The Triora Group

A short time ago, I was working on an upgrade and ran into a situation where this was needed. According to the patch readme, I needed to submit a concurrent request after applying a specific patch. So, to do this graphically, I needed to disable the maintenance mode and start up the application. Then I [...]

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One of our clients asked if they really need to use a password entry in the listener.ora file in their production environment. They pointed out that in MetaLink Note: 260986.1, Oracle states: “In Oracle 10, the TNS Listener is secure out of the box and there should not be a need [...]

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This morning’s session with the OAUG Upgrade SIG was accented by the attendance of Stephen Chan, who many of you probably recognize from his well-known blog.
During the session there was a discussion on the future of R12 updates and he noted that there are plans to to release one more Financials Family Pack for Release [...]

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Staged Environments: Steven Chan has recently published a new article about utilizing pre-patched or “staged” environments (Reducing Patching Downtimes with Staged Applications Systems). Staged Applications patching is near and dear to our hearts, as it’s the easiest way to reduce the downtime window of an upgrade (except for faster hardware…:-)).  The article clearly outlines the [...]

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For those of you tracking the latest releases, 10gR2 Version 10.2.0.4 is now certified for Release 11i. We’re anxiously awaiting certification for Release 12. Oracle has released the latest Critical Patch Update – be sure to check out www.integrigy.com’s evaluation of the July 2008 CPU, which points to the resolution of a high risk database [...]

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What am I talking about? I love playing with anagrams. Each of the anagrams above describes the topic we are going to talk about. Can you decipher it before reading on? The answer is given at the end of this article…
How about some cool Autoconfig stuff for this month’s article? Last week I upgraded an [...]

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Yesterday as I was walking my dogs, I spotted a little bit of “little boy heaven”: two slugs – really big slugs – slithering on my hillside. I did the only thing a reallly cool Mommy could do under the circumstances – I ran back to the house and dragged my son out of bed, made [...]

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Since its introduction in July 2005, 10gR2 has become the database version of choice for many E-Business Suite environments. Originally released as 10.2.0.1 it has been regularly enhanced with new patches to 10.2.0.3. In the last several months, the third patch set was released for 10gR2, raising its current version to 10.2.0.4. [...]

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We here at Triora Group are big advocates of staying current on RDBMS versions, so we’re excitedly waiting for the next RDBMS 10g patch, Version 10.2.0.4. We know it includes more performance patches for the database – always a good thing. However, we have to stand by Oracle’s caveat – not until it’s certified for [...]

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Today, Oracle provided a view into their plans for the integration of the BEA Aqualogic products into the Oracle product line. Oracle is very experienced at this effort and it showed in the presentation. They focused a lot on reassuring BEA and Oracle customers that there would be no drastic changes and no [...]

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