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AWS using Ansible? Yes, it's possible!

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  Although, I've used Ansible extensively for a lot of automation and orchestration tasks, using Ansible for AWS was indeed, a new territory for me.  This turned out to be a blessing, since along with using Ansible for AWS tasks, I also learnt how to use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on a Windows machine. Though WSL's been around for some time, I still hadn't come around to using it since I was mostly using my Macbook pro. Not anymore, though!  Anyway, I have listed below the steps to: Install WSL on Windows 11 23H2 patch Install AWS CLI on Ubuntu 22.04 (Exact version - 22.04.3 LTS) Install Ansible and the amazon.aws collection Use AWS CLI to get the list of  VPCs in the region - us-east-1 (or a region of your choice) Create a python file/script to get the list of VPCs in the region - us-east-1 (or a region of your choice) Create an Ansible playbook to get the list of VPCs in the region - us-east-1 (or a region of your choice.   You may download the comple...
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11.5.9 Desupported from 1st July 2008

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Yesterday, I was analysing CPU patches for a 11.5.9 instance. That is when I found out that 11.5.9 is desupported as far as CPU patches are concerned since July 2008. Below is the extract from the July 2008 CPU advisory for EBS (Note 605117.1). Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.9 has been desupported as of 01-July-2008. Hence, there would not be any further CPUs released by Oracle for 11.5.9. To verify this, I checked the Oct 2008 CPU advisory for EBS (note 738921.1), which expectedly did NOT contain any CPUs for 11.5.9.
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Pre-requisites to "Convert to Multi-org"

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Many a time, DBAs are entrusted with the task of "convert to Multi-org" as soon as an Apps instance is installed. Though, the DBAs perform this task blindly, there is a lot (according to me) of setup work that needs to be completed, before "Convert to Multi-org" can succeed. I have tried, in this blog entry, to list out these tasks. Please go through the references mentioned below for explanation about the different terms/terminology like Legal Entity, Operating Unit etc. Step I - Define Work Location Set the profile option HR:User Type for a given responsibility (that we are going to use to define the work location say Global HRMS Manager) to HR User. Global HRMS Manager (responsibility) --> Work Structures --> Location Provide: 1. Location Name 2. Location Address Step II - Define Business group Set the profile option HR:User Type for a given responsibility (that we are going to use to define the work location say Global HRMS Manager) to HR User. Global HRMS...
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Configure Linksys Wireless Router WRT54GC with BSNL SmartAX MT882 modem

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It has been a long time since I blogged (almost 2 months, to be precise), more due to paucity of time than anything else. In the meantime, I have been busy configuring the Linksys Wireless Router and my new HTC smartphone. I had to struggle a lot to configure the Linksys router WRT54GC to work with the BSNL (ISP) provided modem SmartAX MT882. So, I have prepared a list of steps that can be used to configure the Linksys router with BSNL (though the navigation is specific to SmartAX MT882, I believe the solution can be transposed on any other type of modem too). Click here for the step by step configuration guide.
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Check if UTL_FILE and FND_FILE are working fine

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Yesterday, while troubleshooting a vexing ORA-29280 error, I came across 2 useful PL/SQL anonymous blocks that can be used to test FND_FILE and UTL_FILE to find out whether they are indeed working fine. UTL_FILE set serveroutput on DECLARE file_location VARCHAR2(256) := '<first entry on utl_file_dir>'; file_name VARCHAR2(256) := 'utlfile1.lst'; file_text VARCHAR2(256) := 'THIS IS A TEST'; file_id UTL_FILE.file_type; BEGIN file_id := UTL_FILE.fopen(file_Location, file_name, 'W'); UTL_FILE.put_line(file_id, file_text); UTL_FILE.fclose(file_id); EXCEPTION WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_PATH THEN dbms_output.put_line('Invalid path ' || SQLERRM); WHEN OTHERS THEN dbms_output.put_line('Others '|| SQLCODE || ' ' || SQLERRM); END; / References: Metalink (MOS) Note ID: 261693.1 FND_FILE set serveroutput on exec FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG, 'THIS IS A TEST'); HTH....
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Modify retention period of workflow queues

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Yesterday, there was a requirement to increase the retention period of WF_DEFERRED and WF_BPEL_Q so that the developers could troubleshoot issues involving business events. This can be done this way: 1. Check the retention period of existing workqueues. SQL> SELECT owner, name, retention FROM all_queues WHERE name LIKE 'WF%'; OWNER           NAME                                                RETENTION --------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ APPS                 WF_BPEL_Q                                                0 APPLSYS         WF_INBOUND_QUEUE              ...
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Clone database home (clone.pl) deprecated in Oracle 19c

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Back to blogging, at last. Well, this time it's about clone.pl. Background about clone.pl The easiest way to install a patched and up-to-date Oracle home is to physically copy it from a source server (that is already patched and up-to-date) and use clone.pl on the target server so that the binaries are linked to the target server's OS binaries (like gcc, libstdc++ etc.,), registered with the Oracle Inventory etc. The alternative to clone.pl is to: Install Oracle binaries using GUI or command line Apply the latest patchset (PSU/CPU patches) As you can see now, clone.pl is really useful in order to cut down time to build a database in a new server. More about clone.pl here and here (12c), here (18c). However, in Oracle 19c, Oracle has officially said - " Starting from oracle database 19c ,the clone.pl script is deprecated  and can be removed in a future release. Hence, Oracle recommends that you use the software-only installation option, available in the database installe...
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