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CellCLI Utilities
May 9th, 2012
Written by John Clarke
Those familiar with Exadata's CellCLI command line interface often find themselves wondering what sorts of cell metrics are available, and if there's an easy-to-use interface to gather this data without having to look in the manual every time. I'm one of those guys, so I took some time and put some little shell scripts that might be able to help. The Utilities celldig.sh: Provides a menu-driven interface for cellclicellstats.sh: Provides a command-line interface for...
Creating CRM Resources in Oracle E-Business Suite (Part 1 of 2)
April 16th, 2012
Written by Tony Cash
CRM Resources are required for a variety of purposes in Oracle E-Business Suite (R12 and 11i). Here is a simple break down of the steps required to create a complete and functioning CRM Resource for you. The first step in creating CRM Resources begins with creation of the Person record in Oracle HRMS applications. Once a valid resource has been created (Employee or a Contingent Worker) and given appropriate Job titles, then that worker can be leveraged into the CRM Applications.Using the...
R12 Payments - Payments Administrator (Part 1 of 2)
April 16th, 2012
Written by Jeff Kloster
The Payment Administrator is a collection of settings to define the various components used to create payables documents using the Payment Process Request. There is a wide variety of processing options available and the Payment Administrator groups these together in a single place. This article will focus on two of the more common elements, the Payment Process Profile and Payment Formats.Payment Formats are, just as the name implies, the XML Publisher templates used to format the Payment...
Software Licensing – Centralized Administration & Support
April 12th, 2012
Written by Dawn Hines
In order to properly manage internal software license usage within a global company, license management, administration, and support must be carefully considered. A centralized licensing infrastructure is ideal, allowing for: Centralized distribution and management of licensesCentralized license support for end usersReduction in overall global administration / supplier management supportSupplier leverage due to bulk purchasing and single points of contactGathering of metrics on...
Exadata Storage Configuration
March 25th, 2012
Written by John Clarke
The purpose of this post is to outline how storage works on Exadata. We’ll look at the host-based storage on the compute nodes and storage server nodes, and then look at the cell storage characteristics, mapping these to ASM storage and finally, database storage. Environment Description The demonstrations in this document will be done using Centroid’s X2-2 Quarter rack. Compute Node Storage Let’s start with a “df –k” listing: [root@cm01dbm01...
