Oracle SuperCluster: A Brief Introduction to osc-resalloc
Target Audience: Oracle SuperCluster CustomersThe primary objective of this blog post is to provide some related information on this obscure tool to inquisitive users/customers as they might have...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #13
Previous playlists: #1 #8(50s, 60s and 70s) | #2 #3 #4 #5(80s) | #6 #7 #9(90s) | #11 #12(00s) | #10(Instrumental)New category: "10s" (2010s) playlist. Audio &...
View ArticlePython Lists in 5 Minutes or Less .. Part 1
Key Points:A list is a collection of values stored in order -- that is, a list is an ordered group of items or elementsLists can have elements of different types (not necessarily items of the same data...
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Prior lists: #1 #2 WORDMEANING convalescent(of a person) recovering from an illness or operation forlornpitifully sad and abandoned or lonely insouciantshowing a casual lack of concern;...
View ArticlePython Lists in 5 Minutes or Less .. Part 2
SEE ALSO: Python Lists in 5 Minutes or Less .. Part 1Extracting Part of a List (sublist)Lists can be sliced using [:] construction. list[start:end] (slicing) returns a new list containing elements in...
View ArticleOracle SuperCluster: osc-setcoremem simulator
Target Audience: Oracle SuperCluster customers and Oracle technical supportIs it possible to use setcoremem to achieve my desired configuration?Why setcoremem is behaving differently than the way I...
View Articleosc-setcoremem: Simulation on Non-SuperCluster Nodes
.. simulation of domain CPU and memory configuration changes, that is.Please check the first blog post in this series too - Oracle SuperCluster: osc-setcoremem simulator.Keep in mind that fresh/new...
View Articleosc-setcoremem: Simulation on SuperCluster Nodes
Running the osc-setcoremem simulator on live SuperCluster nodes is very similar to running it on Non-SuperCluster nodes with the exception of setting a shell variable SSC_SCM_SIMULATE to differentiate...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #14
Previous playlists: #1 #8(50s, 60s and 70s) | #2 #3 #4 #5(80s) | #6 #7 #9(90s) | #11 #12(00s) | #13(10s) | #10(Instrumental)Another 50s, 60s and 70s playlist....
View ArticleRandom Solaris Tips: 11.4 Beta, LDoms 3.5, Privileges, File Attributes & Disk...
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View ArticleSteps to Upgrade from Solaris 11.3 to 11.4 Beta
Recently I updated one of our lab systems running Solaris 11.3 SRU 16 to Solaris 11.4 beta. Just wanted to share my experience along with the steps I ran and the outputs/stdout/stderr messages that I...
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Solaris 11.4: Brief Introduction to Solaris Analytics
This is something I can take some credit for even though I haven't contributed in any significant way other than filing a timely enhancement request. :-)OverviewOn a high level: Solaris has quite a few...
View ArticleSolaris 11.4: Three Zones Related Changes in 3 Minutes or Less
[ 1 ] Automatic Live Migration of Kernel Zones using sysadm UtilityLive migrate (evacuate) all kernel zones from a host system onto other systems temporarily or permanently with the help of new...
View ArticleSolaris 11.4: 10 Good-to-Know Features, Enhancements or Changes
[Admins] Device Removal From a ZFS Storage PoolIn addition to removing hot spares, cache and log devices, Solaris 11.4 has support for removal of top-level virtual data devices (vdev) from a zpool with...
View ArticlePython: Exclusive File Locking on Solaris
Solaris doesn't lock open files automatically (not just Solaris - most of *nix operating systems behave this way).In general, when a process is about to update a file, the process is responsible for...
View ArticleSolaris 11: High-Level Steps to Create an IPS Package
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View ArticleRandom Solaris & Shell Command Tips — kstat, tput, sed, digest
The examples shown in this blog post were created and executed on a Solaris system. Some of these tips and examples are applicable to all *nix systems.Digest of a FileOne of the typical uses of...
View ArticleOracle SuperCluster: Brief Introduction to osc-interdom
Target audience: Oracle SuperCluster customersThe primary objective of this blog post is to provide some related information on this obscure tool to inquisitive users/customers as they might have...
View ArticleProgramming in C: Few Tidbits #8
1) Function PointersSimilar to a variable declared as pointer to some data type, a variable can also be declared to be a pointer to a function. Such a variable stores the address of a function that can...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #15 — Cirque Du Soleil Special
This edition is dedicated to Cirque du Soleil, the entertainment group with many successful live shows under their belt. Live original music accompanies almost all of Cirque's carefully choreographed...
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