Vinod, Courses are good for your knowledge but only thing works good is your experience in Production env. 90% on the time you will have no time to refer the manuals. Every mistake has a big cost. Have a better and good knowledge of the Application, that will be a Plus, that's the way you can communicate with the Application teamand highlight the issues in effective manner. Certification of your environment will be a Plus. Don't get envolved in the Politics, DBA can have lot fun from all the sides, Application, Management, Network and operation team, tuff to get the trust of all , but once you have it in you, you will enjoy every moment, I can say this after practicing as DBA over 23 years. (must be correct). Good Luck. Nisar Tareen ________________________________ From: Vinod Gopinath BMMI IT <vinodg@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 4:39:02 AM Subject: [askdba] Seeking Advice. Friends, I want to move from DBA to Production Support Management. This I suppose would be big leap for me as I feel this is a major stepping stone into Senior Management Category. Can some tell me what sort of courses/knowledge I should attain to reach that level. All comments are welcome Thanks, VG