Preface

This book provides information about Zero Downtime Migration capabilities, how to set up the Zero Downtime Migration service, how to prepare your source and target databases for migration, and how to use the Zero Downtime Migration tool to quickly and smoothly move your Oracle databases to the Oracle Cloud or any Oracle Exadata Database Machine environment without incurring any significant downtime.

Audience

This book is intended for anyone who wants to learn about what Zero Downtime Migration can do, and for anyone tasked with migrating Oracle databases.

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Related Documents

See Zero Downtime Migration on the Oracle Help Center for all published Zero Downtime Migration documentation.

See Zero Downtime Migration Release Notes for the latest information about what's new in this release, known issues, and troubleshooting solutions.

See the README file included with the downloaded Zero Downtime Migration software for additional information about installation.

See Zero Downtime Migration Licensing Information User Manual for information about third party licenses included in the Zero Downtime Migration software kit.

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