Anand, You might take a close look at this presentation that I made. If I understand you correctly, you are asking "what habits should I develop in order to be a DBA responsible for managing production databases"? www.*tcoug*.org/Archive/Winter2004/DBA%20*Best*%20*Practices*.ppt<http://www.tcoug.org/Archive/Winter2004/DBA%20Best%20Practices.ppt> Dennis Williams