Author: Marcelo Lopes

For this blog I have compiled the main information regarding JDBC drivers specifically considering the 11gR2 platform, but the concepts and idea also apply for older platforms as well.

If you don’t want to deal with missteps, I recommend that you test your standby database to facilitate the failover or switchover process. This procedure is very useful when you have physical standby databases for testing and other purposes that require read-write access to the standby database. Also, it improves your checklist in the event of an error or disaster. Here is how to do it.

Sometimes you find yourself facing some little problem. You don’t believe it’s a bug or software deficiency, and you spend some time trying to find out what is the silly thing you’ve missed. Here are a handful of issues in Grid Control that cause this sort of little problem.