We had a client that was running into a strange issue on their Exadata where new connections coming in through the SCAN were failing. After doing some troubleshooting, it was discovered that it was related to one of the SCAN listeners not properly accepting requests from new sessions. The VIP and listener were running, and… Read More »
Oracle has released the much-anticipated version of cellsrv compatible with Oracle Database 12.1.0.1 (patch #16980054). Before thinking about upgrading, read MOS note #1571789.1 carefully. Unless you are planning to run database 12c on your Exadata, it would be advisable to continue down the 11.2 branch of the cellsrv software, which currently has a latest version… Read More »
Today, Oracle announced the Exadata X4-2 model. The X4 has some considerable improvements, namely: 12-core Intel Xeon e5-2697 CPUs, up from the 8-core models found in the X3-2 (hello, database licenses!) 256GB RAM per database server, upgradeable to 512GB 96GB RAM per storage server 800GB Sun Flash F80 cards – 3.2TB of storage per cell… Read More »
I heard a strange report from a client late last week – they weren’t getting any smart scans on their Exadata – a data warehouse, no less (and we checked to see if cell_offload_processing was set to true). Queries would run normally, but for some reason, the “cell physical IO interconnect bytes returned by smart… Read More »
A while back, I noticed this session in the Open World 2013 content catalog. I didn’t think much of it at the time, other than that it had a catchy title. The other day, I downloaded the latest Exadata deployment utility via the OneCommand tool. I noticed something a little strange when I was going… Read More »
Just a quick reminder – I’ll be presenting my “Getting Ready for Exadata” seminar in London on July 1. We’ll cover various topics on what you need to know before you purchase an Exadata and how to manage one of these systems on a daily basis. We’ll have lots of time for Q&A, and most… Read More »
Rene Kundersma at Oracle just published a nifty new utility named dbnodeupdate.sh that will assist with the sometimes-cumbersome process of updating the compute nodes in an Exadata environment. Starting last year with 11.2.3.1.0, Oracle introduced yum updates for the Exadata compute nodes. Previously, each Exadata storage server patch came with a “minimal” or “convenience” pack… Read More »
This is something that is almost completely off-topic, but something I’ve found myself doing quite a bit at Enkitec. You see, we keep adding new hardware (Big Data Appliance in August, new Exadata X3-2 earlier this year), and that means that we need to add a bunch of DNS entries at once. Even an eighth… Read More »
When the 11.2.3.2.1 release of the Exadata Storage Server software was released, I was a little excited. There were numerous oneoff patches for the previous release, 11.2.3.2.0, which was the first version to support the Exadata X3, writeback flashcache, run UEK on the X#-2 systems, etc. With that many large changes introduced in one version,… Read More »
Well, it’s been a really busy past few months, and I hate to admit it, but I’ve been neglecting this space more than anything. Despite having many different posts in the works, nothing is quite finished yet. I do have a little time to mention a few of my upcoming speaking events, though. First, I’ll… Read More »