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    ASM disk space incorrect.

    I have migrated to a new AIX 6.1 server on Oracle 10.2.0.4 but get an error message stating that the disk size is incorrect. Oracle support states that you cannot have disk sizes over 2TB but mine are no larger that 1.6TB. If I create the disks to be 1TB then all is well. Has anyone else had...
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    updating to 5300-07 Service Pack 3

    I applied 5300-07 TL and it said failed when completed. I then ran lppchk and it mentions the following. lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring the system to a consistent state: csm.core 1.7.0.0 (not installed; requisite...
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    Sysback

    I am doing a backup of 3 large filesystems and currently it is taking multiple tapes to backup these filesystems and it's all going to one tape drive. I do however have multiple tape drives available to me and was wondering if there is anyway for sysback to use multiple drives at once in...
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    updating to 5300-07 Service Pack 3

    Also is it ok to from my my current level directly to 5300-07 Service Pack 3? Thanks again
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    updating to 5300-07 Service Pack 3

    I am doing it on a development box and only have a 4hr window to get it done. I am not doing it from the network.
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    updating to 5300-07 Service Pack 3

    I am updating to 5300-07 Service Pack 3 from 5300-05-01 and was wondering how long the update could possibly take. the download is about 2GB in size. Thanks
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    smit sysback

    I was wondering if its possible to restore a single file with using smit sysback rather than doing it via the commandline. Thanks
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    Tape backup error.

    I really overlooked that one. Thanks
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    Tape backup error.

    Received this error message and wondering if it means we have a bad tape. sbdevice: Cannot open /dev/rnt1.TOC sbdevice: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. FAILURE: Files or Directory backup failed to complete.
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    Data security

    We had a question come up today that I hadn't thought of and was wondering what everyone here thinks about it. Question: With all the news about credit data being stolen from hard drives, what are we doing in the event that one of our servers drives go bad and IBM comes onsite to replace the...
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    mksysb best practices

    Thank you for the information.
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    mksysb best practices

    Just would like to know some best practices are when doing a mksysb on a system. Can we do a mksysb when the system is in use? How often should we do a mksysb? Things like the above would be appreciated. Thank You
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    Array candidate

    Thank you for the response, I will add it as a hot spare to the array. So the array candidate simply means that its ready to be assigned to an array as another disk then. Thank You
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    Array candidate

    Thank you for the link it has very good info. I guess my question is do I just create it as an Array Candidate or do I add it as a hot spare? The previous admin did not leave documentation on what he did and I am just getting back into AIX. Thanks
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    Updating Linux

    I have just acquired a server farm running Oracle 10g on Linux servers. Well the servers have not been updated with patches since they were installed a few years ago and am wondering if updating will cause an issue for the Oracle databases? Also if there are some best practices to follow that...

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