Minimal Downtime

Transportable Tablespaces with M5 scripts support now 26ai

We have a lot of information in our seminars and blogs about Transportable Tablespace migrations. And since we have the M5 scripts for RMAN incrementally rolled forward backups and new RMAN functionality which avoids the spare storage, life has gotten so much easier. Now, some great news from the authors of the M5 scripts: Transportable Tablespaces with M5 scripts support now 26ai.

Transportable Tablespaces with M5 scripts support now 26ai

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M5? Almost as fast as the car!

Some of you may still know the V4 PERL scripts. They had an evolution from V1 to V4 over the years and were our …

Database Migration from non-CDB to PDB – The Minimal Downtime Challenge

There are several pitfalls when you plugin a non-CDB into a CDB environment. I’d like to highlight some of them – and show you potential workarounds as well. This is part of a series of blog posts to make your migration from non-CDB to PDB a bit smoother.

Database Migration from non-CDB to PDB – The Minimal Downtime Challenge

When we start to look at a migration from non-CDB to PDB for an important system, regardless of migrating on-prem or to the cloud, reducing the downtime is very important. In this blog post I’d like to highlight the different aspects …

Transient Logical Standby – Rolling Upgrades – Overview

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Mike.Dietrich Minimal Downtime 28

Transient Logical Standby - Rolling Upgrades - Overview More than 10 years ago I was invited to work several weeks in Redwood Shores at the Oracle HQ for Lawrence To‘s MAA team together with Ray Dutcher, one of the greatest persons I have ever met and worked with in my over 20 years at Oracle. We had to work out a doable process for smooth rolling upgrades utilizing a physical standby database. Somebody named it Transient Logical Standby – Rolling Upgrades. And here’s a quick overview on it for clarification purposes. When you scroll to the end you will find a lot of useful links …