Azure VM Selection Made Easy: A Script Identifying Best Constrained CPU VMs for High Memory/ Low CPU Workload

                                         Intro Are you struggling to find the most Cost-Effective Azure VMs for Database Workloads or any high memory low CPU workload? Look no further! In this blog post, we’ll introduce the concept of Azure constrained CPU along with cases where az cli displays misleading info, and finally a script that makes it easy to …

Terraform tips: How to Recover Your Deployment From a Terraform apply Crash

— β€œBecause sh*t happens, be ready for when it does!” — Intro Infrastructure Automation is a lifesaver for OPS teams in their day-to-day duties, but when it comes to givin’ full control to new tools and frameworks, watch out for problems that can no longer be fixed manually. It’s also a reminder that it is …

ZDM troubleshooting part 4: NONCDBTOPDB_CONVERSION fails (GUID conflicts with existing PDB)

Intro Every time I think I’m done with my ZDM troubleshooting series, a new topic pops up :). I have also learned that every migration is distinct and brings its own unique challenges, so I have decided to keep the series open-ended. In this post, we will discuss the steps you should take when a …

What’s ODABR snapshot & how to efficiently use it to patch ODA from 18 to 19.x

  Intro Although most of the focus, nowadays, has shifted to migration of on-premises workloads into the Cloud, companies still leverage Oracle databases engineered systems like Oracle database appliance to run their databases on-prem. As a matter of fact ,ODA is a low entry pricing and flexible CPU licensing platform that can still host workloads …

ExaC@C DB state failed in OCI console while up & running in reality (fix)

Intro Exadata Cloud@Customer has the particularity of bringing the best of both worlds, where on-premises Data sovereignty meets the innovation & capabilities of the Cloud. Thanks to Control plane network that links up both ExaCC servers and OCI, users can create/manage resources through the Console or any API based cloud tooling (terraform,OCI-CLI, SDK..). Everything you …