Patching !!

In which months oracle release CPU patches? JAN, APR, JUL, OCT When we applying single Patch, can you use opatch utility? Yes, you can use Opatch incase of single patch. The only type of patch that cannot be used with OPatch is a patchset. Is it possible to apply OPATCH without downtime? As you know … Read more

Overview

Splunk is a software platform to search, analyse & visualize the machine generated data gathered from different websites, applications, sensors, devices etc. which make up your IT infrastructure and business.Splunk is a big data platform that simplifies the task of collecting and managing massive volumes of machine-generated data and searching for information within it. Splunk … Read more

Roles in Splunk

There are 3 different roles in Splunk in order it is Users, Power User & Admin. 1) User : This is the lowest role in Splunk. Here you can create your saved searches, run your saved searched and save it. You cannot publish it for entire audience. 2) Power User : This role can create, … Read more

Modes of Searches

Splunk provides you with 3 different modes of Splunk searches i.e. Fast, Smart & Verbose. Modes of searches can be selected as per your need. By default, the mode selected is Smart.

Meta-Data’s

The Meta-data is generally the first command of the search. As a best practice, we should include 4 fields always in the first line of the query. This is not mandatory but adding them is always better from Splunk search perspective. 1) index: the repository of Splunk where your data resides. 2) host : this … Read more

SQL Developer

SQL Developer is a convenient way for database developers to edit and develop basic tasks using SQL*Plus. SQL Developer is a graphical version of SQL*Plus, written in Java, that supports development in SQL and PL/SQL. You can connect to any Oracle database schema using standard database authentication. SQL Developer enables you to: * Browse, create, … Read more

Parameter Files in Oracle

To start a database instance, Oracle Database must read either a server parameter file, which is recommended, or a text initialization parameter file, which is a legacy implementation. These files contain a list of configuration parameters. To create a database manually, you must start an instance with a parameter file and then issue a CREATE … Read more