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Category: Amazon RDS

Migrate TDE-enabled SQL Server databases to Amazon RDS for SQL Server

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports the direct migration of transparent database encryption (TDE)-enabled databases by using the native backup and restore feature. Previously, to migrate a TDE-enabled database from on premises to Amazon RDS for SQL Server, you had to disable the TDE at your on-premises (source) database and […]

View Amazon CloudWatch logs for Amazon RDS in Splunk Cloud Platform

You can use Splunk Cloud Platform to monitor your entire infrastructure, including database servers hosted in AWS, on premises, or both. In this post we provide you detailed steps on how Splunk can connect to Amazon CloudWatch Logs using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user credentials and pull database log files for Amazon Relational […]

Validate database objects after migrating from IBM Db2 LUW to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Heterogeneous database migration is a multistage process, which usually includes assessment, database schema conversion, data migration, functional testing, performance tuning, and many other steps spanning across multiple teams. Migration from IBM Db2 LUW to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition or Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL is heterogeneous in nature, and traditionally follows similar […]

How AEVI substituted Oracle materialized views fast refresh with AWS DMS when migrating to Amazon Aurora

AEVI took the journey to migrate to AWS. In their own words, “AEVI provides merchant-facing businesses—banks, acquirers, PSPs, ISOs, ISVs, and others—with a platform that enables merchants to run their business smarter by giving them easy access to any payment technology and business solution for the best in-store customer experience. AEVI’s Platform for Smart Merchant […]

Optimized bulk loading in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

In this post, we present several bulk data loading strategies optimized for Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL. Although general optimization guides for bulk data loading into PostgreSQL are widely available, we illustrate how to apply these strategies in an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL context. First, a word of caution. No combination of […]

Validate database objects after migrating from IBM Db2 LUW to Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon RDS for MariaDB, or Amazon Aurora MySQL

Migrating your database from IBM Db2 LUW to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL, Amazon RDS for MariaDB, or Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition is a complex, multistage process, which usually includes assessment, database schema conversion, data migration, functional testing, performance tuning, and many other steps spanning across the stages. You can use AWS […]

Upgrading from Amazon RDS for MariaDB version 10.2

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB 10.2 major version is reaching end of life (EOL) on October 15, 2022. The end-of-life process ends standard support for this version. We recommend that you upgrade all MariaDB 10.2 DB instances to MariaDB 10.3 or higher as soon as possible. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) […]

Use native SQL Server log shipping and PowerShell scripts to synchronize data to Amazon RDS for SQL Server

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. Enterprises are migrating their Microsoft SQL Server workloads to AWS fully managed database services like Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server, which makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployment in the cloud. There are a few native Microsoft SQL Server […]

Handle empty strings when migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL

An Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration in the AWS Cloud can be a multistage process with different technologies and skills involved, starting from the assessment stage to the cutover stage. AWS offers services that make PostgreSQL database deployments easy to set up, manage, and scale for the cloud in a cost-efficient manner. These services are Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) […]

Configure SQL Server replication between Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server and Amazon RDS for SQL Server

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system (OS) and database (DB) environment. Amazon RDS Custom is now available for the SQL Server database engine. Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server automates setup, operation, […]