RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?

Will be a good one for "Major Major Major Major,....."  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Iggy Fernandez Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:03 PM To: ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?  

re: shutdown  

It doesn't matter how you shut down as long as you have a standard operating procedure (SOP) in your operations manual. The problem arises when there is no SOP or the SOP is not followed.

How do you shut down a database?  

• Is it Windows, Linux, or VMS
• Is it 7.3 or 12c
• Is it RAC, Exadata, etc
• How do you get access to the system (e.g. VPN)
• What are the passwords and directory structures
• Will the application automatically connect upon restart or will an application bounce be required
• Whose approval is needed
• Who has to be informed
• What is the SLA
• What about business-critical jobs in progress (do we even know what data loading or reporting jobs run and when)
• Is there automatic restart or failover if you shut down

etc etc

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