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OEL 6.5 Kernel Not supporting to ACFS/ADVM

We have been running into issues in a training , that OEL 6.5 Kernel not shipped with ADVM/ACFS and deliberatly I have to get back to 6.3 or lesser kernel for 12c.

acfsload start -s gives the following error

acfs-9459: advm/acfs is not supported on this os version

Once I have installed the kernel 6.3 […]

CRS Startup : Oracle ORA-21561 : OID generation failed

After long time, I have been writing back now. I will running through a series of posts from now on Grid infrastructure issues.

The first one is Oracle ORA-21561 : OID generation failed

While starting crs / Adding the node the crs alert log will show the error Oracle ORA-21561 : OID generation failed

This […]

Another good Oracle website – Natik Ameen’s Vitalsofttech.com

Hello All,

Thanks to Natik for visiting my blog and update about their website, indeed very informative & nice content on Oracle Goldengate, Oracle 12c Features and some more.

Here is some background of this website:- Natik Ameen is one of the VitalSoftTech’s Oracle Internal Experts. He is an Oracle Production DBA, Certified RAC Expert […]

12c Database : Network enhancements – DEFAULT_SDU_SIZE to 2M

How many you know this structure at first glance, I am sure the old DBA junkies will say what this called immediately, but for those who does not know this diagram is called Network OSI diagram for Oracle and layers between client and database servers and how oracle connects.

Oracle uses different methods […]

12c Database : Upgrades – 460 Slides deck from Oracle

Really,  about 460 slides on just upgrades, all information about upgrade matrix, upgrade paths, references etc etc. A must read for all.

https://blogs.oracle.com/UPGRADE/entry/new_version_of_slide_deck?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+orana+(OraNA)

I will also upload the same soon.

-Geek DBAGeek DBA

OffTopic post : Telugu Website by my teacher

Hello All,

This post is off the topic from Oracle which I generally not do in my blog, But I have to do this as I met my childhood teacher and wondered he has done a great work by creating a website for Telugu and trying to website as a medium to get the popularity […]

12c Database : Convert normal cluster to flex cluster

Continuing from previous post,

Prerequisites for FlexCluster:- You must use Grid Naming Service (GNS) with an Oracle Flex Cluster deployment. You must configure the GNS VIP as a static IP address for Hub Nodes. On Multi-cluster configurations, you must identify the GNS client data file location for Leaf Nodes. The GNS client data files are […]

12c Database : RAC – SRVCTL enhancements – Evaluation mode

In 12c RAC, the srvctl can be run evaluation mode , where the command tells you the impact of running that command, what actions will take place by running that command etc.

For example, modifying the server pool will show the following.

$ srvctl relocate server -servers "rac1" -eval -serverpool pool2

Database db1      […]

12c Database : IPV6 and IPV4 support for Clusterware

Hi,

Before starting again, see following if you are not aware of what is IPV4 and IPV6 formats of IP Address.

The screenshot above is my desktop ipconfig command, if you see the IPV4 address in yellow box, in format of 115.242.106.9, on other hand in red box the ipv6 format is […]

12c Database : Flex Cluster Overview

I will start this post with a Grid Infrastructure installation slide, which ask you the type of cluster you want to install.

 

As you noted,  "Standard Cluster" and "Flex Cluster". We understood by now standard cluster is a traditional cluster. Now let’s explore what is Flexcluster is.

Generally, an application layer and a […]