ORA-10873: file 1 needs to be either taken out of backup mode or media recovered
We had an Oracle database that would not start up. Database users could not log on, receiving the error “ORA-01033 ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress”. When attempting to start the database we received the error “ORA-10873: file 1 needs to be either taken out of backup mode or media…
Windows Activation Error Code 0xC004E015
Resolve Windows activation error code 0xC004E015.
Windows 10 dotNET 3.5 Install Fix for Domain PCs
Open RegEdit and navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU folder. DoubleClick on UseWUServer(UseWindowsUpdateServer) and change the value to 0. Restart the Windows Update service. Now open the appwiz.cpl and add the dotNET 3.5 feature using Microsoft Update as source.
Enable or Disable Group Policy Preference Items
It is possible to enable or disable specific settings or entire tabs within a Group Policy Preference item. This can be very useful if you only need to force a few specific settings on a tab with many available settings. For instance disabling depreciated SSL versions in Internet Explorer and…
Add .NET Framework 3.5 Feature to Windows 10
To support applications requiring the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 10 clients, the framework must be added manually. The Windows 10 Add/Remove Features snap in will allow you to manually add the .NET 3.5 Framework to your system, but it requires a connection to Windows Update. If your clients aren’t…
Basic HPE FlexNetwork Comware Switch Configuration
If you’re new to the HPE FlexNet line of network hardware, I strongly suggest downloading the command reference guides from HPE’s support portal. They are very well organized and easy to follow. Here’s a link to the HPE Support Center – http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc Basic Configuration Commands Let’s get started with some…
Exchange Server 2013 POP Proxy Inactive
We have an Exchange 2013 DAG and we’re noticing that every-so-often one of the members will start dropping POP connections. When I check the Server Component States in the EMS we see that the PopProxy is set to Inactive. At the moment we’re not sure what is causing the issue.…
Manage Oracle Recovery File Size
Start and mount the database, then use the alter system command to set the recovery file size. Commit the change, then shutdown and restart the database. startup mount; alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size = 20G scope=both; commit; shutdown immediate; startup mount; alter database open;
Check default user account parameters
How to check the default profile parameters for Oracle database users: SELECT profile, resource_name, limit FROM dba_profiles WHERE profile=’DEFAULT’; The output from the query should look similar to this: Failed_login_attempts 10 Password_grace_time 7 (days) Password_life_time 180 Password_lock_time 1 (days) Password_reuse_max Unlimited Password_reuse_time Unlimited To modify any of these parameters, use…
Manage Oracle DB users
To manage an Oracle DB user account use the commands listed below. Change user account password:ALTER USER username IDENTIFIED BY new_password; Lock and unlock a user account:ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK;ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK; Force user to change password at next logon:ALTER USER username PASSWORD EXPIRE; Drop a user…