Alejandro Vargas' Blog

Last week I had the privilege to share experiences about Oracle technology with a group of colleagues in Istanbul.

During the meeting we focused on Maximum Availability Architecture
topics, one of the subjects I did present was Database Migration to
ASM.

I think this is an important subject, many critical
production databases based on 8i and 9i are on the planning stage of
migration to 10g with ASM.

Rman provides a very efficient mean
to perform the migration, with full control on the hands of the DBA, a
minimum downtime window can be achieved, even for databases on the
multi-terabyte range.

This document: Database Migration to Oracle Automatic Storage Management contains a step by step description of this technique and how to implement it.

You can read TonguçYilmaz notes on the seminar on his excellent blog:  H.Tonguç
YILMAZ Oracle Blog



A few comments about my visit to Istanbul:

Istanbul is a vibrant city, modern and ancient , plenty of colorful restaurants and typical stores, rich in ceramics and jewelry that reminds us of the greatness of the Ottoman Empire.

The Mosques in the fog, the ships crossing the Bosphorous in all directions, the youth filling Liberty Street and Taksim Square made a strong impression on my memory. The taste of real Turkish coffee in the company of my dear colleagues, in this cold Istanbul winter, is something I'll remember for a long time.


From left to right: Alejandro Vargas, TonguçYilmaz and Hüsnü Şensoy