Monthly Archives: August 2019

Recovering ODA VMs From Lost ACFS Snapshots

This is a continuation of my previous post regarding dropped ACFS snapshots.  In this scenario, a user logged in to a virtualized ODA system and deleted the underlying ACFS snapshots for multiple virtual machines on the host.  Oracle advises how to back up and restore guest VMs on an ODA in MOS note #1633166.1. The… Read More »

Where’d My VMs Go? Adventures in Simple Linux Forensics

**While the story is true, any identifying details have been changed to protect both the guilty and the innocent** I woke up to a message the other day from a colleague on a project where I occasionally provide assistance.  He was a bit panicked – they use an Oracle Database Appliance as a utility server… Read More »