Cloud

Migrating an Oracle instance to AWS Aurora – 3 – Data replication with AWS DMS

If you followed the last two posts in this little series (here and here) this is the current status of this demo migration project: We have converted the Oracle SH schema and(…)

Running SQL Server on the Oracle Free tier

By Franck Pachot The Oracle Cloud is not only for Oracle Database. You can create a VM running Oracle Linux with full root access to it, even in the free tier: a free VM that will be always up, never(…)

One day training @ Microsoft Azure Cloud Workshop

Today, with my colleague Christophe, we follow the Microsoft Azure Training Day: Data and Analytics @ Microsoft Zürich (Wallisellen to be exact). After a presentation of SQL Server 2019, we begin with the First Lab about(…)

Deploying your own PostgreSQL image on Nutanix Era

Some days ago we had a very good training on Nutanix. Nutanix is a Hyper-converged infrastructure and that means that all is software driven and the system can be deployed on many(…)

A day at DevOps World in Lisbon

On this second day here at DevOps World in Lisbon, I built a very interesting and intensive program of sessions to attend which I will explain to you more in detail below. This was also the opportunity for us (Arnaud(…)

Some words about SOUG Day in Lausanne

Today I participate to SOUG Day which takes place in Lausanne at the "Centre Pluriculturel et social d’Ouchy".

How to create an Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service (DBaaS) which gives us the possibility to create application with a performant database without to take care of the relying infrastructure. Azure SQL Database is based on the latest stable version of Microsoft(…)

OpenText Enterprise World Europe 2019 – Partner Day

First day of the #OTEW here at the Austria International Center in Vienna, Guillaume Fuchs and I where invited to assist to the Partner Global sessions. Welcome to OTEW Vienna 2019 Mark J. Barrenechea, the OpenText’s CEO & CTO,(…)

Create a primary database using the backup of a standby database on 12cR2

The scope of this blog will be to show how to create a primary role database based on a backup of a standby database on 12cR2. Step1: We are assuming that an auxiliary instance has been created and started in(…)

AWS re:invent 2018 – Day 5 – Final day

On Friday, it’s the last day for AWS re:Invent convention in Las Vegas. I didn’t know in advance what to expect because I have to admit that even if I started to use AWS, there is still a lot to learn.