by Kathleen Long | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
An interesting request came in the other day, is there a way to tell how much memory each database is using on an instance. You can always use properties to see how much memory is allocated to the SQL Server and there are performance counters available to track how...
by XTIVIA | Dec 12, 2012 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Recently I received a call concerning failing backup jobs being taken via Expdp. I logged in to our Virtual-DBA client’s site and immediately checked the alertlog for errors. The below errors were found in the alertlog. Exporting orcl on DBHOST01 Sun Dec 16...
by XTIVIA | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog, Databases
Seeing a database in any state other than “online” makes me a little nervous. For one thing, it’s one of those things I don’t see often, so I have to rub a few brain cells together to remember what I did the last time. For another,...
by XTIVIA | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog, Portals
The blog entry Add a New Language to Liferay contains a note at the bottom about using <spring:message> tags with UTF-8 (Unicode) languages. This entry is meant to expound on those notes a little more. There are two main ways to handle Unicode in properties...
by XTIVIA | Dec 10, 2012 | Blog, Portals
In this article I’ll briefly explain my experience of how SELinux can affect Tomcat clustering. My setup is a single host with two Tomcat application servers with Liferay Enterprise 6.1.20 installed in a vertical cluster. System Setup OS: Centos 6.3 Webserver:...
by XTIVIA | Dec 9, 2012 | Blog, Portals
Liferay currently supports about 40 languages out of the box. The full list of translated languages and their progress may be seen here: http://translate.liferay.com/pootle/ What about adding a language to Liferay that is not one of the ones supported? The Cherokee...
by XTIVIA | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
Identity Provider Custom Assertions After a request by a customer to provide custom attributes for an Identity Provider initiated login, I looked into what it would take to provide the attributes that were requested (a brief introduction to SAML can be viewed here)....
by Doug Groves | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog, Databases
To me making sure your database is backed up is the most important task for a dba. But not only is it backed up, but it’s backed up correctly. I just encountered a situation where a client started receiving numerous errors in their production system. There...
by XTIVIA | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog, Databases
Hi. I recently finished a project for a client who needed Update-Anywhere Repliction on one table between 4 DB2 version 9.1 databases at different locations. I thought I would share a high-level overview of the process I used, starting with 2-way...
by XTIVIA | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Databases
Here at XTIVIA, we have standardized on an agile process we’ve coined as XDLC (XTIVIA Development Lifecycle). XDLC is largely based on Scrum and other agile techniques that enable us to quickly deliver maximum value for our Enterprise Portal/Java...
by XTIVIA | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog, Databases
Liferay v6.1 introduced a new end-user customization capability wherein we can create a customizable page in a site that allows an end-user to add or remove portlets on the page or drag and drop portlets in different places on the page. In order to enable...
by XTIVIA | Nov 15, 2012 | Blog, Databases
Learn how to setup and backup Informix Dynamic Server and ISM Let’s talk about the Informix Dynamic Server. I have often been asked how difficult it is to use ISM and Onbar to backup their Informix Dynamic Server. I gave a webinar early in October that will...
