Migration
Migrating existing Oracle databases to Oracle AI Database@Azure involves moving your on-premises or cloud-based Oracle workloads to Oracle-managed infrastructure hosted within Azure data centers. This migration helps you take advantage of cloud-native benefits such as reduced operational overhead, scalability, and low-latency connectivity to Azure services, while maintaining Oracle’s database performance and features.
Common migration options include:
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Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM): Automates the migration process and minimizes downtime.
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Oracle Data Guard: Creates a standby database in Oracle AI Database@Azure and performs a switchover.
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Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN): Uses backup and recovery for migration.
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Oracle GoldenGate: Supports complex migrations requiring continuous data replication or transformations with minimal downtime.
The best method depends on factors like database size, acceptable downtime, source database version, and migration complexity.