On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:55:09 +0000, x2lls wrote:
>On 30 Oct 2014 19:57:25 GMT, Don Kennyonie <msizlac@springfield.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Maybe not an expert but:
>>
>>I received my initial training in a 2 year DoD funded College level
>>electronics/computer training program designed for USAF repair techs
>>taught by Intel Engineer's. In addition I hold a BS in Mechanical
>>Engineering.
>>
>>And your Expertise is? (stockboy in a warehouse).
>>
>>I would be willing to bet you don't even know what a JK flip-flop is.
>>
>>
>>WD is still waiting for that Chapstick. :)
>>
>>DK
>>
>>
>>
>An expert is considered a know all of all, but that is never true of
>any of us. I could also come up with a 'I bet you don't know about...'
>
>I'm very surprised you assume I work in a warehouse, which, to be
>honest is very derogatory of those that do.
>
>Anyway, what you wanted to know was my credentials for saying what I
>did.
>
>I left school in Dec 1969 at the age of fifteen, with no
>qualifications.
>I took a few jobs until , in 1972 I started my IT career, with a major
>UK mainframe manufacturer, ICL at the time, now subsumed by Fujitsu.
>My real expertise that is relevant to this thread goes like this.:--
>
>These are snippets from my CV which now goes back over 40 years.
>Excuse the format, it's just cut n paste with no editing. All
>sanitised for obvious reasons.
>
>
>Product experience
>
> ICL Other
>
> UDAS
> HELMSMAN INGRES
> VME/K MS-DOS
> VME/B WINDOWS
> DME MS OFFICE
> TPMS
> IDMS
> DDS
> COBOL
> SCL
> OMAC
> CUBE
> EXAC
>
>Professional Training
>
> ICL Other
>
> VME Filestore Management PC H/W
>(S&S international)
> VMTPS VME monitoring/tuning ANTI-VIRUS ''
>''
> IDMS Design MS-DOS (In
>house)
> IDMS Implementation PC MEMORY
>(IIR Technology)
> TPMS Design MS-WINDOWS
>(Peritas)
> TPMS Implementation SQL SERVER
>Administration
> (from DDS and Param File) SQL TSQL
> TPMS Performance and Tuning SQL MS2733B Updating
>DBA Skills
> to SQL Server
>2005
> TPMS Output Spooler
> TPMS/IDMS Recovery
> DDS Administration
> DDS For users and support staff
> VCOB COBOL Programming
> SCL Basic and Advanced
> INGRES Foundation
> OPS1 Basic Supervisory skills
> BCS Basic Communication Skills
>Support of all development and production TPMS services.
>Second line support of services based abroad eg South
>Africa/Sweden/New Zealand etc.
>Main achievements included installation of TPMS and local services in
>New Zealand (Feb 86) and Amsterdam (March 87).
>Functions included appraisal of local staff and operations, making
>recommendations for training where necessary.
>Periodic secondments to base support and applications development.
>Filestore management.
>Tuning and performance monitoring.
>Introduce local site standards and amend for implementation at
>overseas sites.
>Develop SCL for control and upgrading of local and overseas TPMS/IDMS
>services
>Job Title - Senior Support Technician. (Permanent Position)
>
>Responsible for the maintenance, support and implementation of all
>TPMS/IDMS services.
>Support of local PC's and associated software and hardware.
>Development of backup and recovery mechanisms.
>Performance monitoring and tuning to ensure adherence to Service Level
>Agreements.
>Maintenance and updating of standards,procedures and documentation.
>Consultancy to development staff and local management.
>Regular meetings with users to ensure service standards are being met.
>Training of staff.
>Develop and maintain change management procedures.
>Develop and maintain procedures guide.
>Took voluntary redundency.
>Role :- SQL Server Database Administrator
>
>Home and office based supporting IBM clients, in particular the
>government agencies 'sanitised'.
>
>Experience with SQL Server 2000, 2005 on Windows Server versions 2000
>and 2003 and more recently SQL Server 2008 on the Windows Server 2008
>platform.
>Both clustered and non-clustered environments.
>Attended two courses this year for MS Sharepoint configuration and
>administration.
>Responible for all comany Windows server backups using IBM Tivoli
>Storage Management, Tivoli data Protection for SQL Server (TDPSQL) and
>Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec.
>All aspects of SQL Server DBA functions performed including:-
>
>Day to day activities such as ensuring backups are performed and
>troubleshooting customer queries via the helpdesk. Some project work,
>such as installing and configuring new SQL Server implementations.
>Compliance testing at go live.
>Provide out of hours support for either new implementations, changes
>to production or fix on fail.
>
>Design and implementation of new database configurations including
>backup servers and DR provision and testing.
>Configuration of logshipping and replication and database mirroring.
>Management and configuration of DTS/SSIS packages.
>
>Review and input to SQL Server solutions for all new projects.
>Liasing with development teams to ensure problem free transition from
>development to production environments via user acceptance testing.
>Development of test plans.
>
>Initially a two month contract supporting the company's SQL Server
>instances. I was offered the role on a permanent basis twice, but due
>to the distance, was unable to accept. Contract extended four times
>until a permanent DBA was employed.
>Assigned to the Management Reporting team, SSIS is utilised to extract
>data for the reporting processes. Transactional and Snapshot
>replication publications are used to transfer reporting data to a
>reporting server.
>
>The SQL server instances had until recently been supported by a team
>who have no formal SQL training so there was no consistency across the
>estate. My major role here was to standardise, lock down and generally
>ensure the good health of the services. Very much involved in the
>configuration of a Document Management System, by Phoenix, based on a
>SQL Server 2008 R2 active/passive clustered environment. Provided
>support for the company's Finance system (CODA), supplied by UNIT4.
>Client side support for the backup solution, IBM's Tivoli Data
>Protection for SQL (TDPSQL).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Need I say more?
Ah, I understand now. Sadly, your CV explains why there are a few of
us who understand enough to navigate Usenet. Alas, I fear we are a
dying breed.
I now understand so much my head hurts.
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