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Summary This blog provides a visual, easy-to-follow guide for upgrading Oracle Database from 12c to 19c using the Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA). You'll learn about pre-upgrade tasks, GUI-based upgrade steps, and post-upgrade validations to ensure a successful...
Summary This blog post outlines how to design and implement an RMAN Level 0 and Level 1 incremental backup plan in Oracle 19c, covering configuration, automation, validation, and maintenance for reliable database recovery. Table of contentsSummaryIntroductionKey...
SUMMARY: Effective Disaster Recovery (DR) planning requires the dedicated team to follow specific, sequential instructions that detail exactly how recovery will unfold, while regularly reviewing and testing the procedure to ensure organizational readiness for any...
SUMMARY: Database Administrators (DBAs) must acknowledge that relying on common third-party backup solutions severely compromises data integrity, point-in-time recovery (PITR) capabilities, and recovery objectives (RPO/RTO) due to fundamental flaws like resource...
SUMMARY: Robust IT disaster recovery planning requires organizations to meticulously define both the essential human stakeholders—including a multi-role disaster recovery team—and the detailed physical and virtual locations of all application infrastructure to ensure...
Summary When a high-volume insert workload caused a MongoDB server running on Ubuntu to crash due to 100% disk utilization, the WiredTiger storage engine's inability to complete mandatory recovery prevented the database from binding to its connection port until...
Summary Organizations must create a solid IT disaster recovery (DR) plan by firmly establishing the plan's scope and setting clear Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO). This ensures preparedness for system failures ranging from major...
SUMMARY: An experienced SQL Server DBA can leverage an AI assistant as a co-pilot to significantly boost efficiency by offloading complex, messy, and time-consuming tasks, thereby acting as a powerful partner for advanced database administration. AI can successfully...
SUMMARY: Cloud infrastructure assessment and right-sizing help businesses stop overspending on unused resources by having experts like XTIVIA analyze and optimize compute, storage, networking, and database services across platforms like AWS, Azure, OCI, and GCP....
SUMMARY: Many organizations struggle with budget overruns due to poor cloud cost visibility. Still, they can stop this financial leak and maximize ROI by leveraging the native cost management and monitoring tools provided by AWS, Azure, and OCI, along with expert...