Tag: oracle

  • Patching Oracle Database on Docker

    I wrote this post which details creating an Oracle 19c Database docker image. Following on from this post I will detail the steps required to patch and Oracle 19c Docker image. With most of my technology-related posts, they are written because I will require this information in the future so a blog post provides reference…

  • Oracle Database with Docker

    Running an Oracle database with Docker is a fairly simple task but I thought it would be useful to document the steps required for reference as I will likely need to refer to then in the future and to help others starting out on this path on how to run Oracle Database with Docker. Oracle…

  • Check Node Manager Script

    Hi Again, I just knocked up this nodemanager check script that you can run as a cron job making sure the Weblogic Java NodeManager is running and if not email you. See below for the script. The script can be changed if you use a script based nodemanager, if you change ‘jps’ for ‘ps -ef’…

  • Adding Colour to Solaris 10

    I have spent hours trolling the net looking for a definitive guide on how to make colours (color if you are from the US) work in Solaris 10. By default colour isn’t enabled but once you know how it is relativity easy to get it to work. The first step is to download a number of new…

  • DAC Restart Script

    Hi, Just thought I would share the script I wrote to restart your DAC server in the event of a crash, this can be helpful during the night as there is no need for a manual restart. I used a cron job to check to see if the process is running every 5min. Any improvements…

  • OBIEE Performance Tuning Part 3

    For the final part of this guide we will take a look at some of the changes that can be made to the database to achieve better performance. The parameters I recommend changing are listed below;   Implementing these changes reduced my report timings further showing a clear increase in performance. Results: Time after changing instanceconfig.xml against Database changes 1. 1m44s      43s…

  • OBIEE Presentation Service

    I’ve known about this issue for some time now if using an older version of OBIEE then you may have trouble starting all of the opmn services in one go be it from the front or back-end. From the back-end if you run opmnctl startall the presentation service fails to come Alive. The reason for…

  • Socket communication error

    I have came across a socket communication error. This error is very general and can be caused by a number of issues. In my case it related to a port conflict on the OBIEE server. The first thing I would suggest to try would be stopping all OBIEE and MW services then using ps -ef…