After migrating my full DB2 backup (binaries and data) to a new server I got into several issue. One was already described in the previous post here. ISSUE: Even after fixing that start issue I was still not OK. My WebSphere data source that linked to the DB2 instance was not responding. Trying to ping… Read More »
I moved my DB2 installation to a new server from a full back-up. After performing all the necessary steps: 1. Recreate the necessary users: db2inst1, db2fenc1, db2das1 2. Give ownership to their home directories ISSUE: I tried to start the instance. I logged in to the db2inst1 user and started the database. This was the… Read More »
When using XA data sources with Websphere and Oracle we must grant to the Oracle user rights to perform XA recovery. STEP 1: Create an XA datasource AdminTask.createJDBCProvider(‘[-scope Node=’+ node +’,Server=’+serverName +’ -databaseType Oracle -providerType “Oracle JDBC Driver” -implementationType “XA data source” -name “‘+jdbcXAProviderName +'” -description “Oracle JDBC Driver (XA)” -classpath [${ORACLE_JDBC_DRIVER_PATH}/ojdbc7.jar ] -nativePath “”… Read More »
“Invisible columns”: This is a new feature introduced in Oracle 12c that got me all excited.In short you can now have hidden columns in a table that are not visible to the standard SELECT, INSERT clauses if you do not want to. Some usage for this: Legacy application queries I hate how you have to… Read More »
There is a very easy method of setting up on Linux an automatic back-up for Oracle by using database procedures, RMAN and scripts. STEP 1: Define a back-up script Create in /home/oracle/backup.sh a script file with the content: #!/bin/bash export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_SID=prod rman target / CMDFILE=/home/oracle/bin/backup.rman LOG /data/oradata/backuplogs/rman-`date -I`.log exit 0 Where… Read More »
This is another post related to the DRBD replication setup I describe in post #DRBD based disk replication of a production cluster to a remote site cluster on RHEL 6. Sometimes we need to be able to mount the offline replicated Oracle database instance for investigations. This can be done by using logical volume snapshots.… Read More »
There are various tools that I use to spot issues and investigate an enterprise environment. One of my favourite tools is IBM Performance Analysis Suite. Capabilities described by IBM: Import all kinds of performance data for analysis. Some examples: DB2 snapshot, Java verbose GC output, Java thread dumps. Import software/middle-ware configuration for compliance checking. Some… Read More »
In an enterprise application based on hibernate running over DB2 we have to refer with several views and nicknames to external tables. This can be the case when SSO is used or there are some common static data (accounts, user entries, financial constants etc. ) that are kept in a centralized database repository and are… Read More »
One of the best introduction tutorial I have seen about a useful tool set. I am sick of all the empty marketing “pitches” I see daily. Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) – An Overview Guide A must read for anyone that has to work with Oracle DB and needs to do a deep investigation of… Read More »
Big news, MS finally realized that with the cloud migration of a lot of services if you do not embrace Linux you are dead. After anouncing that it joined Linux Fundation as a platinum member we got SQL Server on Linux Install SQL Server on Linux