Monthly Archives: August 2025

Automating Linux VM Configuration with Puppet A Real-Time Use Case

Introduction/ Issue  In modern DevOps environments, automation is not just a luxury—it’s a necessity. When you’re managing hundreds of Linux virtual machines across hybrid or cloud-native infrastructure, manual configuration becomes…

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Administering VMware VMs in Azure through Azure Arc, A Hybrid Cloud Breakthrough

Introduction/ Issue: With the growing adoption of hybrid cloud strategies, organizations often run critical workloads on-premises while embracing cloud-native management. One of the most innovative tools enabling this transformation is…

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Using Azure Automation Runbooks for Scheduled Maintenance

Introduction / Issue:  In Azure environments, performing regular maintenance tasks such as patching, cleanup, and service restarts is essential for operational health. Manual execution of these tasks can be time-consuming…

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Creating Custom Dashboards in Azure Monitor for Hybrid Environments

Introduction / Issue:  In hybrid cloud environments, monitoring resources across both Azure and on-premises infrastructure can be challenging. Azure Monitor provides a unified platform for telemetry, but without custom dashboards,…

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How to install Data dog agents in Linux server

Introduction / Issue: Monitoring Linux servers without real-time metrics and logs can delay issue detection. The challenge is setting up the Datadog Agent correctly to capture server and application logs…

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Adding servers to azure Load balancer

Introduction / Issue: In Azure environments, load balancers are used to distribute incoming traffic across multiple virtual machines (VMs). A common issue occurs when newly added VMs don’t receive traffic…

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Safely Remove a Used Disk from ASM DiskGroup in Oracle 19c RAC

How to Safely Remove a Used Disk from ASM DiskGroup in Oracle 19c RAC In this post, I’m sharing a step-by-step process to safely remove a used disk from an…

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AFTER_PASTEBINARY_COMMENV

Issue: During adcfgclone execution in EBS 12.2, the commenv.sh file was populated with an incorrect JAVA_HOME path after the paste binary step. This caused the clone process to fail with…

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The Oracle Migration Challenge – Datatype Conversion Nightmares

When Database Migrations Go Wrong: Snowflake to Oracle Every database migration project starts with optimism: “We’ve mapped the tables, the data looks similar – how hard can it be to…

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From Slow to Lightning Fast: Optimizing SQL Bulk Operations with Python’s executemany()

The Problem: When Good Code Goes Slow  Picture this: You have a Python application that needs to insert thousands of records into a database. Your code works perfectly for small…

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