RE: New dba questions to the former dba?
- From: "Wells, Bryan" <Bryan.Wells@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'stant_98@xxxxxxxxx'" <stant_98@xxxxxxxxx>, "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:17:34 -0600
Alex...
I myself have just entered into the DBA realm for the first time. However, I
inherited my position containing no documentation of the environment except
what a couple of excellent contractors put together for me. Not a great
situation to be in for a newbie.
With all due respect to the previous DBA's, I would make sure of the
following:
* do you have all the documentation? I hate to be a skeptic but,
there are some who hoard the extremely important stuff, documented
(hopefully), but mostly in their head because they have done it a million
times. Pick their brain and be the hero for the person who takes your
position someday by documenting what you get out of them verbally.
* which instances are the corporations Achilles heel
* Who holds the licensees / when are they up for renewal
* how to's for what was done for each instance and more importantly
why
* who are your greatest allies within your group/organization/field
(this list server for sure)
* who do you support specifically. Know thy end user
I personally could go on and on due to my situation. Sounds like you picked
the right job though. Congratulations!!!! To quote a previous mentor of
mine "welcome to a little bit of stress"
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex [mailto:stant_98@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:45 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: New dba questions to the former dba?
Hi all,
I just got a new job as a production dba and have already had a chance to
read up a bit of online docs and the documentation (mostly "how-to" guides,
step-bystep instructions written by the former dba). I am planning to get
some additional information from him in a few days and would like to come up
with a list of questions for him as part of the knowledge transfer. So my
question is what questions should I be asking the former DBA?
Thanks much!
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