Find the largest Top 10 Files and Directories on Linux/Unix

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

To find the top 10 files and directories in the current directory, we will use the "du" command with some options, along with the "sort" command to list the sizes in descending order, along with the "head" command to get only the top 10 items. Example:(output in K Bytes) Note the following "du" command options:-c … Continue reading Find the largest Top 10 Files and Directories on Linux/Unix

Advertisement

Oracle Virtual Machines for Sale !

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

Are you looking for a virtual machine to do some hands-on labs or practice something (i.e. for Educational purposes}? Do you have the time to build these virtual machines yourself? Below are some really nice Virtual Machines, that I invested allot of time to build on Oracle Virtual Box, and that I used them personally … Continue reading Oracle Virtual Machines for Sale !

Oracle Single-Instance Database Creation in a Clustered Environment

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTXFohjMwqY

Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Installation on the Oracle Cloud Compute Instance.

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

As, I already have access to one Oracle Cloud Free Compute Instance (Oracle Linux), then I decided to install Oracle database 19c there and create a test database. This time, I'll use a different technique by installing Oracle Database rpm.Oracle delivered the oracle database software as rpm for Linux since Oracle 18c. Installation procedure is … Continue reading Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Installation on the Oracle Cloud Compute Instance.

Removing Oracle Database Software 12.2 (Grid + Database)

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

I have an Oracle Restart virtual machine that has both Oracle grid Infrastructure 12cR2 (12.2) and Oracle Database 12c R2 (12.2) + one CDB database called "orcl". I need to fully remove all oracle components from this machine. About the Deinstallation Tool Starting with Oracle Database 12c, the deinstallation tool is integrated with the database … Continue reading Removing Oracle Database Software 12.2 (Grid + Database)

Oracle VirtualBox: Resize Linux Filesystem

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

We have an Oracle Linux Virtual Machine that we created in our previous post https://ahmedfattah.com/2019/12/10/oracle-virtualbox-create-new-virtual-machine/ up and running. When I examined the space on this VM, I found that I have only 2GB of free space available in "/" filesystem, which is not enough for me to do my work. So, I decided to increase … Continue reading Oracle VirtualBox: Resize Linux Filesystem

Oracle VirtualBox: Create new Virtual Machine

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

In this post we are going to create a new virtual machine and configure it to use an already existing virtual disk. This disk contains Oracle Linux 6.3 + Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12.2 + Oracle Database 12.2. We will create the machine two times, one time using the VirtualBox Manager (Gui Interface), and another time … Continue reading Oracle VirtualBox: Create new Virtual Machine