Faults – Ignore or Resolve – Part II

Posted on by Matt Griffith

Delphix 5.2 Faults

 

 

 

Following on from the post covering the new version 5.2 Delphix Management Interface I now need to write a part II to the Faults post, which explained the difference between ignoring and resolving faults in the Delphix virtualization engine and how to fix an accidentally ignored fault in versions prior to 5.2.  As I explained there, we needed to use the CLI where we could switch the fault to resolved, which would have the effect of the fault being alerted again if it occurred.  Now in Delphix 5.2 we can do this through the redesigned (and renamed) Management Interface.

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GDPR For Non-production Environments

Posted on by Matt Griffith

GDPR

 

 

 

 

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May of 2018 and businesses who collect, use, and share data from European citizens – whether based in the EU or not – will have to comply or risk some pretty heavy punishment (up to EUR20m or 4% of annual worldwide turnover!).  So how can the GDPR affect companies current processes when copying and moving data into non-production environments?

For every production system there can be tens of non-production database copies used to support the ongoing development and testing of that production system.  In my 15+ years of working with databases in various industries I have rarely seen effective and secure processes to desensitize data when copying the production source to these supporting environments.  To be fair, recent years have shown an improvement here but seldom enough and often the process is more of a token gesture to put a tick in a box, rather than a clear concerted effort to ensure the data is completely desensitized and importantly, certified to be so.  That can’t be the case anymore.

Lets take a look at what impact GDPR has on this process and how the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform is a good example of a tool businesses can use to achieve compliance.

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