There is a checklist available in
http://www.oradb.net/book/dbachecklist.pdf
HTH
Venkat
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:39:34
KENNETH JANUSZ wrote:
>Dennis:
>
>Thanks very much for the suggestions. They will help me a lot. I have been
>working on the position for about two months now. It has everything I
>want - Oracle DBA, manufacturing, large company, and only 14 miles from my
>home.
>
>I will be working for a small IT company but be on-site at their client. I
>should be signing my contract later this week and go to the client site next
>Monday to start learning from the departing DBA who is going on to another
>project. The position will be contract-for-hire.
>
>I'll be able to say who it is after I sign my contract.
>
>Ken
>Hugo, MN
>
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>
>> Ken - Be sure to ask for the system password ;-)
>> Congratulations on the position. If I'm recalling correctly from your
>> previous posts, this is VERY welcome. The best suggestion is one I used
>> myself. At some point you'll sit down and go over the systems. That will
>> take about 30-minutes to 1 hour. You probably won't understand but a small
>> portion of the statements because it will all be new to you. Take a small
>> cassette recorder and record (with permission) the discussions of the
>> systems you will be taking over. Then that night play the tape back and
>type
>> up the conversation word-for-word. Then go over the transcript and make a
>> list of questions for the departing DBA. Then the next day ask about any
>> points that weren't clear when you reviewed the tape. In previous
>positions,
>> everything would seem clear at the time but the next day I would be pretty
>> hazy on the details. I used a tape recorder on my last job changeover and
>> didn't miss a thing.
>>
>> Some other questions
>> 1. Which people are most critical to my success in this position?
>> 2. What issues are the most important?
>> 3. What issues regularly arise which impact the quality of the systems?
>> 4. What areas do I need to learn more?
>>
>>
>>
>> Dennis Williams
>> DBA, 40%OCP
>> Lifetouch, Inc.
>> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 9:04 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>
>>
>> It appears that I will be taking over an Oracle production DBA position in
>> about a week from another DBA. I would like suggestions as to
>specifically
>> I should be looking for from this person. Something like a check list.
>> Items that I need to specifically look at.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Janusz, CPIM
>>
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