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Deleting an Oracle clone based on a Powerstore snapshot
In a few recent posts and videos I’ve walked through creating a thin clone of an Oracle database using a Dell Technologies Powerstore. In this post, we’ll walk through how to safely delete an Oracle...
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Powerstore Protection Policies and protecting Oracle ASM diskgroups
This is a quick post to demonstrate how Protection Policies can be used with Volume Groups to protect Oracle databases on Powerstore. A Protection Policy is a powerful tool that the Powerstore storage...
View ArticleSolving INS-06006: Passwordless SSH connectivity during Oracle 19c RAC install
I was recently installing Oracle 19c RAC on a pair of servers running OEL8 UEK. During the install of Grid Infrastructure the installer repeatedly failed the verification check stating that:...
View ArticleOne of my ASM nodes is missing…
I recently added two new nodes to an existing 2-node RAC cluster, bringing the total nodes to 4. After the installer completed, with more than a few errors along the way I might add, I had ASM running...
View ArticlePowerpath will not remove paths after ASM volumes are removed
You’ve unmounted the ASM diskgroup, disabled it, removed the volumes from the masking view and you’ve rescanned the SCSI bus.. yet Powerpath still will not remove the paths… Sometimes ASM has trouble...
View ArticleORA-12637: Packet receive failed
I recently installed the Oracle Instant Client 21c on a Linux host. I then tried to access an Oracle 19c RAC database on another host: connect...
View ArticleCreate Oracle ASM diskgroups with Dell PowerMax and PowerPath
In this post I am going to explore adding a new ASM diskgroup to an Oracle 19c RAC using PowerMax storage. We will follow best practices as laid out in H17390 Deployment Best Practices Guide for...
View ArticleCreate a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database using ASM diskgroups...
In this post I am going to explore creating a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database using ASM disks from PowerMax storage. This post is a companion to the video Dell PowerMax – Create a...
View ArticleRefresh a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database using ASM diskgroups...
In this post I am going to explore refreshing a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database created on a Dell PowerMax storage array. This post is a companion to the video Dell PowerMax – Refresh a...
View ArticleDelete a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database using ASM diskgroups...
In this post I am going to explore deleting a storage snapshot of an Oracle 19c RAC database created on a Dell PowerMax storage array. This post is a companion to the video Dell PowerMax – Refresh a...
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