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Donuts and Data Backups
Oct 3, 2019This is the story of a data loss event that changed my young life and put my feet on the path of becoming a DBA.
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Why Your Database Management Team Should Regularly Double-Check Your Backups
Sep 30, 2019I’ve blogged before about the importance of checking database backups. Over 90% of new clients that we assess have backups that are either incomplete or totally unusable (true statistic!). The following story of a backup failure that happened recently—and the successful double-check by our DBA Scott)—provides a noteworthy example of how bad backups can happen … Continue reading Why Your Database Management Team Should Regularly Double-Check Your Backups
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A Christmas Backup Tale
Dec 8, 2017Don’t let the Backup Grinch steal Christmas I have written about this topic in the past but it seems that it can never be shared too many times. As we approach the holiday season, we don’t want to be recovering data when we should be spending precious time with family and friends. So I will share another … Continue reading A Christmas Backup Tale
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Tales of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Oct 2, 2017Planning for Disaster As we think about the enormous cleanup effort taking place in the wake of Harvey, Irma, and Maria, we are reminded of the importance of planning to keep your business up and running when disaster strikes. In this blog post I share the thoughts of an expert in the field of Business … Continue reading Tales of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
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Database Backups and Gasoline Leaks
Sep 5, 2017How is a database backup like a portable generator with a gasoline leak? And why should you care on a beautiful sunny September morning? How does any of this relate to Business Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and testing? Read On! Lack of Preparation Until Superstorm Sandy in 2012, we had lived in our NJ town for … Continue reading Database Backups and Gasoline Leaks
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Architect Your Oracle Database for Efficient Backup and Recovery
Aug 3, 2017Architecting for Backup and Recovery Efficiency with Oracle RMAN Database architecture is critical to achieving many business objectives. These include application performance, business continuity, security, and geographic distribution. This article will explore another often overlooked objective that can be influenced by the database architecture: backup and recovery efficiency. Very large databases are common in today’s business … Continue reading Architect Your Oracle Database for Efficient Backup and Recovery
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Duplicating and Recovering Oracle Databases with RMAN
Jul 5, 2017Oracle Recovery Manager Purpose and History Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) was developed essentially as a way to more effectively backup and recover Oracle databases, as an automation mechanism for the same, and as a way to keep track of and managing backup sets. It was introduced in version 8 of the Oracle database, so it … Continue reading Duplicating and Recovering Oracle Databases with RMAN
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Time to Validate Your Database Backup
Jul 8, 2016Another new client, Another bad backup I originally wrote this post in July but I am updating it today because it is so important. Yesterday we did an initial Oracle Database Health Check for another new client and found yet again that their backups are useless. This time the client was taking backups regularly, but … Continue reading Time to Validate Your Database Backup
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Architecting to Maximize Recovery Options in Oracle
Apr 21, 2016I recently received a frantic call from a client that believed they have been hacked and had to quickly recover data. They said that data belonging to two or more of their customers had been lost. Our customer functions essentially as an application service provider (ASP). Their customers’ data is in an Oracle database that … Continue reading Architecting to Maximize Recovery Options in Oracle
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Do You Know If Your Data Backup and Recovery Strategy Is Working… Or Not?
Feb 1, 2016To mitigate the business impacts of downtime and data loss, every Oracle database must be recoverable. This means every Oracle shop needs a strong backup and recovery strategy—one that takes into account the probabilities of hardware, software, network or procedural failure(s) in your current environment.
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