Many database administrators are enslaved by their consoles, completely dependent on GUI-based database management tools not only for modifications for all diagnostics.  This presentation is about breaking away from that trap and getting into the Linux/UNIX shell and finding out what is really going on within the operating-system surrounding the database. This presentation will discuss…

Oracle Management Cloud (OMC) is Oracle’s next-generation suite of integrated monitoring, management, and analytics cloud services. OMC is built on a scalable big data platform that provides real-time analysis and deep technical and business insights from a variety of operational data sources.  OMC has been designed to manage heterogeneous environments for a wide variety of…

Why, oh why is that unix sysadmin so surly?  Why does he look like that?  Did he bathe today?Twenty years of experience as a unix sysadmin who isn’t a troll and who isn’t a hack and who holds a few college degrees and certifications prompted me to ask these questions for all of us.  Why…

Why, oh why is that unix sysadmin so surly?  Why does he look like that?  Did he bathe today?Twenty years of experience as a unix sysadmin who isn’t a troll and who isn’t a hack and who holds a few college degrees and certifications prompted me to ask these questions for all of us.  Why…

Picking out, validating and improving slow or resource-eating SQL statements is part of any responsible DBA's work who takes his/her job serious. Identification alone can be tough, but it will be even harder to improve something you have no chance to understand the purpose of. This way, you will never be in the position to…

Why is PowerShell a DBA’s best friend?  It’s a lightweight, simple and powerful tool to manage database operations.  As DBAs we are tasked with managing many different types of database platforms.  It’s a database and you are a DBA, right?  It all looks the same, right?  PowerShell gives you the ability to run scripts against…

Why is PowerShell a DBA’s best friend?  It’s a lightweight, simple and powerful tool to manage database operations.  As DBAs we are tasked with managing many different types of database platforms.  It’s a database and you are a DBA, right?  It all looks the same, right?  PowerShell gives you the ability to run scripts against…

Any upgrade has its challenges and this presentation will explain how the Electric Reliability Council of Texas used the lessons learned from the OEM 12c R2 to R4 upgrade to simplify and streamline the upgrade to R5 (12.1.0.5). We will discuss the considerations and challenges that were made and encountered that provided for a solid…

In this presentation we will learn the basics of the Oracle Server networking. We will discuss the various components of OracleNet, the various ways to connect to the database through the network and some tips to help simplify some of the challenges Oracle networking can pose. Eligible for Certificate: #IOUGeniusCert; #IOUGeniusCore   Info: www.collaborate.ioug.org/certificates  

For many years software architects have discovered and implemented several concepts and best practices to build highly scalable applications. In today's era of the cloud, these concepts are even more applicable and critical. The cloud solutions faces many challenges due to growing data, unpredictable traffic patterns and demand for faster response time. In this session…