We’re excited to share that Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) now supports both logical online and offline migration workflows to Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure, now available on Oracle Database@AWS. This expanded capability empowers customers with greater flexibility and more migration options – including cross-version and cross-platform migrations – all while ensuring minimal downtime and streamlined operations throughout the transition.
About Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS and Oracle Zero Downtime Migration
Oracle Autonomous Database takes the complexity out of database management by automating provisioning, tuning, patching, security, scalability, and availability. This automation significantly reduces operational costs and minimizes the risk of human error, enabling businesses to deploy applications and services in just minutes. Deployed on Oracle Database@AWS, it additionally provides low network latency to AWS applications for optimal performance and integration with AWS services.
Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) is a trusted, no-cost solution used by customers worldwide to streamline and automate Oracle database migrations, even those that demand minimal downtime. Aligned with Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) best practices, ZDM delivers intelligent pre-validation and controllable automation for seamless single-database or fleet-wide migrations to Oracle Database@AWS.
Migration Workflows to Oracle Autonomous Database
You can perform the following Oracle ZDM migration workflows to migrate you Oracle Database to Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS.
Logical Online Migration
The logical online migration workflow supports migrations between the same and different database versions and platforms. It uses Oracle Data Pump export and import to create the target database. AWS FSx for OpenZFS service provides a managed NFS file share to store the Data Pump dump files. Oracle GoldenGate keeps the source and target databases in sync to achieve a minimal downtime migration.
Learn more in this step-by-step guide: Logical Online Migration to Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS
Logical Offline Migration
The logical offline migration workflow supports migrations between the same and different database versions and platforms. It uses Oracle Data Pump export and import to create the target database. AWS FSx for OpenZFS service provides a managed NFS file share to store the Data Pump dump files.
Learn more in this step-by-step guide: Logical Offline Migration to Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS
Summary
With Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) now supporting logical online and offline migration workflows to Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@AWS, customers can fully leverage the power of Oracle’s premier migration solution built on Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) best practices.
ZDM delivers a simple, single-button experience, end-to-end automation and orchestration, and unmatched cost-efficiency – all at no cost. Trusted by hundreds of organizations worldwide, ZDM has successfully migrated thousands of databases to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Now, you can achieve the same reliability and performance by seamlessly migrating to Oracle Database@AWS.
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