All about R12 Oracle Home Inventories

The inventories are used by the Oracle Universal Installer (ORACLE_HOME)/oui (by reference, rapidwiz installers, too) and opatch utilities.
If they are not correct for the host you are working on, the utilities may abort with all sorts of errors.
The Oracle Universal Installer can also be used to re-create the inventory, or attach a pre-existing Oracle Home.
Formatted in XML syntax, all tags either end on a single line, or have a beginning and end tag associated with each entry.
Learning the actual structure of the file can be useful when dealing with non-Production environments when you’re upgrading and downgrading components, and need to roll-back certain changes, or are experimenting with modifying the filesystem layout. This way, if the inventory has minor errors (such as when the IDX numbers get out-of-sequence due to removed components, or you have to roll-back an OEM Agent upgrade to a plugin), you will have an idea where to correct the file to make your OUI happy again.

Useful references:
Master Note For Cloning Oracle Database Server ORACLE_HOME’s Using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) (Doc ID 1154613.1) https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=1154613.1
How to Create a Clean oraInventory in Release 12 using the ouicli.pl utility (Doc ID 834894.1) – https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=834894.1R12.0 / R12.1 : How To Create, Update or Rebuild The Central Inventory For Oracle Applications E-Business Suite ? (Doc ID 742477.1) https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=742477.1

All () references refer to your unique environment’s actual physical filesystem locations – e.g. (ORACLE_BASE) might be /u01/app/oracle on your host.

## Master location files indicating which inventory is being used (can be manually modified to re-point to older legacy homes that are not multi-home aware)

## an 11g and older Middle-tier home locator
$> cat /etc/oraInst.loc
#Oracle Installer Location File Location
#Wed Dec 01 07:15:54 EST 2010
inst_group=oinstall
inventory_loc=(INST_TOP)/admin/oraInventory

## an 11g and older Database-tier home locator
$> cat /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=(DB_ORACLE_HOME)admin/oui/(ENV_ID)/oraInventory

## a 12c home locator – will be maintained in-parallel with the 11i version for now – multiple entries delimited by colons
$> cat /etc/oragchomelist

(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0:(ORACLE_BASE)/agent_inst

## A main R12 Middle-tier inventory, with a 12.1.0.4.0 OEM Agent
## located in (inventory_loc)/ContentsXML/inventory.xml
#Notes:
# REMOVED=”T” – means ignore this during reading of the inventory
# IDX=(n)     – a unique number assigned (preferably sequentially, but not required to be in numerical sequence in the file)
# HOME NAME=  – a unique name (without spaces or special characters) – there are specific naming formats are required by RapidClone for R12 components and should not be changed, the non-R12 labels are less strict.
# Note that the 12c entries begin to include version information for each individual sub-component (REF_HOME_LOC)

$> cat inventory.xml
<?xml version=”1.0″ standalone=”yes” ?>
<!– Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
All rights reserved. –>
<!– Do not modify the contents of this file by hand. –>
<INVENTORY>
<VERSION_INFO>
<SAVED_WITH>11.1.0.12.0</SAVED_WITH>
<MINIMUM_VER>2.1.0.6.0</MINIMUM_VER>
</VERSION_INFO>
<HOME_LIST>
<HOME NAME=”OracleHome3″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/tech_st/10.1.2″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”4″/>
<HOME NAME=”OracleHome1″ LOC=”(INST_TOP)/ora/10.1.3″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”1″/>
<HOME NAME=”OracleHome2″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/tech_st/10.1.3″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”2″/>
<HOME NAME=”OH742297619″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/Middleware/oracle_common” TYPE=”O” IDX=”12″>
<REFHOMELIST>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/Middleware/as_1″/>
</REFHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OH1912350525″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/Middleware/as_1″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”13″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/Middleware/oracle_common”/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”agent12c2″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”14″>
<REFHOMELIST>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/sbin”/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.outl.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.2.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.oet.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.3.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.xa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emfa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.agent.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″/>
</REFHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”sbin12c2″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/sbin” TYPE=”O” IDX=”2″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome4″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.outl.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.2.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”7″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome1″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.oet.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.3.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”3″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome2″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.xa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”4″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome3″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emfa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”5″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome5″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”9″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome6″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”8″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome11″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.agent.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”18″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome12″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”19″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome7″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”15″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome8″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”10″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome4″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.apps.ebs.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.1.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”6″ REMOVED=”T”/>
<HOME NAME=”agent12c1″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.3.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”1″ REMOVED=”T”/>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome6″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.agent.plugin_12.1.0.3.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”11″ REMOVED=”T”/>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome9″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”16″ REMOVED=”T”/>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome10″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”17″ REMOVED=”T”/>
</HOME_LIST>
<COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</INVENTORY>

