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	<title>EveryDay Practical Solutions for an Oracle&#124;SQL Server DBA &#187; Basic Admin</title>
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	<description>This is my (Sagar PATIL ) blog to list day to day issues</description>
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		<title>11g RAC &#124; Using Duplicate target database 11g Active Database option</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/11g-rac-using-duplicate-target-database-11g-active-database-option-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/11g-rac-using-duplicate-target-database-11g-active-database-option-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dataguard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[datafile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDTEST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RECID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stamp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a 2 Node RAC Standby database (STDBY) . I need to replicate it as a Load TEST database (LDTEST) in a read/write mode. I will run thru following steps: 1. Preparing the Auxiliary Instance 2. Starting and Configuring RMAN Before Duplication 3. Duplicating a Database 1. Preparing the Auxiliary Instance Step 1: Create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replicating RAC database using RMAN at Remote Server</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/replicating-rac-database-using-rman-at-remote-server/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/replicating-rac-database-using-rman-at-remote-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mnt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/?p=3438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here I am duplicating 11g RAC database from one RHEL Server to Another by old 10g method. I could have used 11g &#8220;DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE TO TARGET_DB FROM ACTIVE DATABASE&#8221; which doesn&#8217;t need previous rman backup at source. But it may not be a good option for large databases or at places with narrow network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remove Failed Clusterware</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/remove-failed-clusterware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/remove-failed-clusterware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Clusterware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Universal Installer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Oracle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2009/10/remove-failed-clusterware/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have already uninstalled Oracle Clusterware using the Oracle Universal Installer - Please download attached file cleanup.zip that contains a copy of the logpartformat.exe and the guioracleobjmanage.exe (plus necessary dll). In case you have Clusterware installed &#8211; (You need to carry these steps only from one node) Remove the partitions that have been initialized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADD/REMOVE/REPLACE/MOVE Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and Voting Disk</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/addremovereplacemove-oracle-cluster-registry-ocr-and-voting-disk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/addremovereplacemove-oracle-cluster-registry-ocr-and-voting-disk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClusterWare CRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crsctl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disk location]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[location]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Clusterware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raw devices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/11/13/addremovereplacemove-oracle-cluster-registry-ocr-and-voting-disk/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: You must be logged in as the root user, because root owns the OCR files.&#160; Make sure there is a recent copy of the OCR file before making any changes: ocrconfig &#173;showbackup If there is not a recent backup copy of the OCR file, an export can be taken for the current OCR file. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get the current Session ID</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/get-the-current-session-id/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/get-the-current-session-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audsid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DESC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SID NUMBER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Type]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/10/22/get-the-current-session-id/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SQL&#62; desc v$mystat Name Null? Type &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; &#8212;&#8212;&#8211; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- SID NUMBER STATISTIC# NUMBER VALUE NUMBER SQL&#62; select distinct sid from v$mystat; SID &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 139 SQL&#62; select sid, serial# from v$session 2 where audsid=SYS_CONTEXT(&#8216;USERENV&#8217;,'SESSIONID&#8217;); SID SERIAL# &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 139 6 SQL&#62; select dbms_session.unique_session_id from dual; UNIQUE_SESSION_ID &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; 008B00060001]]></description>
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		<title>Identify Master node in RAC cluster</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/identify-master-node-in-rac-cluster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/identify-master-node-in-rac-cluster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crsd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identify Master node]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[master node]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[node number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tadrac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/06/06/identify-master-node-in-rac-cluster/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Grep occsd Log file [oracle @ tadrac1]: /u1/app/../cssd &#62;grep -i &#8220;master node&#8221; ocssd.log &#124; tail -1 [CSSD]CLSS-3001: local node number 1, master node number 1 2. Grep crsd log file [oracle @ tadrac1]: /u1/app/../crsd&#62;grep MASTER crsd.log &#124; tail -1 3. Query V$GES_RESOURCE view 4. ocrconfig -showbackup The node that store OCR backups is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring Cluster Online/Offline</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/bring-cluster-onlineoffline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/bring-cluster-onlineoffline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cluster database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instnace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sequence