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Testing DBSAT 3.0 - What's New ?

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Google ‘Backup and DR’ for Oracle

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Fix: Invalid Object Name 'SSISDB.catalog.customized_logging_levels'

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Old Dog with New Tricks: Indexing Null Columns in Oracle

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Fix: The Instance ID 'MSSQLServer' is Already in Use by SQL Server Instance 'MSSQLServer.Inactive'

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Oracle SQL Trace: Is it Safe for Production Use?

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Checking Free Space of UNDO Tablespaces

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Exploring Backup/Restore Comparison Using MySQL Shell Utility vs. Percona XtraBackup Utility vs. MySQLDump

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Understanding your Data Lifecycle for Better Data Management

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How Does Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Impact Tempdb Databases?

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Dialogflow chatbot with custom webhook using Python and GCP

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SAP on MSSQL: An 8-Step Homogeneous System Copy Approach

Introduction For many, homogeneous system copies aren’t as hot a topic compared to cloud replication and virtual ...

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Extend Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Compatibility with Proxy Monitoring

Introduction Since Adobe Flash became unavailable in most browsers, so did all the graphical tools of Oracle Enterprise ...

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Your complete guide: Point-In-Time-Restore (PITR) using pg_basebackup

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SQL Server Agent on Linux Not Starting? Try This 10-Step Troubleshooting Guide

The SQL Server Agent service on Linux is a powerful tool for automating and scheduling administrative tasks, including ...

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Identifying the Root Cause of High CPU Usage by e-Business Suite R12.2 OA Core server processes

A new client was experiencing regular issues with its OA Core servers on its EBS 12.2 environment. The issue caused ...

Oracle

A Quick-and-Easy Solution for the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Unique Domain Identifier Error

Introduction While working on adding new targets in Oracle Enterprise Manager utility, I encountered an error: Target ...

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Investigating a Chain of Events Resulting in Occasional Query’s Degraded Performance in Oracle

Introduction A client asked us to verify why an INSERT AS SELECT statement, which was part of a scheduled ETL job ...

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12 Steps to Enabling Audit in PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL database PostgreSQL is an advanced, enterprise-class open-source relational database that supports both SQL ...

Oracle

Syft your Linux Fleet Looking for ShellShock, Log4J…and Oracle Java?

What do ShellShock, Log4J, and Oracle Java have in common? ShellShock and Log4J are similar in that they represent ...

Oracle

How to Configure WebLogic as a Windows Service (in Just 4 Steps)

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Oracle

Slow query to V$ views after DBRU Patching

One of our clients patched its EBS database 19.13 to DBRU 19.17 and faced an issue with one of the seeded programs. The ...

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Why your Cassandra cluster scales poorly

Apache Cassandra promises linear scalability and workload distribution, among many other features—and rightly so. ...

SAP

Your 6-Step Overview of SAP Transformation Navigator

SAP Transformation Navigator is a free self-service tool provided by SAP that helps clarify and guide you on your ...

Oracle

A Fast and Easy Approach to Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Product (in Just 9 Steps)

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Testing DBSAT 3.0 - What's New ?

Google ‘Backup and DR’ for Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Schemas in Oracle Autonomous Database

How to Setup a Google Cloud SQL Replica from an External MySQL Primary

Best Practices for Getting the Most Out of SAP HANA Cloud

New Features for DBA's in PostgreSQL 16

Fix: Invalid Object Name 'SSISDB.catalog.customized_logging_levels'

Old Dog with New Tricks: Indexing Null Columns in Oracle

How to Migrate Your On-Prem MySQL 8 Database to RDS Using MySQL Shell Logical Backup

Fix: The Instance ID 'MSSQLServer' is Already in Use by SQL Server Instance 'MSSQLServer.Inactive'

Oracle SQL Trace: Is it Safe for Production Use?

Checking Free Space of UNDO Tablespaces

Exploring Backup/Restore Comparison Using MySQL Shell Utility vs. Percona XtraBackup Utility vs. MySQLDump

Understanding your Data Lifecycle for Better Data Management

How Does Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Impact Tempdb Databases?

Dialogflow chatbot with custom webhook using Python and GCP

SAP on MSSQL: An 8-Step Homogeneous System Copy Approach

Extend Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Compatibility with Proxy Monitoring

Your complete guide: Point-In-Time-Restore (PITR) using pg_basebackup

SQL Server Agent on Linux Not Starting? Try This 10-Step Troubleshooting Guide

Identifying the Root Cause of High CPU Usage by e-Business Suite R12.2 OA Core server processes

A Quick-and-Easy Solution for the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Unique Domain Identifier Error

Investigating a Chain of Events Resulting in Occasional Query’s Degraded Performance in Oracle

12 Steps to Enabling Audit in PostgreSQL

Syft your Linux Fleet Looking for ShellShock, Log4J…and Oracle Java?

How to Configure WebLogic as a Windows Service (in Just 4 Steps)

Slow query to V$ views after DBRU Patching

Why your Cassandra cluster scales poorly

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A Fast and Easy Approach to Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware Product (in Just 9 Steps)

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