Category Archives: Tuning in General

Running an AWR Report.

Running an AWR report is simple, and can be done in the following manner.

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Optimal Redo Log Size

Tuning my physical standby, a metalink note stated to tune the optimal logfile size.

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ORA-00494: enqueue [CF] held for too long (more than 900 seconds) by ‘inst 1, osid 70070′

ORA-00494, instance crashes. ORA-00494: enqueue [CF] held for too long (more than 900 seconds) by ‘inst 1, osid 70070′ occured where a problem exists on getting a control file enqueue lock by the LGWR. However the instance shutsdown because CTKP … Continue reading

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Top Ten Performance Mistakes Found in Oracle Systems.

Here’s the oracle top 10 performance mistakes found in oracle database systems.

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Q: How to minimize log file sync?

Log file sync waits are associated with Redo data which has to be written to disk. There are a number of means with which you can combat this wait event.

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Capture DDL on a single table.

A user needed to capture DDL on a single table in 9.2.0.8. They’d done most of the work, but needed a little help to get to the end…….

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Checking for library cache contention.

How can I check for library cache contention ? Check the following…

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About the Library Cache.

Where does the library cache live ? The library cache lives in the shared pool of the SGA in the instance. There are no parameters to control the size of the library cache within oracle.

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Rebuild indexes to another tablespace.

I needed to rebuild the indexes from a tablespace to another, to allow me to clear the tablespace out and drop it. Here’s a script which performs this.

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