There is a checklist available in http://www.oradb.net/book/dbachecklist.pdf
HTH Venkat -- On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:39:34 KENNETH JANUSZ wrote: >Dennis: > >Thanks very much for the suggestions. They will help me a lot. I have been >working on the position for about two months now. It has everything I >want - Oracle DBA, manufacturing, large company, and only 14 miles from my >home. > >I will be working for a small IT company but be on-site at their client. I >should be signing my contract later this week and go to the client site next >Monday to start learning from the departing DBA who is going on to another >project. The position will be contract-for-hire. > >I'll be able to say who it is after I sign my contract. > >Ken >Hugo, MN > >----- Original Message ----- >To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 8:49 AM > > >> Ken - Be sure to ask for the system password ;-) >> Congratulations on the position. If I'm recalling correctly from your >> previous posts, this is VERY welcome. The best suggestion is one I used >> myself. At some point you'll sit down and go over the systems. That will >> take about 30-minutes to 1 hour. You probably won't understand but a small >> portion of the statements because it will all be new to you. Take a small >> cassette recorder and record (with permission) the discussions of the >> systems you will be taking over. Then that night play the tape back and >type >> up the conversation word-for-word. Then go over the transcript and make a >> list of questions for the departing DBA. Then the next day ask about any >> points that weren't clear when you reviewed the tape. In previous >positions, >> everything would seem clear at the time but the next day I would be pretty >> hazy on the details. I used a tape recorder on my last job changeover and >> didn't miss a thing. >> >> Some other questions >> 1. Which people are most critical to my success in this position? >> 2. What issues are the most important? >> 3. What issues regularly arise which impact the quality of the systems? >> 4. What areas do I need to learn more? >> >> >> >> Dennis Williams >> DBA, 40%OCP >> Lifetouch, Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 9:04 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >> >> >> It appears that I will be taking over an Oracle production DBA position in >> about a week from another DBA. I would like suggestions as to >specifically >> I should be looking for from this person. Something like a check list. >> Items that I need to specifically look at. >> >> Thanks, >> Ken Janusz, CPIM >> >> -- >> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >> -- >> Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS >> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >> San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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.net >-- >Author: KENNETH JANUSZ > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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). > > _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: C.S.Venkata Subramanian INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
