by XTIVIA | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
The ORA-600 is an internal Oracle error that can be reported by a very serious error. A lot of times this error can’t be solved by an onsite DBA and needs direct help from Oracle to help troubleshoot the issue. If the trace files from the error don’t prove...
by XTIVIA | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Tip # 3 – Maintain your SQL Server Top 10 Tips for SQL Server Performance and Resiliency This article is part 3 of 10 in a series on the most common mistakes that I have seen impacting SQL Server Performance and Resiliency. This post is related to the most common...
by XTIVIA | Jan 24, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified This is one of the most common Oracle errors and it is basically telling you that you are trying to connect to a database name that is unknown to the system. The most common cause are typos in your...
by XTIVIA | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
It’s well known that Oracle has some of the most complicated licensing practices when dealing with virtual hosts/machines. Not only complicated, but also very expensive. I recently work on a project involving a database move to one of the popular cloud...
by XTIVIA | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Tip # 2 – Check your Security Top 10 Tips for SQL Server Performance and Resiliency This article is part 2 in a series on the top 10 most common mistakes that I have seen impacting SQL Server Performance and Resiliency. This post is related to the most common errors I...
by XTIVIA | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Oracle subscription for node down event pending. You will sometimes see this message on an Oracle database from 10g forward as that is when the default subscription to the Oracle Notification Service(ONS) was introduced. In a single instance environment it is...
by XTIVIA | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Often enough I have to mess around with shell scripts and even more often I have to spend a considerable amount of time debugging scripts. Though whenever I find myself having to debug a script I often use this little bit of code to help me step through my code to...
by XTIVIA | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Tip Number 1 – Check your Backups Top 10 Tips for SQL Server Performance and Resiliency I have been a consultant for a number of years and lost track of how many different servers I have worked on a long time ago. However, today as sit down and think, it...
by XTIVIA | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Often the first stop in troubleshooting is taking a peek at those logs. SQL Server Error logs can provide a lot of useful information and when it comes down to troubleshooting a SQL Server problem one cannot go wrong by cracking open the log files. The SQL Server...
by XTIVIA | Dec 24, 2014 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
SQL Server is indeed a powerfull database management system, however Microsoft has not yet included the run yourself feature as of yet. And it is because of this Database Administrators need a good set of tools to not only manage SQL Server but to also monitor what is...
