Re: training for new DBA's
- From: Chris Taylor <christopherdtaylor1994@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:09:57 -0600
For this test that always fails, do you specify the Recovery Time Objective
(RTO) - is it clear to these juniors what "success" is? I'm assuming it is
well defined, but I have a hard time with tests that are setup to fail.
Juniors are going to make mistakes - that's why they are juniors and not
intermediaries or seniors. Do they have access to a senior level during
this test to gauge their input and is that input freely given? I could see
sacking a junior for not engaging with team members to make sure they had
their bases covered, but not for solely failing to backup redo logs in a
final test that even some intermediaries (and maybe a few seniors) would
fail. (Granted, I'm probably reading more into your comment than intended
and I sincerely apologize if so - I'm just genuinely puzzled by what you
posted and I'm sure there's more to it than what you provided - at least I
hope so)
Regards,
Chris
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Dave Morgan <oracle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
> We probably train 3-4 juniors per year. Our success rate is under
> 40%.
>
> The problem is the mindset. Our basic rule is before you do anything you
> must know
> "How am I going to return to where I started if something goes wrong?"
>
> Our training program is 3 months of nothing but database creation, backup
> and
> recovery, in a test environment.
>
> The final test is a recovery that we know will fail. If the trainee did
> not back up
> the redo logs before attempting the recovery then we say "Bye, Bye"
>
> I do not think experience has anything to do with it. One of our best
> intermediates
> came to us from a courier job.
>
> As always YMMV
>
> Dave
>
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