Smart Database Replication

RMAN – Cataloging, Formatting and Deleting

Anton Els — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:07 +0000

There is one utility in Oracle that I think is essential to know about, even if it is just a few basics – and that is RMAN. It can get complex, and this is partly due to the fact that you can do so much with it, but just knowing a few of its commands [...]

How to perform real-time Reporting on your data that is “stuck” in the Cloud

Arjen Visser — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:13:26 +0000

More and more companies are moving their data and applications to the Cloud. Everyone talks about the Cloud, but this means different things to different people. When I talk about ‘The Cloud’ I mean one of the 3 models listed below: Software as a service (SaaS): The application and database are hosted in the Cloud. An [...]

The Dedicated Dbvisit Server : Replicating Data from Oracle to MySQL and SQL Server

Krupesh Desai — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:21:27 +0000

After the success of Dbvisit Standby for managing physical data replication, in 2011 we launched Dbvisit Replicate targeting the logical replication requirements of organizations. We often refer to this application as the “Swiss Army knife” of replication tools, as there are many different configurations that are possible for it to support, and so many different ways [...]

Oracle Restart and Standard Edition

Anton Els — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:40:12 +0000

In this blog post I would like to discuss the basics of Oracle Restart when using it with Oracle Standard Edition in a standby database configuration. Oracle Restart is integrated with Oracle Data Guard and the Data Guard broker, but this does not mean for those of you who use Standard Edition (which does not [...]

Reflections on a ‘Cruisy’ Conference (Spoiler: OUGN 2013)

Jan Karremans — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:51:55 +0000

Hot on the heels of our turnout at Denver’s Collaborate 13, I spent last week at the Norwegian Oracle User Group Conference. This was my first visit to the Scandinavian countries, the first conference that was natively non-English and… the first one that took place on board of a cruise ship. “@stenvesterli: Geek cruise next [...]

Collaborate 13 Round Up: Presentation Jitters to My Top 5 Sessions

Anton Els — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:26:57 +0000

I am back in Auckland following an exciting trip to the IOUG Collaborate 13 conference in Denver. In this short post I would like to share with you my first experience of such a big conference, not just attending but also in presenting for the first time at such a large event. As you can [...]

Notes on Graceful Switchover and “Is my Oracle Standby Database Up To Date?”

Anton Els — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:40:31 +0000

Your standby database is in place and you have a scheduled outage window this weekend – hardware maintenance needs to be performed in your main datacenter. So, do you schedule an outage with the end users (business) for the duration of the maintenance period, or are you planning on switching over to your DR site? [...]

Disaster Recovery Throughout the Stack

Anton Els — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:38:41 +0000

Beyond the Oracle database what do people do to protect their applications? “I get that your Dbvisit Standby covers the database, but what about our apps? Any ideas on what goes on out there? What are the market-available, widely-used, and not so expensive options?” Although at Dbvisit we are very focussed on disaster recovery for [...]

Oracle Mashup: What is DR, Understanding Oracle Logical Replication and Using Oracle SE

Kelly Langi — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:06:36 +0000

It is the height of summer, the tail end of the financial year, and most importantly, the week before the national conference of Oracle users. Where are we? New Zealand of course! In honour of all this (well mostly the Oracle part) we are giving you three mini blogs, little bursts of goodness that you [...]

Top 5 considerations when implementing a logical replication solution

Arjen Visser — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:51:40 +0000

Get your data flowing by implementing a real-time logical replication solution to replicate data between databases. Replication can bring a lot of business benefits and solve many issues. However, like any IT project there are considerations that need to be considered. This looks at 5 of these considerations.