OT moment of doubt 2005-06-15 - By Jesse, Rich
Which is why I refuse to name the online redos with a ".log"
extension...
My SF-10 moment* was when I was showing the new guy around VMS. I
showed him the true power of DCL and how I had smartly aliased the
"delete" command so I couldn't accidentally delete files I didn't mean
to. I showed him VMS' Autogen, which is the system tuner for VMS and
then decided to demo my smart aliases. On PRODUCTION. In the
SYS$LIBRARY directory (think of /usr/lib on unix or C:\Windows\system32
on Winders).
Funny thing about VMS' Autogen: the first thing it does is get rid of
all your aliases, so as not to contaminate it's own processes. Yup, I
had started to delete the system libraries, including the shared library
for Interbase (our base of data at the time) before I hit <CTRL-C>. DB
crashed and brought down ERP with it. One filled-shorts frantic call to
the Backup/Recovery guy later and we were OK.
The company paid for my "education" that day...
Rich
* -- "S" is for one of the nether muscles Jared inferred, "F" is for
"Factor".
-- --Original Message-- --
From: Stephane Faroult
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:35 PM
Cc: Oracle-L@(protected)
Subject: Re: OT moment of doubt
Perhaps it would be safer to give another extension to database files on
really important servers to avoid mistakes. Something like *.mpg for=20
instance.
SF
Joe wrote:
>What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all
>your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on
>the right server or not?
>
>This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17
>yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts
>to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.
>
>:P
>
>Joe
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