2 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 2 Whatsapp 0 Email What is redo? Let’s look briefly at the redo process. When Oracle blocks (the smallest unit of storage in a database) are changed, including UNDO blocks, Oracle records the changes in vector changes, which are referred to as redo entries or…
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Back-to-Basics: Understanding Backup and Recovery plus High Availability(Part I)
3 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 1 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 2 Whatsapp 0 Email The constant evolution of IT has, among other things, affected the role of a database administrator (DBA). Today the DBA is not merely a Database Administrator anymore but is morphing more into the Database Architect role. If you want to become…
Oracle Open World 2018 and More
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Hi Everyone! These have been crazy weeks, but almost ready to board to another trip to Oracle Open World. I will like to thank everyone that participated on my Oracle Webcast last week “Does Cloud Mean the End of the DBA?…
Playing with ADWC (Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud Service)
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Oracle has launched Oracle 18c and the Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud Service (ADWC). Many people call the Oracle 18c as the Autonomous database, and this is a huge mistake! Oracle 18c (that is in reality Oracle 12.2.0.2) is not an autonomous…
Playing with Oracle Ravello – Migrating your VMs to the Cloud
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email Hello everyone, A few years back we had the boom of the “Private Cloud” rush, where everyone started to implement virtualization technologies to make a better use of it Infrastructure resources and improve high availability, scalability and innovation! Now to simplify…
The Forgotten Link To The Cloud
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email (Note: This article was also published at Oracle.com – https://blogs.oracle.com/database/the-forgotten-link-to-the-cloud) Last year when presenting a session at Collaborate’17 in Las Vegas regarding Tips and Best Practices for DBAs, I went thru the evolution of the DBA profession and also gave a…
Playing with Oracle Cloud – Creating a Hybrid DR Deployment
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email On this article, we will create a Hybrid Disaster Recovery (DR by using Data Guard) Oracle Database Cloud Service database deployment with a primary database on-premises and a standby database in the cloud. This can be used to implement an improve the high availability…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud – Migrating to Cloud using an Oracle Cloud Backup
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email The idea for this scenario is to learn how to migrate an Oracle Database from on-premises to Oracle Cloud DBaaS by using a previously done backup using Oracle Cloud Backup Services. First, we will create an Oracle Database Cloud Services database deployment…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud Backup Service
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email This article will show you how easy is to make use of Oracle Cloud to securely store all our on-premises Oracle Database Backups. Note that backups stored in Oracle Cloud can also be used to create new Oracle Database Instances (DBaaS)….
Playing with 18c on Oracle Database Cloud Service – How to use and create a database STEP by STEP
0 Shares 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Linkedin 0 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email The Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS) is the DBaaS extension of Virtual Image Service and includes additional automation for database provisioning during service creation, backup, recovery, and patching. While you are still responsible for the complete management of the environment, the embedded…