Re: Opinion on change control for DBA scripts

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx" <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:41:38 -0500

I keep copies of everything, but I have occasionally had to do formal
change control (ie, keep a source library, comment all changes, move
through test/dev/prod process) on some scripts.  Basically I always just
copied whatever development was using I had to.  But disk space usage
records is not a dba job, its a systems job.

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> One of our VP's yelled at me this morning and slammed my door when he left
> my office.  He was angry because I didn't check my scripts into the change
> control they use for the application code so wasn't able to give him
> information no exec has asked me for in my entire tenure with the company.
> I was collecting space usage stats to enable me to track for analysis and
> planning.  A few months I lost all my scripts because IT decided it wasn't
> important to back them up.  Hadn't gotten around to recreating this
> particular script since I was the only person using the information.  He
> also asked for information on some disk space that isn't related to any of
> my databases and I don't have access to.  That's when he yelled at me to
> get him what I could and slammed my door.
> So what do most DBAs do?  Do you check your scripts into source control?
> have copies? don't worry about it?  I have begun keeping copies on a thumb
> drive since the second time I lost everything.
>
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