proxmox

PostgreSQL Snapshot Backup and Restore with Proxmox ZFS (4/4)

In the blog series I previously wrote, I did not answer all the customer’s questions. The last one was the following: Can this also be applied to PostgreSQL? In short, yes, it is possible. Let’s see(…)

SQL Server Snapshot Backup and Restore with Proxmox ZFS – REST API with SQL Server 2025 (3/4)

The proposed architecture consists in adding a small internal REST API on the Proxmox server in order to expose a controlled ZFS snapshot operation. SQL Server 2025 can then call this API through sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, instead of running SSH commands(…)

SQL Server Snapshot Backup and Restore with Proxmox ZFS – Powershell implementation (2/4)

In the previous section, we discussed the drawbacks of running the commands manually. Indeed, the manual process was taking too much time and could directly impact the database state while the freeze was occurring. To address this issue,(…)

SQL Server Snapshot Backup and Restore with Proxmox ZFS (1/4)

We are currently working with clients on migrations to SQL Server 2022 and SQL Server 2025. During a discussion with one client, we reviewed some of the benefits introduced in the latest SQL Server 2022 and 2025 releases.

Building a transportable Oracle Sandbox environment for an Apple Silicon Laptop (MacBook with M1- or M2-processor)

Since Apple released their Apple Silicon Laptops based on the ARM processor architecture, it became difficult for Consultants with such a device to run their Oracle Sandbox environment, because the main Oracle products are running on the Intel architecture.

Installing Oracle 23c Free developer release on Proxmox

Oracle provides an OVA (Open Virtual Appliance) file to install the 23c Free Developer Release on Virtualbox. An OVA file contains metadata and file elements in the Open Virtual Format (OVF) to package and distribute one or more virtual(…)