Opinion on change control for DBA scripts
From: Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:35:06 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJzM94CvOCmBPBPj75JgVs6xVKo6BJypgYVPnoNRKyWiP9_QMw_at_mail.gmail.com>
One of our VP's yelled at me this morning and slammed my door when he left my office. He was angry because I didn't check my scripts into the change control they use for the application code so wasn't able to give him information no exec has asked me for in my entire tenure with the company. I was collecting space usage stats to enable me to track for analysis and planning. A few months I lost all my scripts because IT decided it wasn't important to back them up. Hadn't gotten around to recreating this particular script since I was the only person using the information. He also asked for information on some disk space that isn't related to any of my databases and I don't have access to. That's when he yelled at me to get him what I could and slammed my door. So what do most DBAs do? Do you check your scripts into source control? have copies? don't worry about it? I have begun keeping copies on a thumb drive since the second time I lost everything.
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:35:06 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJzM94CvOCmBPBPj75JgVs6xVKo6BJypgYVPnoNRKyWiP9_QMw_at_mail.gmail.com>
One of our VP's yelled at me this morning and slammed my door when he left my office. He was angry because I didn't check my scripts into the change control they use for the application code so wasn't able to give him information no exec has asked me for in my entire tenure with the company. I was collecting space usage stats to enable me to track for analysis and planning. A few months I lost all my scripts because IT decided it wasn't important to back them up. Hadn't gotten around to recreating this particular script since I was the only person using the information. He also asked for information on some disk space that isn't related to any of my databases and I don't have access to. That's when he yelled at me to get him what I could and slammed my door. So what do most DBAs do? Do you check your scripts into source control? have copies? don't worry about it? I have begun keeping copies on a thumb drive since the second time I lost everything.
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Transzap, Inc.
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Received on Wed Jun 26 2013 - 21:35:06 CEST