RE: Here we go again...OCP

Amen, Dick.

And if you're mirrored, 'vxdisk list' every day for failed disks, makes DBA life tolerable.

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From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com [mailto:dgoulet_at_vicr.com] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:35 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re:Here we go again...OCP

Lisa,

    I would not say it's useless, but on the other hand it is NOT a silver bullet into a new job either. Many years ago I did my first backup & recovery
course with Oracle & like you felt very confident that I could get the job done.
 That feeling lasted for several months until the first of a few disk drives decided to "throw in the towel". Since then I've had to complete 6 recoveries
of a hosed up DB. Each recovery has provided more reassurance that things will
be OK, and I'm more confident today than back then. Therefore, although having
the OCP certificate is not useless, having a few years of experience with it is
much more valuable.

BTW: Piece of advise in the event that you do have a totally hosed up DB. Step
#1; take a deep breath & relax for a couple of seconds. Let the adrenaline pass
so that you can then think clearly. The hard part of a recovery is finding out
what is trashed & what you've got to fix it. For this you need a clear head.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Vicor Corporation

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Author: Lisa_Koivu_at_gelco.com
Date:       4/27/00 6:10 PM

Hello all, I hate to bring up a topic that's been beaten to death but here goes.

I passed OCP exam on Backup and Recovery this morning. I feel that I understand
the do's and dont's of restore fairly well. However I've never had to do it in a
catastrophic situation. I do not know very much about RMAN. however I STILL
PASSED. This exam was by no means measuring my ability to restore a completely
hosed database.

I am wondering now about what OCP is really good for then. I do not have a bachelor's degree so I want to complete OCP anyway. It will make job hunting in
Florida with less than one year experience as a DBA a bit easier. Does anyone
else feel that this certification is worthless?

Thanks
Lisa

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