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I did a couple of posts previously on dumping/restoring Azure PostgreSQL databases and also using the Azure migration tool. I had to ultimately do a combo of those because of the limitations of the Azure migration tool. Getting your roles in place The Azure migration…
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file would be. In QA, I have (relatively) large dbs (compared to prod). Enter the pgstattuple extension to help me determine how much free space is in my tables. Step 1: Installing…
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all who posted on this topic! Here are the highlights of the posts (in alphabetical order by last name): Chad Callihan – In his post, Chad talks about stepping away: “Sometimes, the best way…
How can you achieve good enough without compromising the process/product? In the world of database technology, striving for perfection is a double-edged sword. While high standards are important for maintaining reliable, efficient systems, trying for absolute perfection can quickly lead to back-breaking workloads and burnout.…
Warning: It appears the migration doesn’t apply perms in the database related to global roles as part of the Azure migration. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/migrate/migration-service/concepts-user-roles-migration-service. I will be using pg_dumpall for scripting out the perms. You can refer to my last post under dumping from command line for…
I wanted to test a migration of Azure PostgreSQL from simple to flexible. I wanted a simple db to restore onto my single server. I may not have needed to do this, but I was then curious how one would go about dumping and restoring…
My company is moving from an Azure PostgreSQL single server to a flexible server. We want to set up managed identity/Entra access instead of having roles with passwords for every person/app. In particular, we want to use Entra groups. What is Azure PostgreSQL Flex? It…
I wanted to migrate some connections without recreating them and wondered how to do that in Azure Data Studio. It turns out to be easy. I post about whatever I’m working on, and here’s a short one for you today. Azure Data Studio on Windows…
We talk a lot about data in the data world – imagine that! Sometimes, we talk about data at rest, but when do we all rest? Do we even rest as much as our data does? There is some idea that you need to work…
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to access the Azure SQL DBs where I work. To make our lives easier, we are implementing managed identities. Benefits of Using Managed Identities and Entra Groups Creating a Managed Identity Navigate…