When we explore strategies to scale our MySQL-based database layer, we realize that there are many different options. As opposed to proprietary solutions, open-source products nourish themselves from their communities and novel architectures or enhanced versions are generated, often incorporating…

Thousands of Microsoft partners and employees filled T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 15 for the kick-off of Microsoft’s three-day partner event, Microsoft Inspire. Microsoft executives shared their thoughts on the tremendous growth opportunities of the continued digital transformation,…

I am currently working on project to migrate GoldenGate trail from Oracle Database File System (DBFS) to Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (ACFS). The migration is performed in two phases. This is the first phase, in which I create…

Overview While working on a MySQL Galera cluster with ProxySQL, I was in the process of testing traffic going to the MySQL nodes by using the @@hostname command to ensure which MySQL host behind the proxy the query ran on….

Problem: MGMTDB and MGMTLSNR are running on only one host at a time and when relocated, will be paged unnecessarily. One team member`s suggestion is to relocate MGMTDB and MGMTLSNR back to its original host. It does not make sense having…

In one of my latest database restore jobs, I was helping a MySQL client with issues related to mysqlbinlog and I wanted to share it here. In case you didn’t know, MySQL is a simple SQL shell with input line…

Now that Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) 19c has been released, it is time to upgrade your GI to 18c! I am presenting here a well-tested procedure to upgrade your Grid Infrastructure to 18c. It has been designed and applied on…

This blog post will show you how to install 18c Grid and upgrade to 18.6.0.0. 1. Download the 18c binairy and Apr, 2019 PSU: 18c Grid: https://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle18c/180000/LINUX.X64_180000_grid_home.zip Apr 2019 PSU: https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/Services/download/p29251992_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip?aru=22869122&patch_file=p29251992_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip OPatch 12.2.0.1.17: https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/Services/download/p6880880_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip?aru=22870225&patch_file=p6880880_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip 2. Prepare OS for Oracle installation,…

Last May, the Microsoft Build 2019 conference took place in Seattle. A number of new features and capabilities were announced and demonstrated. This week, communities in the Asia Pacific held their own version of Build, bringing the best and the…

I wanted to compare Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) backup to an existing NFS versus a NEW backup appliance. I performed a Proof Of Concept (POC) to compare and contrast NFS and NEW, backed up both, then mined the logs to…