RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?
- From: Iggy Fernandez <iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ORACLE-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:57:03 -0700
I must have sounded like a bureaucrat :-)
OK, here's a hypothetical question. Unfortunately, you don't work for a nice
employer. A layoff is coming and you know that management is looking for
justifications to pick people. A database of one of your most important (and
irritable) customers has been upgraded from 10g to 11g. Certain init parameters
were supposed to be set (perhaps optimizer_features_enable or some such) but
you forgot. Your excuse was that you worked the whole weekend and were
extremely tired as a result and you forgot. There were tremendous performance
problems for a week and you suddenly realized your mistake. What do you do? Be
honest.
(1) Admit the mistake to management(2) Fix the problem with "alter system" and
hope that nobody finds out
Iggy
From: iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:56:25 -0700
re: "I noticed that many people do their best at first, then reach the point
where they realize they will burn out; to protect their health they stop caring
and just put in their hours. There has to be a better way."
Yes, there is. Understand the purpose of bureaucracy (e.g. change management)
and embrace it. Plan ahead, submit your change requests in time, use detailed
standard operating procedures, have great documentation, have great competency,
improve communication skills,. gain credibility by following the process and
having a good track record of successful changes, build strong personal
relationships with other parts of the organization including change mangers.
That's the only way and it is a better way.
And never ever yank a power cord on purpose.
Iggy
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