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Enhancing Cloud Security with OCI Cloud Guard’s New Threat Recipes

Introduction Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) introduced new Cloud Guard threat detector recipes to help organizations better identify and respond to evolving cloud security risks. While many enterprises already use Cloud…

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Secure SFTP Setup for Application File Exchange

Introduction There was a requirement to securely exchange application files (such as configuration files, logs, or deployment packages) between internal users and a restricted server location, without giving shell access…

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Managing ORDS Credentials in Wallet Using Oracle Secret Store Tool

Introduction: In some cases, while configuring or updating Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), you may need to manage credentials stored in the Oracle Wallet. This is done using the mkstore…

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TLS Certificate Renewal in SQL Server

Objective: To renew and bind a new TLS certificate to SQL Server to ensure continued secure connections. Frequency: Annually or prior to certificate expiration Prerequisites: Administrative access to the Windows…

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Troubleshooting SQL Server Worker Thread Exhaustion

Overview: When SQL Server runs out of worker threads, it can cause performance degradation, query delays, and even login failures. Understanding the root cause and knowing how to respond quickly…

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How to Estimate Undo Usage Before Running Large DML in Oracle

Overview This helps DBAs predict Undo tablespace usage before executing heavy DML operations in Oracle. It uses a combination of shell scripting and SQL to estimate Undo usage. Introduction Undo…

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Troubleshooting SQL Server Deadlocks using Foglight and T-SQL Queries

Troubleshooting SQL Server Deadlocks using Foglight and T-SQL Queries Introduction:- This document explains how to find and fix SQL Server deadlocks using Foglight and T-SQL queries. Deadlocks can slow down…

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Troubleshooting High Disk Queue Depth in SQL Server

Troubleshooting High Disk Queue Depth in SQL Server Introduction This document helps to find and fix high disk queue depth problems in SQL Server. These issues can slow down the…

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Foglight Monitoring Tool

1. Introduction Foglight, developed by Quest Software, is a powerful and comprehensive monitoring and performance management tool. It provides real-time visibility into the health, performance, and availability of databases, servers,…

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Page Life Expectancy (PLE) in SQL Server

1. Introduction Page Life Expectancy (PLE) is a key performance metric in Microsoft SQL Server that measures the duration (in seconds) a data page stays in memory (the buffer pool) before…

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