Zero Day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Servers – Oracle Patch available
Although it’s a few days old, I’d like to point out an article by my colleague Markus Knies who had to deal with this vulnerability right on day zero: Oracle released the quarterly critical patch...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery using Merge
Wait, WHAT? Does that headline sound fishy? Actually, Diff and Merge (WinMerge, to be exact) were my last resort in this disaster scenario. The final outcome could be told quite shortly, though this...
View ArticleDBMS_SCHEDULER Jobs not running on 12.2 (Windows)
Just a short heads-up for those who might run into similar issues and having a hard time finding the root cause: I just ran into a bug on a Windows 12.2.0.1 DB with the 190416 Bundle Patch: A newly...
View ArticleError: OVMAPI[5431] when running ovmd
This is more of a note to myself in case I’ll search the net for this error message again. Interestingly, there was nothing to be found on either MOS or duckduckgo/google/… After starting ovmd to use...
View ArticleBug: OLVM 4.3.10 upgrade might paint you into a corner
Oracle Linux VM comes with a nice feature that regularly checks for updates and allows you to deploy them in a rolling fashion to your cluster. Virtual machines are migrated away from one KVM host...
View ArticleSynchronizing Obsidian.md with Android using Git
This is a first timer for me – in the sense that this article isn’t about anything Oracle. But as I am a very happy user of Obsidian.md for taking notes and structuring them – which gave a boost to my...
View ArticleCelebrating 30 Years of “Day Of The Tentacle” with ScummVM!
Another off-topic post, but I felt the urge to share my findings with you. This time about the 1993 video game classic dubbed “DOTT” by its fans, which was groundbreaking at its time and still sports...
View ArticleHow to mount S3 Buckets in Linux with AutoFS
💰 Save costs over an EBS-based approach and get 🚀 Faster boot times: The OS doesn’t have to wait for the mount during boot time. Particularly when the network resource is offline, this can mean a...
View ArticleNow in the Fediverse!
Since yesterday (Oct. 11, 2023) WordPress.com offers the ActivityPub-Plugin that allows to synchronize posts – and comments – with the Fediverse. E. g., you can follow this blog on Mastodon, post...
View ArticleSee you at #DOAG2023
My bags are packed, my train to Nuremberg leaves early Tuesday morning. Looking forward to meeting many peers in person again! And also looking forward to giving my talk on “Alternatives to Oracle RAC...
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