my constant comment to management is
If I am doing my job right, you should be wondering why you are paying
me this much money. When the world blows up and I fix it, fast, you
will KNOW why you are
- Joe Testa <jtesta_at_dmc-it.com> wrote:
> mkb, you're right, the "glory" is in tuning nowadays, but i beg to
> differ, since if you can't/won't do recovery when the chips are down,
>
> then the point is moot.
>
> I specialize in backup/recovery but getting damagement to think its
> important today when the db is running fine, is tough. Its only when
>
> its time to do recovery does damagement all of a sudden think its
> important.
>
> Joe
>
>
> mkb wrote:
>
> >Ok, I need to vent a little.
> >
> >Last week, I was asked to do some tech interviews over
> >the phones for a mid level DBA position. Someone with
> >about 2-3 years experience.
> >
> >I don't consider myself a real smart DBA, nor do I
> >think that I ask particularly tough questions. The
> >questions that I ask potential candidates are soley
> >based on what is on the resume. So I figure if
> >someone has, say, hot backups or SQL tuning on their
> >resumes, I'd expect them to be able to hold a fairly
> >intelligent conversation about these topics. No such
> >luck!
> >
> >What really frustrated me, and what I really want to
> >get out of my system, is that nobody that I talked to,
> >had a real good concept of hot backups. Forget about
> >recovery. I asked each and every candidate who
> >claimed to have done hot backups, just give me a high
> >level overview of how you do a hot backup. Don't care
> >about syntax, just give me the mechanics. The answers
> >I got were completely off base, baffling and
> >frustrating. Some of these folks claimed to have 5
> >years experience!!!
> >
> >'Well, we use scripts to do these, so I'm not sure how
> >these are done...' (But it says on your resume you've
> >done this???)
> >
> >'Oh, I take the tablespace offline, and copy the
> >datafile to tape...' (Unless I'm mistaken, that's not
> >how a hot backup is done, right?)
> >
> >'Well, I use the export utility, and as the backup
> >starts, it is written to the dump file.' (Huh? What?)
> >
> >'During this time, everything is written to the redo
> >logs and not to the tablespace...' (You've been
> >reading one of those books, haven't you?)
> >
> >I also asked them how they'd put a tablespace in
> >backup mode. Simple enough, right? Not one of them
> >got it right. Not even close. Didn't have clue as to
> >what I was talking about. Fair enough, you don't
> >know. Well how about a simple recovery scenario. I
> >asked every candidate how they would do an online
> >recover of a datafile while the database was still in
> >use. No ideas. Not even close.
> >
> >I dunno, perhaps I'm spoilt by being a member of this
> >list? Perhaps I expect every candidate to be as
> >knowledgeable as you guys? Perhaps I'm asking too
> >much?
> >
> >Rant over. Thanks for listening.
> >
> >mkb
> >
> >
> >__________________________________________________
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> >http://health.yahoo.com
> >
>
>
>
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