No failover is involved. And I don't assume that I know the
motivation. I know the motivation because I asked. And I have
permission to ALTER TABLESPACE because I've been administering Oracle
databases since 1987.
- Tim Gorman <Tim_at_SageLogix.com> wrote:
> Um...
>
> It depends on whether those whining staff DBAs are managing a
> failover
> environment. If you created that datafile on a file-system in a
> "non-failover" (not "failover-enabled") volume group, especially when
> rollback segments are involved, then you've just ensured an
> un-open-able and
> un-recoverable database in the event failover should occur.
>
> Congratulations! It's not everyone who can do that so easily!
>
> If you haven't considered that, then I have to question why you have
> the
> permission to ALTER TABLESPACE. Don't assume that you know
> everybody's
> motivations...
>
> There. I feel even better... :-)
>
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>
>
> > What happens when you run out of disk space on a mount point? It
> > happened to me. I created a new datafile on another mount point,
> and
> > then had to hear staff DBAs whining, "why is there a rollback
> segment
> > tablespace file on /u004?", as though it was a major disaster.
> Really,
> > when people get into this mindset of "file A MUST be in directory
> B",
> > they lose all sight of what they should be doing (ensuring a
> smoothly
> > running database) and concentrate more on whether every file is in
> the
> > right place so that they don't have to query the data dictionary.
> >
> > OK, I feel better now. :-)
> >
> >
> > --- Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I had an SA teach me that one, and it's saved me from making a
> REALLY
> > > stupid mistake a number of times.
> > >
> > > As for your client's standards, I can see why they want to impose
> > > standards and that's a good thing. But they are a bit too rigid
> with
> > > it, as others have said, what happens if you run out of disk
> space on
> > > a
> > > mount point?
> > >
> > > I probably have bored most of the people on this list to death
> with
> > > this, but I still believe that the ONLY way to make sure if a
> > > datafile
> > > is part of the database is to query the database. All you need is
> one
> > > forgetful person who misplaces or misnames a file.
> > >
> > > Rachel
> > >
> > > --- Paul Baumgartel <treegarden_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That's a great idea. Henceforth I'm going to do the same!
> Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > and, on a Unix box, I ALWAYS do an "fuser" before deleting a
> > > file.
> > > > > Just
> > > > > in case.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Jonathan Gennick <listmail_at_gennick.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 07:43:34 -0800, you wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Great point. I had recently created a DB file and forgot
> to
> > > put
> > > > > the
> > > > > > ".dbf"
> > > > > > >extension on it. If someone didn't query the DD of the DB
> > > > first,
> > > > > > they might
> > > > > > >have thought it was a junk/temp file (they would have to
> > > ignore
> > > > > the
> > > > > > file's
> > > > > > >timestamp) and deleted it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yeah, naming convention or no, I can't imagine not looking
> > > > > > at v$datafile or dba_datafiles just to be sure.
> > > > > >
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