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Re: guideline for creating temporary (working) table

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:18:11 -0800
Message-ID: <1077063448.45486@yasure>


Joel Garry wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1076618220.265675_at_yasure>...
>

>>Dr Drudge wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Backup / Recovery is the #1 skill a DBA needs to master (IMHO).
>>>Everyhing else can be added later.
>>>
>>>Well, tablespace management is important too (maybe not anymore)...
>>>And some tuning skills...
>>>And scripting...
>>
>>Used to be. Now it is the #1 skill of a SysAdmin. A DBA that considers
>>this the primary responsibilty will likely be doing something else in
>>five or ten years.

>
>
> Whoa, I haven't met too many SysAdmins who really understand Oracle
> backup/recovery. Are they all becoming certified DBO's or something?
> I admit that for the last couple of years I've been doing my own admin
> on machines that don't have a dedicated admin, so I could have missed
> a trend, but I'm floored by your statement.
>
> Scripting, well, they (good ones, anyways) tend to be better than most
> DBA's. Tuning and TS mgmt are left as an exercise for the googler.
>
> Just about _anyone_ in our business will likely be doing something
> else in ten years. Of course, I'm doing kind of the same thing I was
> doing ten years ago, but took a roundabout route in the meantime.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> Those darn capitalists!
> http://www.newsforge.com/software/04/02/14/2146246.shtml

More and more ... with RMAN and OEM I am seeing backup and recovery, except in unusual situations handled by Unix SA's.

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