RE: 3rd Party Database health check

From: Freeman, Donald <dofreeman_at_state.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:05:36 -0500
Message-ID: <AFF54B073FF15849B53E32E67EE860763A7C7A@ENHBGPRI11.PA.LCL>

Interesting post ~ I have spent a good bit of my working life in = organizations where inspections and checklists were a way of life. The = inspections are always conducted by experts. The definition of an = expert is "Any a$$hole from out of town!" (Doesn't apply to anyone = here). I have had many arguments with management over the results of = these inspections. Some I won and some I lost. Since most Oracle = installations are unique I would think they would have to rate on = customary practice and industry standards as defined by (?). I suppose = the Pope of Oracle.

For instance, where I work some of the databases are protected using hot = backups and some are using cold backups. I suppose that we would = receive a critical review because we don't use hot backups throughout = the enterprise. I wouldn't have to worry about the outcome of the = review because my management likes it and insists that it be that way.

If your management wants you to change things to conform to the = recommendations of the review against your better judgement then I would = say you are unlucky.=20

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:40 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: 3rd Party Database health check

Does anyone have any experience of these, what sort of things got looked at and what stuff didn't get looked at? We have had 2 that seemed to be somewhat useless and annoying, I am not sure that this is because they are useless and annoying or if we were just unlucky. I don't mind folk checking that we backup our databases for example, but passing our backup strategy without seeing whether it worked or not doesn't inspire confidence
=20
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission
+44 117 975 7805=20

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