Grid 11.2.0.2 install nightmare

Missing  cvuqdisk-1.0.9-1.rpm package: This one you will find under grid software: /stage/cvu/cv/remenv/cvuqdisk-1.0.9-1.rpm Install it by running: rpm -iv cvuqdisk-1.0.9-1.rpm PRVF-5150: Path ORCL:  is not a valid path on all nodes Check note:  Device Checks for ASM Fails with PRVF-5150: Path xx is not a valid path on all nodes [ID 1210863.1] bug 10026970 is not … Read more

Issue with Oracle 11.2.0.2 new Redundant Interconnect

MOS note  11.2.0.2 Patch Set – List of Bug Fixes by Problem Type [ID 1179583.1] If you look for patch 9974223  you can see that patch is there: under Undocumented Oracle Server 9969284 9969539 9971646 9972586 9973072 9973560 9974223 9974736 9975343 9975837 but  Bug 9974223 : Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster needs multicast communication … Read more

Deffered Segment Creation

Oracle 11g release 2 introduced new initialization  parameter DEFERRED_SEGMENT_CREATION . This parameter specifies the semantics of deferred segment creation. If set to true ( which is DEFAULT ) then segments for non-partitioned tables and their dependent objects (LOBs, indexes) will not be created until the first row is inserted into the table. According to Oracle … Read more

DBA_JOBS_RUNNING definition still not corrected for RAC 11g

Just found this one  and since I do not trust until I see it.. Here is Bug description.Only affects RAC… There will be no output when queried for information on same job from other RAC instances. This is because the view definition makes use of v$lock information in joins and not the gv$lock. According to Oracle this … Read more

When you do not have time to wait for Oracle patch?

  I got call from developer telling me  that he cannot run update on very small  table with (less than 50 rows) Every time he runs statement his session got disconnected .From the experience with my folks that tells me that there is possible Oracle bug… if session hang or slow that’s different but get disconnected every time  … Read more