Author Archives: Ronny Egner

Changing the Timezone for a particular Database *only* in a RAC

Sometimes there are requests that multiple databases running on the same RAC return different time values — so they must run in different time zones. This goal cannot achieved by changing the server time zone because that would affect ALL … Continue reading

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ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows ORA-06512: at “SYS.CDBVIEW_INTERN during upgrade

During a database upgrade vom 11.2.0.4 to 18.4.1 i encountered the following problem: REASON:       ERRORS FOUND: During Upgrade          FILENAME: /data/oracle/product/cfgtoollogs/dbua/upgrade2019-02-22_10-18-20AM/DB/catupgrd1R0.log AT LINE NUMBER: 666432 —————————————————— Identifier CATALOG 19-02-22 11:00:37 SCRIPT    = [/data/oracle/product/18.4/rdbms/admin/cdcore_cols.sql] ERROR     = [ORA-01422: exact fetch returns … Continue reading

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RMAN shows: could not locate the LNM save file ‘fqnacfte_1_1’ on server ‘nsrserverhost’. (2:9:2)

During an RMAN restore of a backup made to a networker server the restore fails retrieving a backup piece: restore datafile 2; channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: starting datafile backup set restore channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: … Continue reading

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Direct NFS: Failed to set socket buffer size.wtmax=[1048576] rtmax=[1048576], errno=-1 on Solaris

This error occured on Solaris (SPARC) using Direct NFS (dNFS). The MOS Note is incomplete and only recommends to increase the send and receive buffers, but the solution is below:   /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 1056768 /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat … Continue reading

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Exadata outage due to ASM disks missing

On some older Exadatas it can be that Grid Disks belonging to a cell are not found anymore. And not even FORCEing the moutn helps: FAILGROUP HEADER_STATU COUNT(*) —————————— ———— ———- EXA01CEL02 MEMBER 34 EXA01CEL03 MEMBER 34 EXA01CEL04 MEMBER 34 … Continue reading

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ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified — without INSTANCE_NUMBER set

Oracle is complaining about: ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified And you have triple checked that the INSTANCE_NUMBER parameter is specified, but you still get the error. The reason for that is, that your ORACLE_SID contains a underscore, e.g. ORA_SB. Starting … Continue reading

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ORA-00902: invalid datatype on MDSYS.SDO_GEORASTER during CREATE TABLE in 12c

Since i haven´t found this on the web: When you try to create a table with MDSYS.SGO_GEORASTER and you´re receiving an ORA-00902: invalid datapye try the following: SQL> @create_tab.sql         “GEORASTER” “MDSYS”.”SDO_GEORASTER” ,                             * ERROR at line 12: ORA-00902: … Continue reading

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RAC refuses to start – or how installing TSM caused a cluster outage

Some days back i setup a new server for a customer of mine. Installation and patching ran fine, cluster was stable – no issues. Then suddenly the cluster started to act strange. Commands did not work anymore; after a reboot … Continue reading

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Parity-based redundancy (RAID5/6/triple parity and beyond) on BTRFS and MDADM (Dec 2014)

While reading the following posts (second post) from Adam Leventhal I have wondered what is exactly the status of parity-based redundancy in general and triple-parity in particular on Linux in MDADM and BTRFS. TL;DR: There are patches to extend the … Continue reading

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Finally: I am now Oracle Certified Master 11g

Yes! I made it. I successfully accomplished the exam and i am now a proud member of the OCM family:

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