Why We Need Backups First

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Why We Need Backups First

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September 18, 2016 at 5:24 am

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Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 1

It should be shocking that this is still occurring all over the place. The online community have been talking about this forever and before that it was big in the printed media of our industry.

_{(Yes, I know it wasn't a simple overnight switch from one to the other.)}

Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

Yet Another DBA SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4299 More actions · Answer 2

Sad to say, that I know of companies (and I do mean the plural) that still don't backup.

I also know of people whos job role has either been SysAdmins or those who want to think that they are DBAs still not taking backups let alone testing them. Best still I have seen this delegated to apprentices or people who see it as an unnecessary task because hardware is really good. Doesn't help when even management (who are still very technical) don't really insist on backups.

webrunner SSC-Dedicated Points: 31862 More actions · Answer 3

That's a fairly egregious breach of duty for some IT personnel in this case. The system was installed in 2009, and this event apparently occurred during a software upgrade in 2012.

Yeah, that's waaay too long to go without a backup system for such critical data.

- webrunner

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A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and asks, "Can I join you?"
Ref.: http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2009/02/sql-joke.html

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 4

webrunner (9/20/2016)
That's a fairly egregious breach of duty for some IT personnel in this case. The system was installed in 2009, and this event apparently occurred during a software upgrade in 2012.
Yeah, that's waaay too long to go without a backup system for such critical data.
- webrunner

Arguably, 20/09 is OK. Just.

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Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

webrunner SSC-Dedicated Points: 31862 More actions · Answer 5

Gary Varga (9/20/2016)
webrunner (9/20/2016)
That's a fairly egregious breach of duty for some IT personnel in this case. The system was installed in 2009, and this event apparently occurred during a software upgrade in 2012.
Yeah, that's waaay too long to go without a backup system for such critical data.
- webrunner
Arguably, 20/09 is OK. Just.
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lol +1

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A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and asks, "Can I join you?"
Ref.: http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2009/02/sql-joke.html