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Out of ID

Recently a customer observed on one of their systems that the first n databases started quite nicely on a system. However when they tried to start database n+1...

Virtualbox via IPS .p5p

Darren Moffat just pointed to this in his Twitter feed about a package for Solaris that would make installation of this great tool really comfortable....

Using the Technische Alternative CMI with Telegraf

My heating system is controlled by a UVR1611 from Technische Alternative as I have to control a wood pellets heater and solar thermal collectors on the roof in...

IPMP and additional IP addresses

Recently I had a customer with a problem: The customer configured an IPMP group with a number of additional IPs. They had a number of application servers...

Common Criteria certification for Oracle Solaris 11.4

Darren Moffat just wrote in the Solaris blog on blog.oracle.com about important news for Oracle Solaris 11.4: Solaris just got its Common Criteria...

Integrating Youless energy monitoring devices into Telegraf

I'm playing a lot with Telegraf recently in order to get a handle on monitoring an Exadata or the Oracle DB with it. As I don't have an Exadata at home, my...

Channel 26

The house I'm living in is quite strange in regard to WLAN reception. It's a house for four families that I own. It has four floors (including cellar and roof)...