I have a serious dilemma. We are upgrading an old Alpa system running Oracle to Solaris 10 (Over a million dollars). I was told I would be the system administrator and backup administrator on the new system. Problem is I have had NO training on Solaris and Oracle. Someone else does the oracle. I am currently the Windows Admin. I have stressed that I know nothing about this OS and Application. I have tried to tell them we need someone with this knowledge before the upgrade and not the training promised after the upgrade. I feel they will lay the blame on me when things go bad – and they will. My supervisor doesn’t seem to want to listen. This upgrade was already in the works before they hired me knowing I only had Windows knowledge. I have no problem learning this OS. I think it’s a little late in the game to expect me to know the ins and outs of a new systems to the degree that he is speaking of. He tells me I am a highly motivated person so he knows I will have no problem getting up to speed on this system. What should I do??? Don’t blast me on this. I honestly need some good advice – this is my job!
