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In this post I will share how to perform an online move of an Oracle 19c RAC database to a Pure Storage ActiveCluster Pod to provide Active-Active synchronous replicated storage for an extended / stretched Oracle RAC cluster. Step 1 - ActiveCluster Pod The first step is to create a Pod, in the example below... Continue Reading →
Introduction In this blog post I will introduce Portworx Data Services (PDS) and demonstrate how it an be used to also deliver PostgreSQL databases. I have previously shared how we can use the EDB Kubernetes Database Operator to deliver a PostgreSQL database, and also the YugabyteDB Kubernetes Database Operator to deliver a PostgreSQL compatible Yugabyte... Continue Reading →
Introduction In a recent post I shared how to create an educational environment to help develop Ansible skills, and provide way of gaining hands-on experience with Pure Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade Ansible modules. In this post I am going to show how to use the the Ansible URI module to use some of the advanced... Continue Reading →
Introduction The popularity and adoption of Object Storage continues to grow, with more and more applications and databases using or having an option to utilise Object Storage. I have previously shared a number of posts discussing S3 including: Performing Oracle RMAN backups to S3 to Amazon S3 Object StoragePerforming Oracle RMAN backups to SS to on-premises... Continue Reading →
How to configure Oracle 19c database and DirectNFS with NFSv4.1 using a Pure Storage FlashBlade
Background Historically most of the conversations I have regarding Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) have been around the use of NFS storage, and Oracle Direct NFS (dNFS). However, more recently with the explosion in the use of Amazon S3 object storage, the topic of RMAN and S3 gets frequently raised. In Part 1 of this series... Continue Reading →
Background So, the time has come to migrate your Oracle database to another storage array. There are a number of different options available to us, including the Oracle online datafile move, Oracle Recover Manager (RMAN) backup/restore, Oracle DataGuard failover, Data Pump, GoldenGate, host base mirroring, storage replication to name just a few. The method selected... Continue Reading →
Oracle Storage Snapshot Optimization enables you to use third-party storage snapshots to recover a databases to the current time or a specific point-in-time without having the database placed in backup mode. To use Storage Snapshot Optimization, the snapshot technology must conform to the following requirements. The database is crash consistent during the snapshot.The snapshot preserves... Continue Reading →
As database professionals we are the custodians of our organisations data and in the event of any data related issue are usually one of the first on the scene. Over the last few years we have seen an increasing number of ransomware attacks, this has been headline news across the globe impacting all industries, with... Continue Reading →
Introduction If you thinking about, or already running an Oracle database within a container, you may have thought 'how I am I going to backup and secure my database and environment ?' In this post I will share how we can use Portworx PX-Backup to easily backup an Oracle database to a Pure Storage FlashBlade... Continue Reading →