Changing the HOSTNAME on Oracle Enterprise Linux

by Eric Jenkinson on September 27, 2011 Tagged: ,

Either due to cloning or corporate naming standards, you may find the need to change the hostname of an Oracle Enterprise Linux System.

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Create an ODBC Client DSN for an Oracle TimesTen Database on Linux

by Eric Jenkinson on August 4, 2010 Tagged: , , ,

This document will detail the steps to create an ODBC Client DSN to a remote Oracle TimesTen Database on Linux.
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Configuring an Oracle TimesTen Logical Server Name on UNIX Based Systems

A logical server name is used on the TimesTen client to connect to remote OracleTimes Server processes that do not listen on the default port or for local client/server using shared memory inter-process communications or UNIX domain sockets.

This document will detail the steps to create a logical server name on UNIX based systems.
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Installing Berkeley DB 11gR2 11.2.5.0.26 on Oracle Enterprise Linux

Berkeley DB is a general purpose embedded database engine that provides data management features found in enterprise class databases. Berkeley DB is used in various applications ranging from cell phones to e-commerce systems. Included in the 11gR2 version of Berkeley DB is a SQLite compatible SQL API.

Berkeley DB 11gR2 is a zero administration database engine. All administration duties are performed via API calls so no Database Administrator is required. API’s are available for many programming languages including C/C++, Java, Perl and Ruby.

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Backup Does Not Run When Scheduled in CRON

by Eric Jenkinson on June 28, 2010 Tagged: , ,

You have created a script to perform the backup and have tested it to verify that it works as expected. However when the script is executed in CRON it either appears to not run or it runs with errors.
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Check Password Policy for sudo fails when attempting to deploy a Deployment Procedure

In order to deploy a Deployment Procedure for an Oracle Home or CRS image you will need to have sudo configured correctly.
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Mount NTFS file systems with NTFS 3G

by Eric Jenkinson on May 2, 2010 Tagged:

Tuxera provides a stable read/write NTFS driver for Linux though their NTFS 3G. The driver provides the ability to mount Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems. You can download the driver from the link below.

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

In this post we will configure and install the 3.6 version of the driver. We will extract, configure, make and install.

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