In this chapter, you will go through the most important task of cloud DBA, which is database migration to the cloud. There are various ways you can do DB migration to Oracle or Amazon Cloud, including Export/Import, using SQL Developer, and RMAN based restore. Apart from these, some not so common methods are also available, such as SAN replication based restore and VM image level backup restore.
This chapter provides details on these Oracle database migration methods, along with recommendations and best practices. It also covers the ...