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Aug 14 2018
Marc Wagner

ODA database been stuck in deleting status

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Facing an internal inconsistency in the ODA derby database is very painful (see https://blog.dbi-services.com/oda-lite-what-is-this-odacli-repository/ for more info about the derby database). I have recently faced a case where the database deletion was failing and the database remained then in “Deleting” status.  Connecting directly to the internal derby database and doing some self cleaning is very risky and should be performed at your own and known risk. So, in most of the case, a database inconsistency issue…

 
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Jul 30 2018
Jérôme Dubar

Patching ODA lite to 12.2.1.4.0

By | Database Administration & Monitoring, Database management, Oracle | No Comments

Here is how to apply the latest patch for your ODA. As usual the Oracle documentation is not 100% accurate. I applied this patch on 2 ODAs X7-2M previously deployed in 12.2.1.2.0, no intermediate patch was needed. 1) Download the patch The patch number is 28216794. This patch will update the following components:  dcs (odacli), operating system, bios/firmwares, ilom, GI, dbhomes and databases. Download and copy the patch to a temporary folder on the server,…

 
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Jul 27 2018
Marc Wagner

ODA, network interface and configure-firstnet

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Deploying new ODA X7-2S or 2M, I have been curious how configure-firstnet would interact with the fiber and copper ethernet network interfaces. Reading documentation on the web, I could not clearly understand if it is mandatory to have the ODA connected to the LAN when performing an ODA reimage and/or running the configure-firstnet in additionnal of having ILOM connection. After digging deeper and few tests, I wanted to share my experience in this blog.  

 
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Mar 29 2018
Jérôme Dubar

How reimaging detects the ODA hardware?

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A long time ago, ODA referred to the only model that existed (nearly). Actually, not so long time ago, as ODA X3, X4 and X5 were released between 2013 and 2015. And it was quite the same hardware. Now there is 3 current models in the X7 range, and they were 4 in the previous generation (X6). ODA is now divided in 2 main lines. High Availability models, understand 2 nodes and a shared storage…

 
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Feb 27 2018
David Hueber

ODA migration challenges: Non-OMF to OMF + 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4

By | Database Administration & Monitoring | One Comment

To do some application and performances tests, I had to copy a database from a third party Linux server to an ODA X7-2M. Looks pretty simple on the paper, but 2 small challenges came into the game. The first was that of course the source database was in Non-OMF while ODA works fully in OMF. The second was that the source database is running 11.2.0.3 which is not supported and cannot be installed on the…

 
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Feb 23 2018
Oracle Team

ODA Lite: What is this ‘odacli’ repository?

By | Oracle | One Comment

By Franck Pachot . When ODA Lite was introduced, with ODA X6-2 S/M/L, and now with ODA x7-2 S/M, a new ‘odacli’ was there to manage it. It will probably replace the oakcli for ODA HA as well in the future. One big difference: it uses a repository to record the configuration and the operations. I don’t really like it because when something fails you are blocked. Oracle Support can modify the directory, but they…

 
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Feb 22 2018
David Hueber

ODA 12.2.1.2.0: Some curious password management rules

By | Database Administration & Monitoring, Hardware & Storage | One Comment

While deploying an ODA based on the DCS stack (odacli), it is mandatory to provide a “master” password at appliance creation. The web GUI provides for that a small tooltip which describes the rules applied on password management. However it looks like there is some flexibility with those rules. Lets try to check this out with some basics tests.  

 
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