"Paul Drake" <paled_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:3C96C084.1080603_at_comcast.net...
> damorgan wrote:
>
> > 6. incompetent developers
> > 7. incompetent DBAs
> > 8. incompetent sys admins
> > 9. incompetent management decisions.
> > 10. all of the above. <g>
> >
> > Your point is well made and well taken.
> >
> > Still no one has volunteered when the last time was that they actually
tested
> > one of their backup tapes to see if it actually would work. I wonder
....? <g>
> >
> > Dan Morgan
>
>
> today. one of the benefits of having a standby machine - that you can
> restore your tape backup set and recover it, without having to rename
> paths - and not disturb the production box.
Absolutely right but, notwithstanding Seans posts, many shops will only
verify that they can actually do this one or two times a year.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Tue Mar 19 2002 - 03:12:10 CST
