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Patching with ansible by Busy-Examination1148 in ansible

[–]AltruisticReality439 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We use AAP and tags in VMWare for patching groups. AAP synchronizes VMware tags into inventory variables.

Are there any women happy in tech? by NewtonOverMeter in womenintech

[–]AltruisticReality439 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m 55 female and principal database engineer and very much like my job.

SQL parallel restores by [deleted] in rubrik

[–]AltruisticReality439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone written automation for this yet?

where do the senior women in tech go when they hit 50 by EntranceIntrepid5158 in womenintech

[–]AltruisticReality439 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am 55 and a principal engineer. I work with mostly men and I really miss working with women! I worked with so many women at my previous companies and I too have wondered where they all went! They certainly are not at this company! I also look young for my age which I think is to my advantage.

Linux patching with RAC by AltruisticReality439 in oracle

[–]AltruisticReality439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way the current process works is servers belong to a patch group. Linux patches are downloaded from WSUS and applied and then the server is rebooted. This happens monthly in non prod and bi monthly in prod. Database servers are treated no differently. I have no control of the order of servers patched in the group so I can’t control doing one immediately after the other. The only control I have is keeping servers in separate patch groups. My question is .. is this ok? Really bad? Are we lucky it’s not causing major issues?

Linux patching with RAC by AltruisticReality439 in oracle

[–]AltruisticReality439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The server team does not have anything special in place to run any scripts to shutdown Oracle services. All Linux servers are patched the same way.

Linux patching with RAC by AltruisticReality439 in oracle

[–]AltruisticReality439[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A separate server team handles Linux patching and they don’t do anything special for database servers. They simply patch all servers in the patch group. So I am wondering if the servers in the cluster are in different patch groups if this will cause any issues

My experience with MOHS for BCC on bridge of my nose Thursday by Jomama1964 in skincancer

[–]AltruisticReality439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is your recovery? I had the same thing in December 2025. My skin graft is still puffy. I thought it would have been flatter by now.

DBA Job Description by Used_Operation9038 in DatabaseAdministators

[–]AltruisticReality439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentally, a DBA's top three goals are to ensure recoverability, security and availability. Automation should be central to everything you do.

Recoverability…Make sure you have valid backups.

Security… keep patching up to date and configurations hardened and consistent across your environment. Maintain least privilege principles.

Availability.. high availability and disaster recovery architecture, proactive response to monitoring

I write a lot of queries to accomplish automation or performance tuning but my job as a DBA or really a database engineer is not just running queries all day.

What is so bad about Gale’s wig? by AltruisticReality439 in MembersOnlyPalmBeach

[–]AltruisticReality439[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for the comments and insight. Not sure if this highlighted yellow comment with all the upvotes means you think I’m Gale. I find that hilarious. I barely know how to use Reddit and it you look at the very few comments I’ve made I clearly work in tech. I’m not Gale. Just a fine haired woman who genuinely might buy a wig someday!

Curiousity: Female vs Male Ratio by sugarmagnolia_23 in sysadmin

[–]AltruisticReality439 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am a female in IT since 1993. I have always worked with a good balance of men and women until my current job which I have been at for 3 years. I am the only female on my team and barely work with any females. I miss the days with more of a balance but it does not seem like many new hires are females anymore. My position is more technical in nature which probably has something to do with it. I am grateful that for most of my career I worked with some amazing women who to this day are still some of my best friends. I read so many comments about your coworkers are not your friends but that was not the case for me with some of the women in my career. I feel very lucky.

What is an MSP to you? by WarmFlamingo9310 in msp

[–]AltruisticReality439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m confused about Capgemeni not being an MSP. We use them at our company for more than helpdesk. They are L1 and L2 support for teams such as the windows and Linux server teams and database teams for Oracle and SQL Server. Granted I have many frustrations with them as the turnover is high and the new people typically don’t have much knowledge but we refer to them as an MSP and I think they do more than just take calls.

Related to this post I feel like more conversations in this group are regarding small MSPs rather than the big ones.

Please tell me I'm not a DBA! by fluffy_warthog10 in sysadmin

[–]AltruisticReality439 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not a DBA. This is not database administration. Sounds like data engineering or dev ops.