HammerDB CLI for Oracle on Azure
Disclaimer: I’m not a big fan of benchmark data. I find it doesn’t provide us as much value in the
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Why a One-Week Report for AWR Sizing in Azure
It’s not uncommon for different recommended practices to arise in technical sizing and optimization practices. For many, it’s a compromise
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Prepping an Oracle Database for a Cloud Migration
There’s so much I need to get written down these days, but there’s only so many hours in a day
Read MoreTwo Years at Microsoft
This is commonly the time at any company I discuss how I’m about to move on… Nope, not planning on
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Sizing vs. Optimizing
As the flood gates open up on Oracle for Azure IaaS, working in an efficient manner has become a necessity.
Read MoreThe Unsung Hero Support of WFH, Our Pets
A week ago, Friday was my 13 year-old Cattle Dog/Jack Russell mix, DaVinci’s time to go to doggo heaven. He
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World Backup Day- Backing up an Oracle Database using RMAN to Azure Blob Storage
A DBA is only as good as their last backup…or more so, their last recovery. To celebrate #WorldBackupDay on Twitter,
Read MoreCreate a Simple Oracle VM on Azure IaaS
Use the following shell script to create your Oracle VM. I chose the following parameters to create mine: Using Azure
Read MoreLocating Oracle Enterprise Linux Images for Azure
Just like with other UI’s, the Azure portal may not show you the wealth of offerings that can be found
Read MoreUnreal Load Testing in the Cloud
Load testing as part of a cloud migration project is expected and should be built into the requirements. The goal
Read MoreExadata Workloads to Azure, Part II
In my last post, I discussed some of the unique challenges migrating Oracle workloads from Exadata to Azure posed. Engineered
Read MoreMigrating Oracle Exadata Workloads to Azure
I know, I know- there’s a number of you out there thinking- I’m being brought in on more and more
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Oracle and the Future
We’ll start with a disclaimer here- this is my experience and my opinion. NO ONE ELSE’S, just as any link
Read MoreThe 2019 Year in Review
It’s that time of year where everyone is doing a “Year in Review” post and why not? It’s good to
Read MoreTools To Monitor and Work with Oracle on Azure
I’ve been studying for over a week for my certs. It really is a challenge for my ADHD brain, as
Read MoreInstalling Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Linux, Part II
This is a 2-part blog post, the first in the series can be found on the Microsoft SQL Server blog
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Securing Data in Power BI- an Interactive Diagram
I haven’t been very good at sharing my analytics work as often I feel others are more skilled in this
Read MoreFailed Installation of MSSQL-CLI on Ubuntu
So you want to run mssql-cli on Ubuntu Linux, but you received a number of errors and even if you
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