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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re[2]: PROD without TEST
Many years ago this company did the very same thing (a production DB without a
test version). The developers (only two at the time) did as much as they could,
UNTIL!! Yup, the day came when a script went way off target & we had an entire
day of picking up the pieces. A new machine & db license were purchased within
48 hours of our getting things back to normal. Ever since we've had test areas
(plural) for each db if needed.
____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: PROD without TEST
David-
The only systems where we don't have a test database are a couple of legacy DBs which were frozen long ago. Yeah, upgrades without a test system are pure insanity, but that's only an occasional problem. I assume those databases don't exist in a vaccuum, what about software development and testing for goodness sake? ESPECIALLY if you're a 'rapidly changing' shop!
Jim
>>> dba_lee_at_hotmail.com 06/22/00 03:25PM >>>
Hi All,
This is more of a survey than a question, but how many of you DBAs out
there who are administering production databases that don't have a test
database to go with it?
We are a new but rapidly changing shop and we have a bunch of small
to medium size databases that are running without a test database. This
makes DBA tasks like upgrade more difficult. I am having a hard time trying
to get the management to allocate the resources for this. I wonder how other
DBAs are doing to deal with situations like this.
TIA David
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