As a DBA, Where Do I Start? (1.0)
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The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a database administrator (DBA), emphasizing the importance of recoverability, security, and availability. It outlines goals for a seminar, including advocating for best practices and addressing common misconceptions about database management. The author, Mike Walsh, shares insights from his experience and the significance of good practices in data management.
As a DBA, Where Do I Start? (1.0)
- 1. As A DBAWhere Do I Start???Mike WalshSQL Saturday – WalthamJanuary 30th, 2010
- 3. “Where Do I Start?”Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/uxud/3396427350/in/set-72157618745751536/
- 4. “How’s the Sr. DBA?”Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brykmantra/76765412/
- 5. Mike Who???
- 8. Goal 1:Leave As ADVOCATES
- 9. Goal 2:Leave With QUESTIONS
- 10. Goal 3:Beat Up a MYTH..
- 13. “Set It And ForgetIt”
- 15. Leave As ADVOCATESLeave With QUESTIONS
- 16. databaseadministrator(abbreviated as DBA)(computing)a person who isresponsiblefor the logical and physicaldesign of databases, and normally for all aspects of their recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performanceSource: Wiktionary.Com
- 19. “-ITTIES”
- 20. Recoverability
- 21. Reliability
- 23. Availability
- 24. “Performability”
- 25. Recoverability
- 26. Reliability
- 28. Availability
- 29. Performability
- 32. “You’re Fired”
- 33. Recoverability
- 34. 60% Done Within 1 Yr (various)
- 35. 72% Done within 2 years
- 36. Recreating data from scratch?
- 37. $2000/$8000/mb (2007, study)Word Association
- 38. Recoverability
- 40. Thinking of Backups“How fast will backups be?”“Can I backup to this tape?”“Do We offsite the backups?”“What Kind of Backup?
- 41. Thinking of Restores“Restore Test Plan?”“Will that tape work in 6 yrs?”“How do we backup?”“What about x or y scenarios?”
- 44. Let’s LookMAP
- 45. Environments Not Being Backed Up?
- 46. Full Recovery but no Log Backups?Security&Auditability
- 49. Least Privilege
- 50. Keep Developers out of Production
- 52. FOLLOW the policies“Common senseis very uncommon” – Horace Greeley
- 53. Security
- 55. Wikimedia.org
- 57. Least Privilege
- 58. Group Based
- 61. What is NOT NECESSARY?
- 62. Groups & Roles
- 63. Availability
- 65. Not Set-It and Forget-It
- 67. Reliability
- 68. “HELP! We implemented this project and….”
- 69. UPDATE ProjectSET NeedDBA = 1 WHERE Date < GETDATE()
- 70. Wikiemedia.org
- 71. Goal 1:Leave As ADVOCATES
- 74. Data Quality
- 75. “Data Quality is also deferred until the yyyy planning session (3 yrs out)….”
- 76. Performability
- 80. Recoverability
- 81. Reliability
- 83. Availability
- 84. PerformabilityGoal 1:Leave As ADVOCATES
- 85. Goal 2:Leave With QUESTIONS
- 86. Goal 3:Beat Up a MYTH..
- 89. About MikePrincipal DBA at a large insurance company
- 90. Consulting business, StraightPath Solutions
- 91. 10+ years of SQL Server experience
- 95. Daddy to two under 5 with one more on the way in 2010
- 96. Husband to an amazing wifeSeacoast SQL Users GroupPortsmouth, NH (Pease)
- 97. First Meeting in April
- 98. Weeknights (Tuesdays most likely)
- 99. First Speaker - Grant Fritchey?Confused?Angry?More Lost?