{"id":66,"date":"2010-05-29T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T19:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/?p=66"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:58:53","slug":"dont-let-vacation-plans-disrupt-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let vacation plans disrupt your business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is your only database administrator going on vacation this summer?&nbsp; Does the thought of that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up?<\/p>\n<p>Proactive managers are already planning for coverage for their DBA\u2019s vacation days.&nbsp; Larger organizations with multiple DBAs are fortunate in this regard \u2013 the DBAs can cover for each other.<\/p>\n<p>With just a single DBA, some organizations cross-train a non-DBA to do simple tasks such as stop\/start the database, and hope that no complex problems come up during the DBA\u2019s absence.&nbsp; If complex problems do come up, opening a ticket with Oracle technical support is an option, although working with tech support is most effectively done by someone familiar with the Oracle database landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Other organizations arrange for a consultant to stand in for the DBA.&nbsp; If you have a consulting firm or a contractor with whom you are already comfortable, this could be a good option for you.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever option you choose, do plan ahead for issues that could arise during a DBA\u2019s absence and who will handle them.&nbsp; Please don\u2019t wait until you\u2019re already in trouble!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your only database administrator going on vacation this summer?&nbsp; Does the thought of that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up?<\/p>\n<p>Proactive managers are already planning for coverage for their DBA\u2019s vacation days.&nbsp; Larger organizations with multiple DBAs are fortunate in this regard \u2013 the DBAs can cover for each [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oracle","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcneelytech.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}