I think we’ve just about all heard enough about voting this election year, but I want to discuss a slightly different angle and that’s when it comes to user groups. As most people know, I’m pretty passionate about everyone contributing time to your local and national user groups. I also think it’s important to take pride in and be responsible for the promises you make. I was sent a reminder to vote for the Oracle Developer Tools User Group, (ODTUG) Board of Directors as a member today. I’ve already voted, but it also reminded me that I’d been politely approached…
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I’ll be attending my very first Pass Summit next week and I’m really psyched! Delphix is a major sponsor at the event, so I’ll get to be at the booth and will be rocking some amazing new Delphix attire, (thank you to my boss for understanding that a goth girl has to keep up appearances and letting me order my own Delphix ware.) Its an amazing event and for those of you who are my Oracle peeps, wondering what Summit is, think Oracle Open World for the Microsoft SQL Server expert folks. I was a strong proponent of immersing in…
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I know it’s supposed to be an Oracle Technology Network, (OTN) Appreciation day, but for me, OTN is their OTN Community Manager, Laura Ramsey. Ever since we first were introduced and I tried to do the right thing, making sure she was networked properly, she’s always made sure to be there for me and I appreciate that as both a woman in technology and a fellow Oracle community member. To celebrate, I’ve hired this amazing, trained Hedgehog DJ for RMOUG Training Days 2017, OTN area: You can thank me later, Laura… 🙂 Everyone has challenges and as I moved from the Oracle…
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My sabbatical from speaking is about to end in another week and it will return with quite the big bang. Oct. 14th First up is Upper NY Oracle User Group, (UNYOUG) for a day of sessions in Buffalo, NY. I’ll be doing three talks: Virtualization 101 The Limitless DBA AWR and ASH with Database 12c Oct 25th-28th I’ll be at Pass Summit! I’ve been wanting to attend this conference since I was managing MSSQL 7 databases! I finally get to go, but as I’m newly back in the MSSQL saddle, no speaking sessions for me. I do have a number…
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The topic of DevOps and and Agile are everywhere, but how often do you hear Source Control thrown into the mix? Not so much in public, but behind the closed doors of technical and development meetings when Agile is in place, it’s a common theme. When source control isn’t part of the combination, havoc ensues and a lot of DBAs working nights on production with broken hearts. Control Freaks So what is source control and why is it such an important part of DevOps? The official definition of source control is: A component of software configuration management, version control, also…
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The Oak Table network is a closed membership of about 100 technical scientists who have a passion for technology and the world around them. These men and women, representing some of the brightest minds from each of their companies, are individuals who have built companies and major technical innovations. Initially, much of their research and work was presented at Oracle Open World. Over time, Oracle Open World welcomed less and less of their participation. They decided to create their own network and present their information at their own conference, held annually at the same time as OOW. Over a decade later, the event…
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Along with the deep learning I’ve been allowed to do about data virtualization, I’ve learned a great deal about Test Data Management. Since doing so, I’ve started to do some informal surveys of the DBAs I run into and ask them, “How do you get data to your testers so that they can perform tests?” “How do you deliver code to different environments?” As a basic skill for a database administrator, we’re taught how to use export and import tools, along with cloning options to deliver data where its needed for various development and in succession, testing activities. If DBAs didn’t…
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With me traveling to Redwood City next week to visit HQ and then Oracle Open World the week after, I’m busy during many of my off hours preparing a new Raspberry Pi STEAM setup for a maker’s faire the beginning of October. I’d heard that many were having challenges with installing different HATs on their new RPI 3, especially older ones like the Pibrella. This is still one of my favorite accessories for my RPI due to the button, speaker and three LEDs, but also since I can hot swap jump wires without risk of shorting out the unit like…
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The following issues in this post are common challenges experienced by Raspberry Pi, (RPI) owners and I’m consistently frustrated with the ridiculous answers out on the internet for them! No fear, trusty Raspains! I’m here to offer you the correct and [pretty easy] answers that will actually fix the problems and won’t lead you to searching for hours on the internet. We techies know that no matter what, going back to the configuration at the OS, (operating system) level is just the best way to fix problems. Raspberry Pi issues are no different, so read on… Keyboard Set To A Different Language If…
