Re-creating Oracle Enterprise Manager's Console Repository

An earlier blog post, Oracle 10g: Setting up The Oracle Enterprise Manager Console, has the detailed instructions for setting up the Oracle 10g OEM console. However if the database along with the RDBMS server was moved (copied over) to a different host, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) refuses to start. In such cases, the error message will be similar to the following.% emctl start dbconsoleOC4J Configuration issue. /export/pspp/oracle/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_localhost_test...

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Fix to Firefox 3 Crash on Solaris 10 x86

Symptom:Firefox 3 crashes on Solaris 10 x86 when the web browser tries to render some of the HTML pages with SWF content in them. For example, I was not able to open the home page of CNN with the Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 plug-in installed on top of Firefox 3.According to Adobe's TechNote kb404004, Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 may cause Firefox 3 to crash on Solaris operating systems, the crash is encountered when a HTML page with SWF content...

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Setting Up a Simple MySQL Cluster

The goal of this blog post is to show the steps involved in configuring a very simple MySQL Cluster with all the nodes running on one machine. Keep in mind that this is not a realistic scenario; and the purpose is just to introduce various components involved in a MySQL Cluster, and to show how to configure them. MySQL Cluster beginners, novice users are the target audience of this blog post.Brief overview of MySQL ClusterMySQL Cluster is a high-availability,...

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Solaris 9, 10 : Broken X11 Forwarding on IPv4-only Systems

SymptomAll Solaris 9 & 10 IPv4-only systems with the following ssh patches (or later) may prevent ssh from X forwarding.126133-03 SunOS 5.10: sshd patch126134-03 SunOS 5.10_x86: sshd patch114356-14 SunOS 5.9: /usr/bin/ssh patch114357-13 SunOS 5.9_x86: usr/bin/ssh patchIn other words, the users may not be able to bring up the graphical applications when connected remotely with the -X option of ssh. All such failed attempts will be recorded in...

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