## The main Database-Tier inventory for an 11g R12 database host, with a 12.1.0.4.0 OEM Agent
## located in (inventory_loc)/ContentsXML/inventory.xml

$> cat inventory.xml
<?xml version=”1.0″ standalone=”yes” ?>
<!– Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
All rights reserved. –>
<!– Do not modify the contents of this file by hand. –>
<INVENTORY>
<VERSION_INFO>
<SAVED_WITH>11.1.0.12.0</SAVED_WITH>
<MINIMUM_VER>2.1.0.6.0</MINIMUM_VER>
</VERSION_INFO>
<HOME_LIST>
<HOME NAME=”(ORACLE_SID)_DB__(ORACLE_SID_LOWERCASE)_db_tech_st_11_2_0″ LOC=”(ORACLE_HOME)” TYPE=”O” IDX=”1″/>
<HOME NAME=”agent12c1″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”2″>
<REFHOMELIST>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/sbin”/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.xa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emfa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.apps.ebs.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.outl.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.2.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.oet.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.3.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″/>
<REFHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.apps.ebs.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″/>
</REFHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”sbin12c1″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/sbin” TYPE=”O” IDX=”3″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome1″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.xa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”4″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome2″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emfa.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”5″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome3″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.apps.ebs.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”6″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome4″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.outl.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.2.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”7″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome6″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”13″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome7″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.tugbu.oet.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.3.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”9″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome8″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.emas.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.6.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”10″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome9″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.discovery.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”11″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome10″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.oh.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”12″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome11″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.sysman.db.agent.plugin_12.1.0.7.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”14″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
<HOME NAME=”OraHome5″ LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/plugins/oracle.apps.ebs.agent.plugin_12.1.0.4.0″ TYPE=”O” IDX=”8″>
<DEPHOMELIST>
<DEPHOME LOC=”(ORACLE_BASE)/core/12.1.0.4.0″/>
</DEPHOMELIST>
</HOME>
</HOME_LIST>
<COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</INVENTORY>

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What’s New Features in Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Cloud Control 12c Release 5 (12.1.0.5)

I kept getting asked what’s new in Release 5 – so here’s the summary of what’s changed since 12.1.0.4.0 (the prior release for the past 12 months):

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/grid-control/downloads/index.html

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/doc.121/e25353

What’s New in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 5 (12.1.0.5)

•     Oracle Cloud Management (Hybrid Cloud)
•     Database Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features
•     Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features
•     Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.10 Features
•     Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features
•     Virtual Infrastructure Plug-in 12.1.0.2

Oracle Cloud Management (Hybrid Cloud) – This enhancement is new in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Release 5 (12.1.0.5).
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control now provides you with a single pane of glass for monitoring and managing both your on-premise and Oracle Cloud deployments, all from the same management console. By deploying Management Agents onto the Oracle Cloud virtual hosts serving your Oracle Cloud services, you are able to manage Oracle Cloud targets just as you would any other targets. The communication between Management Agents and your on-premise Oracle management service instances is secure from external interference. Support is provided for managing Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware PaaS targets, as well as JVMD support for monitoring JVMs on your Oracle Cloud virtual hosts.

Oracle Cloud Management includes the following key features:

•     Automated agent deployment and configuration
•     Database and Java PaaS instances monitoring
•     Incident management including notifications and ticketing integration
•     Configuration management including Search and Inventory, comparison between on-premise and cloud instances, configuration history, and compliance
•     Cloning between on-premise and Oracle Cloud
•     One-off patching of Oracle Cloud database instances

Database Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features

• Snap Clone Leveraging Sparse Clones on Exadata
  You can now create a Test Master pluggable database (PDB) to use as the snapshot source for thin cloning on Exadata ACFS.
  For functional testing scenarios, for example on development or testing systems, business IT users now have on-demand access to production data copies without incurring the penalty of multi-terrabyte storage.
• Data Cloning to Oracle Cloud
  With this release you have the following data cloning to Oracle Cloud options:
  • Like-to-like cloning: on premise to-from Oracle Private Cloud:
    Enterprise Manager12c PDB to 12c PDB, assuming the containers exist on both sides
    Regular non-container dedicated database to dedicated database
  • Like-to-unlike data migration:
    Regular to PDB migration where the source is an on-premise non-PDB database and the data is migrated to a cloud based PDB
    PDB to normal database migration where the source is a PDB on an Oracle PaaS cloud and data and schema are migrated to a non-container CDB on premise

Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features

• Generic JVM Provisioning for Private Cloud
  This feature enables self-service users to provision non-Oracle middleware components as cloud services. It also uses Enterprise Manager’s chargeback and quota management capabilities to enable administrators to limit service usage based on organizational policies.
• JVMD Support for PaaS
  Enterprise Manager Cloud Control now enables you to deploy JVMD agents on your Oracle Cloud virtual hosts. These deployed JVMD agents can report to a JVMD engine deployed in your private network. This feature enables you to monitor the JVMs deployed on the virtual hosts running your Oracle Cloud services as well as the JVMs deployed on the hosts in your private network using a single console, for example Enterprise Manager Cloud Control deployed in your private network.
• Middleware Self Service Portal Support for Virtual Java as a Service with Exalogic Systems
  WebLogic services that have been provisioned on Exalogic systems using Service Manager can now be viewed in the Cloud Self Service Portal as part of the Exalogic Private Cloud service family.
• MWaaS on Solaris SPARC
  This project integrates MWaaS with the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. It provides the ability to dynamically add or remove the virtual hardware in a MWaaS cloud.

Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.10 Features

• Dynamic Scaling of PaaS Zone Through Integration with the Sun Solaris SPARC Ops Center 12c Adapter
  Enterprise Manager 12c is integrated with the Ops Center through the Sun Solaris SPARC adapter. An instance of this registered adapter is used by the associated PaaS Infrastructure zone to provision or delete VMs on demand. The communication with the Ops Center server is achieved through the use of a client kit.
  This integration enables customers to provide layered services capability in a private cloud, for example DBaaS using a Solaris VM based IaaS. Any spike in compute demand can now be handled instantly by cloud administrators.
• DBaaS PaaS Provider Pools Integration with Ops Center
  Administrators can now increase the capacity of a DBaaS pool by clicking a single button. Doing this transparently provisions a virtual machine or cluster through the associated Ops Center adapter attached to the PaaS zone. It also deploys the requisite software components, for example Enterprise Manager Agent, Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Database and so on, through the gold image provisioning or by cloning from an existing reference member of the pool.
  Compute resource scarcity at PaaS provider level results in the failure of self service provisioning requests. This integration helps SSA administrators to respond to such failures promptly.
• Clone to Oracle Cloud
  Administrators now have the ability to create a full clone of an Enterprise Manager 12c pluggable database amongst existing container databases within the on-premise IT infrastructure or to an Oracle Cloud. Administrators can also clone a service from on-premise to Oracle PaaS and vice-versa. The cloning is supported in two broad categories:
  •     Peer-peer clone: Clones directly from an on-premise target to Oracle Cloud.
  •     Clone through the Software Library: Administrators can archive a gold image into the Software Library in one step and then deploy it in a separate step.

Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features

• Host Consolidation Support for Oracle Cloud Shapes
  Oracle Enterprise Manager now provides host consolidation support for Oracle Cloud shapes. When creating scenarios for physical server to physical server (P2P) consolidations that target new or phantom destinations, you can choose physical machines configured in the Oracle cloud by selecting the cloud computing configuration, or shape, to use as the destination. Oracle provides a wide range of shapes to help you select a combination of processing power and memory for your instances that best suits your business requirements.

Virtual Infrastructure Plug-in 12.1.0.2

• Dynamic Resource Provisioning Support
  Through integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, dynamic on-demand resource provisioning enables Oracle Cloud and self service administrators to dynamically increase or decrease resources in their private cloud setup based on usage requirements. Resources can either be infrastructure resources such as hosts (based on virtual machines) or platform resources such as middleware and database Oracle homes. Resources can be dynamically added when additional service instances need to be provisioned due to high usage or decreased if existing resources are not being used.

That’s it, in a nutshell.

A Not So Sweet Green Smoothie Recipe (Apple, Pineapple, Kale, Broccoli, Cucumber)

A Not So Sweet Green Smoothie Recipe (Apple, Pineapple, Kale, Broccoli, Cucumber)

Not really crazy about starting days with overly sweet things.  I came up with this mix because it’s just enough sweetness to balance the bitterness of the greens, but doesn’t taste like you just downed a pureed fruit salad.

