The 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
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Ten 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 MoreDBAKevlar at Collaborate 2015
Here’s a quick guide to my schedule of sessions at IOUG Collaborate 2015 for this year. I’m looking forward to
Read MoreSQLd360 with the AWR Warehouse
Mauro decided to give me another challenge- run SQLd360 against the AWR Warehouse and let him know how it does
Read MoreSQLTXPLAIN and the AWR Warehouse- Part II
I finally have a moment to look into my “hacked” SQLT XPRECT/XTRACT runs and see if the changes I made
Read MoreSQLTXPLAIN and the AWR Warehouse, Part I
Yeah, so I did it- I installed SQLTXPLAIN, (SQLT) on the AWR Warehouse! From previous experience with this fantastic tool,
Read MoreOne Year With Oracle
Just over a year ago, it became public that I was leaving Enkitec for Oracle. Most folks had similar questions
Read MoreDistributed Transactions and EM12c Page Performance
While presenting at HotSos in Dallas, Tx, an attendee, (thank you Wenju! :)) asked how page performance issues could be
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