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

This reminds me of the paper I wrote for American Goverment in high school. I don't recall the author, but the gist was that Free Speech must not be impeded, because in the end, the Truth will prevail. Very well said. Thank you Cary.

Cary Millsap wrote:

>The only thing wrong with President Wilson's advice is that exceptional
>oratory skill can, in the short term, overcome some pretty horrendous
>content deficiencies. I do have faith enough in free people to believe
>that in the long term, the truth wins.
>
>
>Cary Millsap
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>comm
>
>Been a while since I have been able to scan the list, but who could
>resist
>this one??? :-)
>
>Additional Do's:
>
>Do understand the nothing is unbreakable or bullet proof, assume the
>impossible isn't and have a plan for disaster management.
>Do appreciate that oracle support probably does deal with enough
>clueless
>people to expect you to be one of the same until you demonstrate
>otherwise.
>Do remember that somewhere there is life outside of RDBMS challenges,
>and it
>should be kept relative.
>Do take the time to share your experiences, it makes life much simpler
>for
>all of us.
>Do clearly define the objective, before you start detailing the
>solution.
>
>Additional Do Nots
>Don't get so focused on a prescribed solution that you don't realize
>when it
>becomes self-defeating to the driving cause.
>Don't forget that as good as you are at being a dba, you will make
>mistakes
>and mis-manage, and so will those who make a living managing you.
>Don't forget to prescribe the solution that user needs, not the one they
>necessarily demand.
>
>And to the credit of Woodrow Wilson - "The wisest thing to do with a
>fool is
>to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens.
>Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air."
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>- IL
>Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:40 AM
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>
>
>* SHOCK *
>
>You mean someone disagrees with *ME*????
>
>Horrors.... the world is soon to come to an end!!
>
>:-))
>
>RF
>
>Robert G. Freeman
>Technical Management Consultant
>TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com
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>comments
>
>
>MccDBA:
>
>It is just Robert's Don't list ;) but you can always give your opinion
>abt that. Would you mind telling us 'Why you don't agree on them?'
>
>
>KG
>
>--- dist cash <mccdba_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I don't agree with "don't" #1 and #5.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Stephane Faroult" <sfaroult_at_oriolecorp.com>
>>>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>>>Subject: RE: RE: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my
>>>
>>>
>>list,
>>
>>
>>>comments
>>>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:23:37 -0800
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Robert,
>>>
>>> DO #3 and DON'T #7 are developer stuff, not DBA stuff ... I would
>>>gladly replace DO #3 by 'Relentlessly preach good practice
>>>
>>>
>>to
>>
>>
>>>developers'. I can hardly talk to a developer without mentioning
>>>DBMA_APPLICATION_INFO in the first 30 seconds :-).
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Stephane Faroult
>>>Oriole
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