Re: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA

From: Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:49:39 +0100
Message-ID: <CAPCNhx3hcV_SGW3dRg_puYJz5xb_0LT6cv8QffcGJvdXa7EDeA_at_mail.gmail.com>

TMP is quite a good file extension too. My boss used to use that a lot. He doesnt any mo... XXXXXDELETED

On 27 July 2011 18:26, Marco Gralike <Marco.Gralike_at_amis.nl> wrote:

> BTW
>
> I also never use those file extensions anymore, but then again DBCA still
> has that practice and I would not be surprised if it turned up in OCP
> manuals etc.
> I once created an enhancement request saying that "this new APEX *core*directory, regarding naming is probably not a good idea to implement".
> They didn't get the point, or I didn't got my point across, that old unix
> admin methods / people (maybe still also on linux nowadays) have a practice
> to delete from time to time *core* files and *core* directories on their
> filesystems…
>
>
>
> From: "Stephens, Chris" <Chris.Stephens_at_adm.com>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:02:52 +0200
> To: Marco Gralike <marco.gralike_at_amis.nl>, "andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com" <
> andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>, Oracle-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
>
> Subject: RE: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA
>
> Which is the #1 reason I no longer allow redo logs to end in ‘.log’! J****
>
> ** **
>
> I have that as a check implemented in a procedure that runs each night to
> ensure every database in our environment complies with a few standards that
> I don’t consider to be debatable.****
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [
> mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Marco Gralike
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:57 AM
> *To:* andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com; ORACLE-L
> *Subject:* RE: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA****
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> Be happy that he asked. Sometimes they just delete log files because they
> need the space.****
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> *Van:*oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] namens
> Andrew Kerber [andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com]
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 26 juli 2011 21:38
> *Aan:* ORACLE-L
> *Onderwerp:* all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA****
>
> So, I am getting this error on one of our virtual Linux servers:
>
> ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
> ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/datafiles/devdb/control01.ctl'
> ORA-27086: unable to lock file - already in use
>
> Its probably due to a stale NFS lock. The question from my sys admin:****
>
> -rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 10076160 Jul 22 13:33 control01.ctl****
>
> can that file just be removed****
>
>
>
>
> Ok, I am a little frustrated with him...
>
> --
> Andrew W. Kerber
>
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