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 »
I decided this week to be a little brave and upgrade one of the Enkitec Exadata racks to 12.2.0.1. I installed the 12.2.1.1.0 Exadata image a few weeks ago, and have been waiting for a chance to upgrade clusterware to 12.2. Thankfully, Oracle provides a very good note for this, but I did hit one large… 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 »
Oracle has announced a new patching strategy for Exadata, starting with databases running 11.2.0.3. Oracle will be moving away from the monthly bundle patch philosophy, which was panned by many administrators as coming too often to keep up with, given the tight schedules held around most Exadata systems. Instead, Oracle will be releasing a Quarterly… Read More »
Oracle has released a critical patch for storage server versions 11.2.2.3.x through 11.2.2.4.1. While 11.2.2.4.1 was released last week, there were a few oneoff patches from 11.2.2.4.0 that didn’t seem to make it in to the release. Oracle has since released 11.2.2.4.2 (patch #13513611, supplemental note #1388400.1). Similar to 11.2.2.4.1, this release looks to patch… Read More »
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on some new (and older) installations of Exadata, and came across a few items that piqued my interest. Each of these things had been on my mind for a while, but it’s nice to see them finally resolved. The first is a small change to the installation… Read More »