Full-day Workshop in The Netherlands and Belgium

A year and a half ago, Mike Dietrich and I ran the Real World Upgrade and Migrate to Oracle Database 19c and 23ai workshop in Belgium and The Netherlands. Now, we’re returning with…

Advanced Real World Oracle Database Upgrade and Migration to 19c and 23ai

Perhaps not the most creative title for a sequel. But what the title lacks in creativity, we will compensate tenfold in content.

If you’re interested in database tech, Mike and I invite you to join our workshops.

… a day full of technical best practices, tips, tricks and advices based on real world customer experience

The Agenda

Here are the topics that we will cover:

Release Strategy with Oracle Database 19c and 23ai
Oracle Database Patching – We are going to change the game!
New Features in AutoUpgrade
How to size, build and operate a Multitenant environment efficiently
Data Pump – The best new performance features and optimizations
Migrations for hands-on DBAs
Cross-platform migrations – Pushing the limits
Oracle Database 23ai Feature Update for DBAs and Developers

It’s all tech, no marketing!

When and Where

The workshops take place at the Oracle offices in Utrecht and Vilvoorde. We start at 09:00 and finish at 16:30 or when we’ve answered the last question.

The workshops are an in-person event. It’s not possible to join remotely.

Sign Up

The workshops are free, but registration is required.

Seats are limited, so sign up to secure your seat. If you can’t make it, please cancel your registration so a fellow geek can join instead.

I hope to see you there for a full day of fun!

Our Real World Database Upgrade and Migration Workshop Is Back on the Road

Now that Oracle CloudWorld 2024 is over, we have time to spare, so it is time to re-ignite our full-day workshop:

Real World Database Upgrade and Migration 19c and 23ai

Next stops on our tour:

Berlin, 14 October
Zurich, 15 October
Oslo, 22 October

Click on the city name to sign up – for free! Save your seat before the workshop fills up.

Mike Dietrich, Rodrigo Jorge, and I will present in English. It is an in-person event only.

What Is It?

It is your chance to meet with our product management team for a full day:

How to take full advantage of the new features and options in Oracle Database 19c and 23ai
The smoothest and fully unattended migration to the CDB architecture
Real World Best Practices and Customer Cases
Database and Grid Infrastructure Patching Best Practices
Performance Stability Prescription and Tips
The coolest new features in Oracle Database 23ai for DBAs and Developers

I hope to see you there.

All tech, no marketing!

It’s a Wrap – Real World Database Upgrade and Migration to 19c and 23c

Here is a short post about the workshops I did with Mike Dietrich in Brussels and Utrecht on Real World Oracle Database Upgrade and Migrations 19c and 23c.

The Slides

The slide deck is a goodie bag full of tech content. Even if you didn’t participate, there is something of interest.

Questions

The audiences in our workshops were amazing, and we got many good (and challenging) questions. Here is a follow-up on those we couldn’t answer.

SQL Plan Management on Standby Databases

On an Active Data Guard, SQL Plan Management (SPM) is active and will help the optimizer select only validated execution plans.

However, SPM cannot create new baselines nor perform any form of evolution. SPM stores its information in the SQL Management Base in the SYSAUX tablespace. Since a standby database is open in read-only mode, such features are disabled.

You need to capture and evolve plans on the primary database.

Exporting BasicFile LOBs

I just blogged about a trick that you can use to speed up export of BasicFile LOBs.

Refreshable Clone PDBs

We also explained how to use refreshable clone PDBs to migrate non-CDBs into PDBs. Here is a video which shows a little more details.

Hands-On Labs

Remember, you can try many of the features mentioned in our Hands-On Labs.

It’s free
It runs in a browser
Nothing to install

It’s better to fail in our lab than in production!

Thanks

Thanks to the excellent audience in Brussels and Utrecht. It was a pleasure talking tech with you.

My favorite moment was when someone wanted Mike to sign an original, sealed Oracle7 box. That’s cool.

If you would like a similar workshop in your neighborhood, take hold of your local Oracle office.