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Oracle 2-Day DBA in x Days Post 18; UNDO Tablespaces
Ok, so what are these UNDO Tablespaces all about and how do I manage them?
Important Law Changes are Happening – Did you know?
Did you know that states are passing laws that will impact how you deploy your systems?
I noticed this article from several references to it around the ‘net. I was surprised, sort-of, by the breadth of impact that this could have on all of those providing database infrastructure/access. What this means is that not only if you’re located in these states are you impacted, but also if you have customers in these states. If you have a web site, and you’re taking registration information, this means you. "PII" – personally identifiable information – must be encrypted, not only in the database, but also in the transmission of that information on your own internal systems.
It’s important to keep an eye out on the changes and requirements of these types of regulations. Encryption is important and key to protecting against malicious data loss, but by regulating this, you have a specific timeframe for getting the encryption in place. Could be quite the impact, potentially, for your systems. While it’s fairly straightforward in SQL Server, encrypting other transmissions and uses may be a challenge. Check out the article for sure and see how it may impact your systems.
Last chance to get on the early access list
Mark Your Calendars – DBA School
Chris Shaw and I are going to be doing a classroom-based class – "DBA School" – in September. We’re going to keep the group very small (max 15 ppl) and will be opening registration in the next week or so. We’ve had a lot of people asking for this so we wanted to pull together an amazing class and get real-world information you do that you can apply immediately. We’ll be covering several major areas over 3 days in a hands-on workshop environment:
– Performance management and tuning
– Server management and administration
– Auditing
– SQL Server Security and Threat Management
– Disaster Recovery
… and more.
If you’d like to get on the list for an early announcement about registration opening, and be able to be part of the early input on the planning for the class, please send a note to DBASchool@sswug.org – we’ll get you on the list and you’ll have first dibs on the launch of the class. The class date is currently planned to be the 2nd week of September. We will be strictly limiting class size to 15.
Drop us a note at dbaschool@sswug.org if you’d like to be on the short list of early notification for the class registration.
Webcast: How to Hire a DBA Part 3 of 3
Are you looking to hire a DBA? This 3 part series will help you in what you should look for. In Part three of this series we will talk about the interview. We will finish up with making a decision on who to hire.
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> 7/29/2009 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific
Webcast: DTS Conversion to SSIS – Conversion Best Practices
Join this webcast and Learn how and why to convert DTS to SSIS. See how you can save time and money and easily migrate your DTS packages to SSIS * Introduction to SSIS and its differences vs. DTS * Advantages of SSIS over DTS * Options for converting DTS packages to native SSIS * Adding value to packages during the conversion process * Assessing the scope of a DTS conversion project Presented by: Brian Knight
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> 8/5/2009 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific
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