Is my Oracle db in archivelog mode

To verify that the database is in no archive log mode log into the sqlplus as sys and issue following command and u must get the following output archive log list To enable the database in archive log mode following parameters must be set in init.ora file of instance log_archive_dest_1=<path of the destination where u want the archive logs to be placed> log_archive_dest_state_1=enable log_archive_start=true( this parameter is deprecated in Oracle 10g) log_archive_format=arc_%t_%s_%r.dbf

RPM - Listing in date order

Useful for looking at recent changes rpm -qa --last | less rpm -qa --queryformat '%{installtime} (%{installtime:date}) %{name}\n'

OEM Agent - Cleaning out

On the Repos Server SELECT target_name FROM sysman.MGMT_TARGETS where 1=1 and target_type = 'oracle_emd' and target_name like '%mis%' order by 1 commit execute sysman.mgmt_admin.cleanup_agent('target_name:port>'); If this hangs then kill it and run ... update sysman.MGMT_TARGETS_DELETE set delete_complete_time = sysdate where target_name like '%slofosdb01.odl.com:3872%' On the Agent Machine rm - rf $OracleHome/sysman/emd/upload rm -rf $OracleHome/sysman/emd/recv rm -rf $OracleHome/sysman/emd/state Resecure the connection - emctl secure agent Restart the agent - emctl start agent Upload info - emctl upload

Speaking Imap (in telnet)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189326 Telnet IP address of Mail server (Exchange) 143 LOGIN NTDOMAIN/NTACCOUNT/ALIAS PASSWORD ? LIST "" "*" ? Select Folder (where Folder is the mailbox folder that you want, such as Inbox or Deleted Items) ? FETCH message number> All (where message number is 1, 2, 3, and so on) ? FETCH message number Body (where message number is 1, 2, 3, and so on) ? LOGOUT

MS Server 2003 : Getting an RDP session

To use the command line hacks, you might need to run them from another server if your local operating system doesn't include the commands. You will also need to make sure that you are logged onto that server with an administrative account. The easiest way to do that is just map a drive (you don't have to use a drive letter unless you choose to) net use /user:[username] \\servername\share Here's a command line hack that you can use to figure out what sessions are connected to the server. Note that you could substitute the IP address for the server name. query session /server:servername Now we know that the session ID of the offending session is 2. We can use that in the next step, which is using the reset command to log off that user. reset session [ID] /server:servername

NTLM in Firefox

Go to your Firefox address bar and type about:config. Look for the key called network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris. Set that key’s value to a comma separated list of servers you want NTLM auth for. Name of each server must be exactly the same as in the URL used Seem to need to restart Firefox for it to take effect

Adding an 11G RAC service

. oraenv NDEV1C srvctl add service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" -r "NDEV1C1,NDEV1C2" -P BASIC srvctl status service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" srvctl start service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" srvctl stop service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" srvctl remove service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" srvctl remove service -d NDEV1C-s "OTIIDEV" -r "NDEV1C1,NDEV1C2" alter system set  service_names='NDEV1C.ODLS.COM,OTIIDEV.ODLS.COM' scope=both alter system register