of events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[srvctl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/06/04/bring-cluster-onlineoffline/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Step A&#62; Sequence of events to pull cluster database down.. 1. Bring down load balanced/TAF service srvctl stop service -d orcl -s RAC 2. Stop RAC instances using srvctl stop instance -d (database) -I (instance) 3. If needed stop ASM instnace using srvctl stop asm -n (node) 4. Stop all services using srvctl stop -nodeapps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing CRS/ Commands</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/managing-crs-comamnds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/managing-crs-comamnds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClusterWare CRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INSTANCE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Configuration Repository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REMOVE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[srvctl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/06/03/managing-crs-comamnds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CRS DAEMON FUNCTIONALITY CRSD: Performs high availability recovery and management operations such as maintaining the OCR and managing application resources. - Engine for HA operation - Manages &#8216;application resources&#8217; - Starts, stops, and fails &#8216;application resources&#8217; over - Spawns separate &#8216;actions&#8217; to start/stop/check application resources - Maintains configuration profiles in the OCR (Oracle Configuration Repository) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Display tablespace usage</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/display-tablespace-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/display-tablespace-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[df]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GROUP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HEADING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Round]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNDOTBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/05/13/display-tablespace-usage/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[column tsname format a30 heading &#8216;Tablespace Name&#8217; column tbs_size_mb format 99999,999 heading &#8216;Size&#124;(MB)&#8217; column used format 99999,999 heading &#8216;Used&#124;(MB)&#8217; column avail format 99999,999 heading &#8216;Free&#124;(MB)&#8217; column used_visual format a11 heading &#8216;Used&#8217; column pct_used format 999 heading &#8216;% Used&#8217; set linesize 1000; set trimspool on; set pagesize 32000; set verify off; set feedback off; PROMPT PROMPT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enabling ArchiveLog Mode in a RAC Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/enabling-archive-logs-in-a-rac-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/enabling-archive-logs-in-a-rac-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orcl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shutdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sqlplus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Login to one of the nodes (i.e. linux1) and disable the cluster instance parameter by setting cluster_database to FALSE from the current instance: $ sqlplus &#8220;/ as sysdba&#8221;SQL&#62; alter system set cluster_database=false scope=spfile sid=&#8217;orcl1&#8242;; Shutdown all instances accessing the clustered database: $ srvctl stop database -d orcl Using the local instance, MOUNT the database: $ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle Clusterware Administration Quick Reference</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/oracle-clusterware-administration-quick-reference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/oracle-clusterware-administration-quick-reference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ClusterWare CRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cluster database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CssVoteDisk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[node numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Clusterware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[query]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[root]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[srvctl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Start]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/04/25/oracle-clusterware-administration-quick-reference/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sequence of events to bring cluster database back.. 1.    Start all services using “start -nodeapps” 2.    Start ASM instnace using “srvctl start asm -n (node)” 3.    Start RAC instances using “srvctl start instance -d (database) -I (instance)” 4.    Finish up by bringing our load balanced/TAF service online “srvctl start service -d orcl -s RAC” List [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10g RAC Management Commands</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/basic-rac-management-commands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/basic-rac-management-commands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAQ/Concepts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[database instances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[init]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/03/12/basic-rac-management-commands/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[crs_stat -t Shows HA resource status crsstat Ouptut of crs_stat -t formatted nicely ps -ef&#124;grep d.bin crsd.bin evmd.bin ocssd.bin crsctl check crs CSS,CRS,EVM appears healthy crsctl stop crs Stop crs and all other services crsctl disable crs* Prevents CRS from starting on reboot crsctl enable crs* Enables CRS start on reboot crs_stop -all Stops all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAC &#124; How to use SRVCTL Command</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/srvctl-commands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/srvctl-commands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAQ/Concepts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[database service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[status]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/2008/02/25/srvctl-commands/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out current configuration information srvctl config database Displays the configuration information of the cluster database. srvctl config service Displays the configuration information for the services. srvctl config nodeapps Displays the configuration information for the node applications. srvctl config asm Displays the configuration for the ASM instances on the node. Summary of srvctl commands. Command [...]]]></description>
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