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Oracle Open World 2016 is almost here…where did the summer go?? With this upon us, there is something you attendees need and that’s to know about what awesome sessions are at Oracle Open World from the Delphix team! I gave my options up as is the tragedy of switching companies in late spring from Oracle, but you can catch some great content on how to reach the new level in data management with Tim Gorman, (my phenomenal hubby, duh!) and Brian Bent from Delphix: Barriers to Oracle Database in the Cloud [UGF5049] Tim Gorman, Technical Consultant, Delphix Sunday, Sep 18, 3:30…
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I’ve been busy reading and testing everything I can with Delphix, whenever I get a chance. I’m incredibly fascinated by copy data management and the idea of doing this with Exadata is nothing new, as Oracle has it’s own version with sparse copy. The main challenge is that Exadata’s version of this is kind of clunky and really doesn’t have the management user interface that Delphix offers. There is a lot of disk that comes with an Exadata, not just CPU, network bandwidth and memory. Now you can’t utilize offloading with a virtualized database, but you may not be interested…
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While chatting on slack the other day, one of my peers asked if I’d seen that ESG Global had done a write up on Veritas Velocity. Velocity is a product that won’t be available until the end of 2016 and is considered “Alpha”. I was surprised that anyone allowed to participate in Alpha was able to publish a description on the product, but that’s not my call to make. What I found interesting about the article, written by ESG, discusses how Veritas Velocity, “… is combining its sophisticated approaches to data management with its broader ability to deliver superior data protection and information availability…
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This is a living document that I will continue to update and will add new database platforms to as I go along in my career. I spend a lot of time translating database platforms I’ve worked in for all tiers of the technical business. It just seems natural that we might need a location on the web where that information is kept. I’ll add some diagrams at a later date, but we’ll start with a simple spreadsheet of common terms and questions and how each of the terms or tasks in Oracle, (the current #1 RDBMS) translates in other platforms.…
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I’m new to Mac, but most know that anything you give me, I’m looking to automate any task that I can get my hands on. As busy as my life is with demands, if I can get a computer to do the work for me, I will. Disaster strikes when anything is too manual in my life- One of those tasks is my weekly report to my boss telling him what projects I’m on and what I’ve done and what I will do the upcoming week. Work Task Simplicity with OmiFocus Its important to keep me on task, so out…
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I’ve been involved in two data masking projects in my time as a database administrator. One was to mask and secure credit card numbers and the other was to protect personally identifiable information, (PII) for a demographics company. I remember the pain, but it was better than what could have happened if we hadn’t protected customer data…. Times have changed and now, as part of a company that has a serious market focus on data masking, my role has time allocated to research on data protection, data masking and understanding the technical requirements. Reasons to Mask The percentage of companies…
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Anyone who’s anyone knows to search out OakTable World at major events in the US and Europe, and Oracle Open World 2016 is no different! OakTable World 2016, (#otw16) will be held at the Children’s Creativity Museum again this year during the week of Oracle Open World. The Oak Table members will be discussing their latest technical obsessions and research on Monday and Tuesday, (September 19th-20th). The truth is, folks- The Oak Table experts are an AWESOME group, (if I don’t say so myself! :)) as we could have easily done another day of incredible sessions, but alas, two days is all we have…
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A number of emails I received about trying out Delphix Express was regarding VMWare. Many of my followers had used Virtualbox for a long time and we all know, no one likes change, (OK, maybe me, but we know how abnormal I am anyway… :)) Adding a VM in VMWare Importing an OVA is pretty simple in VMWare. In the VMWare Fusion application, click on File, Import and accept the defaults. Depending on the size of the VM, the process will take the time needed to import and if anything happens to the VM you imported in, the great thing…
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For those of you that downloaded and are starting to work with Delphix Express, (because you’re the cool kids… :)) You may have noticed that there is an Express Edition Oracle 11g database out there you could use as a Dsource, (source database for Delphix to clone and virtualize…) If you’d like to work with this free version with your Delphix Express environment, these are the steps that I performed to allow me to utilize it. My setup is as follows: VMWare Fusions 8 Chrome Browser Delphix is upgraded to the latest VM release Although we start the environment from…