Re: Non-technical query about patching databases

I've managed 28 Oracle Databases by myself for a number of years. I never felt like I was over worked and kept all the databases at the current patch level. Now that said, remember a Development database is Production for Developers and a Test database is Production for Testers. My normal patching cycle for this customer was on weekends when I could get down time on the databases.

You can do this with two good DBAs. But the other side of the coin is the dept of your DBA group. One of my customers has four DBA's for 40 databases. This provides enough dept to also have DBAs rotating on call.

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> On January 17, 2018 at 6:29 AM Steve Bradshaw <sjb1970_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I hope nobody minds me asking a non-technical question.
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> If you had approximately 50 databases, mix of live, test, development, no dataguard or RAC, what sort of staffing level would you expect to have in order to keep them patched to the latest PSU?
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> Thanks, Steve
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