Peter - I can see your desires going in two directions: 1. Operational procedures - Things like "how do I know I'm running out of disk space before I've run out". 2. Change management. Most failures come from changes to the software. Like somebody adds some programs and that affects other programs. Or somebody changes a table and that affects another program.
For both of these, I wouldn't limit myself to sources specific to Oracle. Good standard I.S. procedures. I haven't read it, but "Oracle 24x7 Tips and Techniques" by Venkat S. Devraj and Ravi Balwada looks as if it has some chapters that may be pertinent. Here is a link that might work, but will probably get chopped. http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1G60ZMKA1J&; mscssid=DDX7X88RWH4S9NNU2QH8344EP6QJ4VX7&isbn=0072119993 Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L We have been having some heavy discussions about system failures, root cause analysis and developing some proactive metrics. Generally, our problems revolve around frequently late nights for the On Call DBA because something out of our control goes wrong. The damagement folks want to fix the immediate problem and consider the job done. The DBAs are asking for an approach that will allow us to identify potential problems before something breaks at 3:00 a.m. Does anyone know of a source of white papers or other data that has been generated for systems, storage or databases? We can always roll out own, but why recreate someone else's work. ===== Pete Barnett Lead Database Administrator The Regence Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Peter Barnett INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
