M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024 – Second Day
A summary of the topics from the second day of the M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024. Introduction to the second day of M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024 The second day of the of the M-Files...
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View ArticleCloudNativePG on minicube on openSUSE Leap Micro 6
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View ArticleCloudnativePG – Bootstrapping an empty cluster
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View ArticleSelf-Signed SSL Certificate is blocked on Chrome or Edge
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View ArticleM-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024 – Third Day
Welcome session After breakfast we headed to the Auditorium to see the CEO Welcome session for the user and partners. What is knowledge work automation and how it can help. Say goodbye to information...
View ArticleM-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024 – Last Day
The last day of the conference The last day of the M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2024 was full of customer presentations and the closing notes of course. One topic was really interesting to me, and...
View ArticleCloudNativePG – Configuring the PostgreSQL instance
In the last post we’ve created a more detailed version of the cluster definition for CloudNativePG. This gave us a PostgreSQL cluster with enabled data checksum, the correct locale, an increased size...
View ArticleCloudNativePG – PostgreSQL extensions
Now that we know how we can configure the PostgreSQL instance and access control, we’re going to look at what you can do when it comes to PostgreSQL extensions with CloudNativePG. As we have a running...
View ArticlePlotting SQL Server Performance counters with Python
As a consultant, I often use Performance Monitor (Perfmon) to collect performance metrics for SQL Server. After running Perfmon for, say, a week to capture a baseline of server activity, you can end...
View ArticleOracle Forms: FRM-92290 after upgrade to 12.2.1.19
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View ArticlePosgreSQL + SQL Server = WiltonDB – Part 2 – Database Management
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View ArticleM-Files, Migrate Vaults to a High Available environment
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View ArticleCloudNativePG – The kubectl plugin
As we’re getting more and more familiar with CloudNativePG, now it’s time to get more information about our cluster, either for monitoring or troubleshooting purposes. Getting information about the...
View ArticleCloudNativePG – Scaling up and down
By now, if you followed the previous posts (here, here, here, here and here), we know quite a bit about how to use CloudNativePG to deploy a PostgreSQL cluster and how to get detailed information...
View ArticleKeep an eye on your SQL Agent jobs using T-SQL!
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View ArticleIs DPR compatible with 12.1 databases running on your ODA?
Introduction Since patch version 19.21 (current one is 19.23), ODA (Oracle Database Appliance) X7, X8 and X9 will require the use of Data Preserving Reprovisioning (DPR) to get the patch. Unlike...
View ArticleHogging Threads check in Apache Tomcat
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View ArticlePush images to a Self-Signed Cert registry with Rancher Desktop
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View ArticleUsing local images with nerdctl build?
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