We, DBAs, have a tendency to over think everything. I don’t know if the trait to over think is just found in DBAs or if we see it in other technical positions, too. I believe it corresponds to some of why we become loyal to one technology or platform. We become accustomed to how something works and it’s difficult for us to let go of that knowledge and branch out into something new. We also hate asking questions- we should just be able to figure it out, which is why we love blog posts and simple documentation. Just give us the…
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While at Collaborate on Monday, Oracle has been offered a spot to highlight The Oracle Management Cloud. OMC is a suite of next-generation monitoring and management cloud services designed for heterogeneous environments, all empowered by Oracle’s own cloud! The first three OMC services (Application Performance Monitoring, Log Analytics and IT Analytics) were launched at OpenWorld 2015. Both Log Analytics and IT Analytics contain must-have capabilities for DBAs. This is the only OMC session that will be available at Collaborate and it’s a not to miss session with an all-star cast to present on it. Manning the slides will be Brian…
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I’ve been discussing for years about the importance of network to database performance, especially once I started working on VLDBs, (Very Large Databases) but its a topic that often is disregarded. Now that I’m working more and more in the cloud, it’s become more evident the importance of the network to our survival. For each and every cloud project I’ve been involved in, there is evidently going to be multiple challenges that turn to the network administrator for a solution. I don’t blame the administrator in any way when he becomes exasperated by our requests. As it is my solemn…
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So I’m going to start this post with an admission- I don’t have access to a cloud environment to test this out, but I know what I would do first if I experienced slow response time on database creation or cloning via EM12c to the cloud and I would like to at LEAST post what I would do to give others the chance to test it out and see if it offers them some help. Knowing what is causing slow performance is essential to trouble shooting any problem. I’ve had a few folks come to me with complaints that their hybrid…
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The sales, support and technical teams were brought into the Denver Tech Center office to do some advanced training in Hybrid Cloud. There were many take-aways from the days we spent in the office, (which is saying a lot- most of you likely know how much I hate working anywhere but from home… :)) and I thought I would share a bit of this information with those that are aching for more details on this new and impressive offering from release 5. If you’re new to Hybrid Cloud and want to know the high level info, please see my blog…
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Last week’s release of 12.1.0.5 was a pleasant surprise for everyone out in the Oracle world. This release hit the bulls-eye for another cloud target of Oracle’s, announcing the introduction of Enterprise Manager 12c’s offering a single pane of glass management of the hybrid cloud. The EM12c team has been been trained and testing out the new features of this release with great enthusiasm and I have to admit, pretty cool stuff, folks! Why is the Hybrid Cloud Important? Many companies are still a bit hesitant to embrace the cloud or due to sensitive data and security requirements, aren’t able to…
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Every job comes with tasks that no one likes to perform and database administration is no exception. Patching is one of those necessary tasks that must be performed and when we are expected to do more with less everyday, the demands of patching another host, another agent, another application is often a task that no one looks forward to. It’s not that it goes wrong, but that it’s just tedious and many DBAs know there are a lot of other tasks that could be better use of their time. Patching is still an essential and important task that must…
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The last couple weeks I’ve been lucky enough to get time with a new ZFSSA Simulator, (it will be out soon for everyone, so you’ll have to just play with the current one available, patience grasshopper! :)) and spent checking out the newest features available with Database as a Service, (DBaaS) Snapclone via Enteprise Manager 12c. I’m really thrilled with Snapclone- In two previous positions, I spent considerable time finding new ways of speeding up RMAN duplicates to ease the stress of weekly datamart builds that were sourced off of production and this feature would have been a lifesaver back…