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OGG-08116 when creating a connection with GoldenGate REST API

When playing around with the GoldenGate REST API, you might have encountered the OGG-08116 error. It happens when using the Create Connection REST API call, with the following endpoint given in the GoldenGate documentation. The OGG-08116(…)

Commercial PostgreSQL distributions with TDE (2) EDB Postgres Extended Server (1) Setup

We’ve already briefly looked at Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres (here and here) when it comes to TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) in PostgreSQL. In this and the next post we’ll look at(…)

ECM Cost Optimization & ROI: How to maximize your M-Files project

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) projects often start with good intentions: reducing chaos, improving compliance, and streamlining processes.Yet many companies underestimate one crucial aspect: the financial impact. The project is often driven solely by the cost of licenses and implementation, such(…)

Overcoming RDP connection issues on Windows 11

The problem: I faced an issue today where one of my colleagues was struggling to remotely connect to a Windows server via RDP. He was using the default Remote Desktop app that comes standard with Windows 11 and everytime he’d(…)

Deploying Azure Terraform code with Azure DevOps and a storage account as remote backend

Why this blog? While I was working for a customer, I was tasked to create an Azure infrastructure, using Terraform and Azure DevOps (ADO). I thought about doing it like I usually do with GitLab but it wasn’t possible with(…)

Debugging GoldenGate Veridata Agents

A crucial step after installing a Veridata server is to set up Veridata agents. And, as mentioned in a previous blog post about GoldenGate Veridata installation, Oracle didn’t bother to indicate when an agent is failing.

Dctm – Managing licenses through OTDS

As you might know, since Documentum 24.4, there is a new requirement to have a valid license assigned to a user in order to log in to Documentum. This is a pretty important change, most likely designed with the X-Plan(…)

Commercial PostgreSQL distributions with TDE (1) Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres (2) TDE

In the last post we did the setup of Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres so we’re now ready to look at how TDE is implemented in this distribution of PostgreSQL. The unit of encryption in this version of(…)

GoldenGate REST API basics with Python

Oracle GoldenGate REST API has been around for quite some time now, but I’ve yet to see it used in practice at customers. Every time I tried to introduce it, it was some sort of novelty. Mainly because DBAs tend(…)

Thoughts on the M-Files GKO 2026 in Lisbon

My colleague, David Hueber, and I had the pleasure of attending the M-Files Global Kick-Off 2026 (GKO 2026) in Lisbon, Portugal, this week. The weather was unfortunate, but that’s not what matters. From January 26(…)