Rader Farms Frozen Smoothie Bag Mixes

12 ozs (1/4 bag) of Fresh Start Fusion Daily Power frozen mix (green apple, pineapple, kale, broccoli) – it’s a Walmart thing – or just substitute the same with the individual ingredients, plus ice cubes, if you don’t want to freeze everything

Labne – kefir thick yogurt

4 ozs. Labne yoghurt/kefir (this is a very thick and dense yogurt, without any sweeteners or additives – several brands work, but you can substitute a home-made version by straining a non-sweetened plain yogurt in cheesecloth overnight, which will remove a lot of the extra whey liquid and create a denser protein content.)

Sprig of fresh mint

4 ozs. fresh cucumber

1 T fresh lemon juice

Blend it to desired smoothness.

Estimated nutritional content:

Calories	190	Sodium	95 mg
Total Fat	8 g	Potassium	206 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	24 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	4 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	12 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	9 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	90%	Calcium	150%
Vitamin C	180%	Iron	8%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Social Media, Explained in Java (extended)

https://www.behance.net/JenniferHudsonTaylor

The original entries:

Facebook: I like drinking coffee.

Twitter: I’m drinking coffee.

YouTube: Watch my cat drink coffee.

Instagram: Selfie: Me and my cat sipping coffee before I leave for school today.

Pinterest: How to make coffee.

LinkedIn:  Skills – Can make great coffee

And…my new ones:

Google+: +1 for drinking coffee

Japanese Twitter: ソーシャルメディアとコーヒー かわいい!

Vine: 2 second video loop: Sip of coffee

Line: _c(_)_ (=^?^=)

Yelp: 4-stars for coffee at my home (-1 star for having to make it myself)

Foursquare: Tip – coffee is better in a cup with a cat

Swarm: 20 others are drinking coffee here.

Myspace: 10 little known songs about coffee, plus Timberlake’s cover of F. Sinatra’s Coffee song

Reddit: I hate all people who drink coffee with cats (troll)

HuffPost: Why drinking coffee with your cat makes you live longer

Blogger/WordPress/Tumblr/LiveJournal/TypePad: My thoughts on drinking coffee with cats

Flipboard: A visual magazine dedicated to cats sitting next to coffee cups

te@achthought: How to get students to drink less coffee and pay more attention to their cats

Buffer: “The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats…” (…and coffee)- Albert Schweitzer

About.me: Why I drink coffee

Bebo: #coffeeiskewl

delicio.us: The best sites for coffee

DeviantArt: a pop-art collage of cats sitting in coffee

AdWords: Save $1 at Starbucks and PetCo NOW!

Flickr: My collection of coffee pix

Influenster: Free sample of Folger’s MicroRoast for your review

Meetup: 5PM PT @ Jon’s Koffee Hut – open invite

eVite: Having a coffee party with my cat

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2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and

2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You – 2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You Paradise, Almost. Embracement and Nothingness Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it) Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard What do you see when you look in a mirror? Do you look at your hair, face, expressions, youth, aging, acne, whiskers, … Continue reading 2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You → http://ow.ly/32pQnO

2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You

2015-August Shinnyo Podcast Mirrors and Seeing You

• Paradise, Almost.
• Embracement and Nothingness
• Waking up and Making Some Coffee (not just thinking about it)

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http://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/08/07/157743116/does-the-mirror-reflect-how-you-feel

What do you see when you look in a mirror? Do you look at your hair, face, expressions, youth, aging, acne, whiskers, grey hairs, lines, dirt, oil, makeup, hemlines, shiny shoes… What do you see?

A mirror [ ˈmirər ] – a reflective surface, typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image.

But what do you “see” in that image? Do you see your beauty? Your flaws? Do you see only what you want to see? Do you see what others see? Do you hesitate to look in a mirror?

A mirror does not judge, it merely reflects. Light and dark. Whatever is there, is there, or not. A mirror that is slightly askew, that is, seen indirectly at an angle, shows you something not directly in front of you. It can show around a corner, or something off to your side. Or a view from above or below. The light or shadows are a reflection in opposition, meaning you’re actually seeing the reverse of what is really there (unless adjusted by an optical reversing lens or otherwise image-processed.)

https://emmybella.wordpress.com/images-in-plane-mirrors/

Seeing your self (or Self, metaphysically-speaking) is often considered a first step towards what is expressed in many different words: enlightenment, heaven, Nirvana, truth, Shinnyo, happiness, contentment, harmony, and even peace. Regardless of how you perceive everything and everybody around you, if your own self-image isn’t clear, or acceptable to you, then it reflects on and changes how you interact with everything and everybody else.

