Moving Databases to OCI-

Methods & Best Practices

L200
Bal Sharma
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
October 2019
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Agenda

• Oracle Databases in the Oracle Cloud

• Move to the Oracle Cloud – Migration Scenarios
• Oracle Database Cloud Migration Solutions
Part 1. Move to the Oracle Cloud-
Oracle Database Cloud Services & Considerations for Cloud Migration
Oracle Database Cloud Services
Cloud Migration Best Practice

Understand which Oracle Database Cloud Service is

best for your use case
Single instance or RAC-enabled choices, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers elastic
database virtual machine services for application development, test, and production
deployment.

Up to 640 Gb of RAM
Memory

Scale up to 48 Cores
Cores

Up to 40 TB of remote NVMe SSD Block Volumes

Storage

Standard or Enterprise Edition | 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c

Database

ZDM, SQL Developer, RMAN, Data Pump, MAA, Plug/Unplug, Remote Cloning
Migration

Solutions
Oracle Cloud is the only Cloud providing dedicated bare metal servers for the Oracle
Database, offering the best in class performance.

Memory Up to 768 Gb of RAM

Cores Scale up to 52 Cores

Storage Up to 51.2 TB of local NVMe SSD Database Storage

Database Standard or Enterprise Edition | 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c

Migration ZDM, SQL Developer, RMAN, Data Pump, MAA, Plug/Unplug, Remote Cloning

Solutions
Oracle highest-performance engineered system, catering for all your enterprise needs,
supporting OLTP, Data Warehouse and real-time analytic and mixed database workloads.

Up to 5.7 TB of RAM & over 300 TB of NVMe Flash Cache

Memory

Cores Scale up to 368 Cores

Up to 340 TB of Database Storage

Storage

Enterprise Edition | 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c

Database

Migration ZDM, SQL Developer, RMAN, Data Pump, MAA, Plug/Unplug, Remote Cloning

Solutions
Oracle highest-performance engineered system, catering for all your enterprise needs,
supporting OLTP, Data Warehouse and real-time analytic and mixed database workloads,
in your data center and managed by Oracle.

Up to 5.7 TB of RAM & over 300 TB of NVMe Flash Cache

Memory

Cores Scale up to 368 Cores

Up to 340 TB of Database Storage

Storage

Enterprise Edition | 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c

Database

Migration ZDM, SQL Developer, RMAN, Data Pump, MAA, Plug/Unplug, Remote Cloning

Solutions
Autonomous Database Cloud

PDB • PDB
Optimized for Analytics • Optimized for OLTP
Columnar • Row based
Large PGA • Large SGA
Statistics maintained during bulk loads • Stats gathering
triggered by DML

Migration DBMS_CLOUD, SQL Developer, MAA, Data Pump, SQL*Loader, MV2ADB

Solutions Data Loading for Autonomous Data Ware House

Data Loading for Autonomous Transaction Processing Serverless Deployments
Data Loading for Autonomous Transaction Processing Dedicated Deployments
Cloud Migration Best Practice

Understand your Cloud Migration Landscape

Cloud Migration Scenarios

Oracle RDS & on EC2

Redshift
Cloud Migration Best Practice

Understand the available Cloud Migration Solutions

and determine which best suits your needs
Oracle Database Cloud Migration Solutions
Oracle Database Cloud Migration Solutions

Method Logical / Physical Online / Offline Database Size

Physical Online Any

Logical Online Any

Physical Online Any

Logical & Physical Online / Offline Any

Oracle Database Cloud Migration Solutions

Method Logical / Physical Online / Offline Database Size

Logical Online Small to Medium

Physical Online / Offline Any

Physical Online / Offline Any

Physical Online Small to Medium

Cloud Migration Best Practice

For Autonomous Database use MV2ADB

For all other use cases use ZDM when applicable

ZDM will integrate MV2ADB in a single tool

If not applicable, use manual methods according on

your requirements
Part 2. Move to the Oracle Cloud-
Migrating to Autonomous Databases using MV2ADB
Introducing MOVE to the Oracle Cloud
www.oracle.com/goto/move

