Saturday, December 19, 2020

DBA Diary

 During your DBA career lifetime, how many times you faced a problem on a database and you tried to find out the recent implemented changes on this DB?

 It is crucial for DBAs --whether they work separately or in a team to track their own technical activities in one journal; this not only sounds professional, but also critical to keep a log of all DB changes and maintenance activities.

This template can help you track your technical activities in a simple and quick way:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gerhknfx7zlmwswmf1bt8/Databases-Journal.xlsx?dl=0&rlkey=vz0j1uvq87y3l01qesy3x55az

Example of how I use it:


All you want to do is to customize this template to be compatible with your database environments; you need to fill these sections at the bottom of the sheet with databases and DBA names:

Under "Change Type list" I've listed the most common DBA activities, feel free to amend or add more activities.

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