Various thoughts on Oracle, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, Kubernetes and everything Storage
Background This week I was asked an interesting question can Oracle dNFS and Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) use auto mounts, not knowing the answer I thought I better find out. What is Autofs ? Autofs, also known as automounter mounts filesystems on-demand when they are accessed rather than maintaining the mounts all the time. The... Continue Reading →
Background In my previous post I walked through how you can determine a vVOL FlashArray volume from a Linux device. In this post I will show how we can automate that process with Ansible using the same /dev/sdd Linux device and some code examples. Ansible Linux Facts Let's start by using the ansible_facts.devices to identify... Continue Reading →
Background I have recently seen an increase in the adoption of VMware Virtual Volumes (vVOLS), and a question which is frequently asked is: How I can identify the FlashArray volume from my Linux server ? Identify Linux Device In this example my Oracle database is using a Pure Storage FlashArray and has been migrated to... Continue Reading →
In this Blog I am going to show how we can use the Pure Service Orchestrator (PSO) Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver to deliver Persistent Storage to a 3 node Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment (OLCNE) Kubernetes Cluster. For this Blog I will be using Vagrant and VirtualBox, if you have not already got Vagrant... Continue Reading →
Overview In this Blog I am going to provide a walthrough of my fully automated Oracle 18 Express Edition (XE) build on a Vagrant managed Oracle Linux VirtualBox virtual machine using Ansible and the Pure Storage FlashArray Ansible collection. I use vagrant up to start my Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine with the latest Oracle Linux... Continue Reading →
Getting ready for Python3 In this Blog, I will share how you can use the python to manage and automate Pure Storage FlashBlade File System snapshots. Before we can start we need to install the Pure Storage FlashBlade Python SDK, also as Python2 is now deprecated so let's start using Python3. Below are the steps... Continue Reading →
Before I start any new software install I find it's good practice to check the Oracle Certification Matrix on My Oracle Support (MOS). The ASM Filter Driver MOS document is -> ASMFD (ASM Filter Driver) Support on OS Platforms (Certification Matrix). ( Doc ID 2034681.1 ) ... Oracle Linux – RedHat Compatible Kernel 7 3.10.0-123 and later... Continue Reading →
Fully automated Oracle #APEX build using #Oracle18xe, #ORDS and Apache Tomcat @ansible @virtualbox @oracleace
If you have followed my previous Oracle VM Blog posts you should have by now a working OVM deployment using either Block, NFS or both. I am now going to provide a walkthrough on how to import an Oracle VM Template. First start by visiting Oracle Technology Network and navigating to the Oracle VM Overview... Continue Reading →
In this short Blog I will show how you can create a new ZFS pool, file system and also show some other ZFS command on OEL7. ZFS installation on OEL7 # yum install -y yum-utils# yum-config-manager --enable ol7_developer_EPEL# yum install -y dkms# rpm -Uvh http://download.zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release.el7_6.noarch.rpm# sudo yum install -y zfs# /sbin/modprobe zfs# systemctl -a |... Continue Reading →
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