Draytek 2760 and Spanish Orange ONT

Creating another networking post as I did find this critical to working my business from Spain. With a standard Spanish Oracle connection you get a so called “Livebox” , which is an fairly advanced consumer router. However for my LAN to LAN VPN connection to York, this router is no good and I need my […]

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Draytek 2860 and Unifi USG

I normally don’t do networking posts but in this case I think there may be a need as I could not find any solutions for this anywhere else. This solution uses a Draytek 2860 as a VDSL modem, VPN and LAN-LAN device. Using a Draytek 2860 as modem and Unifi USG as gateway is not […]

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Java Web Start

As IE support is dying, Oracle have released a new way to launch the Java forms called Java Web Start – JWS. JWS was introduced with R12.2.3 and in R12.1.3 with patches. Have a look at this Oracle blog. The low-down is you can enable JWS in 2 ways Update the context file Update profile […]

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R12.2.9 Notes

Just some notes around getting R12.2.9 up and running. As R12.2.x is using Weblogic Fusion middleware you need at least 16Gb ram Steps: Downloads Install OEL 8 Install VirtualBox 6 Unzip R12 files Merge R12 files Import into VirtualBox First Run Final Steps Backup and Restore Downloads Download from http://edelivery.oracle.com Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.1 or […]

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BI/XML Publisher Notes

My notes for making a simple Excel report in XML Publisher without the need for a developer. I know it is now called BI Publisher but within E-Business Suite it is mostly referred to as XML Publisher. I feel the need for this note as there are plenty of blogs just showing examples from the […]

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Dell PowerEdge T20 Notes

Bought one of these for running various business services. Got it cheap with cashback for less than the CPU would cost in retail. The CPU and motherboard supports: VT-x: Hardware virtualization VT-d: Direct I/O virtualization vPro: Active management technology (AMT) Standard specifications: Intel Xeon E3-1225V3 Ram 4Gb 1Gb hard disk Additional components: Kingston 2x8Gb Ram […]

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ESXi Notes

Having previously worked with Oracle VirtualBox I thought this this would be an easy transition – but no way. ESXi feel much more like a enterprise ready product, with complexities at that level as well. Most of the things in here will be related to the CLI interface of ESXi version 6.5. It is work […]

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HP ProLiant MicroServer Notes

This server is getting a bit old now but still works well except for some minor problems I will start to record in here. Excessive disk I/O caused by audiodg.exe The Microserver does not have a soundcard when using Remote Desktop on Windows 10 it creates a Remote Audio driver . This remote Remote Audio […]

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Interface Strategy – a Functional Approach

Interfaces are mostly assumed being a technical exercise however been on the receiving end of that there is several shortcomings to this approach. When interfacing two systems the transactional flow can become quite complex in terms of functional interaction – an interaction, which is beyond what most technical people can contemplate. Just imagine how to […]

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Java with Internet Explorer 11 incompatible?

After upgrading to Windows 8.1 you will find it impossible to use Java with internet explorer. This is particularly bad for Oracle E-Business Suite that depends of the use of Java for its professional applications. Problem Identification You may get the warning: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper’ from ‘Sun Microsystems, Inc.’ isn’t compatible with Internet […]

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