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Ken - Be sure to ask for the system password ;-)
Congratulations on the position. If I'm recalling correctly from your
previous posts, this is VERY welcome. The best suggestion is one I used
myself. At some point you'll sit down and go over the systems. That will
take about 30-minutes to 1 hour. You probably won't understand but a small
portion of the statements because it will all be new to you. Take a small
cassette recorder and record (with permission) the discussions of the
systems you will be taking over. Then that night play the tape back and type
up the conversation word-for-word. Then go over the transcript and make a
list of questions for the departing DBA. Then the next day ask about any
points that weren't clear when you reviewed the tape. In previous positions,
everything would seem clear at the time but the next day I would be pretty
hazy on the details. I used a tape recorder on my last job changeover and
didn't miss a thing.
Some other questions
1. Which people are most critical to my success in this position? 2. What issues are the most important? 3. What issues regularly arise which impact the quality of the systems? 4. What areas do I need to learn more?
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 9:04 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
It appears that I will be taking over an Oracle production DBA position in about a week from another DBA. I would like suggestions as to specifically I should be looking for from this person. Something like a check list. Items that I need to specifically look at.
Thanks,
Ken Janusz, CPIM
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