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GoldenGate Row Identification: Misconceptions and Solutions

GoldenGate is a powerful replication tool, but it is so versatile that you should always check whether what you intend to do is supported or not. Oracle provides a few interesting scripts and views to check your environments before(…)

Zabbix – Monitoring full cluster Patroni/PostgreSQL

Introduction Monitoring a PostgreSQL environment involves much more than simply checking whether the database is running. In a modern high availability architecture, multiple components work together to keep the service available and stable. In this article, we will explain how(…)

Temporary tablespace and ODA 19.31.

I recently patched Oracle Database Appliances (ODAs) to 19.31. For DBs with more than 1 tempfile in the temporary tablespace I got an error during the “odacli update-dbhome” : # odacli describe-job -i 2ff3fd5d-f611-4ae6-aae0-63df7c08ec71 Job details ---------------------------------------------------------------- ID: 2ff3fd5d-f611-4ae6-aae0-63df7c08ec71(…)

The ROI mirage in ECM projects

In my fifteen-plus years working in the ECM world, I have seen the promise of a high ROI (return on investment) numerous times. Faster processes, fewer errors, reduced storage, and improved compliance can all be(…)

M-Files BD – Scalar widgets: kpiNumber and gauge

This is the first widget-specific post of the series. As a reminder, the previous post mapped the anatomy of a dashboard definition. From here on, I go widget by widget. I have grouped the seven(…)

SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and Database Master Keys: A Hidden Failover Pitfall

I recently came across an interesting case involving a client whose application used SQL Server symmetric keys to encrypt sensitive data. The database was hosted in an Always On Availability Group environment for high-availability and disaster-recovery. The interesting(…)

GoldenGate NGINX Reverse Proxy Behavior Changes

I recently wrote about NGINX reverse proxy reconfiguration after creating or deleting a deployment in GoldenGate. It reminded me that there is an overlooked aspect of the reverse proxy configuration, which is important when trying(…)

M-Files BD – Anatomy of a dashboard definition

In the previous post, I walked through what an end user sees when they open the Business Dashboard pane in M-Files. From this post on, the audience shifts more towards the administrator’s side, looking(…)

M-Files BD – End-user experience

In the first post of this series, I introduced the Business Dashboard module I built, over the past few weeks, for M-Files. This second post is for the end user: what does it actually(…)

Your users don’t hate ECM, they hate how you implemented it.

Why user-centric thinking is the missing piece in Enterprise Content Management. Let’s set the record straight, your users don’t hate enterprise content management (ECM). They hate your ECM! That might sound harsh, but have you ever(…)