PASS Summit 2nd Day Keynote
Woohoo, we’ve made it to the second day of PASS Summit! After an awesome first day running from the keynote,
Read More
Making Technology Bulletproof
Microsoft
Bacon, Bloggin’ and First Day Keynote at PASS Summit 2019!
After a flurry of release announcements at MSIgnite this week, it was time to talk about the technology at a
Read MoreMy PASS Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 6th Recommendations from DBAKevlar!
I thought I would share the recommendations for the next day that I’m excited about this year at PASS Summit
Read MorePASS Summit 2019 is NEXT WEEK!
I’m getting ready for SQL Saturday Oregon this weekend, (taking the train up from Eugene to Portland…) but its about
Read More
The Complexity Defense and Other DBA Crimes
No matter how far my career and role has shifted, I will always view myself as a database administrator. I
Read MoreOctober 2nd, #SQLSatOregon in Portland and the #SQLTrain!
I’m still not sure where October went….well, actually I do- it was a flurry of travel, writing, (but not blogging!)
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Options, Options, Options
I’ve been very busy allocating 60% of my time towards Oracle on Azure migrations. The biggest challenge right now isn’t
Read More
#24HOP and PASS Summit 2019
You know how busy I am by the amount of time I DON’T blog and yes, it’s been over a
Read More
Azure VMs with Oracle- Next Steps
Microsoft has done a great job of documenting how to create a VM with the appropriate VM image and Oracle
Read More
Linux Scripting, Part IV- Scripting for Longevity
We’ve learned a lot about commands, utilities and how to create a script, but we need to discuss the importance
Read MoreCreate an Oracle VM on Azure in Less than 5 Minutes
If there’s one thing I’ve been able to prove this week, it’s that even with the sweet 4G LTE, Wi-Fi
Read MoreBest Practices for Oracle Data Guard on Azure
I keep saying I’m going to start sharing what I’m doing in the Analytics space soon, but heck, there’s too
Read MoreOracle and Microsoft’s Cross-Cloud Partnership
A couple weeks back, Oracle and Microsoft announced their cross-cloud partnership. This was wonderful news to me, as I’ve been
Read More
One Year at Microsoft
Hard to believe its been one year, but it was June, 2018 when I joined the unstoppable company known as
Read MoreLinux Scripting, Part III
In the previous blog posts, we learned how to set up the first part of a standard shell script- how
Read MoreRemove Files with Force and Other Bad Ideas
Almost every Linux or Unix person has seen the help forum post from a novice looking for an answer to
Read MorePASS Summit 2019 Learning Pathways
Hello from Atlanta, where I’m preparing for tomorrow’s SQL Saturday and arrived for the great news announcing this year’s PASS
Read MoreLinux Scripting, Part II
In Part I, we started with some scripting basics, as in, how to write a script. This included the concepts
Read More