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BOOK DBA SURVIVOR
SUMMARY
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Items Found: 400
- Chapter 1: How Did I Get Here?
- My Journey
- Early Lessons
- Early Career
- Luck,Preparation,and Opportunity
- Community
- Other Journeys
- Pharmacist
- Hotel Manager
- Estimating Supervisor
- MUMPS Programmer
- Your Journey
- Get Prepared
- Get Trained
- Get Certified
- Now Go and Get Your Opportunity!
- Staying Focused
- Chapter 2: Now What Do I Do?
- What You Have in Common with the President
- Your Initial Checklist
- Create a List of Servers
- Check Database Backups
- Verify That You Can Restore
- Build a List of Customers
- List the “Most Important” Databases
- List Upcoming Projects and Deliverables
- Establish Environmental Baselines
- Compose Your Recovery Plan
- You Have Your Info,Now What?
- Meet with Your Manager
- Meet with the Developers
- Meet with the Server Administrators
- Meet with Your Customers
- Is That Alert Serious?
- Should I Look Into That Alert?
- Review the Alert System
- Ask the Developers
- Ask the Server Administrators
- Ask Your Customers
- Hi,Want to Grab Some Lunch?
- Meeting by Eating
- Politicking,or Not
- Dealing with Introversion
- Track Your Progress
- Get Proactive
- Chapter 3: Some Basics
- Introduction to RAID
- Why Is RAID So Important?
- RAID for Performance
- RAID for Fault Tolerance
- Which RAID Level Do You Want?
- Your Needs
- The ABCs of SANs for DBAs
- Why RAID 5 Might Work for You
- The Lost Art of Benchmarking
- It’s All About the Spindles,Baby
- High Availability Options
- Clustering
- Log Shipping
- Replication
- Database Mirroring
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- DR Testing
- Carnegie Hall
- Networks Are Like Bathrooms
- Call a Plumber
- Fix It Now!
- DBA Stands For
- People Will Resist Change
- Having Standards and Processes Is Not a Bad Thing
- People Will Blame What They Do Not Understand
- Blame vs Credit
- The Need to Be Right vs Being Liked
- Chapter 4: A Development Server Is a Production Server
- to a Developer
- Why Developers Are So Needy
- Under Pressure
- Business Needs
- SQL Knowledge
- Service-Level Agreements
- Being a Good Customer
- Communication Is Key
- Managing Expectations
- No One Cares About Effort
- Let’s Talk
- Get Involved Early
- Communicate Your Actions
- Be Responsive and Responsible
- Time Management
- Develop a Routine
- Stress Relief
- To-Do Lists
- Chunks
- Know When to Say No
- Chris Hansen and Code Reviews
- Chapter 5: Production Support
- Service-Level Agreements
- I Thought We Had an Agreement?
- Get to Know What You Do
- Be Nice
- Establish Support Process
- Define Process
- Publish Process
- Remind and Enforce
- Work/Life Balance
- Communication
- Protect Your Private Time
- Happy Fun Play Time
- Outsourcing
- Quality of Work
- Language Barriers
- Security
- Job Security
- All Good Things
- Chapter 6: Basic Troubleshooting
- CSI: SQL
- Incidents
- Interrogations
- Surveillance
- Common Bottlenecks
- Disk
- Memory
- CPU
- Available Tools
- Reliability and Performance Monitor
- Activity Monitor
- Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
- Wait Stats
- SQL Profiler
- Web Sites
- Chapter 7: Where’s the Buffet?
- Food Can Be a Drug
- Emotional Eating
- Unconscious Eating
- Overcoming Bad Habits
- Social Gatherings
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Happy Hours
- Traveling
- Exercise
- Extra Steps
- The Need for Regular Exercise
- Sleep
- Calories
- Life Is Good,but It’s Better with Bacon
- Chapter 8: Training,Get You Some of That
- Reasons for Training
- Professional Development
- Changing Roles
- Piloting New Systems
- Customer Satisfaction
- Employee Benefits
- Job Satisfaction
- Employee Motivation
- Process Efficiencies
- Time Management
- Communication Skills
- Business Benefits
- Improved Morale
- Reduced Turnover
- Reduced Risk
- Staying Competitive
- Training Resources
- Web Sites
- Self-Training
- Volunteering
- In-Service Training
- Professional Associations
- Continuing Education
- Classroom Training
- Certifications
- Building Your Case
- Determine Your Training Needs
- Determine How Many People Need the Training
- Determine Which Options Will Be Used
- Calculate the Associated Costs/Expenses
- Determine the Benefits of Training
- Determine the Cost Savings
- Measure Your Results!
- Chapter 9: Connect Learn Share
- Communication
- Start Reading
- Start Attending
- Start Writing
- Start Speaking
- Professional Associations
- Latest Trade Information
- Writing Opportunities
- Speaking Opportunities
- Networking
- Networking Basics
- Building Your Network
- Feeling Comfortable
- How to Approach Others
- Choosing the Right Room
- Making It Easier
- Getting There
- Being There
- Staying There
- Chapter 1: How Did I Get Here?
