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RE: PROD without TEST

From: Steve Orr <sorr_at_arzoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:16:22 -0700
Message-Id: <10536.110202@fatcity.com>


GOOD 3rd party vendors should also require or adamantly suggest that a test/install environment be setup. They may ship a training database with sample data.

IMHO,
Steve Orr

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From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of David Lee Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: PROD without TEST

Thanks everyone for the support.
Most applications being run in our shop are not developed in house. So what happens is a single set of software and hardware is purchased for prod and nobody mentions a word about a test system. I am the one who has been jumping the hoops about setting up test system.

David

>From: "Jim Conboy" <Jim.Conboy_at_trw.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: PROD without TEST
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:31:11 -0800
>
>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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