Some of you may be
thinking, ???The server staff handles that. It isn??™t my responsibility.??? Well, what if
they aren??™t there? You don??™t need to be an expert at any of these things, but you
must have a basic understanding.
??? Third-party backup products: Large organizations tend to use a centralized backup
design, where all backups??”whether a file system, e-mail, or database backups??”
are stored and managed in a centralized location. Again, you may view this as the
responsibility of a different department in your organization, but in my opinion,
it??™s irresponsible of a DBA to not have at least a basic understanding of how that
software functions.
A number of other areas could require training as well. Some may be as simple as a
process detail, but none should be ignored when estimating the impact of implementing
a backup/recovery plan.
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Initial Design
Creating a backup and recovery plan requires time for performing discovery, such as
determining business and technology constraints, as well as considering multiple
approaches to finding an optimal design.
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