- My Journey
- Early Lessons
- Early Career
- Luck,Preparation,and Opportunity
- Community
- Other Journeys
- Pharmacist
- Hotel Manager
- Estimating Supervisor
- MUMPS Programmer
- Your Journey
- Get Prepared
- Get Trained
- Get Certified
- Now Go and Get Your Opportunity!
- Staying Focused
- Chapter 2: Now What Do I Do?
- What You Have in Common with the President
- Your Initial Checklist
- Create a List of Servers
- Check Database Backups
- Verify That You Can Restore
- Build a List of Customers
- List the “Most Important” Databases
- List Upcoming Projects and Deliverables
- Establish Environmental Baselines
- Compose Your Recovery Plan
- You Have Your Info,Now What?
- Meet with Your Manager
- Meet with the Developers
- Meet with the Server Administrators
- Meet with Your Customers
- Is That Alert Serious?
- Should I Look Into That Alert?
- Review the Alert System
- Ask the Developers
- Ask the Server Administrators
- Ask Your Customers
- Hi,Want to Grab Some Lunch?
- Meeting by Eating
- Politicking,or Not
- Dealing with Introversion
- Track Your Progress
- Get Proactive
- Chapter 3: Some Basics
- Introduction to RAID
- Why Is RAID So Important?
- RAID for Performance
- RAID for Fault Tolerance
- Which RAID Level Do You Want?
- Your Needs
- The ABCs of SANs for DBAs
- Why RAID 5 Might Work for You
- The Lost Art of Benchmarking
- It’s All About the Spindles,Baby
- High Availability Options
- Clustering
- Log Shipping
- Replication
- Database Mirroring
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- DR Testing
- Carnegie Hall
- Networks Are Like Bathrooms
- Call a Plumber
- Fix It Now!
- DBA Stands For
- People Will Resist Change
- Having Standards and Processes Is Not a Bad Thing
- People Will Blame What They Do Not Understand
- Blame vs Credit
- The Need to Be Right vs Being Liked
- Chapter 4: A Development Server Is a Production Server
- to a Developer
- Why Developers Are So Needy
- Under Pressure
- Business Needs
- SQL Knowledge
- Service-Level Agreements
- Being a Good Customer
- Communication Is Key
- Managing Expectations
- No One Cares About Effort
- Let’s Talk
- Get Involved Early
- Communicate Your Actions
- Be Responsive and Responsible
- Time Management
- Develop a Routine
- Stress Relief
- To-Do Lists
- Chunks
- Know When to Say No
- Chris Hansen and Code Reviews
- Chapter 5: Production Support
- Service-Level Agreements
- I Thought We Had an Agreement?
- Get to Know What You Do
- Be Nice
- Establish Support Process
- Define Process
- Publish Process
- Remind and Enforce
- Work/Life Balance
- Communication
- Protect Your Private Time
- Happy Fun Play Time
- Outsourcing
- Quality of Work
- Language Barriers
- Security
- Job Security
- All Good Things
- Chapter 6: Basic Troubleshooting
- CSI: SQL
- Incidents
- Interrogations
- Surveillance
- Common Bottlenecks
- Disk
- Memory
- CPU
- Available Tools
- Reliability and Performance Monitor
- Activity Monitor
- Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
- Wait Stats
- SQL Profiler
- Web Sites
- Chapter 7: Where’s the Buffet?
- Food Can Be a Drug
- Emotional Eating
- Unconscious Eating
- Overcoming Bad Habits
- Social Gatherings
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Happy Hours
- Traveling
- Exercise
- Extra Steps
- The Need for Regular Exercise
- Sleep
- Calories
- Life Is Good,but It’s Better with Bacon
- Chapter 8: Training,Get You Some of That
- Reasons for Training
- Professional Development
- Changing Roles
- Piloting New Systems
- Customer Satisfaction
- Employee Benefits
- Job Satisfaction
- Employee Motivation
- Process Efficiencies
- Time Management
- Communication Skills
- Business Benefits
- Improved Morale
- Reduced Turnover
- Reduced Risk
- Staying Competitive
- Training Resources
- Web Sites
- Self-Training
- Volunteering
- In-Service Training
- Professional Associations
- Continuing Education
- Classroom Training
- Certifications
- Building Your Case
- Determine Your Training Needs
- Determine How Many People Need the Training
- Determine Which Options Will Be Used
- Calculate the Associated Costs/Expenses
- Determine the Benefits of Training
- Determine the Cost Savings
- Measure Your Results!
- Chapter 9: Connect Learn Share
- Communication
- Start Reading
- Start Attending
- Start Writing
- Start Speaking
- Professional Associations
- Latest Trade Information
- Writing Opportunities
- Speaking Opportunities
- Networking
- Networking Basics
- Building Your Network
- Feeling Comfortable
- How to Approach Others
- Choosing the Right Room
- Making It Easier
- Getting There
- Being There
- Staying There
