There are 2 perspectives here to the DBA on vacation, typically in an organization with only a single DBA so there is no cross coverage when someone goes on vacation.
The view as the DBA: I have done everything that I can to prepare the systems for vacation, but still I end up getting called for some regular maintenance job that is failing. I guess I will have to cancel the plans I had with my family today and make my way to an internet café in order to help sort this out. Now I need to explain this to my spouse, and that is not going to be fun.
The view of the employer: What can we do? Every time our DBA goes on vacation some fails. I wish we had a backup DBA available for these types of situations.
At Stedman Solutions we can help. We don’t want to take away that job of the full time DBA, we just want to be there to help when you need help.
Here are some areas where we can help:
- Our on-call emergency response when needed. (if not planned ahead of time.)
- Hourly services, plan ahead, get us the access we need, or we can even help over a Zoom conferences. Better prices with the hourly service than the emergency on-call service.
Interested, but more info? Contact Steve to discuss how we can help.