There’s Nothing Quite Like Planning Ahead
OK, this weekend we have our disaster/recovery testing and while I've been ready for a while, several people are using today - yes, the last 24 hours before the test, to get things "set up" for the test. Now to be fair, there are some applications that don't need a lot of preparation, or there may be very limited expectations for some groups. But when those folks that decide to "check on things" at the last minute start to hammer me with requests for my systems to make their disaster/recovery testing go more smoothly, I don't really like it.
I have to agree that a lot of these are good things - mostly edge conditions related to what might happen in a disaster. And I have to say I'm happy to get these changes in no matter when, it's just that it would have been a lot nicer not to have to worry that I can get them fixed this afternoon, and had - oh... I don't know... maybe just another 24 hours... to get them in, tested and to production.
Alas, there are people that like to do things at the last minute. I, however, am not one of them.