Tag Archives: deployment

Staging Deployments

Posted on April 7, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Nov 30, 2011. It is being republished as Steve is out of the office. Software development can be a complicated dance. Most of us do not work for a software vendor and don’t have … Continue reading →

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Watch the Manual DBA v Automated Deployment Challenge

Posted on January 5, 2017 by way0utwest

At last year’s SQL in the City, I played the part of a manual DBA making changes and deploying those from development to test, staging, and production environments. Actually, I don’t think we went to production because I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Smoke Test?

Posted on August 19, 2016 by way0utwest

Many DBAs and operational staff regularly stress over software deployments to production systems. Even when the administrator has built and tested the deployment scripts, there is still a nagging fear that something will be missed, incurring downtime for systems. I … Continue reading →

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Mission Critical Deployments

Posted on August 17, 2015 by way0utwest

Talk about a lot of pressure to get a software deployment correct. A software install on an Airbus airplane resulted in a file containing parameters being wiped. This error caused (apparently) an airplane to crash when three engines cut off in … Continue reading →

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