first time dba

hi guys,

I will be joing a team of 4 dbas in a few days. This will be my first job as Oracle DBA. I want to know, what all I should bear in mind and what kind of work a new dba will be handling.

Thanks

Rule #1: The Sr. DBA is always right.

Rule #2: If you ever doubt the Sr. DBA, see rule #1.

Welcome to the POOL of DBAs :D

Know the database, their names, what is the backup strategy they use. What the purpose they serve. Passwords for the databases. How they have been structured and etc. Always ask WHY/WHAT/HOW (never fear!) If you make a mistake don't worry make sure you dont make the same again. If you are deleting a record/table/file, always double confirm. For your personal safty first always choose the option to rename and them drop. This is a safest thing. Learn about the OS env, know the appropriate scripts and etc where they are located and how to execute them and etc... "ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE FUN" :D


Here are some links that could assist you...

http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/sho...threadid=15246

http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/sho...threadid=14166

http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/sho...threadid=14053

My best wishes to you... Have fun.

Sam

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Originally posted by marist89
Rule #1: The Sr. DBA is always right.

Rule #2: If you ever doubt the Sr. DBA, see rule #1.

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Sam

Thank you guys !!

Sam. you're upto it again with those great gif images.

Cheers,

Welcome aboard. I'm sure you, like the rest of us, will be posting issues/questions soon. I hope we can help you out.

Cheers,

Sam...Great to see those lovly GIFs smiling its way !!!

And well mate to this small world of DBAs...

Do keep urself posted with this forum in all the informations and queries !!!

All the best !!!

Kevin

Hi there dba_usa, come on in, the waters lovely! You icked a great job to be doing :-) I started off as a developer and only moved across to DBA in the last 12 months. Best move I ever did - I learned sooo much more about Oracle and Unix and Nt than if I had stayed a developer. The best thing about DBA is that there is ALWAYS something new to learn. I think that none of us can ever say that we know ALL there is to learn. Plus on the techy side, its a black art and you get to do the magic and impress people. PLUS it pays well - dunno about over in ythe USA but certainly in the UK, DBA gets paid much more than developer.

Have fun!

-Bob

Hi Bob..

What part of UK do you work in ?

Im working in South East UK myself

I am in Brentwood, Essex.

Possibly thinking of a move into the city in next 6 months.
Looking at jobsites, there seems to be a small slump in market, do you know why ?

Are there any jobsites you can recommend ?

Thanks

Suresh

I do recomend

http://www.gojobsite.co.uk

I recieve an e-mail every morning containing at least ten new Oracle DBA jobs that I can apply for.

My search covers the south of england. If you were to ask for jobs in brentwood you may only find 1 a week.

I do recomend checking em out all the same. What's annoying is the different agencies that see your cv and ring you. :). Just to ask the same bunch of questions the last guy asked.

gojobsite.co.uk´s salary seems too high, jobserve seems normal, reed.co.uk seems ok which one is more reliable :-?

Hi there,
I work in West Yorkshire and live in North Yorkshire... a bit of a commute but worth it for the job im doing. Currently work for Yorkshire Building Society. Where you working from?

-Bob

That's one thing I hate too..

Agents ringing you while you are at work when you specifically put on your mail to them that they must ring at certain times of the day.

I have now decided that I will only give my home phone number out so that they can leave a message, it gets too messy when all of a sudden your phone starts ringing and you start acting all mysterious. People know what you're up to straight away.

I am still a little concerned with the job market. I remember when sites like jobserve.co.uk and jobsite.co.uk had pages of Oracle jobs on offer.. it seems to be dwindling down to 1/2 pages at the moment.

I am currently pursuing OCP and have been DBA for 6 months.. how do UK companies view this accredation ?

I personally think experience is enough, most job apps I see require 2 years minimum experience.

I've been monitoring the market in the UK for a while, and a few of the DBA postiitons I see for contracting are talking 550 pounds a day in England and 350 Punts a day in Ireland. What's the go with that? Then I see HEAPS of permant positions for 35 - 60K Pounds. Is the markets still strong. When I do a search on jobserver for Oracle DBA on Contracting in that last five days, it brings back 8 pages. Is there still an abundance of positions over there?

Folks,

This thread seems to be going off topic... I would request some one to step up to the plate and spin a new thread under oracle jobs, if you would like the discussion to continue.

Sam