[Info-vax] Oracle RDB 7.1.5 PRECOMP.EXE (ALPHA)

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-01-27 kl. 16:25, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
> On 1/27/2021 8:15 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-01-26, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 26 January 2021 at 13:53:17 UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2021-01-26, Simon Clubley 
>>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>>> I am confused. Why can't you simply recover it from the backup of
>>>>> that disk ? If you have problems with the backup command, tell us
>>>>> what the problem is and we might be able to help you.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am assuming you have planned for what happens if the disk itself
>>>>> fails, so I don't understand why you can't use those procedures to
>>>>> recover the deleted file.
>>>>>
>>>> Ok, I went back to the message and _now_ saw the bit about no backup.
>>>>
>>>> To the OP, what was your plan if the disk itself failed ?
>>>>
>>>> If you have procedures for that, use them. If you do not, why not ?
>>>
>>> You do realize that the original message was posted for another, right?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Asking questions about how (poorly) the system is managed or backed up 
>>> (is this a correct phrase?) is not relevant here.
>>> Regardless of the reason for the request, a simple answer to it does not 
>>> require a complete analysis or criticism of the system involved.
>>
>> On the contrary, it's a perfect opportunity to point out flaws in their
>> procedures that they might not have realised exist so they can be fixed.
> 
> You don think they have by now realized that a backup would have
> been nice??
> 
> Arne

Agree.
Those offensive notes about backups will probably not help much now...