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About Sudhir Balasubramanian

Data & Infrastructure Architect - DB/OS/Virtualization/Storage/Infrastructure/Cloud Computing/AI/ML/LLM/GenAI , Oracle ACE/VMware vExpert/Nutanix NCP - Speaker, Blogger, Author, Technologist, Evangelist, Partner & Customer Advocate - love working with Customers & Partners to build creative solutions to solve complex problems & improve Customer experience.

Storage vMotion for Oracle Non-RAC Workloads within same vSphere Cluster

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

In the world of Business-Critical Applications, especially IO intensive Oracle workloads, there is always a need for storage migration, based on the ever-demanding workload profile. For example, Migrate storage from one Tier to another Tier within a storage array Migrate … Continue reading →

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Hot Remove CPU and Memory for Oracle production workloads

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

The previous blog On Demand Scaling up resources for Oracle production workloads – Hot Add CPU and Hot Add Memory focused on how to stop hoarding much needed infrastructure resources and live wisely ever after by scaling up as needed … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2021 – Breakout Sessions, Expert Round Tables and Demos focused on Business Critical Applications (BCA)

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Join us at VMworld 2021 to learn how Business Critical Apps benefit from our latest platforms   VMworld 2021 will be a global online event starting October 5-7, 2021, While the program will be adapted to fit the new digital … Continue reading →

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Deploying Oracle Workloads on vSAN HCI Mesh Compute Cluster – Disaggregating Compute and Storage

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

The previous blog No downtime Storage vMotion of Oracle RAC Cluster using shared vmdk’s with multi-writer attribute from one vSAN to another vSAN Cluster using VMware HCI Mesh demonstrated how we can achieve Storage vMotion of Oracle RAC Cluster using … Continue reading →

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On Demand hot extend clustered vmdk’s online without downtime – Hot Extend RAC clustered disks using Oracle ASM Rebalance and vSphere

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

    This blog focuses on the complete list of steps to be taken to increase the size of the clustered vmdk(s) using Multi-writer flag of an Oracle RAC Cluster.  This blog describes the various options using both Native Oracle … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming dead space from Oracle databases on VMware Hybrid Platform

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

    Dead space reclamation has always been a challenge especially with thin-provisioned volumes. Thin provisioning dynamically allocated storage on-demand to the workloads in a flexible and efficient manner. Any database day to day 2 operations would include dropping tablespaces, … Continue reading →

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Oracle Java on VMware Hybrid Cloud Platform – Dispelling the Oracle Java Licensing myths

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

This is just another blog (JAB) about Dispelling the “Galaxy Licensing” Oracle Java on VMware FUD  perpetuated by overzealous licensing and sales teams, which is in complete contrast to the reality of the actual Contractually Impactful documents.  This blog intends … Continue reading →

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No downtime Storage vMotion of Oracle RAC Cluster using shared vmdk’s with multi-writer attribute from one vSAN to another vSAN Cluster using VMware HCI Mesh

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

The previous blog post “Around the “Storage World” in no time – Storage vMotion for Oracle Workloads (RAC & Non-RAC) within same vSphere Cluster” addressed the following use cases of Storage vMotion of an Oracle RAC Cluster with shared vmdk(s) … Continue reading →

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Backing up Oracle Workloads (RAC & Non-RAC) with VMware Snapshot Technology

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

  In computer systems, a snapshot is the state of a system at a particular point in time. To avoid downtime, high-availability systems may instead perform the backup on a snapshot—a read-only copy of the data set frozen at a … Continue reading →

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Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Support on VMware Clouds

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Support on VMware Clouds   As of December 9th, 2020, VMware recommends that anyone currently running OR planning to run, an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) in a VMware Cloud environment, reach out to Oracle … Continue reading →

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