After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first time in many years I have a root password. Oh, the power!!! This has enabled me to play around with IPS and practice what I preach regarding Oracle Solaris lifecycle management. The result is this document, a variant of which has been published to MOS as Doc 2114039.1. The document provides an overview of the Oracle...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first time in many years I have a root...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a customer Parts 1 and 2, covering Solaris 11, M7 processor, and SuperCluster M7. The DOAG presentation is effectively a superset of the OOW presentation with additional slides taken from OOW Exec presentations so I suggest starting with the DOAG presentation. The customer presentation focuses more on SuperCluster M7 which is...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a customer Parts 1 and 2, covering Solaris 11,...
I'm listening to the keynote speech @ OOW and reading up on reaction to our M7 / T7 / SuperCluster M7 launch. Chuck's blog sums it up nicely. Well worth...
I'm listening to the keynote speech @ OOW and reading up on reaction to our M7 / T7 / SuperCluster M7 launch. Chuck's blog sums it up nicely. Well worth reading. And the Infosys CEO just told the audience that they are running their Pinnacle banking software on an M7 SuperCluster and it's able to support 2 billion accounts. 2 billion. On one SuperCluster. Pretty impressive. The 20 world record performance benchmarks for M7/T7 are detailed on http://blogs.oracle.com/BestPerf...
I'm listening to the keynote speech @ OOW and reading up on reaction to our M7 / T7 / SuperCluster M7 launch. Chuck's blog sums it up nicely. Well worth reading. And the Infosys CEO just told...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining And More Time With Your Family". I'll share data on how with one simple installation decision you can reduce your subsequent production lifecycle issue rate by over 70%, both in terms of Service Requests and underlying Bugs. I'll also share data on two other easy ways you can dramatically reduce your operational risk...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining And More Time With Your Family". I'll...
Interesting blog post from Steve Duplessie which is well worth reading. Steve, you're not losing your mind. You're just seeing the light! :) Best Wishes, Gerry.
A nugget I took from a management class I attended years ago is "You can't manage what you don't measure". Meaning that without good operational metrics in...
A nugget I took from a management class I attended years ago is "You can't manage what you don't measure". Meaning that without good operational metrics in place, it's impossible to accurately measure the impact of process improvements and other initiatives. Therefore, I've always been a big fan of good metrics. My colleague, statistician, and 110.5% good guy, Chuck Malovrh, has been crunching data on the impact of Oracle Installation Services on customer issue rates. The...
A nugget I took from a management class I attended years ago is "You can't manage what you don't measure". Meaning that without good operational metrics in place, it's impossible to accurately...
Just cross-posting some interesting information on forthcoming Solaris 11.3 features as well as newly available FOSS packages for evaluation on Solaris 11.2:...
Just cross-posting some interesting information on forthcoming Solaris 11.3 features as well as newly available FOSS packages for evaluation on Solaris 11.2: Solaris 11.3 Blog Posts Solaris 11.3: Securing and Simplifying the Enterprise Cloud New Program: FOSS Evaluation Packages for Solaris 11.2 How to Access Selected FOSS Evaluation Packages for Oracle Solaris 11.2 Enjoy! Best Wishes, Gerry.
Just cross-posting some interesting information on forthcoming Solaris 11.3 features as well as newly available FOSS packages for evaluation on Solaris 11.2: Solaris 11.3 Blog Posts Solaris...
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage...
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage expectations has stuck with me over the years. And in that spirit, we issue Docs detailing known issues with Solaris 11 SRUs (Doc ID 1900381.1) and Solaris 10 CPU patchsets (Doc ID 1943839.1). Many issues only occur in very specific configuration scenarios which won't be seen by the vast majority of customers. A few will be...
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage expectations has stuck with me over the years....
Time is money. I remember my first unplanned downtime as a Sys Admin on-site at a major Aluminum Mill in up-state New York. The Operations Manager was...
Time is money. I remember my first unplanned downtime as a Sys Admin on-site at a major Aluminum Mill in up-state New York. The Operations Manager was literally poking me in the back of the neck asking me "Don't you know downtime costs us $250,000 per hour ? How long will it take to get back up ?", to which I replied "It'll be faster if you stop poking me in the neck!". I had the Systems back up in 20 minutes. For Solaris and other Oracle Sun products, we try to release...
Time is money. I remember my first unplanned downtime as a Sys Admin on-site at a major Aluminum Mill in up-state New York. The Operations Manager was literally poking me in the back of the neck...
