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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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Resolving RMAN Backup Errors Caused by Uninitialized TDE Keys in Oracle DBCS

Introduction: In Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS), Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a default security feature that helps protect sensitive data at rest. While TDE provides strong protection, misconfigured or missing…

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Troubleshooting RMAN Backups in Oracle DBCS (OCI): A Practical Guide for Cloud DBAs

Introduction: To check and manage RMAN backups using dbcli in Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), follow these practical steps. dbcli is a command-line interface available on bare metal…

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Mastering PostgreSQL TOAST & Vacuum

Mastering PostgreSQL TOAST & Vacuum Keep Your Large Tables Fast and Lean Have your PostgreSQL queries slowed down despite all the right indexes and optimizations? If your table has large…

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Oracle Data Guard: Key Configs & Parameters

As Oracle DBAs, ensuring zero data loss (RPO) and minimal downtime (RTO) is critical. Oracle Data Guard is the industry-standard solution for high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection. (A)…

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Break Into Data Engineering: Master These 12 Tools First

𝟭. 𝗱𝗯𝘁 → Transforms raw data into clean, analytics-ready models, ensuring consistent and reliable pipelines. 𝟮. 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 → We process massive datasets in batch or streaming mode, making big…

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Oracle PLSQL to Generate XML Tag Using Standard Functionality

declare l_ctx dbms_xmlquery.ctxHandle; l_clob clob; begin l_ctx := dbms_xmlquery.newContext(‘select * from <TABLE_NAME>’); dbms_lob.createtemporary(:g_clob,true,dbms_lob.session); :g_clob := dbms_xmlquery.getXml(l_ctx); end;

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