As I dig deeper into Linux for the SQL Server DBAs and for Oracle HotSos, I’m digging into DIG. Yeah, I went there with that first sentence…. What is DIG? DIG stands for Domain Information Groper, (no, not that kind of groper…) and it’s an important part of deeper Linux learning for all database technologists. You can’t connect to data if you don’t know how to get from point A to point B and DIG is the utility to help you gather information surrounding DNS. DIG allows the user to gather deep information using both command line arguments and batch…
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I’m starting to move towards doing more videos and hope to improve my video skills, (and maybe add a dance sequence, ya know, like the hip kids…) Check out this post and please, do add comments, ask questions or just tell me what you think? Have an awesome Wednesday and no, don’t comment on my consistent need to make a strange face at the beginning of a video… 🙂
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My brain has a tendency to wake up way before everything else in the house, so I try to keep it occupied best I’m able without disturbing anyone. This may explain why so many if my plans are well flushed out, as I have a tendency to hash them out in the early morning hours as a way of letting the rest of the household sleep. This morning, on the eve of Christmas, I may have let my brain offer a Database Administrator twist to an old Christmas favorite… Yes, to the tune of “the 12 Days of Christmas “…
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We’ve all been watching numerous companies view value in bypassing the Database Administrator and other critical IT roles in an effort to get IT faster to the cloud. It may look incredibly attractive to sales, but the truth of it is, it can be like setting up land mines in your own yard. Having the right people in the right roles, doing the right tasks is essential to having a complete cloud deployment. Easy access without any checks and balances is just asking for trouble, which I am quickly realizing as I discuss this topic with more folks on my…
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Database Administrators, (DBAs) through their own self-promotion, will tell you they’re the smartest people in the room and being such, will avoid buzzwords that create cataclysmic shifts in technology as DevOps has. One of our main role is to maintain consistent availability, which is always threatened by change and DevOps opposes this with a focus on methodologies like agile, continuous delivery and lean development. Residing a step or more behind bleeding edge has never phased the DBA. We were the cool kids by being retro, those refusing to fall for the latest trend or the coolest new feature, knowing that…
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I’m a Leaf on the Wind, Watch How I Soar. This is one of my favorite lines from the movie Serenity. Without Alan Tudyk’s character dying and all at the end of this, (sorry if I ruined the movie for anyone…) this is how a DBA should be in the database environment- skilled, reliable and maybe a little off our rockers. Our job is to protect the data, the database and all of the database. With that said, I’m going to list my Ten Rules of Database Administration. Fixing a performance problem with hardware is the best way to guarantee the return…
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Happy Birthday to me! So for my birthday, I give a present to you… As I want all DBAs to sleep better at night, here are the top ten features you can use in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to offer a good night’s rest instead of during the day at your desk… 🙂 1. Disable the Default Rule Sets Shipped with Cloud Control. Yes, you heard me. I believe you should use them as a starting point or an example, but don’t put them into production. These were examples set by development to see all that you could be notified…