I can still remember the surprise when Frits Hoogland pointed out that Oracle had replaced the old OC4J instance on Exadata storage servers with a WebLogic service. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this, but it’s become apparent as things move cloudward that it would enable an entire set of REST operations for… Read More »
One of the cool new features that was introduced with 18.1.0.0.0 was a subtle change in the Exadata storage server patching process. While not required, this new functionality removes the need to use patchmgr to drive Exadata storage server patches. In Juan Loaiza’s Open World session on new Exadata features, this slide jumped out to… 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 »
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 »