Re: Rule number 1 of an Oracle recovery process

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:<3d63bd58$0$8511$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>...
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> I always thought Rule Number 1 was 'IMMEDIATELY TAKE A COMPLETE NEW BACKUP
> OF YOUR DISASTER', though this can be hard to explain to management types.

You like to live dangerously, don't you?

>
> "But why would you want to back up the mess we are in now?"
> "Because I don't want it to get any worse than it already is"
> "What sort of DBA are you if you are just going to make things worse?"
> "Umm, well, that is to say er. "

Exactly. We are only human. Except of course those of us usually classified as sub-humans. Such as DBAs, sys admins, designers, etc.

> "You aren't one of those David Bowie type DBAs by any chance?"
>

Hah! You are E-e-e-evil! ;)

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 19:06:08 CDT