PostgreSQL Flexible Server on Azure, scram-sha-256 workaround
Microsofts old Single Server for PostgreSQL on Azure offers password encryption md5 only, normaly IT Governance responsible people getting nervous by that. On the new Flexible Server for PostgreSQL on...
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ODA update-server to 19.12 fails on Patch GI with RHP
Sometimes giving a workshop is a good opportunities to test new things…this what happened to me today… While giving an ODA workshop, I thought it was a good opportunity to test patching to the new...
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ODA and KVM: Debugging of DBsystem creation failure
Debugging errors when working with ODA is not always the easiest thing do… It may become a bit tricky and not a straightforward process. In this blog I wanted to show you and example we faced with the...
View ArticlePostgreSQL 15: read some options for pg_dump from a file
PostgreSQL 15 will probably come with a new feature for pg_dump: Instead of passing the arguments/options directly to pg_dump when it is executed, you may also use a file to describe what you want to...
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SQL Server: Is Fill Factor applied during INSERT?
The Fill factor setting controls the amount of space that is left available on the index data pages. The goal is to allow new rows to be inserted or existing ones to change size (UPDATE) without...
View ArticleGet prepared to move your Oracle databases to OCI
Introduction Cloud often raises in the top 3 solutions when thinking about Oracle infrastructure renewal. For obvious reasons: you do not need to buy any server, platform is already available, you pay...
View ArticleMinor PostgreSQL version upgrades in a Patroni cluster
Last week PostgreSQL 14.1, and all other minor versions for the supported version of PostgreSQL have been released. As usual, it is highly recommended to update to the latest minor release as soon as...
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dbi Event Recap: SQL Server Automatic Tuning and Query Store
Earlier this month, dbi services hosted a free multi-technology event. Details are available on our website. I had the opportunity to present a session about the Query Store and the Automatic Tuning...
View ArticleAnsible URI module and WebLogic REST API
I recently experienced REST API from WebLogic Server as I was trying to find a way to make configuration changes and metrics gatherings multi-servers and even multi-domains. wlst can be used to achieve...
View ArticleSQL Server database design – Moving table to new filegroups
Introduction A database is very often created without thinking of its growing and in the most cases that is not really an issue until the data volume is not increasing a lot. And most of the time when...
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Using pgBackRest to backup your PostgreSQL instances to a s3 compatible storage
When it comes to backup and restore of PostgreSQL we usually recommend pgBackRest to our customers. This tool comes with many options and features and should bring everything you need. Most of the...
View ArticleDataPump and the Transform option – Not very well known, but it can be useful
I work with Oracle Databases and Datapump for more than 10 years but still I find some datapump options that I did know and in some cases can be very helpful. For a customer we did a migration of a 2TB...
View ArticleImprove Oracle Insert Performance with BULKCOLLECT and FORALL
As specified by Steven Feuerstein into the Oracle Blog Website the bulk processing features of PL/SQL are designed specifically to reduce the number of context switches required to communicate from the...
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Install Enterprise Manager 13c R5: Check the db edition Failed
A few days ago, I was setting an Enterprise Manager 13c R5 for a client. The configuration used is the following -The EM binaries are installed in a separate server than the database -The database of...
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Switching from CentOS 8 to Red Hat 8
We have quite a few customers still running on CentOS 8 and you probably already are aware that CentOS 8 will be end of life by the end of this year. This forces a lot of companies to either switch to...
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DOAG 2021
All virtual, rumours say about 1000 participants, over 200 Sessions, most of them interesting, many people to meet: that was DOAG 2021. Myself I enjoy virtual conferences as it’s easier to get in...
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Control-M/EM Add a suffix to your jobs using mass update utility
Hi guys,and girls of course Sometimes we have to make some cleanup on our Control-m folders and also we have to keep them disabled (we never know if one day the can be used again by a new agent) so...
View ArticleSQL Server – Granting SQL Server permission to service SID
Introduction We know that SQL Server itself is using it own SID NT SERVICE\MSSQL$ and NT SERVICE\SQLAGENT$ to grant permission to the database engine and the SQL agent services. But the same method can...
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Dbvisit 10 on Oracle Database Appliance
Dbvisit Standby can also be installed on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). The installation is the same that on any other Linux box. I did an install of Dbvist 10 on an ODA 19.12 for a customer and in...
View Article5 things that aren’t true about RMAN
Introduction RMAN backups are not a hot topic today. This is because it didn’t evolve that much in 12c/18c/19c, and most of the databases are now protected by a good backup strategy since years, and no...
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