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    Oracle 19c Lab Setup: Essential Steps on VMWare Fusion

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    • Oracle 19c Lab Setup: Essential Steps on VMWare Fusion

      Oracle 19c Lab Setup: Essential Steps on VMWare Fusion

      This document outlines the steps for installing Oracle Enterprise Linux 8 and Oracle Database 19c on VMware Fusion. Key procedures include configuring network settings, enabling SSH, and installing open-vm-tools. Post-installation tasks involve setting up authentication for the oracle user, configuring firewall ports, and preparing the environment for database operations.

    • watson Reference

      watson Reference

      The content details the use of the watson command-line tool for tracking work hours on Oracle Enterprise Linux and macOS. It provides commands for recording sessions, restarting projects, stopping ongoing sessions, managing projects, and displaying past sessions. Sample session durations and project tags are given, illustrating the tool’s functionality.

    • Mastering User Control in Oracle Enterprise Linux Systems

      Mastering User Control in Oracle Enterprise Linux Systems

      This post details user management in Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL), covering user creation, modification, deletion, and group management. Key commands include useradd, usermod, and userdel. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of proper user management for system security and efficiency, along with options for managing user passwords and home directories.

    • watch Command in Unix

      watch Command in Unix

      The content outlines the use of the “watch” command to monitor an Oracle ZDM migration process on Azure. It demonstrates how to query job status at regular intervals, providing details about the job ID, user, type, execution times, and system metrics. The command’s functionality enhances visibility into the migration process.

    • Step-by-Step Guide to Fdupes on macOS

      Step-by-Step Guide to Fdupes on macOS

      This article outlines how to identify and manage duplicate files on a Mac using the tool fdupes. It includes steps to install or upgrade fdupes, create test cases, list duplicates, and delete them, providing command-line examples for each stage applicable to Unix-based systems.

    • SQLcl: Setup on a Mac

      SQLcl: Setup on a Mac

      Simple and straightforward steps about how to setup Oracle’s new SQL command line tool on a macOS X environment. Download Application and Environment Setup Attempt to start the application: Setup Java Download Java from the Oracle site. As I am on a mac wit M processor (ARM) , I cannot install jre-8u371-macosx-x64.dmg, so I cannot…

    • Linux Playground on #OCI

      Linux Playground on #OCI

      Spring is here and I will definitely spend more time outside on my bike and carrying my iPad in my backpack. So I was looking for an easy to setup environment to practice and train my shell scripting skills. And Oracle Always Free has a simple solution for that! I setup a small compute instance…

    • tmux Tutorial

      tmux Tutorial

      A very useful tool. Create new session: To dissconect from a session you are already in, I use Ctrl+b followed by pressing the d key. To re-attach to a session and continue where you left you need to figure out which session you want to attach to first. List the currently running sessions by using…

    • Setup a VirtualBox based Database Lab Environment

      Setup a VirtualBox based Database Lab Environment

      Oracle provides a lot of useful Oracle VirtualBox Pre-built Appliances. In this blog post, I will describe the few extra steps I take after download in order to setup my lab environment on my work MacBook Pro.