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Since the introduction of ASM in Oracle 10g Release 1, every ASM administrator has been dreaming of a simple command line tool to copy files between ASM diskgroups and other filesystems. Oracle ASM 10g Release 2 added the handy asmcmd utility, but even though everyone expected a copy command there, it had not been implemented.
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When I was at OpenWorld last year, I was asked by a couple of people a question that’s been asked of me quite a number of times before. Who has been the biggest influence in my career as an Oracle DBA, just who has had the biggest impact in shaping the Oracle DBA I am […]

There’s some good stuff out on the net today:

Tom is back and talking about the level of skills in the IT industry. I think we all share his pain.
Mary Ann Davidson has a great piece on security. This links in nicely with what Tom was saying, in so far as it relates to […]

Ever wished the listener.log file was a table in the database? Wish no more! About three years ago, I sent this recipe in an email to my co-workers. Just recently, Shakir re-sent it after using the method in an emergency. Since it seems to have proved its value, I now offer it […]

Yesterday I mentioned that I was working this week on an OBIEE proof of concept, I said at the time that I’d make some notes on how the project went and the methodology I used to pull the system together. As I obviously can’t write about the actual client or system I built, I’ll use […]

I just got back few minutes ago at home. Its been a tough tour. Partly because the modules were tough and so were the audience but the major reason was ( and still is) that from the day when I landed up at Delhi, I again fell sick, some thing which is happening since last 3 […]