20
Autonomous Cloud | General Migration Path

On Object Autonomous
Premises Storage Oracle
Database
 Autonomous Cloud | General Migration
Techniques

DBMS_CLOUD
SQL Developer
Data Pump
SQL*Loader
On Object Autonomous
Premises MV2ADB Storage Oracle
Database

How To Load Data To ADW/ATP Using DBMS_CLOUD.COPY_DATA Method And Find/Validate

The Inputs Required (Doc ID 2493502.1)
Cloud Migration Best Practice

Use the Schema Advisor when migrating to Oracle

Autonomous Database
Cloud Migration Best Practice

Use MV2ADB when migrating to Oracle Autonomous

Database
Migration Tools | MV2ADB
MOS Note: 2463574.1
MV2ADB:
Move to Autonomous Database
Migration Tools | MV2ADB - Prerequisites
OCI Command Line Interface must be installed
https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli
Migration Tools | MV2ADB - Download

MOS Note:2463574.1
MV2ADB: move data to Autonomous Database in "one-click"
Migration Tools | MV2ADB
Operation Modes
Operation modes
1. expdp from source (schemas based)
auto 2. upload dump to Oracle Object Store
expdp 3. impdp into Autonomous Database
impdp Cloud

OCI object storage bucket operations:

createbucket
delbucket
listbucket
OCI object storage object operations:
deldump
getdump
listdump
putdump
Part 3. Move to the Oracle Cloud-
Oracle Zero Downtime Migration
Zero Downtime Migration
Simple Comprehensive Fleet Scale

Single Button Approach MAA Compliant Centralized

Extensive Pre/Post-checks Scheduled Operations

Resumable Command Deck

Rollback enabled Audit Trail

Dry-run option Migrations in Parallel

Customizable Workflow Jobs Framework

Zero Downtime Migration
Sources Targets

Same Version / Platform

ZDM
Migration from OCI-C to OCI
Oracle Zero Downtime Migration

Step by Step Migration workflow

Zero Downtime Migration
Operational Phases

• Workflow is defined in 4 categories divided in operational phases

• Workflow can be customized by inserting plug-ins on each phase

• Migration can be paused and resumed at most operational phases

Analysis & Switch Finalize

Migration
Preparation
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

Download &
1
Configure ZDM

Application
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

ZDM Connects
to Source & 2
Target

Application

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

ZDM Connects
Source to Object 3
Store

Application

https

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

ZDM Transfers
4
DB Files

• Database Files
Application
• Full Backup
https

• Including Incremental Archives

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

ZDM
Instantiates 5
Standby

• Standby on target initiates with

Application the backup files transferred to
the Object Store

https

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow
ZDM
Synchronizes
6
Primary &
Standby

• SQLnet connectivity is
Application established between source &
target

SQLnet • Synchronization between

Primary and Standby starts

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

ZDM Switches
over and Role 7
Swaps

• Switchover
Application
• Role swap between Primary and
Standby
SQLnet

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

User Finalizes at
8
Will

• ZDM keeps the standby on-

Application premises synchronized.

• User decides when to stop this

SQLnet process in case fall back is
required.

SSH SSH
ZDM
Zero Downtime Migration
Workflow

1 Download ZDM

2 Connects to Source & Target

3 Connects to Object Store

Application 4 Transfers DB Files

5 Instantiates Standby
SQLnet
6 Syncs Primary & Standby

SSH SSH 7 Switches Over & Role Swaps

ZDM
8 User Finalizes at Will
www.oracle.com/goto/zdm

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Cloud Migration Best Practice

“Switch Over” at will.

Always test your new environment and applications after
migrating and before performing the final switch over
Summary
After completing this module you should have learnt :
• Oracle Databases in the Oracle Cloud
• Methods to move to the Oracle Cloud – Migration Scenarios
• Oracle Database Cloud Migration Solutions
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