Introduction Oracle ZDM 26.1 introduced the PDB Cloning migration workflow, which includes cold, hot and refreshable PDB cloning options. This blog post provides an example of using refreshable PDB cloning. The Environment For demonstration purposes, I will be using OCI Oracle Base Database Service with Oracle AI Database 26ai, version 23.26.2.0.0. The Migration Step 1:…
Introduction Oracle ZDM 26.1 introduced Instant Deploy, which allows you to use the ZDM software on the source or target database host without a software installation. This blog post provides an example of using Instant Deploy on the source database host for a Physical Online migration. Since the focus is on Instant Deploy, this blog…
Introduction This blog post describes the steps to migrate from Oracle RDS to Exadata Database Service using Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) logical online method, which leverages Oracle Data Pump for data export and import and uses Amazon S3 Object Storage to store the Data Pump dump files. Additionally, it uses Oracle GoldenGate to keep…
Introduction This blog post describes the steps to migrate from Oracle RDS to Exadata Database Service using Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) logical offline method, which leverages Oracle Data Pump for data export and import and uses Amazon S3 Object Storage to store the Data Pump dump files. The same steps apply if migrating to…
Introduction This blog post describes the steps to migrate from Oracle RDS to Autonomous Database using Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) logical online method, which leverages Oracle Data Pump for data export and import and uses Amazon S3 Object Storage to store the Data Pump dump files. Additionally, it uses Oracle GoldenGate to keep the…
Introduction This blog post describes the steps to migrate from Oracle RDS to Autonomous Database using Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) logical offline method, which leverages Oracle Data Pump for data export and import and uses Amazon S3 Object Storage to store the Data Pump dump files. The Environment Step 1: Download and Install Oracle…
Introduction For ZDM Logical Online migrations to Exadata Cloud@Customer you will be running Oracle GoldenGate on-premises instead of on the Marketplace image on Oracle Cloud. Oracle GoldenGate keeps your source and target databases in sync and enables you to achieve zero to negligible downtime for your Oracle database migrations across database versions and platforms. This…
Introduction OracleDB for Azure (or, Oracle Database Service for Azure) simplifies multicloud deployments by providing an Oracle-managed interconnect between your Azure and OCI accounts. Customers running their workloads on Azure can now keep the application on Azure and move the Database to Oracle Cloud to benefit from Cloud Automation, Exadata Service, Oracle RAC, and more.…
Introduction Oracle constantly introduces new Exadata Platforms providing higher performance, lower latency, extended storage, and optimized software and networking. The Exadata X9M generation is available on-premises, cloud@customer, and public cloud. AND, it comes at the same price as the previous generation!!! It is as simple as this: higher performance + same price = reduced cost…
Introduction Configuring GoldenGate for database migrations might be complex and require deep knowledge and expertise in GoldenGate. Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) requires only a response file with the needed parameters. It configures and runs everything for you automatically to achieve (near) zero downtime while migrating your Oracle database to Oracle Cloud. This blog post provides…
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