Re: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA

From: Kevin Lidh <kevin.lidh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:40:31 -0600
Message-ID: <CAHviRqpw5Q1Faz9X2k36UtDwdxhjbk5gHXnuMpcdm6BNA1aEGQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

A good friend of mine used to say, "If it has a 'D' in it, it's a database issue." When I was an DEC Rdb DBA, I used to get paged for issues even whey they had determined it didn't touch a database...just in case it was a database issue.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Ram Srinivasan <srinivasanram2004_at_gmail.com
> wrote:

> I love this one.
>
> Yes. Everything is DBA's fault, even after proving (showing log files,
> etc.) that the fault is with developers or with the unix system.
>
> It is always DBA's fault, whatever it is.
>
> Ram Srinivasan
> =====================
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> According to nearly every User, SysAdmin, NetAdmin and StorAdmin I know:
>>
>> Rule 1: It's the DBA's fault
>>
>> Rule 2: You can change anything arbitrarily without telling the DBA, it'll
>> still be the DBA's fault.
>>
>> Rule 3: Even when the DBA shows exactly where (in another area) the
>> problem is, It still is the DBA's fault.
>>
>> Developers add:
>>
>> Performance, security and integrity are add-ons, after the fact. When
>> they are needed, it's the DBA's fault.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/07/2011 3:12 PM, Walker, Jed S wrote:
>>
>> Argh, hit send too soon:
>>
>>
>>
>> + then tell him to do that for all of them and if he gets it wrong it’ll
>> be on him. He’ll learn to fix it.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Walker, Jed S
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:11 PM
>> *To:* 'andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com'; ORACLE-L
>> *Subject:* RE: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA
>>
>>
>>
>> Common with netapp, you can actually try copying the file to a new file.
>> Delete that file, and then rename the copy back. I think that will work, but
>> it can be a pain.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [
>> mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Andrew Kerber
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:38 PM
>> *To:* ORACLE-L
>> *Subject:* all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA
>>
>>
>>
>> So, I am getting this error on one of our virtual Linux servers:
>>
>> ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
>> ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/datafiles/devdb/control01.ctl'
>> ORA-27086: unable to lock file - already in use
>>
>> Its probably due to a stale NFS lock. The question from my sys admin:
>>
>> -rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 10076160 Jul 22 13:33 control01.ctl
>>
>> can that file just be removed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, I am a little frustrated with him...
>>
>> --
>> Andrew W. Kerber
>>
>> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely
> Ram Srinivasan
>

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