RE: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my list, comments

Interesting thoughts Tim! I shall consider changing those!

RF

Robert G. Freeman
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Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:04 PM
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Robert,

Thanks for sharing this...

Sorry to chime in late (we got over 20 inches in the mountains this weekend!), how about "Don't execute any day-to-day SQL manually more than once; plan for reuse by scripting it the first time"?

And, with all due respect, how about changing "Do Monitor Your Database" to "Do Monitor Your Database Using Automatically Scheduled Scripts"?

Just my $0.02...

Thanks again!

-Tim

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 3:23 PM

> Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I came up with.
>
> #1 - Do Maintain your Expertise
> #2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect Statistics
> #3 - Do Use Bind Variables
> #4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG Mode
> #5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces
> #6 - Do Monitor Your Database
> #7 - Do Practice Recoveries
> #8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other Resources
> #9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control Processes
> #10 - Do Think Ahead
>
> Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not Physical IO's.
> (With regards to Cary!)
>
> Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts
> #1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases
> #2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For Your Database File
Names
> #3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack
> #4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups
> #5 - Don't Use ASSM
> #6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule
> #7 - Don't Stack Views
> #8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot
> #9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything
> #10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed For.
>
> Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio Means Anything
>
> Ok, anyone wanna comment?
>
>
> Robert G. Freeman
> Technical Management Consultant
> TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com
> 904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!)
> Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
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