A day in the life of...your friendly neighborhood Support Engineer
Every wondered what the guys receiving your support tickets do all day long? This is the start of a series of blogs dealing with what is going on at the other side of the service marketplace. Feb. 7, 2012
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Oracle LOBs and undo management - Not as simple as I thought
On the first sight, undo management for Oracle lobs appears to be quite easy: Just set pctversion and you are fine. There are however some obstacles and unexpected results when looking behing the scene. Jan. 25, 2010
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Parallel processing and index fragmentation: a worst case scenario
Parallel degree set for objects can have quite an impact on the execution plan. See the side effects when parallel processing is done on objects with a rather bad storage quality. Jan. 12, 2010
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Top Database Support Questions: Can 'shutdown abort' do any harm?
The redo / undo mechanism keeps the DB in a consistent state when the instance is restarted after a 'shutdown abort'. However, 'shutdown abort' has some serious implications that should be kept in mind before it is done. Jan. 7, 2010
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Top Database Support Questions: How to...reorg a table using brtools and exp/imp
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Handle with care - manual (Oracle) recovery commands
Wrong use of recovery commands can easily make a bad situation worse. See how a trivial problem can cause big troubles. Dec. 30, 2009
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Oracle Database Monitoring - Introduction of LSSM
The new dbacockpit for Oracle functionality 'Loadable SAP Support Monitors' provides flexible monitors for performance analysis and daily administrative duties. Dec. 25, 2009
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Database Backup to the cloud using brbackup
Cloud computing is gaining momentum and can be quite easy used in existing infrastructures. This blogs demonstrates how a database backup to the clould can be done with brbackup. May. 25, 2009
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Chasing Oracle deadlocks part II - block level locks
Deadlock are one of the most frequent and most feared errors. Let's tame the beast by having a look at analysis techniques and different types of deadlocks. Nov. 29, 2007
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Chasing Oracle deadlocks part I - row level locks
Deadlock are one of the most frequent and most feared errors. Let's tame the beast by having a look at analysis techniques and different types of deadlocks. Nov. 23, 2007
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Debugging the MaxDB Kernel on Unix - How to get a Call stack from hanging tasks
Ever thought about using gdb to get a deeper insight into the internals of our MaxDB database? This blog will show you how to do this. Nov. 18, 2007
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DB connect mechanisms in Oracle and SAP - Part III
Connecting to the Oracle database - a detailed look into the basis administrator's everyday tasks Nov. 8, 2007
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DB connect mechanisms in Oracle and SAP - Part II
Connecting to the Oracle database - a detailed look into the basis administrator's everyday tasks Nov. 1, 2007
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DB connect mechanisms in Oracle and SAP - Part I
Connecting to the Oracle database - a detailed look into the basis administrator's everyday tasks Oct. 28, 2007
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