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Jeroen Gouma
How to use single sign on between multiple OCI environments
Since we provide support for several clients in OCI, we regularly need to login into different OCI-tenancies. How nice would it be to have Single Sign-On (SSO) functionality between these different customer environments. Just 1 credential for all environments, granting and revoking access a lot easier. Also no need to […]
Migrating an old (10.2.0.4) database to Oracle Cloud with minimal downtime
Unlike most of our posts this post will contain almost no code or examples. But it hopefully will help somebody who ends up to be in the same situation we landed on: migrating data from very old versions to a new environment. Recently we were tasked with the migration of […]
Monitor Dell PERC when running on Oracle Virtual Server 3.x
In this article I will try to explain how to monitor your Dell Raid Controller with Cloud Control when running Oracle Virtual server 3.x (OVS3.x). Some time ago a physical drive broke down on one of our Dell PowerEdge Servers. Not causing any problem because it was configured in a […]
Cloud Control authorization with Active Directory
About 2 months ago I wrote an article about setting up user authentication in Cloud control, based on their account in the Active Directory. As promised, here is the second part describing Cloud Control authorization with Active Directory. A small recap about why this could be useful: If your company […]
Cloud Control authentication with Active directory
If your company is preferring Microsoft Active Directory as a source of truth (or at least you´re trying to) you should be using the AD as source for the user accounts in Cloud Control. The advantages are obvious: Control the validity of accounts in one single place, no different login’s […]
Named credentials in OEM12c
In Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (aka OEM) there is such a great facility called “Named Credentials”. This allows someone to create a pair of username/password which can be used afterwards without knowing the actual password. Named credentials can be defined on target (i.e. single database or host) or on global […]
Installing OEM12c: Compiling problems: cannot find crt1.o
Few days ago I had to install Oracle Enterprise Manager 12 on a fresh installed Oracle Linux 64 bit environment. OS was installed from Oracle supplied template, so this should be an easy going, not….? After checking package dependencies from the installation manual (all confirmed) we started the installer. I […]
Process the content of the Windows scheduler
When working with scheduled tasks on a windows machine, I often wished I could work on the command line with the scheduler. As we all know, a command line interface gives us the ability to script, preventing manual repeating work. Unfortunately, until a few days ago I did not find […]