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Custom data migration solution for a complex Oracle to PostgreSQL migration project using AWS DMS
In this post we’d like to share with you our experience in delivering a sophisticated database migration solution on top of AWS DMS for one of our large enterprise customers. The client is a large technology corporation that provides software solutions and services for telecom giants and mid-size companies. They ran numerous Oracle databases where […]
Data management strategy: How to reduce costs and eliminate downtime
Data infrastructure is what powers the proper performance of your software. However, unexpected issues can occur making your system unavailable. That’s where the notion of a downtime, a time period when the system is not available, comes in. Downtime may have different causes and outcomes. But one thing is certain, downtime can be extremely expensive. […]
Migrating healthcare app databases from AWS Datica to independent AWS servers
A modern medical company was running a large healthcare platform connecting patients with medical imaging providers. They had databases for the admin app, patient app, physician app, and the original service portal. All these databases were running on AWS cloud servers deployed and managed by Datica. The latter helped the customer scale and manage their […]
Feng Shui, VMWare, and SQL Server – Finding Balance
Feng Shui is the practice of arranging pieces in living spaces to create balance with the natural world. VMWare vSphere virtualization has grown since its introduction in 1998, to being the top virtualization technology in use by companies today, holding 23% of the market. Microsoft’s SQL Server product, first released in 1988, has increased its […]
License inventory for a large SQL Server database infrastructure
Here’s a new entry to our series of posts on how the ABCloudz team has helped a large pharmaceutical company manage its sophisticated data infrastructure. The customer’s business is rapidly growing, which leads to a significant expansion of their data infrastructure. This infrastructure has exceeded 140 SQL Servers united by complex connections and ETL scripts. […]
Microsoft silver competency in two areas
ABCloudz announces that we have achieved a silver competency in Application Integration as a Microsoft partner. This proves the company’s capability to effectively integrate and configure systems that run on Windows servers, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft .NET. Being a Microsoft partner, our company has access to exclusive training coupled with the latest software solutions. This […]
How to cover monitoring gaps for a large SQL Server data infrastructure
Our client is a large pharmaceutical company with a sophisticated data infrastructure. Along with the company’s rapid growth, its data infrastructure started growing as well. At one point, their data infrastructure exceeded 140 SQL Servers united by multiple scripts and connections. This growth made its maintenance more challenging and time-consuming. The customer created a professional […]
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration with AWS SCT: How to handle unsupported NumToDSInterval function
In this post we continue exploring the technical aspects of Oracle to PostgreSQL migration using AWS SCT. We were using AWS SCT build#660 to convert one of our Oracle test databases. AWS SCT provides functionalities for the most efficient migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL. However, there is a common challenge with implementing the Oracle NumToDSInterval […]
Oracle to MySQL migration with AWS SCT: How to convert BULK COLLECT clause
In this blog post we continue covering AWS SCT conversion issues, adding to the series where we help developers to deal with complex migration issues that can’t be automated with SCT. Today we are going to look into how SCT Build #660 addresses the conversion of statements with BULK COLLECT clause. In Oracle, you can […]
Oracle to MySQL migration with AWS SCT: How to handle unsupported NumToYmInterval function
Here’s one more insight into common code conversion issues while using AWS SCT build number 660. This time, we will tell you how to convert NumToYmInterval from Oracle to MySQL. Oracle has a NumToYmInterval function that converts the provided number value of specified expressions or time units to an interval year to month literal. Usually, […]
Oracle to MySQL migration with AWS SCT: How to convert variables of SYS_REFCURSOR datatype
We continue our series of common issues pertaining to code conversions with AWS SCT. This time, we analyze the peculiarities of converting REF CURSOR types from Oracle to MySQL with the help of AWS SCT build number 660. In Oracle 9i, there is the predefined SYS_REFCURSOR type, which means that defining our own REF CURSOR […]
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration with AWS SCT: How to convert INSERT ALL statement
In this post we continue exploring the technical aspects of Oracle to PostgreSQL migration using AWS SCT. AWS SCT promises a very high level of migration efforts, however it is very rare that 100% automation is achieved. In this article we’ll look into conversion of INSERT ALL statements, which are quite popular in Oracle code. […]
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration with AWS SCT: How to handle unsupported data types
In this post we explore the technical aspects of Oracle to PostgreSQL migration using AWS SCT. We’ll look into conversion of Oracle “aliases”. We were using AWS SCT build #660 to convert one of our Oracle test databases. The challenge Oracle’s subtype declaration allows creating an “alias” for some datatype declaration, which can be re-used […]
Market review: SQL Server Monitoring Tools
It’s no secret that a modern world runs on data. This essential asset is stored in databases or data stores. And keeping such databases or data stores healthy is vital in the digital era we live in. It is also no secret that database issues can take down entire systems and cost businesses many thousands […]
Quick and easy automatic approach to database conversion
One of the largest educational organizations in the United States had been running their data handling system in the Oracle environment. They wanted to reduce maintenance costs due to the expensive Oracle licensing model, which includes an additional fee for the partitioning feature. The ABCloudz team provided a solution for migrating the customer’s database to […]