If you are a production DBA (or Accidental prod DBA) you’ve gotten that frantic call in the middle of the night. Or maybe during little Suzy’s soccer game? Something broke, alerts are firing, nobody can order your widgets and the help desk tech has no idea where to start.
I’ve been on call since 2006. These are the most common things I’ve been called for at the worst times:
Read on for Kevin’s list. It’s a good one. I also get my share of “replication broke” but fortunately for most people, replication is pretty uncommon in environments.