Many acted as if this was pre-ordained and simply part of my destiny. Due to my technical knowledge, they assumed I would be working in the same group as my husband and virtualization was just a natural fit for my skills. Although I love working just a few feet from my husband, (which…
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So there are some cool features that are built into the GPIOZero library/module. One of the challenges I think many of us that have a lot of projects that we want to work on, is that we end up having to translate it to the version of RPI that we just happen to be working on or have available. This can be frustrating when the code is available without us having to rewrite it all in the libraries available for the hardware we just happen to plug-in. So GPIO the old way with photocells is a bit involved: GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) def…
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So after over two years at Oracle, I’m moving on. Yes, for those of you who haven’t seen the tweets and the posts, you heard right. OK, everyone- cleansing breath. I worked with great people and did some awesome things in the community, blogged everything Enterprise Manager and talked over 1/2 the Oracle community into buying and doing projects with Raspberry Pi while I was at it! Many folks thought I was a product manager or a technical consultant, but my title was Consulting Member for the Technical Staff with the Strategic Customer Program with the Enterprise Manager and Oracle Management Cloud Group.…
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How many times have you had maintenance or a release complete and everyone is sure that everything’s been put back the way it should have been, all t’s crossed, all i’s dotted and then you release it to the customers only to find out that NOPE, something was forgotten in the moving parts of technology? As the Database Administrator, you can do a bit of CYA and not be the one who has to say- Having the ability to compare targets is a powerful feature in Enterprise Manager 13c, (and 12c, don’t feel left out there…:)) The comparison feature is the…
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I just built out my own EM13c environment so I can answer many questions that I won’t be able to ignore just because I no longer work at Oracle. Tips Installation of EM13c is different on Windows than Linux or Unix, (no duh!) but it’s good to know a few tips for those that required to use Windows as their hosting or monitoring OS. Ensure you use a user with administrative privileges on the hosts and that they have appropriate privileges to access the target hosts. Always start any of the installations or deployments with administrator access, (this can be…
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I know Werner DeGruyter will like the title of this post, so here’s a post dedicated to him as my last week at Oracle is off to a busy start…. 🙂 As I attempt to wrap up any open tasks at Oracle, I’m still Training Days 2017 Conference Director for RMOUG, have a planning meeting for the 800 member Girl Geek Dinner Boulder/Denver Meetup group that I’m the owner of, designing the booth and building out all the projects for the MakerFaire event at the Denver Science Museum next weekend and now have taken on the Summer Quarterly Education Workshop at…
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Per Oracle documentation, you’re able to upgrade from EM12c to EM13c, including the OMR, (Oracle Management Repository) to DB12c and the OMS, (Oracle Management Service) to EM13c, but leave the agent software at a version of 12.1.0.3 or higher, leaving upgrades of the agents to be performed later on using the Gold Agent Image, removing a lot of work for the administrator. This is a great option for many customers, but what if your existing EM environment isn’t healthy and you need to start fresh? What options are left for you then? I’ve covered, (and no, it isn’t supported by…
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Enterprise Manager does a LOT. Sometimes it may do too much. Customers on forums, on support or via email and social media may come to us asking how to address something they view as not working right and the truth is, we could simply answer their question, but they aren’t using the right tool to accomplish what they’re attempting. The Export Feature in Enterprise Manager A customer was frustrated as he was performing scheduled exports using the export utility that can be found under the Database, Schema drop down. He wanted to perform these exports more than once per hour and…
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This last week I presented at Great Lakes Oracle Conference, (GLOC16) and the discussion on monitoring of non-Oracle databases came up while we were on the topic of management packs, how to monitor usage and what ones were required to monitor non-Oracle databases. I didn’t realize how confusing the topic could be until I received an email while in on layover in Chicago and relaying what the attendee had taken away from it. I was even more alarmed when I read the email again, planning to blog about it today after a full nights sleep! You’ll often hear me refer…
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Change is difficult for technical folks. Our world is always moving at blinding speed, so if you start changing things that we don’t think need to be changed, even if you improve upon them, we’re not always appreciative. Configuration Management, EM12c to EM13c As requests came in for me to write on the topic of Configuration Management, I found the EM13c documentation very lacking, having to push back to EM 12.1.0.5 to fill in a lot of missing areas. There were changes to the main interface that you use to work with the product. When comparing the drop down, you…
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With the addition of the Configuration Management from OpsCenter to Enterprise Manager 13c, there are some additional features to ease the management of changes and drift in Enterprise Manager, but I’m going to take these posts in baby steps, as the feature can be a little daunting. We want to make sure that you understand this well, so we’ll start with the configuration searches and search history first. To access the Configuration Management feature, click on Enterprise and Configuration. Click on Search to being your journey into Configuration Management. From the Search Dashboard, click on Actions, Create and History. You’ll…
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I fly out tomorrow for NoCOUG’s Spring Conference, which will be held on Friday, the 13th in San Jose, California. If you were thinking of attending and needed an added incentive to attend, I’ll be putting on a FOUR hour Enterprise Manager 13c hands on lab, so admit it, you’re intrigued… 🙂 I want to thank Iggy Fernandez, who is the heart of NoCOUG, for contacting me and asking me to do the HOL, along with the folks from Oracle ensuring that I have the environment to offer the attendees to enjoy this great event! I’ll fly back out of San…
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There are two ways to compare one database to another in the AWR Warehouse. I covered the ADDM Comparison Report here and now we’ll go through the second one, which is much more involved and has us empowering the AWR Warehouse taking two AWR Warehouse reports and comparing two databases to each other. The AWR Warehouse, once setup and databases that are targets already monitored by your EM12c or EM13c environment, can then be added and upload all AWR snapshots to this central repository. Comparison Period Report The AWR Warehouse second comparison reporting option is accessible from the drop down…
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A lot of my ideas for blog posts come from questions emailed to me or asked via Twitter. Today’s blog is no different, as I was asked by someone in the community what the best method of comparing databases using features within AWR when migrating from one host and OS to another. There is a lot of planning that must go into a project to migrate a database to another host or consolidate to another server, but when we introduce added changes, such as a different OS, new applications, workload or other demands, these need to be taken into consideration.…
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The OMS Patcher is a newer patching mechanism for the OMS specifically, (I know, the name kind of gave it away…) Although there are a number of similarities to Oracle’s infamous OPatch, I’ve been spending a lot of time on OTN’s support forums and via email, assisting folks as they apply the first system patch to 13.1.0.0.0. Admit it, we know how much you like patching… The patch we’ll be working with is the following: Patch 22920724: enterprise manager for oms plugins 13.1.1.0.160331 Before undertaking this patch, you’ll need to log into your weblogic console as the weblogic admin, (you…