This lecture presents a centralized, secure and high available LDAP based Oracle naming service solution we developed and implemented in one major Canadian Bank capital market devision. It goes in-depth on how to extend Oracle context in Microsoft Lightweight Directory Service (LDS), load Oracle TNS entries to AD LDS in batch, manage TNS entries in…

DBAs have had manual systems for migrating data between storage tiers for many years. But now, Oracle Database 12c and Oracle FS Flash Storage System provide powerful new techniques. This session compares and contrasts the Automatic Data Optimization (ADO) Heat Map and Oracle FS Flash Storage System Heat Map features, and details how and when…

The database is a slave to time. DB time, elapsed time, CPU time, latency. Mastering database time is a critical aspect of database tuning. This presentation will discuss what the different types of database time are, how they are related and how to conserve them. Eligible for Certificate: #IOUGeniusCert; #IOUGeniusPerf   Info: www.collaborate.ioug.org/certificates

In environments that continue to grow in complexity the new features in Oracle 12 enhance RMANs ability to backup databases and reduces the complexity of restores when multiple databases must be involved or only partial restores need to be completed. ​This session will focus on live demonstrations using Oracle Virtual Box on testing and showing…

The Oracle High Availability Architecture with Oracle 12c RAC as the main pillar emerged as the foundation for the Application Resiliency.  Business continuity, high availability, scalability, flexibility and the agility combined with easy management are the key benefits of the Oracle 12c RAC.  When combined with the HA components like Flashback features, Flex ASM, Transaction…

This session outlines how one can use VVOLS effectively to manage business critical databases such as Oracle and SQL We will profile performance and other common operational use cases with vSphere 6.0 Virtual Volumes(vVOLs) to house the database data. We will also demonstrate how to provide quick and efficient backup , recovery and replication mechanism…

The Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance is the industry’s first cloud-scale engineered system purpose-built for database protection and you are invited to an exclusive 4-D architecture session. Go beyond the marketing and gain an understanding of how the product really works under the hood. Learn how key hardware and software components were brought together in…

In the last several years after reviewing hundreds of AWR reports I have found these 10 things are things that are usually missed. Find out about performance indicators, missing parameters and sections of the report you might overlook. In this presentation I will provide guidance on finding and correcting some hidden issues with your database.

Ensuring Data Protection for Oracle Databases is probably the most important task that every Oracle DBA has to face with. In this session we'll review Oracle Flashback features and show how it empowers the Oracle DBA by providing fast and easy ways for recovering various human errors. Eligible for Certificate: #IOUGeniusCert; #IOUGeniusSecure Info: www.collaborate.ioug.org/certificates

Planning your migration from Oracle RDBMS 11g to Oracle RDBMS 12c?  Considering the use of container databases?  From a Capacity Planning and Performance perspective, how can we fit our 11g workloads into a rightsized 12c environment? Should we consolidate our RAC/Grid infrastructure into SMP?  Do we consider hyperconverged infrastructure? Here's a methodology to determine the…