This concept of reflection is what we can also witness in how other people (and animals) communicate and interact with us.  The words someone uses to talk with you, especially individually, are intended for your ears to hear (or eyes to see, or to touch). They aren’t really good or bad, or supportive or critical, until you interpret their meaning. Otherwise, they are just words. This is the same as when you like or dislike what you see in a mirror. It’s pretty amazing how much actual power you have over what and how you feel as you perceive the world around you.

Similarly, if you can develop your sense of how others see things, learning how to step into other’s shoes and walk in their footsteps, so to speak, you begin to see why Shinnyo refers to everyone else becoming mirrors of you. The way they act and treat you is not so much a consequence of their specific intent in one way or another, but a reaction to what you represent to them.

My friendly facilitators Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, now over at TheAgelessWisdom with whom I spent many days, weeks, hours and years in my college years learning from and with, always used to say, “Your own Love flows through your own love for You.” This translated into something like, you can’t really give what you don’t have. If you look in the mirror and accept what you see, others will, too. It’s when you can’t or won’t accept what’s there, that others become confused and don’t know what you’re really about. And if you fabricate something else about that reflection, it becomes really difficult for others to see things the same way.

Animals in their purity of absorbing the world around them, often are the clearest mirror to your own behavior. And, similarly, so are newborn babies. They perceive the world as it is. They learn from what has happened to them in the past. And that often forms the basis for how they perceive something new. When an animal has only known a world of kindness, it doesn’t really know what aggression or meanness means. Trainers often point out that you can say whatever words you want, but it’s the intent, emotion and feeling that the animals are reacting to, and learning.  That’s also why it’s crucial to do as you say, and say as you do. People learn from what you do, and not so much what you say. Mirrors show what you are, and not what you say you are.

“Be gentle, love life, and take care of each other.” — Michael Benner

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2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications

2015-July Shinnyo Podcast One on One Communications

• …as I have heard.
• Differences Between Group and Individual Listening
• Tailoring the Message to the Recipient

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Each of the various sutras (sacred writings) related to buddhism ends with a common phrase, “…as I have heard.”  (technically, “Thus, I have heard..” begins the phrases in Sanskrit, and we translate the grammatical structure in-reverse for English – and that’s more than you wanted to know about why there’s a difference.) Going back to the beginnings when Siddhartha was walking around talking with people about what was on his mind, many people couldn’t read written text (education being something only for the wealthy, and having a few thousand different dialects didn’t make it any easier), and so, he spoke. He also noticed something interesting about speaking with people – people listen and hear differently from each other.

http://shanghaiist.com/2015/08/05/bbc-documentary-chinese-teaching-style-british-schools.php

There’s a BBC2 programme called “Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School” that is studying the differences between UK students, and those in China, relating to how and why they learn, and the struggles of attempting to teach students that are from very different social backgrounds. One of the many take-aways in the program relates to classroom management, wherein there are classroom monitors (elected by their peers) who are designated to act not only as supervisory extensions for the instructor, but also become role models for the others by demonstrating desired behavior.

The observed difference for a teacher attempting to mass educate a large group in a standardized way, without that group being very consistent and homogenous in focus and intent, becomes very chaotic.  By comparison, speaking with a smaller focused group, or even one on one, becomes much simpler for the speaker to adjust the content and manner of speaking, or even vocabulary, so that the instruction doesn’t get lost.

Similarly, when the students are given a physically engaging task to accomplish, that requires both focus and determination, they are as a population, able to achieve their individual goals at their own pace, some needing assistance from facilitators, and others determining their own path to success.

When students at Shinnyo-en attend dharma school (kind of a 5-year Masters program in Buddhist theology), the attending students are all focused on the same objectives and attending for pretty much the same reasons. In these situations, it is fairly simple to develop a standardized way to communicate a complex topic because the audience is consistent.

By contrast, when you encounter individuals asking a question, or seeking guidance, you will tend to shape your style and manner of communication to most effectively reach your goal of the other person understanding what you are trying to say.  There is also a difference in the way you speak with someone close to you, with whom you share a common connection, versus what you say to a stranger, with a corresponding difference in objective (for example, to a stranger about to misstep, you might say, “Be careful!” and go about your business; but if that same person is your child or parent, your intent and purpose become not only insistent, but also highly protective.)

This is also the difference between this podcast, going out to a random population, versus how and what I would say to an individual.  The content here is general information presented in a very common form, which some may or may not understand. But for those who reach out and ask individually for clarification, or when a familiar person encounters a situation needing similar advice, the information herein becomes tailored to the unique needs of that individual, restated in whatever ways are needed to make the message clear and understandable.

That’s the power of one on one conversation, at least so far as I have heard (and experienced it.)

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