Is this a sequel to catch 22 J Will be a good one for "Major Major Major Major,....." From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Iggy Fernandez Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:03 PM To: ORACLE-L Subject: RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies? re: shutdown It doesn't matter how you shut down as long as you have a standard operating procedure (SOP) in your operations manual. The problem arises when there is no SOP or the SOP is not followed. How do you shut down a database? * Is it Windows, Linux, or VMS * Is it 7.3 or 12c * Is it RAC, Exadata, etc * How do you get access to the system (e.g. VPN) * What are the passwords and directory structures * Will the application automatically connect upon restart or will an application bounce be required * Whose approval is needed * Who has to be informed * What is the SLA * What about business-critical jobs in progress (do we even know what data loading or reporting jobs run and when) * Is there automatic restart or failover if you shut down etc etc
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