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  • Autonomous AI Database serverless, Database Modernisation

    Managing statistics during migration to Oracle Autonomous AI Database

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    July 17, 2026

    Database statistics is often an area which is confusing when doing a database migration , especially to Oracle Autonomous AI Database. Let’s explore what we need to consider in terms of statistics during migration to Oracle Autonomous AI database. I have used below acronyms. ATP-S – Autonomous AI Transaction Processing…

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  • Autonomous AI Database serverless, Database Modernisation, Multicloud, Oracle Database@Google Cloud

    Manual Database Migration to Oracle Autonomous Database@Google Cloud – Part 3 : Database Migration

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    June 18, 2026

    Organizations are continuously looking for ways to modernize their database platforms to improve agility, reduce operational overhead, and take advantage of cloud-native capabilities. Oracle offers multiple pathways to modernize your database estate, and one of the latest innovations is Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S)@Google Cloud. By bringing Oracle Autonomous Database closer…

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  • Autonomous AI Database serverless, Database Modernisation, Multicloud, Oracle Database@Google Cloud

    Manual Database Migration to Oracle Autonomous Database@Google Cloud – Part 2: Configure NFS Server

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    June 18, 2026

    Organizations are continuously looking for ways to modernize their database platforms to improve agility, reduce operational overhead, and take advantage of cloud-native capabilities. Oracle offers multiple pathways to modernize your database estate, and one of the latest innovations is Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S)@Google Cloud. By bringing Oracle Autonomous Database closer…

    Continue reading →: Manual Database Migration to Oracle Autonomous Database@Google Cloud – Part 2: Configure NFS Server
  • Autonomous AI Database serverless, Database Modernisation, Multicloud, Oracle Database@Google Cloud

    Manual Database Migration to Oracle Autonomous Database@Google Cloud – Part 1 : ADB-S creation

    Published by

    Amalraj Puthenchira

    on

    June 18, 2026

    Organizations are continuously looking for ways to modernize their database platforms to improve agility, reduce operational overhead, and take advantage of cloud-native capabilities. Oracle offers multiple pathways to modernize your database estate, and one of the latest innovations is Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S)@Google Cloud. By bringing Oracle Autonomous Database…

    Continue reading →: Manual Database Migration to Oracle Autonomous Database@Google Cloud – Part 1 : ADB-S creation
  • Database Modernisation, Multicloud, Oracle Database@Google Cloud

    Deploying Oracle GoldenGate Docker for Database Migration to Oracle Database@Google Cloud

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    June 9, 2026

    As organizations embrace multicloud strategies, Oracle Database@Google Cloud provides a seamless way to run Oracle databases alongside Google Cloud services. Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) is a recommended solution for migrating databases to Oracle Database@Google Cloud. Customers can choose either physical or logical migration methods based on their requirements. For…

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  • Database Modernisation, Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure, Oracle Database Migration

    How to perform DataPump Import to Autonomous AI Database with Private Service Access to Export Dumps on Object Storage Bucket ?

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    January 26, 2026

    Connecting to non-database OCI services during a database migration shouldn’t mean compromising security. Rather than routing traffic over the public internet, you can utilize OCI’s private access solutions—most notably Private Service Access (PSA), the latest milestone in OCI’s private network access. Private Service Access (PSA) offers multiple benefits in terms…

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  • Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure

    How to create a Non Container Database on Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure ?

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    January 12, 2026

    Oracle has deprecated Non-CDB architecture since Oracle Database version 12.1.0.2 and same has been desupported from Oracle Database 21c and above. However there are customers using Oracle 19c with Non-CDB architecture. Can they migrate to Exadata Database Service on Dedicated infrastructure(ExaDB-D) and continue to use Non-CDB architecture (in 19c)? Yes…

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  • Autonomous AI Database serverless, Database Modernisation, Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure, Oracle Database Migration

    Migrating to Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless using Transportable Tablespace and Object Storage

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    January 7, 2026

    Transportable Tablespace is one of my favorite migration method and I am glad that finally we have that capability available for migrations to Oracle Autonomous AI Database serverless. Oracle has published detailed documentation about the overall procedure . I have tested the procedure and I am going to share my…

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  • Database Modernisation, Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure, Oracle Database Migration

    Migrating to Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure using Cloud native command line

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    December 2, 2025

    I have been part of various Proof of Concepts (PoC) involving Oracle database migration to Exadata Database on Dedicated Infrastructure and I have used various tools including Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) for the migration and they are really good for migration. However , some times the success criteria of…

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  • Database Modernisation, Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure, Oracle Database Migration, XTTS

    Cross Platform Migration to Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure with Cloud Native DR

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    Amalraj Puthenchira

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    September 5, 2025

    Modernisation is an on going process and I am sure some of you might have dealt with it in the past and some of you might deal with it in future as well. There are lot of ways to Modernise your Oracle databases and one of them is to move…

    Continue reading →: Cross Platform Migration to Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure with Cloud Native DR
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  • AutoUpgrade
  • Database Modernisation
  • DataPump
  • Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
  • Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
  • Multicloud
  • Object Storage Service
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure
  • Oracle Database Migration
  • Oracle Database Upgrade
  • Oracle Database@Google Cloud
  • XTTS
  • Zero Downtime Migration
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