Data Guard migration with ZDM

In the previous post I showed how to setup cloning or migration using offline physical option with Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM). This time let’s take a look what happens with ONLINE PHYSICAL option. Common migration requirement is to migrate with lowest amount of downtime and with all the latest data available and Data Guard is…

Oracle Database cloning in OCI – with ZDM!

I’ve been using Oracle’s Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) tool lately, and given there are still some limitations on cloning your database in OCI, I was thinking could we use ZDM for this? Short answer – for sure! If you want to use native OCI capabilities for cloning your database, you are limited on restoring the…