The effects of COVID-19 continue to disrupt “business as usual.” However, there are opportunities for strengthening business processes and even growth that were not present previously. Here is XTIVIA’s top 10 list of things your DBA could be doing to help make the most of this pivot point in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Contingency Plan.<\/strong> Create a contingency plan for if\/when your critical staff gets infected and is unable to work. A lot of people think DBAs and System Administrators just sit around and wait until there is fire to fight, but what do you do if they are MIA (missing in action)? Answer: have backup resources in place either in-house or available from an outside vendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Planning and Testing for Disaster Recovery.<\/strong> If you have a plan for disaster recovery, test it; if you don’t have a plan, make one and then test it. If you don’t know what this means, speak to someone who does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n