The Evolution of a Programmer and the Pythonic Way of Thinking
There’s an old joke about the evolution of a programmer. It starts with the programmer in their infancy and typing:
Read More
Making Technology Bulletproof
Emulating a Raspberry Pi on Virtualbox
So I’m working on a lot of posts for Enterprise Manager, but I can’t post them just yet, so here’s
Read MoreScripts from Today’s Family Coding and Hands on Lab Fix
RMOUG’s Quarterly education workshop was a great event today and I appreciate everyone who came out and those who spent
Read MoreUpcoming Raspberry Pi Family Coding Day Project
I’ve had a lot of people email and message me asking me what I’m doing with the Raspberry Pi and
Read MoreCommunity and Regional Oracle User Groups
Back in 2002, as a Junior DBA, I was informed by the senior DBAs I worked with that I MUST
Read MoreConsolidation Planning
More and more companies are consolidating environments. Server sprawl has a high cost to any business and finding ways to
Read MoreThe Queen of Social Media Mean
Unlike other forms of communication, social media can be a real gray area for rules on what dictates freedom of
Read MoreTen Things in Enterprise Manager to Improve a DBA’s Sleep at Night
Happy Birthday to me! So for my birthday, I give a present to you… As I want all DBAs to
Read MoreDelphix Express – a free version of Delphix
photo by Yannis (CC 2.0) Announcing Delphix Express, a completely new and free version of Delphix limited to 1 vCPU
Read MoreZero Data Loss Recovery Appliance with EM12c, (ZDLRA)
I had a chance to take a closer look at the Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, (ZDLRA) via Cloud Control
Read MoreA First Technical Look At Hybrid Cloning in EM12c Release 5
The sales, support and technical teams were brought into the Denver Tech Center office to do some advanced training in
Read MoreUpcoming Conference Sessions
I’m glad to be home after a couple weeks in Europe, speaking at both the Harmony 15 conference in beautiful
Read More12.1.0.5 Hybrid Cloud Cloning
Last week’s release of 12.1.0.5 was a pleasant surprise for everyone out in the Oracle world. This release hit the
Read MoreSQL ID Specific Performance Information
When you need to have information about one SQL_ID and don’t need everything and the kitchen sink, there are a
Read MoreRaspberry Pi 2 Shopping List
I recently upgraded from the first edition Raspberry Pi to the new and improved Raspberry Pi 2 in a bundle
Read MoreRe-Adding a Database to the AWR Warehouse Without Losing Historical Snapshots
There may be a reason that one needs to re-add a database to the AWR Warehouse. This is a new
Read MoreASH Data and How Sizing an AWR Warehouse Can be Mitigated
When sizing the AWR Warehouse, one of my requirements is to have certain reports for a sampling of databases that will
Read MoreKickstarting After a Failed Addition to the AWR Warehouse
A common issue I’ve noted are dump files generated from the AWR Warehouse, but upon failure to transfer, the dumpfiles
Read More